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Format Nintendo DS • Price £29.99
Publisher Nintendo • Game type RPG
Release 22 May 2009 • Info Back to Sinnoh in the snow!
Buy it. End of review. Nah, not really, but if you’re reading this you’re obviously a big Pokémon fan, and Pokémon Platinum is without doubt the ultimate Pokémon game made to date, so you really should rush out and buy a copy for yourself. Let us explain why…
Pokémon games never stray too far from that original idea had by Satoshi Tajiri back in 1995 for the Game Boy. You are a kid living at home with your mum when you decide it’s time to step out on your own and become a Pokémon Trainer. You meet a famous Pokémon Professor, grab your first Pokémon and set off on a big adventure, with a rival Pokémon Trainer never too far behind to get in your way and egg you on.
Of course, being the third game in the fourth generation of Pokémon adventures, Platinum does borrow heavily from Diamond and Pearl. Think of this as a remix – it’s the same location, Sinnoh, but the weather has changed everything to a snowy landscape. You’ll meet the same Gym Leaders and Trainers, but they are likely to have different Pokémon this time around. In fact, the wild Pokémon you encounter will be different too, as there are monsters in here that weren’t in the previous games, and vice versa.
So why buy this if you’ve already played and enjoyed the first two fourth-generation DS adventures? Well it’s more of the same but with a bit more polish, and that’s precisely what all hardcore Pokémon gamers want. It’s wonderful to get stuck into those Pokémon battles again, this time with improved special effects on all the Pokémon attacks, and new animation on the monsters in your party.
Saving the detail for our Expert Players’ Guide, the new features in Platinum are The Distortion World, where the game turns 3D and platforms go off in all directions. You enter this world through a portal at the top of Mt. Coronet. It is here that you meet Giratina in its Origin Forme – a monster we first saw in the movie Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior. As well as Giratina, you’ll meet a new Shaymin – the Sky Forme – and have to get the Gracidea Flower to stop it reverting to its Land Forme. There are five new Rotom Formes, and at an upcoming event you will be able to get a new Regigigas that will unlock a Regirock, Regice and Registeel to catch. This game has a Battle Frontier that the first two adventures were missing with mini-games to play and lots of battling options to improve your skills. Then there’s the Vs Recorder, where you can record your battles and send videos to pals over Wi-Fi!
There’s a full, new adventure to play through in Platinum! You will encounter Cyrus and attempt to thwart his evil plans, learn the mystery of the Pokémon statue in Eterna City, get a Pokémon egg from Trainer Cynthia, make Poffin for your Pokémon party, explore the Lost Tower near Solaceon Town and see 493 Pokémon to complete your National Pokédex.
Once you have completed all of this, there will still be lots in the game to keep you entertained. Customising your Pokémon, playing the side quests, racking up high scores in the mini-games and trading Pokémon with other fans through the Global Trade Station to name just four! This is without doubt the most sophisticated and complete Pokémon game to date.
We’ve been playing the game for days now, and although things start out quite slow for seasoned Pokémon players, once you have a good pair of running shoes on, you can repel some of the wild Pokémon to cut down on the random battles and adventure beyond Oreburgh City, where the game really explodes with exciting things. We can now visit the Wi-Fi Plaza in the basements of Pokémon Centers and use the Global Terminal in Jubilife City to get in touch with other Pokémon fans.
So, the final verdict is that you really need Pokémon Platinum in your life. Do whatever it takes – beg your mum or dad for the cash, sell your old Pokémon games, get rid of all those stuffed Pikachus in a car boot sale – this is the only Pokémon game you need now, and you’re going to have to dedicate some serious time to completing it. Welcome to the future of Pokémon gaming!
Where do you find manaphy? Just to say it’s BRILLIANT!!!!!
i think that pokemon platinum is realy hard i got it the first day it was out and i am stuck on the eterna city gym my freind has finished the game he said it was easy but it is not and what with you need a wii fii
conection not everybody has i ya know but it is realy cool in everything else
I think pokemon platinum rocks but it took me a really long time to do the Eterna Gym even though i had a Prinplup that new peck and a Starvia that new wing attak.(Just incase you didn’t know flying type powns leaf type)I think pokemon platinum is great but when pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver come out there going to be AWSOME!!!!
I Can’t get to sunnyshore city! Any help?
this is how u get manaphy go to the mansion talk to the book behind the owner
To go to Sunyshore, you need to go to the Distortion World (possibly through mt.coronet?) and catch Giritina (tip: save before you battle) and then you can.
