Age 30
Male
Melbourne, Australia
Seen January 8th, 2013
Posted April 30th, 2012
1,031 posts
14.1 Years
If I could change some things, I would:
  • Add in more fire Pokémon in the wild so you're not relying on Chimchar until you get the National Dex (Ponyta is good but doesn't learn any fire moves for ages).
  • Get rid of the massive level gap between the Sunyshore Gym and the Elite Four. Every time I go through the game I have to spend a couple of days levelling up all my Pokémon before I can take on the League.
  • Get rid of Defog. It's literally the most stupid HM ever and only existed to be annoying.
  • Make the battles go faster. X does ## damage. *three second wait before next message comes up* was really irritating.
That's all I can think of on the spot.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™

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Age 97
Shimoda City
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted January 25th, 2022
9,705 posts
15.5 Years
Here is what I suggest be changed (some are repeats) :

More Galactic battles.
Battle with Charon.
More trainers in Victory Road.
Make the rival more Silver-like.
Work around the "Saving A Lot Of Data... that takes over half a minute to save.
No more hax luck in the Battle Tower/Frontier. Or, just get rid of the place completely.
Contests over Wi-Fi.
Battles in Secret Bases

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Age 31
Male
Fortree City
Seen May 4th, 2010
Posted April 21st, 2010
211 posts
13.6 Years
I would add in more wild Pokemon. For some reason this dex seems much smaller than all the others. It seemed like no matter where I was in the game, the same few Pokemon kept appearing.
I avoided grass at all costs because I knew the only wild Pokemon that would appear that I actually liked was Giraffarig.
Male
Ecruteak City
Seen April 24th, 2012
Posted April 10th, 2012
102 posts
15.1 Years
Well if I could improve anything...

1. I would change the layout of Mt Coronet. It is really confusing if you wanna reach to the top.

2. I would add the function to let Pokemon following you too. Considering HGSS developed the same time around DPPt, they should try to implement it at least in Platinum.

3. Someone has mentioned the slow text in the game, which I agree.

4. The heavy snow route (I have forgotten the route number).

5. I wish running is like that in HGSS. I don't wanna hold button B all the time.

empty streets

Ace trainer ★

Age 32
Female
Faraway place
Seen August 6th, 2014
Posted January 21st, 2013
544 posts
13.7 Years
- Add some more pokemon from previous gens. The choice before the Nat.Dex is really small.. and most pokemon are ugly.
- Get rid of Bidoof.
- Add more badass things in the storyline (raep!)
- Get a chance to rechallange the gyms after beating the E4.
- Things that others had mentioned, like getting rid of Defog and etc.
follow your dreams

Amore

Seen 15 Hours Ago
Posted 15 Hours Ago
5,243 posts
13.8 Years
Get rid of Defog, and Rock Climb.
Gym Leader rematches.
E4 and Champion's levels raising.
Get rid of Garchomp, give us Dragonite!!
Have Team Rocket!!!(Ultimate showdown-Rocket wants to sell Dialga, Cyrus wants to use it, You give it to rocket, rocket sell it to Cyrus, then you capture it).
Have the wi-fi room like in Platinum.
Have Stark Mountain erupt, fill the seas arond the Battle Zone with lava, so you have to have a poke with thick fat or damp to Surf on that area.
Have lava in Stark Mountain
Have the guy who tells you your hidden powers

The Roshi

I must become stronger...

Age 30
Male
Lavender Tower
Seen November 6th, 2011
Posted February 1st, 2010
227 posts
14.9 Years
Take the fog condition out of the game. It's absolutely pointless. Also I hate the veilstone department store. I would definitely make it so much bigger. It's supposed to be a huge store and dppt could have taken advantage of the 3d engine to make an epic building.
Gone from PC for good.
Male
Johto - Residential Area.
Seen December 6th, 2009
Posted October 29th, 2009
2 posts
13.6 Years
I would get rid of the following things: Amity Square (Or make it so all starters can go in with you), HM05 Defog (Or make it a TM and have good ol' Flash back), Bidoof and Bibarel (Although they are good HM slaves), All the (Mud, Water, etc.) Sport moves.

I would change: Half the Sinnoh Pokédex (Most of it is Hoenn Pokémon) to include more Fire Pokémon, the Temple (or Religious Building) in Hearthome City to include some peaceful music, and the starter Pokémon the include all starter Pokémon (thus changing most of the start of the game).

I think that's it.
Johto & Gen II FTW!



Age 32
Male
Australia
Seen November 29th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2011
919 posts
13.6 Years
I would change: Half the Sinnoh Pokédex (Most of it is Hoenn Pokémon) to include more Fire Pokémon
Actually the least generation of Pokemon in it is Hoenn.

