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4th Gen Should Platinum be called Platinum?!

giradialkia

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    Ok- i was looking at a list of all the games- they were grouped together according to the Region in which they are based mainly in. I noticed something-
    Gold and Silver are metals, right? And, Diamond and Pearl are... I don't know, I'll just say Substances. Anyways- Platinum is a metal, and Crystal is a ''substance''. Is anyone else noticing it? I think they messed up with the names, and should have had a third, separate Legendary mascot for Crystal. Does anyone else think so?
     
    giradialkia said:
    Ok- i was looking at a list of all the games- they were grouped together according to the Region in which they are based mainly in. I noticed something-
    Gold and Silver are metals, right? And, Diamond and Pearl are... I don't know, I'll just say Substances. Anyways- Platinum is a metal, and Crystal is a ''substance''. Is anyone else noticing it? I think they messed up with the names, and should have had a third, separate Legendary mascot for Crystal. Does anyone else think so?
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    >_>
    There's already been countless threads for this.
    I doubt nintendo knew that they were going to make platinum, like what is it..
    Eight years ago?

    Sure, the names might be more fitting.
    But it's what everyone's used to now.
    End of discussion.
     
    Well does it matter now? They've named it and released it. It is what it is.
     
    That's something I noticed a while ago: Gold and Silver, which are metals, had a sister version, which is Crystal, a jewelry piece (let's leave it at that). Diamond and Pearl, which are more jewelry, have a sister version which is Platinum, a metal. Yeah, I noticed this since a while back... ​
     
    Red / Blue / Yellow - Charizard red / Blastioise blue / Pikachu yellow
    Gold / Silver / Crystal - Ho-oh gold / Lugia silver / Suicune crystal
    Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald : Groudon ruby / Kyogre sapphire / Emerald rayquaza
    Diamond / Pearl / Platinum : Dialga diamond / Palkia pearl / Giratina platinum

    ok. i listed those so.. you can get what i say, each version is named by the mascot's primary color, this is for the first two gens. the third gens, is based on gemstones - look at rayquaza, a gemstone at his forehead that is exacly as the Emerald gemstone. don't know about groudon and kyogre, probably again with the same think as the first two (probably emerald too.. but the gemstone emerald kinda fits ha)

    Anyway, D/P/Pt, only platinum was based on a primary color (Giratina does not have a primary color. so they choose platinum, since it has a few platinum spots all around it) Dialga has a diamond at its chest, it shares the same trait with palkia (god, i sound like i copied this from bulbapedia <.<)

    well.. you got it?
     
    A Diamond is a gemstone so does that mean it should have been a fourth game with Ruby, sapphire and Emerald?
    They have their ways of working things out. person who posted above seems to know what they are talking about.
     
    They should've called Crystal Platinum and Platinum Crystal. And renamed Pearl...um...Zirconia?
    Meh, what can we do about it? I'm already used to Gold, Silver and Crystal anyway, but it would've sounded better to call Crystal Platinum, as Gold and Silver were metals.
     
    Lord GaGa said:
    They should've called Crystal Platinum and Platinum Crystal. And renamed Pearl...um...Zirconia?
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    Problem right there; naming Generation II's Crystal 'Platinum' wouldn't have made sense because none of the Legendary Pokemon really related to the colour/metal at all. Besides, you could argue that its a new trend set by Nintendo; the odd numbered Generations (Gen. I, Gen III) have names that relate to each other in some way, while even numbered Generations (Gen II, Gen IV) have an 'odd one out' kind of thing. But really, I'd claim that as just reading too far into things. I prefer the thought that they relate to the Pokemon they're the 'mascot' of. Though in saying that, R/B/Y could have just as easily had Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos as their Version mascots, lol

    At the end of the day, its just the name of a game, so it really doesn't matter what they are named. Particularly when there are stranger named things in the world.
     
    yeah it is pretty messed up. but it is what it is, and we cant do anything about that.
     
    Platinum should be with G/S, Crystal should be in D/P. I agree.
     
    Well, both a diamond and a pearl take amazing time and luck to form. Platinum... well, its like what you said. Crystal should have been Platinum, and Platinum, something along the lines of a jewel, I guess Crystal would cut it. xD
     
    I think the mascots match with the titles so its fine the way it is.
     
    Well, in all honesty, giratina matches Opal better because of its name(Girasol is Opal but Platina is Platinum) and all but, Im used to Platinum so it fits.
     
    Glaceon_ said:
    Problem right there; naming Generation II's Crystal 'Platinum' wouldn't have made sense because none of the Legendary Pokemon really related to the colour/metal at all. Besides, you could argue that its a new trend set by Nintendo; the odd numbered Generations (Gen. I, Gen III) have names that relate to each other in some way, while even numbered Generations (Gen II, Gen IV) have an 'odd one out' kind of thing. But really, I'd claim that as just reading too far into things. I prefer the thought that they relate to the Pokemon they're the 'mascot' of. Though in saying that, R/B/Y could have just as easily had Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos as their Version mascots, lol
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    Ha, why didn't nintendo think of that(the 3 birds)? Lol.
    Well, in Generation II, if they had named it ''Platinum'' then they could easily have made the mascot the (then) ''newly-discovered'' steel type. Which would have made perfect sense, really, as not only would it fit the name theme, but the type would have fitted, too. (Tho please don't delve into the fact that ''steel isn't platinum''). Or is it...?
    No. (God, confusin myself now..).
     
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