Pokémon Pearl (Nintendo DS)

...the colossal impact that the Pokémon franchise has had on the world commercially. This wasn't just a video game… this was a phenomenon. Movies, trading cards, toys, magazines, animes, CDs, stickers, sweets, breakfast cereals, key rings… even air fresheners for your car… everything you can possibly think of that has any commercial value fell to the Pokémon war machine in the late 90's. And what spawned this global insanity? A single Japanese game ...
...Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon games, used to spend his childhood wandering through the woods picking up insects and keeping them in small jars in his bedroom. Every time he found a new one he'd rush home and add it to his collection. He was always curious to find out more about his new specimens, especially at how they would interact with each other. So he put them together and, more often than not, they would fight each other (and then, ...

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From game to game the pokemon series has continued to be the same story again and again except slightly different, but the strange thing it, the more games you play, the more engrossed you become in the game. Although there doesn't seem to be anything much new for the players that have played the old pokemon games, for people that haven't played them before though there is a lot to do and to discover. The overall theme of this game is to find and ...
...fight against other trainers until you become the champion of the region. But this is just scratching the surface, with over 150 before you complete the main story and over 450 after you complete it there is little chance that you will complete it no matter how much of your time you dedicate to it. This is the point though, to gain all of these types of pokemon without using Wi-Fi you would need another of the games (FireRed or LeafGreen) which were ...

RazorFire 14.06.2008 · Read full review
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I know pokemon on first glancemay seem like the most childish thing on the planet! When talking about the anime I would have to agree with you. The game however is another story completely. It is nothing like the anime. First and foremost it is an RPG. That stands for Role playing game! These games use strategy rather than button mashing fights. At the start of the game you go through some basics like your name, sex and a few other preferences. You ...
...place on. Your told pokemon are used to battle in tournaments or against random opponents you may encounter. There are over 200 pokemon in this game. As with all pokemon games it isnt long to your first pokemon. This is given to you by some dude who you save. You get a choice of three each representing a level of difficulty. Grass and fire type pokemon are generally easier to use than water types. I chose the fire type. This means my pokemon can ...

rob1001 03.10.2008 · Read full review
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It seems amazing that a gaming series about keeping creatures of all shapes and sizes trapped inhumanely in balls smaller than the palm of your hand can still be running strong after nearly 10 years, and whilst I doubt that Diamond and Pearl will be the last Pokemon games ever, it is fair to say that these games show the first signs of failure. These games feature a ridiculous 493 varieties of Pokemon, and us lucky gamers get the chance to try and ...
...local games store ships over games from the US, so a few weeks ago I decided to see if the new Pokemon game, of which had been given the thumbs up in America, had been imported. To my luck (or what I at first considered my luck), a copy of Pokemon Pearl rested on the shelf, so I bought, not realising that what I was buying was a game lacking in originality, and that after the completion of the main quest would become excruciatingly tedious and lacked ...

JCS.UK 15.07.2007 · Read full review
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The pokemon series has simply got better and better through the last decade with no hint of the high standard of new features coming in stopping or losing exelence! THe game is obviously the best so far in its genre wit hourd of fun even before you can think about wi-fi you will have played for 50+ hours! a long game time. the Wi-fi elements make the game longevity pretty unlimited with a huge 493 pokemon to find on the new region and through Wi-fi. ...
...strengths and weaknesses but do not in any way compromise the fun experienced by all gamers playing this! the graphics sre very different from the last generation as it is played on a DS. this means the pokemon can keep the same style of gameplay with hugly improved graphics to get it there. Unfortunatly the soud is almost as boring as when it came out the Gameboy Color with little background parts added in to all the main themes and sounds that ...

Sir_cooky 16.12.2007 · Read full review
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Right from first buying this product for £23.99 in Tesco I realised that I had made a good choice. The 4th Generation or pokemon brings along over 100 new pokemon and a brand new storyline which allows the player to advance further in thier quest to become a 'Pokemon Master'. The game also boasts the use of the Nintendo Wi-Fi, whereby you can trade and battle with players across the world. Currently, It has taken me 91 hours of gameplay to get 460 ...
...been spared or features to make this game take up alot of my time which I have quite enjoyed. Pokemon Pearl can also be connected to a Wii Console with the pokemon game, Battle Revolution. However, there are some disadvantages to the game such as its price. Personally, I paid £23.99 as it was the lowest price for the the game at the time and if I had waited possibly a short while longer, I could of gotten it cheaper on websites such as Ebay. This ...

Romeo123467 07.09.2007 · Read full review
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Now this is a great game. Before i bought this game i didnt like Pokemon at all, well i did like but i wasnt in to it if you know what i mean, Until my mate come up to me showing me his Pokemon Team on Diamond. He said he was collecting all 493 Pokemon and told me the ones that was missing. One he was missing was the main Pokemon on Pearl, Palkia.He said if i bought Pearl and get that Pokemon for him, he would give me £5 for it. I thought i might ...
...for fun. I got addicted. The best generation of Pokemon games as of yet. I then started training up my team and now i play competatively. The story line is great and its a really fun game to play. If your into Pokemon then buy one of these games. Either Pearl, Diamond or Platinum. I have to admit that Platinums story line and the game itself isbetter but they are all near enough the same game. Either of the three is worth getting. ...

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very good graphics and new pokemon to find plus loads of the other pokemon to find, capture,train and fight with. Very good ...

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wow !! Its finally here and It has been worth the wait for any pokemon fans. It has new 3d graphics and wi-fi and can be played with 2 players. It has all the old characters and many more with los of game levels to play. It has a new watch feature which is called a pokechi watch, it is really different to anything that you have seen before. If you do anything at all this summer and are a pokemon fan, then you must get the new pokemon pearl game, ...

joanne1978 10.08.2007 · Read full review
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I have played all the other Pokemon games before, apart from Silver, and have found all of them... Okay, but Diamond and Pearl are the culmination of all the hard work put in by Game Freak. Brilliant game. ...

windwaker 11.08.2008
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Review of Pokémon Pearl (Nintendo DS)

This is the first pokemon installation on the DS there has been previous pokemon games on the DS but none with the exploration like this one. There has been many installations of pokemon on video games so just encase you don't know what pokemon is here is a quick explanation. You as a character the most famous being Ash travel around a city with a pet/creature called pokemon these as pets protect you as you are travelling around the city. You ...
...or trainers that are found around the city. There are 2 main aims to pokemon the first is to defeat all the Gyms and collect all 6 or 12 (depending on version) gym badges, the next aim is to fill your pokedex, a pokedex is a piece of equipment that records data of any pokemon you have seen on diamond and pearl you need to find 102. There are 2 games of pokemon there is Diamond and Pearl. These games have the same characteristics there is just slight ...

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