In Diamond and Pearl:

Gen I: 32
Gen II: 22
Gen III: 16
Gen IV: 81

And in Platinum:

Gen I: 46
Gen II: 36
Gen III: 27
Gen IV: 100

Zacceh

Another day in the life of...

Age 27
South Carolina, USA.
Seen March 26th, 2011
Posted March 16th, 2011
317 posts
17.4 Years
If there is an asterisk(*) next to a feature, it means they fixed/added it in Platinum. If there is a pound(#) sign, it means it's a broken feature in Platinum.

In Diamond/Pearl
~*The battle speed could have been faster*
~Again, the same wild Pokémon appear throughout the entire game. Bidoof, Bibarel, Buizel, Floatzel, Geodude, Graveler... It got repetitive until Swarms came about. Then it got boring after I got all of those...
~The E4 Level Gap.
~*More diverse storyline. It was good here, but it really could have been better. Needed a little more of a challenge*
~Double Team on Staravia. It just pisses me off.
~Defog. Need I say more?
~*Gym Leader rematches would have been nice.*
~*SLOW surfing speed...*

In Platinum
~#Some Pokémon's front battle sprites lag between the viewing and the dance/cry.#
~#When "the other trainers don't feel like battling right now. Let's try again later." is displayed after using the Vs. Seeker, it lags.#
~#A battle against Charon would have been nice.#
~#A storyline that involves Looker a little more. He was pretty chill. I just wish there was a little more backstory on him, as well as a potential battle against him.#
~#Origin Forme Giratina was a bit of a letdown for me.#
~#Skymin only being available during daytime. Since I can't get Wi-Fi very well during daytime hours, I play at night. Shaymin/Skymin is part of my competitive roster.#
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Age 25
Female
In the united states
Seen September 8th, 2012
Posted December 1st, 2011
157 posts
13.9 Years
"... and put wifi terminal in diamond, theres no way im gonna buy another version of the same game just to get a few perks dammit D:<"
Thats what the third Version is Sopposed to do.

No more HM's in future Generations, Change all HM'S To tm's that only cost like 5,000 each.

More balanced types meaning i want at least 5 pokemon of every type (Exept for Dragons), They did that so you WOULD HAVE TO pick chimchar.

560cool.

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Age 24
Male
Eastern Europe
Seen March 29th, 2021
Posted March 9th, 2021
2,002 posts
13.8 Years
Actually , speed and gameplay is better in Pt. . I'd say that for the 3D Graphics graphs WOULLD have been a LOT better . Nintendo ot stuck again , and put it all in HGSS like Lugia or Ho-oH Cutscenes .
Well, okay. I'm here just to chat with people. Don't really care about signatures and stuff.



kazeshini

Hoenn & Sinnoh master

Male
Lavaridge Town & Sunyshore City
Seen August 6th, 2013
Posted October 29th, 2009
14 posts
13.8 Years

- Get rid of Bidoof.

you made my day.

they were annoying in pearl and are annoying in platinum, they are like rattata except its evolve form is abit useful.


and plz cant they make more fire pokemon and less grass and water pokemon.
fire type fans like me feel alienated and have less of a choice i mean ponyta? useless.
then i cant remember any other fire types until stark mountain.


75% of Pokemon gamers use cheats and specially made codes to make their pokemon battle-worthy. If you are one of the 25% percent that level their Pokemon up legally, put this in your signature.
-Started by SkittyLover77
Male
Midwest, United States
Seen October 30th, 2009
Posted October 29th, 2009
4 posts
13.6 Years
To start off I do agree with everyone as though some people are stating issues that were fixed in Platumin. Yet others they never were real issues just personal hates like Defog as an HM and yes it is worthless as one but still Flash doesn't work for Defog just so you all know. It makes it worse. Still Defog just needs to be a TM as well as Flash as a TM as Flash too serves no use in a battle besides annoy our friends as they can't land a tackle.

Also I quote.

...the Temple (or Religious Building) in Hearthome City to include some peaceful music

There is a reason as to why there is no music inside the "Church" (as it should be called) is because that is it a place of peace and quiet. To allow ones self to think without distractions and so forth. So music would ruin the feel of it. You see.

Now also the Department Store in Veilstone City was in fact increased in size in Platumin as it had a basement floor that sold: Berries, Poffins, and it claimed to sell Rare Candies but they sold out which SUCKED. Still it should have had more floors and more stuff to be sure but still we all can't beg for it. It is a Gameboy game after all. Not some Wii game...which would be cool.