Back in 2021 I picked up a boxed version of Pokemon HeartGold after long losing my original copy from 2011, came with the Pokewalker too! Still have it all. I later picked up SoulSilver, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, and Leaf Green too. I even have a spare HG since my main game is HG that I'll never reset, so I needed another one. I've been playing them quite often since, and I've done basically everything at this point. I haven't used any glitches or hacks in any way, but I did do the DNS trick to unlock the Mystery Gift Event Pokemon that I was never able to get back in the day. So all of my Pokemon are legit, shinies included with hundreds of thousands of resets and encounters, so yes my actual play time are far higher than what's shown, and that's not including all of the other games I played too, many times, accumulating master balls, rare candy, TMs, etc onto my main HG. My DS had the wrong year setting when I started which I later corrected but still shows on the front of my Trainer Card. I have photo's of every shiny encounter, including my all shiny team in the Hall of Fame from a Shiny Quest I did in SS before moving them to HG, but am limited in what I can upload.
I have never used Reddit so didn't know about this place, so decided to share some photo's and to maybe compare my game to others since I've been doing this alone for 5 years. There's a lot more to see, these are just a few to give an idea and get things started. Show me your games too!
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1w4r7ik
Source: r/PokemonHGSS · by /u/AnAfricanApe90
