Silver (game)/Trivia


 * A 1997 pamphlet describing mentions that the rival character lives in the same town as . This aspect of his character was apparently discarded by the time of the final release, as his hometown was not elaborated upon in the  and it is implied to not be New Bark Town since he seems to be unfamiliar with Professor Elm's lab at the beginning of the game.
 * In Generation IV, Silver is depicted with two different eye colors. His eyes are gray in his Generation IV artwork while they are red in the HeartGold and SoulSilver games, as seen in the opening animation.
 * In the original Gold, Silver, and Crystal games, when battled at Indigo Plateau, the Champion theme is played instead of his rival theme.
 * The English script of the event in  never states that Silver is Giovanni's son, unlike the Japanese script.
 * Silver has achieved a high score of 2000 at Pal Park, which serves as the default high score.
 * In the battle in the Goldenrod Tunnel in the remakes, his team when the player starts with Cyndaquil are all 2 levels higher than the same team he uses if the player were to start with another starter.
 * In the original games, at level 16, Silver's Croconaw is underleveled in the second battle, when Totodile usually does not evolve into Croconaw until level 18. This is fixed in the remakes.
 * His Haunter was also underleveled at level 20 in the third battle, when Gastly usually does not evolve until level 25. This is fixed in the remakes where instead his Haunter remains a Gastly.
 * Silver is the only rival whose team does not change in accordance to his starter, nor does he have any types that cover for his starter's initial type.
 * Art of Silver on Game Freak's website depicts him with a, despite not owning one within the games.
 * In the Generation II core series games, Silver is the only Trainer who doesn't have a.