Pokémon Crystal Version

 is an RPG game developed by Game Freak and released by Nintendo in Japan on December 14, 2000, in North America on July 29, 2001, in Australia on September 30, 2001 and in Europe on November 2, 2001 for the Nintendo Game Boy Color. Like all the main Pokémon games, many Pokémon distributions were held for this release and its siblings games. The Japanese version was also compatible with the Mobile GB Adapter, an accessory that gave access to the Pokémon Mobile System GB, a paid service for Japanese cellphones. It allowed players to trade and battle with other people online trough their mobile phones and obtain a Egg Ticket from the Day-Care Man at the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City. It can be exchanged for an Odd Egg, which can hatch into a Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, or Magby with the Dizzy Punch move and has an higher chance of being shiny. The Odd Egg can be obtained in other language releases during normal gameplay, with the only difference in the shiny probability (50% in the Japanese game, 14% in the international games).

For the Pokémon distributions, see Generation 2 Pokémon distributions