It’s really good, currently leveling up my team. The story is so exciting!
pokemon platinum rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i got it the first day was out and i completed it in 5 days. i cant complete the national pokedex but i caught nearly every legandary pokemon on platinum. where is the next arecus event?
i hav had platinum since came out and i hav nearly beaten frontier brains but the 1 thing im not good at is contests does any1 have any gud contest pokemon and move combos
i cant wait 4 heart gold and soul silver coz they aint made a game in th 2nd generation with new graphics. i also think that they shud remake crystal
if u need any info try serebii.net
i love pokemon
when i first got the game i could not stop plaing it
even know i cant get it out of mine
its so awsome
the cards are also cool
it looks good and engoyable
adam you have to get the tm waterfall in route 216 and 217 .its by the right of 1 of the houses.happy to help anyone at anytime!
Why cant i get the Gracidea flower?and why is Regigigas at LV1???-_-
pokemon platinum is the best pokemon game so far it was so good when i first played it my eyes exloded does that tell you how good it is so far i have obtained 69 in my sinnoh pokedex and seen 168 i’m stuck on defeating cyrus in the distortion world i am getting really annoyed because i am about 3 meteres away from giratina well all i have to sy is that pokemon platinum is awesome buy the game and that is it you will own the greatest game in pokefan history ttfn ta ta for now!
I’m on mayleen in platinum (4th gym)
and I can only use staravia in it because eevee wont do anything good only dig with isnt very fast monferno is lv 31 butis very slow and weak
so my only chance is staravia withc is lv 30
You have to have action reply – a cheat thing that lets you get things that you wouldn’t be able to get otherwise… Find the Gracidea Flower in Floarum Town, where someone willo give it to you. Maddie, happy to help.
James you need the azara flute, give it to one of you pokemon, then go to spear piller, as soon as you get there use azara flute and stairs will appear. Go up them and you will see arecus. Hope that helps.
iv jst got it iv done 6 gyms
i completed it ages ago and caught DIALGA and PALKIA and AZELF GIRATINA UXIE and seen 201 POKEMON
i got it on my r4 meaning i got i before everyone else the easy and fun i’m about to catch Heatran look in the resort area for a level 70 magikarp i caught one and remember to catch Dialga and Palkia
I think Pokemon Platinum is brilliant!
I have defeated all 8 gyms and the pokemon leauge! I defeated the leage on the 28th march and ive seen 204 pokemon!
ive got the game completed it and it was so cool that there is the battle frontier and everything on it, it is like you can complete a game but still have something else to do!! THIS GAME IS SO COOOL!!!
I LOVE pokemon platinum, its so much better than diamond and pearl, i like all the cool new wi-fi features, like voice chat and the wi-fi plaza!
Good stuff, wish I read more about this!
does any1 hav tiscali and no how to connect it to wifi coz i really confused i no i need a wifi usb i dont no were u get em from
Its one of the best games ever! And also I completed in 5 days,got the national dex and now EV training.
turtwig if u wunt a nintendo wi-fi USB conecter I shusesht you look on play.com pieesed to help!
I wonder how to get the azire flute? I know that it was in a special nintendo wi-fi event but I think I missid it!
I think the game is COOL I hope nintendo make more pokemon games that are soper like it!
WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK ITS HARD IVE COMPLETED IT THREE TIMES IN A ROW.
P.S IF ANYONE NEED’S HELP YOU CAN ASK ME
ONLY ABOUT THE GAME THOUGH
i’ve got Uxie, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Giratina, Manaphy, and i just caught Darkrai using the member card which i got through WIFI. I’ve seen 331 pokemon and obtained 116!
My team consists of:
Lv.71 Electivire: ThunderPunch
Male Thunderbolt
Magnet Thunder
Giga Impact
Lv.68 Staraptor: Aerial Ace
Male Brave Bird
Amulet Coin Close Combat
Fly
Lv.100 Magmortar: Fire Punch
Male Fire Blast
Charcoal Flamethrower
Hyper Beam
Lv.79 Gastrodon: Surf
Male Recover
Mystic Water Waterfall
Mud Bomb
Lv.100 Garchomp: Flamethrower
Male Dragon Rush
Dragon fang Draco Meteor
Dig
Lv.57 Tangrowth: Slam
Male Block
Quick Claw Power Whip
Wring Out
Okay, I have had this for two whole weeks now! And I have Giratina Sky Forme OMG. It’s so cool currently at Level62
Team
Giratina level62
Rotom level54
Infernape Level96
Scizor level29
Garchomp level100
Ramparados level39
Is rotom a legendary or not?
Platinum is immense. I am taking my time and will play it as often as I can until I die it’s that good. I am training my Pokémon evenly and am just about to surf to Canalave City. All the Pokémon in my party are level 38. Can we use Platinum for Battle Revolution?
