GamesRadar - Pokemon Platinum

New DS and Wii titles en-route to SA (News)

Sep 30, 2009

Nintendo gamers in South Africa will be spoilt for choice over the coming months. In addition to the Wii receiving a price cut here and Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii arriving in the next two months, a whole bunch of new games for both the Wii and the DS will be arriving on SA's sunny shores in late October/early November.

What if Niko Bellic was in Mario Kart? (Feature)

Sep 16, 2009

So what would happen if amoral Balkan sociopath Niko Bellic was in everyone's favourite cute and cuddly cartoon racer? Would Mario and chums accept him into the line-up with grace and humility? Would Niko keep the lid on all his murderous rage when Yoshi was firing red shells up his tailpipe? Of course, not. This is what would happen if the worlds of Liberty City and the Mushroom Kingdom clashed...

And that got us thinking. What ...

If video games were... candy bars? (Feature)

Aug 18, 2009

Sometimes, games are so good we say they're 'good enough to eat'. That's usually not strictly true, of course - DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and the human mouth do not mix. But what if games were turned into candy bars? Now there's an idea.

If our Photoshop attempts are anything to go by, there's a huge market of untapped potential just waiting for some entrepreneur to take a lucrative bite. Just try not to dribble on the keyboard, ...

More Pokemon Remakes Inbound As Platinum Hits 5.7 Million (News)

Aug 14, 2009

The Nintendo DS role-playing game Pokemon Platinum has sold over 5.66 million units worldwide since its September 2008 debut in Japan, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company said Friday.

The impressive amount is still just a drop in the bucket as far as total worldwide Pokemon franchise videogame sales, which stand at 193 million units, according to Nintendo. Pokemon Platinum, a remake of 2007's Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, released in the US, Europe, and Australia in the first half of 2009.

Nintendo also announced Friday that it would be bringing Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver to the US and Europe in spring 2010 for the DS.

411mania: The Release List for the Week of August 10, 2009 (News)

Aug 11, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Phantom Brave, C.O.R.E, Fossil Fighters, and Madden.

On Phantom Brave, 411mania writes: "We Meet Again is an update to the original Phantom Brave for the PS2. As it was the game that immediately followed Disgaea, it had a lot to live up to when it was first released back in 2004. Though the SRPG contained many similarities to its predecessor, many fans felt that it strayed a little too much from what made Disgaea a hit. Detractors cite the more serious story as well as the various gameplay changes as their main complaints. However, those who actually gave the game a chance found a lot of the changes to their liking. The absence of the grid system, for example, allowed for more freedom when positioning characters. In addition, the Confine system, whereby the souls of the playable characters must be "confined" to objects on the field in order to take physical form, forced players to put more thought into when and where to use each character. It's not an exact clone of Disgaea, but in this case, that isn't such a bad thing."

Nintendo Achieves Four Million-Sellers In Fiscal Q3 (News)

Aug 3, 2009

Gamasutra writes:

"Four Nintendo-published titles achieved more than a million units of worldwide sales in its latest fiscal quarter alone, according to the company's third quarter briefing."

Nintendo Owns All Format Top Ten in Australia (News)

Jul 31, 2009

Koku Gamer writes: 'The Wii and the DS are outright winners in Australia this week as they cover the whole of the Australian All Format Full Priced Games for the week ending 26th July.'

Nintendo Announce Pokémon Village Fête Tour (News)

Jul 21, 2009

Following the official announcement of their Wii Sports Resort launch activities earlier today, Nintendo have announced yet another public event for their UK audience. If you're looking for some free family fun this summer, step into a magical land full of Pokémon at the Pokémon Village Fête where you can experience the very latest Pokémon videogames for Nintendo DS and Wii and take in a screening of the 11th Pokémon movie – Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

The secretly sinister storylines of your favourite games (Feature)

Jun 12, 2009

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cerasus.media Celebrate DS Success (News)

Jun 11, 2009

The Berliners are particularly pleased with the success in the United Kingdom: in the second week it climbed up to number two of the GfK full-price charts, one place behind Nintendo's Pokemon Platinum, with only two other third-party titles in the Top 10.

