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Play Pokémon SoulSilver Version (US_AU edition · English) Online
Pokemon - SoulSilver Version
Play Pokémon SoulSilver Version online. Choose your Johto starter, travel with a Pokémon beside you, challenge the Gyms and discover Lugia in this Nintendo DS RPG.
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Nintendo DS (NDS) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B / X / Y | Z / X / A / S |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
| Microphone | Not assigned |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Quick start
1. Press A or START and choose NEW GAME; set your character and name. 2. Visit Professor Elm’s laboratory in New Bark Town and choose Chikorita, Cyndaquil or Totodile. Return home for your Pokégear. 3. Follow Route 29 west to Cherrygrove City and complete the old man’s tour to obtain Running Shoes. 4. Head north on Route 30 to Mr. Pokémon’s house, receive the Mystery Egg and Pokédex, then return to Elm after his call. Expect your first rival battle on the way back. 5. Follow the catching lesson once the opening errand is finished. Use Pokémon Centers to heal and X > SAVE to record progress.
Controls
D-pad: move and choose. A: confirm, talk, inspect or advance text. B: cancel; after obtaining Running Shoes, hold B while moving to run. X: open the menu. Y: use the Key Item assigned to the Y shortcut. Touch screen: select menu icons and battle commands; the Sprint icon toggles running after you receive the shoes. Save using the menu’s SAVE option.
Pokémon SoulSilver Version — About this game
A simple errand for Professor Elm opens a much larger journey through Johto. After choosing Chikorita, Cyndaquil or Totodile, you explore a region of old towers, coastal towns and routes whose wild Pokémon change with the time of day. Your leading Pokémon walks beside you, making the team feel present beyond the battle screen. Catching new partners and choosing their moves prepares you for eight Gym Leaders, Team Rocket’s return and the Pokémon League. Victory there opens the way to Kanto and another set of Gyms, so building a versatile team remains useful well beyond the first championship. The touch-screen menu keeps your Bag and party close at hand, the Pokégear supplies maps and calls, and the Pokéathlon offers sporting events between battles. This is a Nintendo DS reimagining of the original Johto adventure. SoulSilver’s main story leads to Lugia in the Whirl Islands and offers wild Vulpix and Ledyba instead of HeartGold’s Growlithe and Spinarak. Ho-Oh can still be encountered later, so choosing this version gives priority to the sea-dwelling legendary without removing the Bell Tower encounter from the wider adventure.
Pokémon SoulSilver Version Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nds
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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