May
22
Format Nintendo DS • Price £29.99
Publisher Nintendo • Game type RPG
Release 22 May 2009 • Info Back to Sinnoh in the snow!
What’s this? A new Pokémon game? Well what are you waiting for? Let’s play…
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!
While Platinum shares much with Diamond and Pearl, it is the most sophisticated and fun Pokémon adventure 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 ?
the distortion world is the best part of pokemon platinum!!!!!this is
excluding the battle frontier cos i have not been there yet!
i got it ive got 8 gym badges!!! i’ll soon be at victory road!
need game tips contact proof pekoo at bencblackman@yahoo.co.uk
platimum is the best ds game along with pokemon dimond…
I LOVE POKEMON!!!!
i did’nt know any thing could be so great
its probably one of the coolest games ever for pokemon so far.
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
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
there is not a lot of people r playing Pokémon Platinum online Y
hello
ive got platinum and it really fits the discription
@ 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!
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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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
OK IVE BEATEN 3RD GYM IN PLATINUM BUT I CANT GET PAST THE DOUBLE BATTLE BEFORE VEILSTONE CITY ANY GOOD STRATAGIES?
Why did u get an R4? illegal
Oh, and I cught a lv 99 Magikrap and evolved it w/ a Rare Candie.
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
this game rocks because the wii-fi, battle fronter, and the frends you make will battleing others
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