European Pokemon Platinum's missing Game Corner explained (News)

Jun 9, 2009

If, like us, you thought that maybe the Game Corner was broken in the European version of Pokemon Platinum, you may be interested to hear that it was a conscious decision to omit the playable machines in the region ...

Pokemon World Tournament: Regional Winners Announced in Phoenix (News)

May 30, 2009

Regional winners from the Pokemon Phoenix competition are now available. These winners will now compete in the national tournament, one step closer to becoming Pokemon masters.

PokemonVG had a chance to catch up with both the Senior and Junior division Regional Champions, who each earned guaranteed competitors slots and Travel Allowances to participate in the 2009 Pokémon Video Game National Championships in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Top 7... gut-wrenching choices (Feature)

May 4, 2009

Games are complicated these days. Plotlines are deep and branching. Worlds are open to explore, and to change. Major characters are expendable. Side quests are optional, dialogue trees are intricate and endings are multiple. We are the authors of our own digital experiences. Which sounds pretty great, until you reach one of those choices that you just know will affect the rest of the game. ...

Legendary Pokemon guide (Feature)

Apr 23, 2009

A true Pokemon trainer strives for a complete Pokedex, and some of the hardest Pokemon to track down are the legendaries. To help you fill those pesky gaps in your PC, we present the fastest, easiest ways to obtain every single legendary in the National Dex. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and within each entry the methods for obtaining the legendary are arranged from easiest to hardest. ...

The 10 greatest mustaches in gaming history (Feature)

Apr 9, 2009

Video Games and facial hair have long had a close bond, be it the soul patch on the Prince of Persia, Gordon Freeman’s goatee, or the five o'clock shadow on every single character made with the Unreal 3 Engine. But while most games have people (mostly men) with some bit of hair growing beneath the nose but above the mouth, there are too few with just a mustache adding character to their faces. ...

Pokemon USA Announces Dates For Pokemon World Tourney (News)

Apr 9, 2009

Are you ready to become the world's undisputed Pokemon Master? Have you trained your Garchomp to tackle the toughest that the world can offer? Then this is the tournament you've been waiting for.

Pokemon invade Twitter, currently tweeting with each other (News)

Mar 31, 2009

DarkZero: "It seems the world of Pokemon has invaded Twitter, with multiple characters and Pokemon from the games and TV show now having Twitter accounts. Some are a bit pointless, some are really bloody pointless, but some are very funny.

Koffing managed to get a laugh out of us, as it seems he just exploded. He also revealed that his trainer James loves ABBA."

Zero to 100: Videogames by the numbers (Feature)

Mar 31, 2009

Numbers. Man, there must be millions of ‘em. Seems like every other game on the shelf has a number in it. Boy, I bet you could count to a hundred using just videogame titles and related items. Let’s see if I’m right. ...

Amazon DotD - Pokemon Ranger and Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (News)

Mar 25, 2009

The Amazon deal of the day for today is Pokemon Ranger and Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia for $19.98 each. Deal is good until 12:00 AM PST or when stock is depleted.

411mania's Release List for the Week of March 23, 2009 (News)

Mar 24, 2009

411mania talks about week's game releases. Highlights include Lux-Pain, Death Track: Resurrection, Touch Mechanic, Sunday x Magazine: Taisen Action, and Cate West: The Vanishing Files.

Revealed: the games your girlfriend HATES (Feature)

Mar 24, 2009

Contrary to popular belief, most gamers are not sniveling, sweaty-palmed Towers of Awkward roaming the streets in search of any woman who will have them. In fact, most of us find a girl who’s willing to put up with our gaming habits, and forgive the many hours spent saving the world from glowy-eyed zombie Nazis.

