New Pokemon Games: Heart and Soul

With my previous post of the oldest version of Pokemon (Yellow), now I'm gonna write about the newest Pokemon game so far, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver. I just finished the third gym, but I think it's gonna be one heck of a game. =))

Well, HeartGold and SoulSilver are remakes of Gold and Silver games of the Gameboy Color generation. Basically, the story is the same, there are some noticable differences.
1. The female main character/pseudo-rival is now a different character.
2. All berry trees are changed to Apricorn Trees, where you can get Apricorns, obviously hahaha, which can be kept in the new item, Apricorn Case.
3. Chasing the Farfetch'd is harder and needs tactics.
4. The gyms' design are now different. I guess you can say it's much cooler. I had a bit of trouble on my first try, or maybe I was just sleepy, I dunno. hahahahaha
5. You can now look at the Kanto Gym Badges. Before in the old games, you can't see those badges.
6. After beating Red, you can get from Professor Oak one of the following Pokemon:
Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle.
7. After beating Red, you can also get from Steven Stone on of the following Pokemon:
Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip.
8. The legendary Pokemon from other versions can now be battled and caught.
9. The Fighting Dojo, where you can get Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee in beating the Dojo leader, is now used as a place where you can battle the Gym Leaders for rematches, like the Sinnoh Battleground in the other generation IV game Pokemon Platinum.
The other non-noticeable differences are music and character sprites. For the other differences, I'll let you find out for yourself. =)

For me, the best starter Pokemon to get is Chikorita, since in the Pokemon Center in Violet City, you can get Mareep, Wooper, and Slugma as eggs by talking to Primo, the guy beside the PC. So, you have a Grass, Thunder, Water, and Fire-type Pokemon, respectively. Then, you can get a Bellsprout then trade it for an Onix. You have a 5-Pokemon team. The only problem is the first gym is a Flying-type, which is the weakness of Grass-type Pokemon. Then after beating Red and getting Charmander from Oak and Mudkip from Steven, Your best line-up could look like this:

In HeartGold:
Meganium(Grass)
Charizard(Fire, Flying)
Swampert(Water, Ground)
Tyrannitar(Dark, Rock)
Raikou(Electric)
Ho-Oh(Fire, Flying) in respet to the version mascot, but you can change this to a different Pokemon, preferrably Xatu(Psychic, Flying), Espeon(Psychic), or Gengar(Ghost)
You can also use Ho-Oh as your main Fire-type Pokemon if you want to teach Charizard Shadow Claw, Air Slash, and Dragon Claw.

In SoulSilver:
Meganium(Grass)
Charizard(Fire, Flying)
Swampert(Water, Ground)
Tyrannitar(Dark, Rock)
Raikou(Electric)
Lugia(Psychic, Flying) This is a strong Pokemon that can learn Water-type moves and is better than Ho-Oh, so, it's preferable to play SoulSilver. But, hey, it's up to you on what to play. ;)

This all for now, I can help you out next time about this or other Pokemon games. Just comment below. ;) Till next time. As Gary says, "Smell ya later."