Gen 22000· Game Boy Color
Pokémon Crystal
Crystal reworks Gold & Silver around the roaming legendary Suicune, adds the series' first animated battle sprites, and lets you play as a girl for the first time.
Region
Johto
Generation
Gen 2
Released
2000
Platform
Game Boy Color
Highlights
- Roaming legendary Suicune plotline
- First selectable player gender
- Animated battle sprites
- Battle Tower challenge
Johto Pokédex
Every Pokémon obtainable in Crystal — 251 in this dex.
Starter Pokémon
Cover Legendaries
New Pokémon in Generation 2
100 Pokémon made their debut this generation.
Chikorita
Bayleef
Meganium
Cyndaquil
Quilava
Typhlosion
Totodile
Croconaw
Feraligatr
Sentret
Furret
Hoothoot
Noctowl
Ledyba
Ledian
Spinarak
Ariados
Crobat
Johto map
Every explorable location in Johto, colour-coded by type — hover or tap a stop to see which Pokémon you can catch there.
Blackthorn CityBurned TowerCherrygrove CityCianwood CityDark CaveDragon's DenEcruteak CityIce PathIlex ForestLake of RageMt. MortarMt. SilverNational ParkNew Bark TownOlivine CityRoute 29Route 30Route 31Route 32Route 33Route 34Route 35Route 36Route 37Route 38Route 39Sea Route 40Sea Route 41Route 42Route 43
RoutesTowns & CitiesCaves & InteriorsWater & CoastForests & Fields
Mechanics & features
What Generation 2 brought to the series.
Held items & breeding
Pokémon can hold items, and compatible Pokémon can breed to produce Eggs and pass down moves.
Day & night + Dark and Steel
A real-time clock changes encounters, and two new types — Dark and Steel — rebalance the chart.
Shiny Pokémon
Rare alternate colorations debut for the first time.