But guess what – there’s at least one game that’s driving your girlfriend batshit insane. She might ...

Pokemon Platinum (Review)

Mar 23, 2009

It’s a cycle nearly as old as time itself: two marginally different Pokemon games are released, and then a year or so later a third version comes out that compiles the few differences between the two and renders them both obsolete. Red/Blue preceding Yellow, Gold/Silver preceding Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire preceding Emerald, and now Platinum is here to rescue everyone from the choice between Diamond and Pearl ...

Pokemon Platinum Version now available; launch event pictures (News)

Mar 22, 2009

Pokemaniacs are probably wrapped up right now playing Pokemon Platinum Version. Pokemon Platinum Version launched today for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo had an early launch event yesterday at the Nintendo World Store in New York. See a couple of pictures from Nintendo here.

Players can experience a new storyline, characters, Giratina Origin Forme Pokemon, WiFi gameplay, or import Pokémon from Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version and the Game Boy Advance Pokémon games (Pokémon Ruby Version, Pokémon Sapphire Version, Pokémon FireRed Version, Pokémon LeafGreen Version and Pokémon Emerald Version).

Pokemon Platinum Version is currently the top selling videogame on Amazon.com.

More Pokemon Platinum news (News)

Mar 21, 2009

The Start Screen writes,

We are less than a day away (except for those of you lucky enough to live near the Nintendo World Store in NY) from the release of one of the most anticipated games for the NDS, Ok well the most anticipated for Pokemon Fans... but its still going to be an awesome game! Never the less it seems that there will be something special in all the game cases for Platinum. Read on to find out more.

New video game releases for the week of 3/23/09 (News)

Mar 21, 2009

This week's new video games bring a mix of movies, real-time strategy, sports, and RPGs. Tomorrow (Sunday) is the release of Pokemon Platinum. It will be a big seller for the DS with the large base of Pokémon collectors out there. Now that gamers have warmed up to RTS gaming with Halo Wars, it may be a good time to check out Stormrise from SEGA. Stormrise offers a new perspective to the traditional RTS with a third-person view and "vertical" gameplay. PLAYSTATION 3 gamers looking for a solid RTS fix should check out the "Ultimate Edition" of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Video cutscenes look great on the Blu-ray edition. Try the demo just recently released on the PlayStation Network to see for yourself. Wanted: Weapons of Fate is a movie-inspired game that looks promising. A demo is available on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network as well. As a little bonus, we have a video featuring the artist of the Wanted comic book below, courtesy of Hollywood.com. Another dose of Hollywood is coming from Vin Diesel in The Wheelman, the Midway game that Ubisoft is helping to co-publish. See more new videogame releases in the week ahead below!

This week's new video game releases:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360:
Monsters vs. Aliens
Stormrise
WWE Legends of WrestleMania
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Wheelman

PLAYSTATION 3:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Ultimate Edition icon (pre-order bonus: Girls of Red Alert 3 poster)
Monsters vs. Aliens
Stormrise
WWE Legends of WrestleMania
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Wheelman

Wii:
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Monsters vs. Aliens
MotoGP 08
Totally Spies: Totally Party

DS:
Broken Sword
Discovery Kids Dolphin Discovery
Dicovery Kids Kitten Corner
Discovery Kids Pony Paradise

How Pokemon are born (Feature)

Mar 19, 2009

With Pokemon Platinum’s North American release only a few days away, we sat down for a chat with Pokemon Company/GAME FREAK Board Director Junichi Masuda, and GAME FREAK Designer and Developer Takeshi Kawachimaru. Mr. Masuda has been with GAME FREAK since 1989 and has been with the Pokemon franchise since its beginning. ...

