However it may be done, it's likely Pokemon has plans to gift Silver to its fans for its 25th anniversary. There's also plenty of room for Game Freak to innovate Gold and Silver yet again as it did with by mimicking some elements seen in Diamond and Pearl on the DS remaster. Some have even posited that Nintendo may have plans to release Crystal ( Gold and Silver's third counterpart) as Pokemon Let's Go! 2. Super Mario 64 saw a port to both the Nintendo DS and the Switch, so it's possible for Pokemon to follow the same path. DS - Big Box - Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver - Acrylic - 4mm Protects from dust, dirt and damage Brand new acrylic case, with slide bottom 4mm Acrylic. It might seem odd for Nintendo to re-release a video game a third time, but this isn't the first time the Japanese developer would've done it.

The DS remakes' sales would also perform quite well, resulting in the duo being the eighth best-selling DS games of all time. Some might argue that The Pokemon Company and Nintendo are mainly looking for an easy money grab by constantly porting old games to new consoles, which may be the case, but based on HeartGold and SoulSilver's success, they were generally concerned with pleasing fans back in 2009. HeartGold and SoulSilver fell in line with the 10th anniversary of the second-generation pair and were made to pay homage to what fans fell in love with the first time around while also feeling refreshing to long-time veteran players.

Because of the original Gold and Silver's renowned success, it was no mystery to see Nintendo DS ports release years later.

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