Pokémon is one of the most popular franchises of all time, spanning decades and spawning so many forms of media, including video games, manga, and anime. There have been lots of forms of entertainment that have given fans the chance to speculate in numerous ways, either based on their own fan theories or through Easter Eggs placed into the games by the developers. One of the most popular entries throughout the series is Gold and Silver, so we wanted to take a look at some of the fan theories s💟urrounding these games that actually turne♚d out to be true in the long run.

A lot of these fan theories never really go anywhere, but many of them have actually been confirmed to be accurate, either directly by the developer or by an addition made in later games in the franchise! It's amazing to watch this sort of thing grow and develo♊p.

So, do people want to start taking a deep dive into the world of Gold and Silver? We don't think that even the biggest Pokémon fan out there will know every single fact looked at in this list, so it's perfect for everyone, no matter how much time they've spent in the Pokémon universe! We're very surprised at how inventive (and accurate) Pokémon fans can be. They truly are some of the smartest and mꦚost detail-oriღented video game fans out there, as evidenced by these fan theories you'll see!

25 ✃ Silver Is Giovanni's Child!

Pokémon games have always given people the option to name their rival, but they've also always had official names, with the rival in Gold and Silver being, well, Silver. Silver takes on a much more villainous role, willing to help out Team Rocket if it gets him where he wants to be. Theorists started to go crazy when they found text in the remake of both Red and Blue stating that Red looks like Giovanni's son, due to his red hair. Then, the remake of Gold and Silver showed Giovanni dis♚owning Silver after his defeat, confirming the t♈heory.

24 𝐆 🎀 Trainers Eat Wild Ones

Just like many franchises aimed at children, Pokémon throws up some pretty weird questions that would only ever occur to an adult. One of these questions is whether or not🅠 people actually the little monsters that they carry around with them to fight others.

Well, we got our answer...

Not only have Pokémon as food been referenced in the anime and manga, in Gold and Silver we see that Team Rocket are hunting down Slowpoke for their tails. Apparently, they can be sold for a huge amount of money as they're edible and considered a delicacy in the world of Pokémon.

23 ♋ The Fabled Pikablu Actually Exists 🔴

Before the internet, playgrounds were essentially rumor mills where theories and ideas based on pretty much no facts would spread fast. People ended up believing a lot of these rumors. One of the rumors that prevailed around the time that the first Pokémon game came out was that there was a legendary Pokémon named Pikablu that could only be acquired by completing a ludicrous set of tasks like talking to Professor Oak 100 times. This rumor was actually based on a grainy picture of a future Pokémon that would later appear in Gold and Silver, Marill.

22 ♕ Generation II Pokémon Wiped Out Some Of Generation I 𒆙

One of the greatest things about Gold and Silver is that, at the end, it allows people to go back to the island from the first games, Kanto, once they've finished up their work in Johto. However, things aren't exa🤡ctly the same.

For one thing, Kanto is now infested with Pokémon from Generation II.

Presumably, they migrated during the time betwe🧸en the two games, but their addition means that many other Pokémon from Generation I have had to be removed. It's not much of a stretch to assume this means they've been w🎃iped out by the new Pokémon...

21 ⭕ Gold & Silver Prove The Protagonist From Red & Blue Failed

In the original Pokémon games, players were sent out into the wor🥃ld with two goaꦜls. Not only to catalog the entire world of Pokémon, but to become the Pokémon master.

They do this by defeating the Elite Four and then their own rival at the end of the game.

However, we find out in Gold and Silver that our character from thꦏe first 𝕴game has been beaten, and has taken the loss so badly that they've retreated to a mountain to live alone, making our progress in the prequel seem rather pointless.

20 Kanto Was 🧸Hit By A๊ Huge Disaster

For a lot of people, the fact that the version of Kanto found within Gold and Silver had parts missing was down to the fact that the developers just didn't have the time or the space to 😼keep it the way it was!

That's why numerous areas look completely different.

Forests and routes are gone, with caves crumbling or destroyed completely. Throw in the fact that Cinnabar Island has been destroyed by a volcano and it's clear that some major catastrophic event has befallen this area of the Pokémon universe since the first game!

19 It's Now Impossible To Raise New Trainers! ಌ ♑

It's a great thing that the developers included Kanto in Gold and Silver, but it doesn't take long to see problems with it, as we've already see💎n in this list. One problem is that they had to take what was the started world for an entire generation of new Pokéꦿmon trainers and put it at the end of the game, leveling up all of the gym leaders and wild Pokémon. This means that, if somebody was to go out into the world and try to become the greatest trainer of all time, they would be destroyed within seconds. It has become impossible for Kanto to create new trainers.

18 🍨 ও Trainers Can Make Legendary Animals Extinct

We care a lot about animals in this world, and w🌃hile they seem to be cared about in the Pokémon world, let's not forget that they're literally captured for life so that human beings can make them fight each other.

This includes legendary creatures of unknown majesty.

These are creatures that people have written myths about, that have inspired entire spiritual connections with the world. However, that doesn't stop the player from either enslaving them for eternity in a Poké Ball, or if theyꦺ're unlucky, wiping them off the face of the planet by accidentally ending them...

17 ꧃ 🦂 What Was Inside The Gold And Silver Ball?

When development on Gold and Silver were postponed, the anime had to come up with some 🅰content to fill the time it took to catch up, sending Ash on a trip to the Orange Islands to pick up a mysterious📖 Poké Ball for Professor Oak.

It was never revealed what was inside the Gold and Silver Poké Ball.

This Poké Ball would end up being a pivotal plot item within the Gold and Silver games, with many theorizing that it contained a Celebi. It was later revealed that originally, the ball was supposed 🎀to contain a Celebi, but in the end, they decided to keep the mystery alive and not reveal that information.

16 What Happened To Cinnabar Isl🍬and?

We've already commented on the sad fact that Cinnabar Island has been destroyed by a volcano in Gold and Silver, but was it always supposed to be this way? Was this a deliberate story choice on the part of the developers or not? Well, it turns out that a fully fleshed out version of the island was supposed to be incl🐬uded within the game, as is implied by it being contained within the game's files. However, whether due to time constraints or some other issues, the developers decided it would be easier for them to just completely destroy the area with a volcanic explosion...