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Generation II
Johto & Kanto · Game Boy Color · 1999-2001

Added held items and breeding, and could still trade back to Gen I.

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Gold Silver Crystal
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Gold, Silver & Crystal

Game Boy Color · Released 1999

Generation II added held items and 100 new species. Through the Time Capsule it can trade two-way with Generation I, but only with the original 151 species carrying Gen I-legal moves. Like Gen I, it hits the hardware wall and cannot move forward to Gen III.

Did you know?

Gold and Silver were among the first games with a real-time internal clock, introducing day and night - a feature lost on transfer to Gen I.

Sends to

The Game Boy Advance changed the save hardware and data format. No transfer of any kind exists from Gen I or II into Gen III.

Receives from

Held items are removed Only the original 151 species may pass No Generation II moves allowed