Shouldn't Platinum be Crystal, and Crystal be Platinum?

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    Platinum is a metal, like Gold, Silver?

    Crystal is a colourless stone, like Diamond, Pearl?
     
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    Yeah it should be. Guess Nintendo wasn't think about that at the time though.
     
    That does make sense. Maybe they need a name quickly and thought of Crystal. :/
     
    good point i lie how you think you are very right
     
    You'd think.

    But, the above poster also bought up a good point.
     
    Good point Platinum is a metal and Crystal is a colorless gem. But Diamond/Pearl/Crystal sounds weird.
    Gold/Silver/Platinum sounds weird... So I don't think should be Crystal D/P/C is weird sounding like I said before and G/S/P sounds weird....
    So it's fine as it is.
     
    I don't see how it's weird. I mean, there's silver, gold, and platinum credit cards and I'm sure that most used them once.

    Crystal is indeed a colorless gem. However, as someone else stated, what about the Legendary Pokémon. You can't really switch Suicune with Giratina Origin.

    I'm just goin' to say that Nintendo should've looked closer at what they're doin', but they can't really see the future and this happenin'.
     
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    palamon said:
    Good point Platinum is a metal and Crystal is a colorless gem. But Diamond/Pearl/Crystal sounds weird.
    Gold/Silver/Platinum sounds weird... So I don't think should be Crystal D/P/C is weird sounding like I said before and G/S/P sounds weird....
    So it's fine as it is.
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    I bet if it were originally Diamond/Pearl/Crystal instead of Diamond/Pearl/Platinum it wouldn't sound weird to you. Usually, when people say something sounds "weird", it's just because they're used to the way that they've always heard it.
     
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    OMG! That makes total sense!! Hmm.. Maybe they just didnt think it all the way through.
     
    I've thought that "Crystal" should be named "Platinum" ever since the game came out. When I first heard there was going to be a third added on to G/S, I thought that it was going to be called Platinum, until the official name was announced. And then when I heard about Platinum I thought, "Well, NOW they use it..."

    From an in-game perspective, though, I guess it makes more sense that Crystal is Crystal. The mascot Pokémon of that game was Suicune, which looks more like crystal than like platinum.

    And while crystals, diamonds, and pearls have more in common with each other than platinum, diamonds, and pearls, logically it wouldn't make sense for Crystal to be the upgraded-and-better-than-ever Diamond/Pearl. Diamonds and pearls both are a lot more valuable than crystals are, so based on the names you'd think the game would be less valuable than either of the originals. (They might be worth more than platinum too, but I don't exactly know the "conversion rate" between diamonds, pearls, and platinum. :P) If Crystal were part of the Gen IV trilogy, it would make more sense for the games to be Crystal/Pearl/Diamond or Pearl/Crystal/Diamond than for the games to be Diamond/Pearl/Crystal.

    Then again, crystal probably isn't worth more than gold, either. Ehn.
     
    I made a thread about this a while back, I noticed this a long time ago.. I was like 'Umm.. did they just make a mistake..?'
     
    Pokemon Platinum should be in the Metal category of the Pokemon games because it is a Metal and not a gem like Emerald, but I guess that Nintendo and GameFreak didn't notice at the time.
     
    Yes I agree on that Platinum should be part of the Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphie area and Crystal should be in the Diamond and Pearl area, but at that point, Nintendo and Gamefreak weren't thinking.
     
    They do not sound weird to me. I heard people use gold, silver, and platinum in the same sentence when they refer to coins, trophies and medallions. Diamond, Pearl, and Crystal does not sound weird but there is one thing I would like to say is that Crystal is a molecular structure not a gemstone, however rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, and diamonds are composed of crystals. I also notice though that the dominant color on the Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are red, blue, and green which are the same are the same titles of the three first generation games which were Pokemon Red, Green, and Blue. (Note that the original Pokemon Green was not released outside of Japan, but its remake was). All of these are probably coincedences though because the people at Gamefreak cannot see what game they are going to make years later.

    The reason why the third version of the second generaton games being name Crystal instead of Platinum was most likely because Gamefreak wanted to name the game based on the what colors the mascot of the game had and they had not make a Pokemon at that time that matches Platinum in color.
     
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    I thought this since I heard it was to be called "Platinum".
    However, I guess Suicune makes more sense for Crystal than Platinum (or copper, zinc, etc.) so yeah. Funny thing is that directly after Crystal came 5 more gem based games (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl) than another metal, like Gold & Silver, Platinum. I wonder just what they'll switch to when they run out of gems or metals, unless they go back to colors.

    Shadowolf96 said:
    I'm currently creating my own pokemon rpg. called Pokemon Blood Stone
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    Thats nice and all..but please try to stay on topic next time, otherwise you may get flamed. I won't do that, but I'm giving you a li'l warning.
     
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