PLATINUM IS AWESOME
rotom is not legendary and platinum is rly the best game. if ur stuck on eterna gym u shouldnt cuz the entire first part of the game is easy as long as u battle all the trainers and do some leveling
has anybody been up against any of the frontier brains i have beaten two of them and got a silver print for my vs recorder
you do NOT need platinum!
it is simply 60+ new pokemon and THAT’S IT.
if you don’t have DP, this is a MUST!
if you have DIAMOND/PEARL stick to that!!!!!
IT IS NOT WORTH THE CASH IF YOUY HAVE DP.
i think platinum is good even though i have diamond.i am stuck on the pokemon league because most of the pokemon that the elite4 have are lv 45 to 50 and mine are about 40 exept my infernape and girantina but once they’ve fainted i have no chance.no matter how many revives or full restores i buy i just can’t win.here is my team infernape lv 69 rock climb rock smash shadow claw and fire blast girantina lv 50 shadow force fly ancient power and dragon claw uxie lv 50 swift yawn future sight charge beam graveler lv 42 rollout rock blast earthquake explosion electrabuzz lv 42 shockwave strenth thunder punch discharge rhydon lv41 scary face rock blast take down horn drill[1 hit ko].
I Think It Is Really Good.I’ve Already Got Shaymin,Giratina,Arceus And Diagla And Palkia And Almost all ov them
To Ash2
this game rocks because the wii-fi, battle fronter, and the frends you make will battleing others
Platinum is totally worth it, Ive played through it at least five times and I never get tired of it. My favorite games are still R/S/E though
Why did u get an R4? illegal
Oh, and I cught a lv 99 Magikrap and evolved it w/ a Rare Candie.
OK IVE BEATEN 3RD GYM IN PLATINUM BUT I CANT GET PAST THE DOUBLE BATTLE BEFORE VEILSTONE CITY ANY GOOD STRATAGIES?
i have electrivire lv100,metagrosslv100,garchomplv100,gallade lv100,magmortarlv100,salamencelv100,empoleonlv100,kingdralv100,feraligatrlv100,politoedlv100,golducklv100,lapraslv100,miloticlv100,gyaradoslv100,medichanlv100,scizorlv100,golemlv100,rhyperiorlv100,skarmorylv100,heracrosslv100,luxraylv100,jolteonlv100,raichulv100,pachirisulv100,tangrowthlv100,abomasnowlv100,vileplumelv100,roseradelv100,venosaurlv100,chaeizardlv100,infenapelv100,lickilickylv100,blisseylv100,dittolv100,togekisslv100,pidgeotlv100,gliscorlv100,noctowllv100,yanmegalv100,dragonitelv100,flygonlv100,gengarlv100,banettelv100,absollv100,mightyenalv100,umbreonlv100,unown(i)lv100 and wobbuffetlv100 NOT IS CHEAT(my time is 999:59
I love Platinum. Even though I keep starting a new game the excitement just builds up! Even though I was disappointed with D/P, I think Platium has some great improvements like the Battle Frontier from Emerald for example (obviously with different Brains), the extra Pokemon and the graphics have improved like in Stark Mountain. I would definitely recommend it to new players it is a great game, the Distortion World is very tricky, I used my strategy guide to help me with that as it is very helpful, for £12 I think it is worthit as it is very helpful. Even though I don’t have WiFi even ingame is very strategic with movesets as such. Some great Pokemon are included like the Magby line, the Elekid line and the unusual Porygon line. So yeah, it would rate it a 10 and a a final comment I would say its very exciting.
My Platinum Team (my first one, for the league))
Torterra
-Earthquake
-Leaf Storm
-Giga Drain
-Stone Edge
Garchomp
-Earthquake
-Fire Fang
-Draco Meateor
-Crunch
Vaporeon
-Ice Beam
-Surf
-Dig
-Shadow Ball
Houndoom
-Thunder Fang
-Flamethrower
-Sludge Bomb
-Dark Pulse
Togekiss
-Aura Sphere
-Fly
-Silver Wind
-Shock Wave
Gallade
-Night Slash
-Leaf Blade
-Fire Punch
-Thunderpunch
(PS Rotom is not legendary)
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@ oceanwave909 – I assume you’re talking about the Ace Trainers before the gate for Veilstone so here it goes:
Double Battle
Ace Trainer Maya
Roselia – Use Fire Type attacks like Ember, Flame Wheel, or flying moves like Wing Attack, Gust etc.
Lickiting – Use Normal Type attacks like Brick Break, Karate Chop etc.
Ralts – Use Ghost Type attacks like Night Shade,Shadow Ball, or bug moves like Bug Bite, or dark moves like Bite, Faint Attack, Crunch etc.
Ace Trainer Dennis
Gligar – Use Ice Type attacks like Ice Fang, or use water moves like Aqua Jet, Water Gun, Water Pulse, Bubble, Bubblebeam etc.
