Mt. Silver/Trivia


 * In, the exterior of Mt. Silver is the only Johto area with Kanto characteristics, like the rocks, tall grass, trees, and the Pokémon Center itself. In , the only major differences are the rocks and trees; for example, the trees placed in the high exteriors of the mountain itself are the ones commonly found in Johto.
 * Mt. Silver is marked as a Johto location by the Pokégear; however, all squares immediately surrounding it (including those to the west of it) are marked as Kanto areas by the map in . This issue was not present in the map of, which placed it directly above New Bark Town.
 * , who can be fought here at level 88 in HeartGold and SoulSilver is the highest-leveled of any in-game  in the core series.
 * In the original player's guide for, there is mention of a "?" that appears near the s in Mt. Silver at midnight or very early in the morning; however, this was a false rumor. The guide also claimed that the unknown Pokémon was supposed to represent Legendary Pokémon found in the Generation I games that did not appear in Gold and Silver (which were programmed in and tradable from Generation I anyway).
 * Like Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver's summit features on certain special days in, including the anniversary of the release of  in Japan.
 * Mt. Silver is also the only location in where a naturally occurring storm can be experienced.
 * In, whenever the player is in or on the mountain, the location header pop-up is always "Mt. Silver Cave", even when the player is not inside the cave. This may possibly be a carryover from the original games, in which the in-game location header was "Silver Cave".
 * The lady inside the Pokémon Center in, which was the only NPC present (other than the Pokémon Center Nurse), is absent in.
 * Mt. Silver was called Shirogane Mt. in the deluxe edition of the  board game. Because its release predated that of the games, it used the Japanese name.

Origin
Mt. Silver is based on in the real-world.