Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
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| Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | |
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| Developer(s) | Game Freak |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | September 28, 2006 (JP) April 22, 2007 (NA) June 21, 2007 (AU) July 27, 2007 (EU) |
| Genre | RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Age rating(s) | ESRB: E |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Media | 512-megabit cartridge |
| Input | D-Pad and Touch Screen |
| Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough | |
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are the fourth generation of games in the Pokémon series. It was release in Japan on September 28, 2006. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl broke yet another sales record on their release date, all two million copies of the game are sold out along with 500.000 special Palkia/Dialga Nintendo DS Lite Systems. Unlike previous Pokémon games, Diamond and Pearl added 109 new Pokémon making a total of 493 Pokémon in the series.
On January 20, 2007 the US boxart for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were revealed. The US versions include VoIP chat functionality over Nintendo's WiFi Connection.
On April 18, 2007 Nintendo has confirmed that North American pre-orders for both games topped 533,000. Nintendo also announced plans for a themed event to take place at the Nintendo World store in New York City from 1 to 5 pm on the release date.
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[edit] Features
- After beating the Elite Four, players will be able to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokémon Emerald, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen via the NDS Game Boy Advance slot via Pal Park.
- Diamond and Pearl have NDS Wi-Fi support, allowing players to trade and battle their Pokémon, while communicating vocally using the DS microphone via Pokémon Center basements.
- There is also a huge extensive "classified ads"-type trading post where trainers all over the world can put a Pokémon up for trade with an attatched description of the Pokémon s/he wants in return for it. Trainers can also search the entire list of trades for Pokémon they are looking for. If they find one they like, they can offer the wanted Pokémon in return and the trade automatically is accepted and goes through.
- Diamond and Pearl also feature Wi-Fi connectivity to Pokémon title Pokémon Battle Revolution.
- Diamond and Pearl is set in the new region of Sinnoh, which includes and underground area and cold, snow-capped areas.
- Diamond and Pearl introduces a new criminal group called Team Galactic.
- A completely new device known as the Pokétch (Pokétchi in Japanese) can be obtained and will offer features such as time management, a calculator, and a way to monitor Pokémon in the daycare center.
- Utilizing the internal DS clock, daytime and nighttime is making a comeback from Pokémon Gold and Silver. It's more complex, featuring morning, day, afternoon, evening and night.
- Some male and female Pokémon have differing physical characteristics, distinguishing them from each other. For example, male Wooper have more branched antennae than females, and female Scizor have larger abdomens than males.
- Diamond and Pearl feature weather in and out of battle, similar to weather in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald.
[edit] Pokémon Shown during development
New Pokémon announced for Generation IV:
- Munchlax - pre-evolution of Snorlax. First new Pokémon announced, has made appearances in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokémon Dash! and the Pokémon anime.
- Lucario - an entirely new Pokémon that first appeared in a Pokémon anime movie.
- Weavile - the evolution of Sneasel.
- Bonsly - pre-evolution of Sudowoodo. Also appeared in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
- Manaphy - an entirely new Pokémon that has appeared in the Pokémon anime and Pokémon Ranger. Rumored to be a rare, unobtainable promotional Pokémon similar to Mew, Celebi and Jirachi. Confirmed to be Water type.
- Mantyke - pre-evolution of Mantine.
- Chatot - a new parrot-like Pokémon.
- Buizel - a new otter-like Pokémon.
- Dialga - confirmed legendary Pokémon featured on the cover of Diamond. Has the ability to control time.
- Palkia - confirmed legendary Pokémon seen on the cover of Pearl. Conversely, can warp space.
- Cherubi - new cherry blossom-like Grass pokemon, similar to Vileplume.
- Pachirisu - yet another Pikachu clone, this one's an electric squirrel this time.
- Drapion - created a buzz upon announcement, being the first Poison/Dark type.
- Electivire - this is the evolution of Electabuzz.
- Roserade - evolution of Roselia.
- Turtwig - D/P's Grass-type starter. Similar to a tortoise.
- Chimchar - D/P's Fire-type starter. Similar to a monkey.
- Piplup - D/P's Water-type starter. Similar to a penguin.
[edit] Battle Changes
An important difference between Diamond and Pearl and the previous Pokémon games is the re-classification of moves. Previously, the damage done and received by moves was split between "Attack/Defense" and "Special Attack/Special Defense", depending on the type of move. For example, Tackle, a Normal-type move, would be calculated using Attack and Defense. Inversely, Thunder, an Electric-type move, would be calculated using Special Attack and Special Defense.
However, moves are now split into 3 different groups instead of just being categorized by type: Physical, Special, and Other. For example, Thunder is still a Special type of attack (presumably). However, Thunderpunch is now a Physical attack (due to the "punch" part of the attack). Thunder would use Sp. Attack/Sp. Defense, while Thunderpunch uses Attack/Defense -- even though both are Electric-type, in contrast to previous games.
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