Pokemon - Crystal Version (USA, Europe) ROM

96/5000
Excellent game, a revolution for that time introducing the animation of the pokemon. The game is a turn-based RPG and the goal is to train your Pokemon, capture others, defeat the gym leaders an earn their badges and defeat the entire league.

This is without a doubt the best Pokemon version for the Gameboy color!
I came from playing the yellow version and I could not get over the difference. The gameplay is similar enough, but the graphics are far improved, not to mention this game is in the johto region, unlike pokemon yellow. 
Like all of the pokemon games, you play as a trainer and your object is to train pokemon and collect badges. This game is great fun, even for those that aren't pokemon fans. It's sort of like an RPG, but not.

Amazing game, perfect for anyone studying actual transitions in game. Seems like the only breakthrough they've made since has been graphics and running. (nothing for B to do DX).

It's the summer of 1998. The last thing you saw in the first episode was Ho-Oh. And before you knew it, Pokemon Gold and Silver were announced. They were released and were a huge hit! And then came Crystal.
This game was the first to feature animated Pokemon on a handheld device. It also improved most graphics such as remaking Entei and Raikou's sprites to match their artwork, and fixing most sprite related bugs. This game also introduced to option to play as a girl which would be featured in many games to come.
Overall this is a great game. I'd reccomend it to any pokemon fan. 
 

Even though most of the Pokemon games had the same storyline for a while, I still like this game, I highly recommend it if you haven't played it... Definately 5/5