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RPG & Strategy Oct 26, 2026

HeartGold or SoulSilver, which exclusives are better?

Starting a replay and can only buy one. I know a few Pokemon differ between the two but cannot remember which. Which version has the more useful exclusives for a normal playthrough?
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ashac Oct 29, 2026
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The version exclusives are pretty even. HeartGold gets Growlithe, Mankey, Spinarak, Gligar and Phanpy, SoulSilver gets Vulpix, Meowth, Ledyba, Skarmory and Teddiursa. Arcanine on a Johto run is the big one for me, it carries a lot of the game, so I'd lean HeartGold. Post-game, HG gets Kyogre and SS gets Groudon. Ho-Oh and Lugia are both catchable in either, the cover one just comes earlier.
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