4th Gen Platinum Q&A Thread

[Cyrus Lv.X]

I am glad that they didn't make up new pokemon... it would be pointless...

 

[Shedinjareese]

The release is Spring 2009 and it is worth your time... more quests, more trainers, longer storyline, Torn World, 7 new pokemon formes, better Eterna Building, Torn World, yeah, it is worth your time.

OK thanks that's what I wanted to know. Now...how do I wait til Spring 2009?! And, are contests the same format as in Pearl?

 

[AdvanceMapper]

OK thanks that's what I wanted to know. Now...how do I wait til Spring 2009?! And, are contests the same format as in Pearl?

Yup.
Contests are the same.
However, there's Wi-fi contests (me thinks).

 

[Heart's Soul]

Yup.
Contests are the same.
However, there's Wi-fi contests (me thinks).

Yeah, ye think there be Wii-fii contests, but me think differently... I doubt there are Wi-Fi contests, maybe Serebii knows...

 

[AdvanceMapper]

Just checked Serebii.
Didn't say anything, so I probably wrong.

 

[Xebelleon]

The Resort Home & Fly

Once the Platinum hero / heroine has reached the Resort Area, does it become a "target" for Fly?

 

[Shiari Xero]

I can't wait for Platinum! I really like the style of D/P. I also love the new forms. My personal favorite is the Giratina Origin form.

Does anyone know the release date?

 

[Ooka]

The date hasn't been released yet. (To the best of my knowledge)

 

[Forci Stikane]

Once the Platinum hero / heroine has reached the Resort Area, does it become a "target" for Fly?

Yes, you can use Fly to get to those island areas after you first reach them.

 

[~Night]

Does the japanese version work on an american DS?

~Night

 

[Azonic]

Does the japanese version work on an american DS?

~Night

Yes. I don't see why it wouldn't.

 

[Ooka]

Does the japanese version work on an american DS?

~Night

Actually, I seem to remember hearing somewhere that to play Japanese carts, you have to import a Japanese DS, but it might have been PS2s that I was hearing about. Although I do know Flashcarts play Japanese ROMs on American DS'.

 

[blakheart741]

your lucky it doesn't come out in australia till next year for the love of god!

 

[Wichu]

Actually, I seem to remember hearing somewhere that to play Japanese carts, you have to import a Japanese DS, but it might have been PS2s that I was hearing about. Although I do know Flashcarts play Japanese ROMs on American DS'.

That would have been PS2s. Nintendo's handhelds aren't region protected. However, the games themselves are - although you can trade between Japanese Platinum and English D/P, you can't migrate from an English game to it or use it with an English PBR.

 

[Heart's Soul]

your lucky it doesn't come out in australia till next year for the love of god!

You may want to wait until 2009, unfortunately. You can just get a flashcard and beat the game, Giratina is the only problem, though.

 

[Milke]

Does anyone know of a site that lists all the changes from Diamond / Pearl to Platinum? IE Zapdos has heat wave now, etc?

Or does someone know all of them?

Or is there an invisible sticky about this somewhere that I need to find?

 

[Ooka]

Well, Smogon has a section discussing all of the new moves for each Pokemon, and how they might effect the metagame. (And no one flame me for mentioning Smogon either, seeing as how I haven't really heard of any other sites that are doing the same thing >:o ) So yeah, you could probably just check there if you're interested. As for the other changes, Google is your best friend. :/

 

[Forci Stikane]

Actually, I believe Serebii already updated their Pokedex with the new Platinum moves, if you want to check there instead.

 

[Ooka]

They did, but I don't believe they actually listed the changes so that you could see what has changed exactly. I think they just updated them. :/

 

[Forci Stikane]

They did, but I don't believe they actually listed the changes so that you could see what has changed exactly. I think they just updated them. :/

They still have the original D/P moves listed separately, so you can compare the lists for a specific Pokemon if you want to see what changed for it. If you want a single go-to list for all of the Pokemon at once, though (for whatever reason), then yeah, Smogon's probably your best bet.