Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions

2007-05-09T21:54:04Z

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{{Infobox_game |
name = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl |
boxart = [[Image:Diamond-us.jpg|200px]][[Image:Pearl-us.jpg|200px]]|
caption = Boxarts for Pokémon Pearl and Diamond Versions.|
category = RPG |
players = 2 players simultaneous |
release_date_ja = Sept 28, 2006 |
release_date_au = June 21, 2007 |
release_date_eu = TBA |
release_date_na = April 22, 2007 |
publisher = Nintendo/The Pokémon Company |
developer = Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc. |
esrb = Everyone |
website_en = |
website_ja = [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/ds/dp/index.html ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド・パール] |
}}
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'''Pokémon Diamond and Pearl''' are the first true Pokémon RPG games for the [[Nintendo DS]]. The games were released in Japan on September 28, 2006 and in North America on April 22, 2007. They take place in the region of [[Sinnoh]] and the player's starting area is [[Twinleaf Town]].

=Plot=
At the start, the player sees a newscast about a sighting of a [[alternate color|red]] {{p|Gyarados}}. They then head to their [[Damion|rival's]] house and go to [[Lake Verity]] with him to see if there are any similar Pokémon living in it. Once there, a {{p|Starly}} attacks. Nearby is a briefcase containing [[Starter Pokémon|three Pokémon]] that the two choose from to fight off the {{t|Flying}}-type. As is always the case, the rival takes the Pokémon that weakens the player's choice. The professor's assistant, who is the alternate-[[gender]] player character from the player, takes the remaining starter. After the Starly is defeated, the two return to Twinleaf Town with [[Professor Rowan]]'s briefcase. Back in Twinleaf Town the player's mother gives him or her running shoes and then the player leaves for Sandgem Town to return the briefcase. After meeting Professor Rowan, he gives the player the Pokémon they chose to keep and a Pokédex.

During the course of the game, there are many conflicts with the evil [[Team Galactic]] and their leader, [[Cyrus]]. When the power of {{p|Dialga}} or {{p|Palkia}} (depending on the version) begins to overwhelm Sinnoh, {{p|Uxie}}, {{p|Mesprit}} and {{p|Azelf}} must be summoned and the player must catch or defeat the Legendary.
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=Connectivity=
*Diamond and Pearl are compatible with the [[Generation III|Game Boy Advance Pokémon RPGs]] after seeing all 150 Pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex. The GBA cartridge is inserted into the GBA slot of the Nintendo DS, while Diamond or Pearl is in its DS card slot to upload Pokémon.
*Pokémon uploads are restricted to six per day per GBA cartridge, and the player will have to re-capture such transferred Pokémon in [[Pal Park]] located at the end of [[Route 221]] before transferring from another GBA game.
*The player cannot transfer any of the Pokémon back to the GBA cartridge once they are transferred to their Diamond/Pearl copy; the transfer is permanent.
*Using the GBA game as a [[dongle method|dongle]] instead, it becomes possible to capture Pokémon in the wild in Sinnoh that do not natively appear, though this may only happen after the [[National Dex]] is obtained.
*The DS's native support for Wi-Fi is employed, allowing players to trade, battle and communicate using "voice chat" online.
*Diamond and Pearl feature Wi-Fi connectivity to [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], much as their predecessors connected to the [[Nintendo 64]] and [[GameCube]].
*Diamond and Pearl feature a global trading system, which allows trainers to search for any Pokémon they want. The global trading system will then go through a multitude of trades with other trainers in order to get the desired Pokémon.
*Diamond and Pearl also feature connectivity to [[Pokémon Ranger]]. By completing a special mission in Ranger, a Manaphy [[Pokémon egg|Egg]] can be sent from Ranger to Diamond or Pearl, where it can be hatched into the legendary Pokémon, {{p|Manaphy}}.
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=Features=
The day-night system first appearing in [[Pokémon Gold and Silver]] returns, now with five time periods: morning, day, evening, night, and late night. A new multifunction device called the [[Pokétch]], short for Pokémon Watch, is also introduced. The [[Pokémon professor|regional Professor]]'s name is [[Professor Rowan]], after [[wp:Rowan|a tree]] like the others, and he allows the player and his or her rival to keep the [[starter Pokémon]] they used against attacking wild Pokémon at the beginning of the game.

