I love Pokemon Gold and Silver, and when these games were announced in 2009, I was ecstatic. I bought an R4 and played translated roms of this game until they were brought over to the US, because at the time, it was a gamble if we'd actually ever get them, and I'm glad we did, because this game has so many quality-of-life improvements not over just the original Gold and Silver, but for Gen 4 games as well, that to list them all would take up too much space. These games rule.

This and Pokemon Black/2 White/2 is where Pokemon excellence peaked. Every generation after these games may have presented fun new ideas, but never went anywhere with them.