Buizel – Use Electic type attacks like Shock Wave, Thundershock, Spark etc or use grass moves like Magical Leaf, Razor Leaf, Mega Drain etc.
Drifblim – Use Dark type attacks like Bite, Crunch, Faint Attack or use electric moves like Shock Wave, Spark, Thundershock etc.
Or maybe even you need to raise your Pokemon’s levels, try to get them to 30, a stable level for the present. Hope this helps!
ive got platinum and it really fits the discription
hello
there is not a lot of people r playing Pokémon Platinum online Y
i have only just sarted liking pokemon and i got a d.s for my birthday and i
got 2 pokemon games with it !!!!!!!!! pokemon ranger shadows of almia AND
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION
wow pikachu we may have something in common huge pokemon fans and i got ds for my birthday and got platinum and pokemon ranger shadows of almia too
its probably one of the coolest games ever for pokemon so far.
i did’nt know any thing could be so great
platimum is the best ds game along with pokemon dimond…
I LOVE POKEMON!!!!
need game tips contact proof pekoo at bencblackman@yahoo.co.uk
i got it ive got 8 gym badges!!! i’ll soon be at victory road!
the distortion world is the best part of pokemon platinum!!!!!this is
excluding the battle frontier cos i have not been there yet!
i live in turkey and i ask my grandma to post the mags with cargo but i still never miss an issue
anyways
i know its not the right place to ask but would you guys rather have a rapidash in your team or a arcanine ?
To hakana9
to hakana9
out of rapidash and arcanine i would have to say charizard. usually i would say arcanine because he is a personal favorite of mine but unfortunately gamefreak doesn’t agree with me. they unfortunately gave arcanine a low speed stat paired with a below average defens and a major weakness of it is water and earthquake 2 of the most common types used in competitive battling. now if you don’t mind that then there is one other issue, gamefreak decided to gear arcanine in its physical attack over special attack. now most times i would have to say thats a good thing but its not considering most most fire type moves are special attacks. but arcanine does have one good thing going for it it can learn the elemental fang moves(I think) and it is one of the few pokemon that can learn extreme speed. Now rapidash is pretty close to arcanine except it has an abnormally high speed stat. but unfortunately it suffers from the same issues as arcanine with its low defense and the fact that its also geared towards physical attack limits its ability as a good team member.The reason i say choose charizard is because it has an exceptional speed stat,high special attack and an ok defensive stat. the only issue with it is the appearance of stone edge which will giv charizard a 4 times damage multiplier(pretty much a 1 hit kill) but othe than that charizard is the better choice
what’s going on here? is it me or no one wants to talk to me on here im huge fan too please somebody TALK TO ME
hi again
i have a few rare pokemon. I Have Uxie, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Giratina, Manaphy, Darkrai and shaymin
My favourite is Darkrai
Ive got tones of rare pokemon and shineys and thats all thanks to friends that have the game. pokemon platinam is amazin everyone should buy it!!!!!!!!!!
i have just arceus left on the national pokedex and every pokemon over lvl 80 at the very most
I have this game and it is SUPER DUPER i recamend it
hi matthew is my bro he is thinkin bout da distortion world when he has only defeated 1 gym leader i hve da game n im a girl (wooo go girls) wat shall i do i meen he shouldnt b thinkin bout it yet caus hes not even close to the distortion world anyway i’d like u 2 post r messages n wat to do with my bro caus he’s not even hal;fway ther in da game soo…
I am a huge fan of pokemon n i hve completed the sinnoh pokedex i donno how to complete the national pokedex soooooo i hope some of u pokemon fans out there can help me thnx for readin this
hi matthew is my bro he is thinkin bout da distortion world when he has only defeated 1 gym leader i hve da game n im a girl (wooo go girls) wat shall i do i meen he shouldnt b thinkin bout it yet caus hes not even close to the distortion world anyway i’d like u 2 post r messages n wat to do with my bro caus he’s not even hal;fway ther in da game soo…
I am a huge fan of pokemon n i hve completed the sinnoh pokedex i donno how to complete the national pokedex soooooo i hope some of u pokemon fans out there can help me thnx for readin this
PLATINUM RULEZ!!!!!
i have ever 4th gen game but platinum IS BEST BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i just think if u get this game use infernape because its surrposed to make it harder
Read some sort of thing about platinum in america to se Killer Krobats comment.
1 Respone to black-gengar Yay shiny pokemon!
MY BROTHER DONWNLOADED HIS ON R4 CARD AND IT’S AWESOME!!!!!!!
BUT I CANT BEAT THE HEARTHOME GYM LEADER I HAVE A TORTERRA.
AWESOMENESS
HEART GOLD AND SOUL SILVER ARE BETTER STILL. BUT ACTUALLY THEY ARE BOTH AWESOME!!!
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lol this was awesome!!