A new battle system is used for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. In this new battle system, attacks are declared either physical or special by how the attack itself operates, i.e. whether the attack touches the enemy or not, instead of the attack type, as was previously the case. For example, {{m|Thunderpunch}} is now [[Stat#Attack|physical]] and {{m|Hyper Beam}} turns into [[Stat#Special Attack|special]]. This has been highly controversial with fans of the series, as it is considered to be "wasting" some strong Pokémon from previous generations, such as {{p|Blaziken}} and {{p|Sceptile}}, while other fans of the series hail this change as "more realistic".

Though it was reported that the games would feature {{t|Dark}}/{{t|Psychic}}/{{t|Fighting}} starters, this has been debunked. The games retain the starters in the type trio of previous generations, {{t|Grass}}/{{t|Fire}}/{{t|Water}}, this time being {{p|Turtwig}}, {{p|Chimchar}}, and {{p|Piplup}}, respectively.

==Contests==
{{main|Pokémon Super Contest}}
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, a significant amount of changes have been made to the Pokémon contests, now known as Super Contests.

Instead of making [[Pokéblock]]s with berries, berry-flavored muffins called [[Poffin]] are made. This is done in [[Hearthome City]], though not within the contest hall.It is done at the Poffin House which is located : by the Pokemon Center go down and right.The Poffin House is the first one. Using the DS's touchscreen, players must stir the Poffin as directed by arrows that appear.

The first round of the contests themselves is similar to the first round in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, but instead of relying solely on contest stats, Pokémon must be dressed up using [[accessories]] with the stylus within a time limit. Each particular contest will require different accessories, and higher ranks may require more to be put on the Pokémon.

The second round is a dancing round, using buttons on the touch screen to either perform a dance that the others will find hard to mimic (if the player's Pokémon is the main dancer) or to copy the lead Pokémon's dance moves. Each Pokémon gets a turn at being the leader, and the leader must try to dance in time with the music, and so, obviously, so do the background dancers.

The third round is very similar to the appeals round in Generation III, and the main, and indeed, only, difference is that there are three judges. A Pokémon will get more points if it is the only Pokémon to perform for a particular judge, less if another one appeals for that judge and so on. The crowd system is still in place, but this time, each judge has a different meter, making it both potentially risky and potentially rewarding to appeal to a judge that all of the other Pokémon are appealing to.

==New gyms==
As is always the case, there are eight new [[Pokémon Gym]]s in Sinnoh, each with their own type affiliation. The new [[Gym Leader]]s are [[Roark]] ({{t|Rock}}), [[Gardenia]] ({{t|Grass}}), [[Maylene]] ({{t|Fighting}}), [[Crasher Wake]] ({{t|Water}}), [[Fantina]] ({{t|Ghost}}), [[Byron]] ({{t|Steel}}), [[Candice]] ({{t|Ice}}) and [[Volkner]] ({{t|Electric}}).

==Elite Four==
The new [[Elite Four]] is located at [[Foento City]]. The Elite trainers are [[Aaron (Elite Four)|Aaron]] ({{t|Bug}}), [[Bertha]] ({{t|Ground}}), [[Flint (Elite Four)|Flint]] ({{t|Fire}}) and [[Lucian]] ({{t|Psychic}}); the [[Champion]] is [[Cynthia]].

==New Pokémon==
:: ''See [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Dex number]] and [[List of Pokémon by National Dex number]]''
As the first [[Generation IV]] games, Diamond and Pearl were the first sightings of 107 new Pokémon, bringing the total amount to 493.

The new Pokémon began being unveiled in 2004, with the release of ''[[Destiny Deoxys]]'' in Japan, where {{p|Munchlax}} was revealed.

[[:Category:Generation IV Pokémon|Fourth-generation Pokémon]] continued being unveiled in 2005, with the Japanese release of ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''. The movie featured {{p|Lucario}}, {{p|Bonsly}}, {{p|Mime Jr.}} and {{p|Weavile}}.

