In November 1997, at the Nintendo Spaceworld show near Tokyo, Game Freak presents a playable demo of the sequel to Pokémon. Two years before release, it shows a very different Johto, never-before-seen Pokémon and starters nobody will ever know. More than twenty years later, this demo resurfaces and reveals the hidden history of Gold and Silver.
This feature retraces what is known about this preliminary version, from what was shown at the time and what has been discovered since, and compares its ideas with the final game.
A journey behind the scenes of a development that took far longer than planned.
