Pokémon Crystal Now Available on eShop

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Pokémon Crystal, first released in English in 2001, is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in some regions and will continue to roll out globally as January 26th arrives in different countries.

For the first time ever English speakers will be able to access the special GS Ball mini-event which ends with the player encountering a level 30 Celebi in Ilex Forest. Whether or not you’re motivated by Celebi or pure nostalgia, the game retails for $9.99. Don’t forget that this landmark game was the first to introduce players to a choice of gender when starting the game, animated sprites when entering a battle and was the first game to add the challenging Battle Tower gauntlet.

We have some QUESTIONS for our readers who are planning to play which you can answer in the comments below:

  • What Pokémon are you thinking of using?
  • Do you think your play-through will differ from when you originally played the game?
  • What is your favorite animated Pokémon sprite in Crystal?

Good luck trainers!

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1,363 thoughts on “Pokémon Crystal Now Available on eShop”

  2. So since my SOS chain is making me loopy in the lobes i want a little survey

    What do you bozos do when Shiny Hunting? do you watch a movie or listen to music (if so what kind), fiddle with something or just slowly go insane?

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  3. Ugh, it’s hell having to wait for school to be over to get FighterZ. Also, I have to do some sort of Spanish speaking thing today that I am not prepared for

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  7. and still no Roggenrola…..been doing this for nearly 4 hours and quite frankly i’m disgusted i haven’t done anything yet

    I NEED IT NOW TO MAKE ALL THE INVESTED TIME WORTHWHILE

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  10. Well what’s the point of syncronizers if they don’t work

    this little cutie is
    Female
    Mild (SpAtk+ Def-)
    Outstanding IVs in HP Atk SpAtk and Speed
    Weak Armor (Which becomes Sand Stream)
    inside a Beast Ball (WHICH WAS ANNOYING)

    well at least she’s decorative

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  11. I really wanna expand my art business to here, deers~
    I am having a horrible time getting clients for some reason elsewhere, thought i’d at least ask…

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  18. 100 billion dollars for whoever can find this picture of shadow the hedgehog pointing a gun to the tall one from Ed Edd and Eddy’s head while markiplier cries in the top corner

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  20. Well considering the chat is so dead that we’re talking about the jungle like its a dating game and the mods have probably offed themselves with how terrible that is, how about a game?

    Post a song and whoever else will rate it. The catch is, it has to be from some sort of media (game, tv, film) rather than an individual release.

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  23. *kid behind me eats five slices of pizza at the pizza party in class*
    Me: if you throw up on me i will forcefully shove it back down your throat

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  25. I bought Crystal, woo! I have class in the afternoon so I’ll start playing it when I get home, and I’m excited. A bit bummed that it doesn’t come with a Suicune theme, but I’ll survive. It wasn’t that long ago that I played through Crystal on its original cartridge, but it was long enough that I’m more than willing to play it again. Nintendo is obviously doing their job well because picking up my 3DS again made me realize how much I miss the system. Pretty soon I think I’ll buy another wave of 3DS games that I never played (Metroid Samus Returns, Hey Pikmin, Ever Oasis, etc.) because I definitely don’t want to give up on the system entirely!

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      • That really is the biggest challenge of all. I don’t remember anymore but I’d be shocked if my last Crystal team didn’t have Ampharos. The only ones I’m sure I want to use are Togetic, Ursaring, and maybe Forretress or Piloswine. And in the off chance I find a shiny during my playthrough like I did in HeartGold I’ll use that one too 😛

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        • Well Mareep isn’t in Crystal for some reason and I have nobody to trade for it. I might use Chinchou but I also want to use Quagsire.

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          • That’s embarrassing, I didn’t remember that at all! There really are a lot of great choices in Gen 2, which makes it so difficult to choose. Also, a lot of the great ones require a trade partner which is a bit of a shame for me.

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