2006 was crunch time for the Fourth Generation. The ninth movie, ''[[Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', featured {{p|Manaphy}}, {{p|Mantyke}}, {{p|Buizel}} and {{p|Chatot}}, and {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} were soon confirmed to be on the two games' [[:Category:Version mascots|boxart]]. On September 27, all 107 of the new Pokémon's menu icons were revealed on [[Filb.de]].

During the week that followed the games' Japanese release, [[Serebii.net]] featured a "Discovery Trench" that revealed the names and stats of many of the previously-unknown Pokémon to the general public.

===Version exclusives===
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|- style="background: #{{psychic color}};"
! Game
! Exclusives
|-
| '''Diamond'''
| {{p|Seel}}, {{p|Dewgong}}, {{p|Scyther}}, {{p|Murkrow}}, {{p|Scizor}}, {{p|Larvitar}}, {{p|Pupitar}}, {{p|Tyranitar}}, {{p|Poochyena}}, {{p|Mightyena}}, {{p|Aron}}, {{p|Lairon}}, {{p|Aggron}}, {{p|Kecleon}}, {{p|Cranidos}}, {{p|Rampardos}}, {{p|Honchkrow}}, {{p|Stunky}}, {{p|Skuntank}}, {{p|Dialga}}
|-
| '''Pearl'''
| {{p|Slowpoke}}, {{p|Slowbro}}, {{p|Pinsir}}, {{p|Slowking}}, {{p|Misdreavus}}, {{p|Houndour}}, {{p|Houndoom}}, {{p|Stantler}}, {{p|Spheal}}, {{p|Sealeo}}, {{p|Walrein}}, {{p|Bagon}}, {{p|Shelgon}}, {{p|Salamence}}, {{p|Shieldon}}, {{p|Bastiodon}}, {{p|Mismagius}}, {{p|Glameow}}, {{p|Purugly}}, {{p|Palkia}}
|}

==Nintendo Event exclusives==
The following Pokemon are available only after obtaining certain items at a Nintendo sponsored event. As of this time, the events in question have not been announced.
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|- style="background: #{{blue}}"
| {{p|Darkrai}}, {{p|Shaymin}}, {{p|Arceus}}
|}

=Reception=
According to Famitsu, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sold 1,586,360 units in the four days after its release. On December 27, 2006, it was announced that the two games combined became the first Nintendo DS games to hit five million units shipped.<ref>http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/12/27/103,1167202517,65081,0,0.html</ref> Additionally, in the fortnight ending December 31, 2006, the number of units sold passed four million, according to Famitsu, the first Nintendo DS game to do so.<ref>http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/top30/2007/01/11/120,1168503732,65421,0,0.html</ref>

In the United States, over 533,000 pre-orders were taken before release.<ref>http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=11981</ref>

: ''Source: [http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/ Enterbrain] via [http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/top30/ ファミ通　ゲームソフト販売本数ランキング TOP30]
{| {{bluetable2|r}}
|-
!
! Week ending
! Units sold
! Total units sold
|-
! 1
| October 1, 2006
| 1,575,266
| 1,575,266
|-
! 2
| October 8, 2006
| 466,273
| 2,041,539
|-
! 3
| October 15, 2006
| 275,494
| 2,317,033
|-
! 4
| October 22, 2006
| 231,979
| 2,549,012
|-
! 5
| October 29, 2006
| 203,214
| 2,752,226
|-
! 6
| November 5, 2006
| 183,048
| 2,935,294
|-
! 7
| November 12, 2006
| 124,738
| 3,060,032
|-
! 8
| November 19, 2006
| 101,133
| 3,161,145
|-
! 9
| November 26, 2006
| 110,946
| 3,272,091
|-
! 10
| December 3, 2006
| 100,215
| 3,372,306
|-
! 11
| December 10, 2006
| 151,036
| 3,523,342
|-
! 12
| December 17, 2006
| 225,228
| 3,748,570
|-
! 13
| colspan="3" class="c bg2" | N/A
|-
! 14
| December 31, 2006
| 554,245
| 4,302,815
|-
! 15
| January 7, 2007
| 214,274
| 4,517,089
|-
! 16
| January 14, 2007
| 58,725
| 4,575,814
|-
! 17
| January 21, 2007
| 49,050
| 4,624,864
|-
! 18
| January 28, 2007
| 48,783
| 4,673,647
|-
! 19
| February 4, 2007
| 45,467
| 4,719,114
|-
! 20
| February 11, 2007
| 43,947
| 4,763,061
|-
! 21
| February 18, 2007
| 39,553
| 4,802,614
|-
! 22
| February 25, 2007
| 33,444
| 4,836,058
|-
! 23
| March 4, 2007
| 33,470
| 4,869,528
|-
! 24
| March 11, 2007
| 28,774
| 4,898,302
|-
! 25
| March 18, 2007
| 24,119
| 4,922,421
|-
! 26
| March 25, 2007
| 27,440
| 4,949,861
|-
! 27
| April 1, 2007
| 24,641
| 4,974,502
|-
|}

