Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions/Connectivity

Players may trade Pokémon between two cartridges or battle with another cartridge using a Game Boy Game Link Cable. To take full advantage of this feature, several Pokémon are exclusive to each game of the pair or the Generation I games, and others require trading to evolve, making trading necessary to complete the Pokédex. The games can trade and battle with Pokémon Gold, Silver, and. Using the Time Capsule, the Japanese versions can trade with Japanese versions of ; and the Western and Korean versions can trade with Western versions of. The cartridge releases of Pokémon Gold and Silver are completely incompatible with games from Generation III onward.

Trades between Pokémon games in different languages are possible; however, a Japanese game cannot connect with a non-Japanese game without causing corruption. If a battle between a Japanese game and a non-Japanese game is attempted, the battle simply does not work, with the save files left unharmed. Korean games can trade and battle with Western language games; however, while the Korean games do support the, the Western language games do not support , so the names and Original Trainers of Pokémon from Korean games will use a variety of unrelated characters located at equivalent codepoints to display Korean names (potentially including s, which may cause a variety of issues).

Pokémon Gold and Silver are compatible with. While link battles are not possible directly between Pokémon Gold and Silver and the Generation I games, a player may challenge a Generation I game using Pokémon Stadium 2. Japanese Pokémon Stadium 2 can communicate with Japanese Generation I and II core series games, but not other languages; Western Pokémon Stadium 2 can communicate with Western Generation I and II core series games, but it does not recognize Japanese games and cannot read the save file from Korean games.

Pokémon Gold and Silver are also compatible with the Game Boy Printer. It is possible to print Pokédex entries, the Diploma, Pokémon Storage System Boxes, Party Pokémon, Mail, and Alph Ruins Stamps.