Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver are enhanced remakes of the 2000 video games Pokémon Gold and Silver. The new titles are members of the Pokémon series of role-playing games, and were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They were released on September 12, 2009 in Japan, and will be released during March 14, 2010 in North America and March 26, 2010 in Europe. This is the second Pokémon remake, the other being Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. The games were released on or around the tenth anniversary of the original Gold and Silver. The mascot for HeartGold is Ho-Oh and for SoulSilver is Lugia, these were the mascots for the original games as well. The graphics are updated for the DS. The game's Starter Pokémon are the same Pokémon from Gold and Silve