=Trivia=
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl contain many references to [[wp:Internet meme|Internet memes]] and [[wp:chatspeak|chatspeak]]. One of the main translators, [[Douglas Dinsdale]], is a member of the [[wp:Something Awful|Something Awful Forums]], hence all the net lingo. There are also multiple references to the Something Awful website and community scattered throughout the game, such as one Pokémon trainer announcing "[[wp:My Tank is Fight|My Pokémon is Fight!]]". "Noob" is also used several times.

Diamond and Pearl are also the first main series Pokémon games to not have their cartriges colored, unlike previous games.

=See also=
* Bulbanews: [[n:First Diamond, Pearl information revealed|First Diamond, Pearl information revealed]]

=External links=
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Sky Tower

2007-02-08T12:54:51Z

Pokemonqueen: This dungeon is challenging and is your ''last'' adventure with your partner.

The Sky Tower is the lair of Rayquaza.
It has about 27 floors.
There are some tough Pokemon in there so bring lots of reviver seeds and other heal items.
Rayquaza I defeated with a Chickorita and a Torchic also with a Torchic and a Pikachu.
You might have to do this dungeon a couple of times.

Sky Tower

2007-02-08T12:53:36Z

Pokemonqueen: This dungeon is challenging and is your ''last'' adventure with your partner.

The Sky Tower is the lair of Rayquaza.It has about 27 floors.There are some tough Pokemon in there so bring lots of reviver seeds and other heal items.Rayquaza I defeated with a Chickorita and a Torchic also with a Torchic and a Pikachu.You might have to do this dungeon a couple of times.

Howling Forest

2007-02-08T12:46:56Z

Pokemonqueen: This is quite an easy dungeon but you'll need the chestnuts it supplies.

The first main rescue in the Howling Forest is to punish the bad mankey.
This leads to the construction of your new team base which looks like your head.
Anyway this dungeon has ten floors.On the ninth or tenth you will find chestnuts
(payment for the mankey gang to work on your base.You'll need about three) and other useful items.

Howling Forest

2007-02-08T12:45:32Z

Pokemonqueen:

Howling Forest

2007-02-08T12:43:43Z

Pokemonqueen:

The first main rescue in the Howling Forest is to punish the bad mankey. This leads to the building of your new team base which looks like your head.Anyway this dungeon has ten floors.On the ninth or tenth you will find chestnuts(payment for the mankey gang to work on your base.You'll need about three) and other useful items.

Howling Forest

2007-02-08T12:41:55Z

Pokemonqueen:

The first main rescue in the Howling Forest is to punish the bad mankey.This leads to the construction of your new team base which looks like your head.Anyway this dungeon has ten floors.On the ninth or tenth you will find chestnuts(payment for the mankey gang to work on your base.You'll need about three) and other useful items.

Howling Forest

2007-02-08T12:40:55Z

Pokemonqueen: This is the dungeon where you'll be going into alot for chestnuts.

The first main rescue in the Howling Forest is to punish the bad mankey. This leads to the construction of your new team base which looks like your head.Anyway this dungeon has ten floors.On the ninth or tenth you will find chestnuts(payment for the mankey gang to work on your base.You'll need about three) and other useful items.

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