Game Art Styles

Pokémon Silver Version

Game Freak · 1999

Three-quarter · RPG · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
WhiteGreenYellowGrayPink
Linework
Black outlines
Shading
Flat / Unlit
Pixel details
8-bit
Palette
Limited palette
Proportions
Chibi, Cute
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About

Pokémon Silver is a turn-based role-playing game in which players collect and battle Pokémon while exploring Johto and later Kanto. Alongside Pokémon Gold, it introduced 100 additional Pokémon, breeding, held items and events governed by an internal clock.

Art style

Pokémon Silver Version (1999, Game Freak) is a 2D pixel art game played from a three-quarter view. Its look is built from black outlines and flat/unlit shading. The palette is limited.

Details

Release
Original release · Game Boy Color
Developer
Game Freak
Publisher
Nintendo, Daewon
Released
1999-11-21 Japan, Game Boy / Game Boy Color
2000-10-13 Australia, Game Boy / Game Boy Color
2000-10-15 North America, Game Boy / Game Boy Color
2001-04-06 Europe, Game Boy / Game Boy Color
2002-04-24 South Korea, Game Boy Color
2017-09-22 Japan, North America, Europe, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
Platforms
Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Also known as
Pokémon Silver (International)
ポケットモンスター 銀 (Japan)
Pocket Monsters Gin (Silver) (Japan)
포켓몬스터 은 (South Korea)
Pokémon Edición Plata (Spain)
Pokémon Silberne Edition (Germany)
Pokémon Version Argent (France)
Pokémon Versione Argento (Italy)
Pokémon Versão Silver
Credits
Ken Sugimori Graphics Director; Monster Design
Motofumi Fujiwara Monster Design
Shigeki Morimoto Monster Design
Atsuko Nishida Monster Design
Hironobu Yoshida Monster Design
Muneo Saito Monster Design
Satoshi Ohta Monster Design
Rena Yoshikawa Monster Design
Jun Okutani Graphics Design
Asuka Iwashita Graphics Design
Tetsuya Watanabe Graphics Design
Satoshi Tajiri Director
Junichi Masuda Sub Director
Takehiro Izushi Producer
Takashi Kawaguchi Producer
Tsunekazu Ishihara Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mobygames

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