Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver are making a comeback as a brand-new game spanning multiple regions and letting players catch rare Pokemon, with over 1,000 in the Pokedex. 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise, and after The Pokemon Company released Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 ports of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, fans have been asking for more older games to get the same treatment. Chief among them, thousands of fans have been asking for Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver to return in some capacity.
Recently, there have been multiple rumors, supported by datamine following the release of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, that there would be Switch and Switch 2 ports of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, and possibly Pokemon Emerald, too. It’s unclear if this is truly happening, but the official Pokemon social media accounts are sharing a coded countdown to November 30, with no mention of what this will entail. Fans hope for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire‘s release on Switch and Switch 2, but others would rather get Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver. The Gen 2 remakes are returning now, and they’re better than ever.
Pokemon Heartfelt Gold Revealed in New Trailer
Shared by creator Trinsic on YouTube is a trailer for the new Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver game called Pokemon Heartfelt Gold, an NDS ROM hack that allows players to relive the original games with the addition of pocket dimensions featuring bits of other regions in the series and their respective Legendary or Mythical Pokemon. In fact, Pokemon Heartfelt Gold features over 1,000 Pokemon, according to Trinsic, which could be almost the full Pokedex given that there are 1,025 unique species and over 50 regional forms. The trailer shows Pokemon like Darkrai, Victini, Calyrex (as well as Glastrier and Spectrier), Zarude, and even multiple Ultra Beasts. These are all catchable, and while several are found in a pocket dimension called Ultra Space, others are found in locations from their respective games.
An example is how Victini is found in a small room in a place called Liberty Garden, and Regirock is found in its iconic cave, like in Gen 3. Based on the trailer, fans will also be able to find a new version of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet‘s Miraidon, which is shown for the first time as a 2D sprite in the style of Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver. The game has a GitHub link available in the trailer, where fans can get the fan-made version of the Gen 2 remakes.
Confirmed Features for Pokemon Heartfelt Gold:
- Pokemon HeartGold base-game features
- New Locations
- Every Legendary/Mythical available as Static Encounters
- 1,000+ Pokemon to obtain
- Updated Trainers
- Bonus Battles for Gym Leaders, Elite 4 and Champion
- Fixed buggy locations, like Goldenrod City
- Level Cap applied throughout Johto
Trinsic states that a version based solely on Pokemon SoulSilver doesn’t currently exist and may never exist, though they called it Soulful Silver. Still, the fact that fans can play across multiple regions in a new Pokemon game could be a dream come true for some. An official game with this premise doesn’t currently exist, but it was leaked as part of the TeraLeak in October 2025.
The leaked multi-region Pokemon game will be an MMO, if the leaks are true, and it will span the first four Japan-based regions. Fans would be able to seamlessly travel through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, and it would be an open-world MMO targeting sometime around 2029 for launch.
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March 14, 2010
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e
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Nintendo
