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Comparison of Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver

With each generation of the long-running role-playing video games series "Pokemon," Nintendo releases two or more games with a matching theme. Though each matching game features a nearly identical storyline, the list of available Pokemon is slightly different. Each game offers a pool of catchable Pokemon common to both with a short list of exclusives that you can only get by playing both games. Released for the Nintendo DS in 2010, "Pokemon HeartGold" and "SoulSilver" continue this tradition into the fourth Pokemon generation.

Elemental
- "HeartGold" features the fire-type Pokemon Growlithe and Arcanine, while "SoulSilver" offers Vulpix and Ninetales. "Soulsilver" only contains two exclusive water Pokemon, Kabuto and Kabutops; "HeartGold" has Mantine, Mantyke, Omanyte and Omastar. The latter two are also rock types, much like the rock/bug duo Anorith and Armaldo, which are both exclusive to "HeartGold." Lileep and Cradily, two rock/grass dual types, are exclusive to "SoulSilver." The only exclusive ice type is "Delibird," which is found in "SoulSilver."
Supernatural
- The dark and ghost types are limited to Sableye in "HeartGold." Though other Pokemon of these two rare types are available, Sableye is the only one that is exclusive to either game. Baltoy and Claydol, two "HeartGold" exclusive dual-type Pokemon, are both ground and psychic. There are no other supernatural exclusives found in either game.
Miscellaneous
- The only two exclusive fighting-type Pokemon are Mankey and Primeape, both in "HeartGold." The "HeartGold" bugs Spinarak and Ariados have the secondary type Poison, unlike their "SoulSilver" flying counterparts Ledyba and Ledian. "HeartGold" also features four more ground-based Pokemon: Gligar, Gliscor, Phanpy and Donphan, the first two of which are also flying types. By comparison, "SoulSilver" features no non-legendary ground types. Instead, "SoulSilver" has a number of special exclusives, including the normal types Meowth, Persian, Teddiursa and Ursaring and the steel types Skarmory and Mawile.
Legendary
- Each game offers one exclusive legendary Pokemon. "HeartGold" features the incredibly powerful Kyogre, which Team Aqua attempts to summon and control in previous games. Kyogre also appears on the box for "Pokemon Sapphire" and serves as a mascot for that game. Kyogre's ancient enemy Groudon is exclusive to "SoulSilver." Like Kyogre, Groudon featured heavily in the plot of previous games as Team Magma attempted to summon it to lower sea levels. Groudon was the mascot for "Pokemon Ruby."

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