Nintendo of Canada Giving Away Limited Edition Pokemon Figure with Pre-Order (News)

Mar 19, 2009

NextGen Player writes:

"Attention all you Pokemaniacs prepping for the March 22nd launch of Pokemon Platinum for Nintendo DS. Nintendo of Canada has struck a deal with major Canadian retailers to give away a limited edition Pokemon figurine for those who pre-order the game. The figurine will be the dual-type Ghost/Dragon legendary Pokémon, Giratina. Yes, it's obscenely ugly and genderless, but that doesn't mean Girantinas don't crave love and attention. I'm sure it'll look surprisingly pleasant on your knick knack shelf right next to your Wobbuffet."

Pokemon Platinum (Screenshots)

Mar 17, 2009

The Top 7… games you either love or hate (Feature)

Mar 16, 2009

Like petty school children bickering in a playground fight, gamers are obsessed with choosing sides. Never content to rate a game as simply “above average” or “slightly disappointing,” we allow internet hearsay, magazine previews, fanboy feuds and console preferences to push our views to ridiculous extremes. We can’t just like something… we have to deem it BEST EVER. We can’t just dislike something… we have to declare it EPIC FAIL. ...

Pokemon Platinum Dated for Europe (News)

Feb 12, 2009

A sweeping new adventure, set in the Sinnoh region of the Pokémon world, packed with new features - such as new ways to play online at the Wi-Fi Plaza over the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection and the ability to save your greatest victories in the Vs. Recorder - will electrify fans of the Pokémon series. A brand new Distortion World, governed by neither time nor space, also emerges, which provides a whole new gameplay challenge!

Pokemon Platinum Pre-Orders Get Free Giratina Origin Figurine (News)

Feb 11, 2009

Nintendo announced today that beginning this Sunday, folks who place a pre-order on Pokemon Platinum at any participating retailers will receive a free Giratina Origin figurine. Crafted by Kaiyodo, the figurine stands at 2.75 inches tall.

The Preemptive 2009 Game Awards (Feature)

Jan 23, 2009

At the end of every year we get a new year – one that is numerically superior to its predecessor and brimming with new stuff to buy. But how do you know what to buy if all the shiny “best of” awards are given at the end of the year? You could spend your precious 365.24 days reading game reviews, but what are they compared to shiny metallic awards? ...

List of differences between Pokemon Platinum and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (News)

Jan 7, 2009

A comprehensive list of the differences between Pokemon Platinum and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl has been compiled.

Pokemon Platinum Release Date Confirmed (News)

Dec 17, 2008

Nintendo have released their early 2009 line up and Pokemon Platinum has a confirmed release date.

Daily Events and Points of Interest (FAQ)

Aug 12, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough (FAQ)

Jun 29, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum Gym Guide (FAQ)

Jun 25, 2009

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Reobtainable TMs (And Move Tutors) (FAQ)

Jun 9, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough (FAQ)

May 15, 2009

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Legendary Guide (FAQ)

May 6, 2009

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Extra Villa Furniture (Unlockable)

Apr 24, 2009

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Legendary Pokemon Guide (Cheat)

Apr 23, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum FAQ/ Walkthrough (FAQ)

Apr 22, 2009

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Get An Eevee (Hint)

Apr 21, 2009

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Getting Stars And Colors (Hint)

Apr 21, 2009

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Get A Porygon (Easter Egg)

Apr 21, 2009

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Diamond Dusts (Easter Egg)

Apr 21, 2009

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Happy Birthday Message (Easter Egg)

Apr 21, 2009

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Strategies and Counter Strategies FAQ (FAQ)

Apr 15, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum: Battle Frontier (FAQ)

Apr 14, 2009

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Capture Dialga And Palkia (Hint)

Apr 6, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum: Contest Guide (FAQ)

Apr 6, 2009

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Pokemon Platinum: Poketch Guide (FAQ)

Apr 6, 2009

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Where To Get Rotom (Hint)

Apr 6, 2009

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Giratina Origin Form (Hint)

Apr 6, 2009

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The New Pokemon (Hint)

Mar 2, 2009

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Get The National Pokedex (Hint)

Mar 2, 2009

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