It's funny you should mention the different language version compatibility thing, as my friend traded with a Japanese player to get some special event Pokemon called 'Darkrai' (which I have know clue what the English name would be yet). Apparently it's pretty powerful with a nice Hypnosis/Dream Eater combo.
I haven't bought the game yet though. :/ Everyone I know seems to already have a copy. I'd better buy it before they all disappear. I hear that (SPOILER) the new professor is a slave driver, and that your rival is hyperactive and is constantly running into trees. It also seems like this is the first game where the Champion is female.
Man, the new Pokemon are kind of lame. ;o
My little Piplup is adorable though.
Is it worth picking up for someone who's actually never played the Pokemon games?
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Probably, the Pokemon games are very user friendly, if you can tackle the RPG mechanics on Valkyrie Profile, you will find the Pokemon games childs play.
Ive never been interested in Pokemon after Pokemon Blue, but Diamond/Pearl looks like its taking Pokemon a step further with all the online trading stuff. I dig that.
I suggest that we all post our "Friend Codes" found in the "Pal Pad" so that we may trade and communicate with each other via the internet.
I should also mention a few things:
If you have a wireless router, you need not purchase any Wi-Fi equipment, the DS can link up with them.
Do not trade with Roto, it is very frustrating to have his modem drop him.
My friend code is:
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My Friend Code:
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Make sure you tell people through PMs or something that you added them, because you both need to add each other in order to communicate. No use adding someone, and they don't know you added them.
Update: Just got the Excavation Kit. Access to the Sinnoh Underground! Secret Base is set up, but I'll probably move it. The underground is actually a lot more feature-rich than I thought it would be. It's like an entirely different game. Also, I know the reward for getting capture the flag now.
Pokemon <3
Aye, I forgot to mention that.
Also, underground is the sex.
If you burry gems of the same colour in front of you, they make a jump in their size.
If you bury gems and come back a day later they make a much larger jump in size.
When burying never bury more than two at a time, make one high and one low.
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I traded online with Giga Guess today. I didn't realize it had voice chat until I heard him typing through my headphones. :P He sounds really gay.
But he gave me the two starter Pokemon I didn't have so he's awesome anyway. In return, I evolved his Kadabra and his Graveler.
I SAW YOU! :c)
And yes the voice chat is wonderful. I love hearing my friend's voice as he talks to himself about...well...I don't want to think about it.
Yup! :c)
I love the pokemens.
Just got Pearl on Tuesday and am loving it, though I'm not very far (currently leveling up in the Eterna Forest). This game has really made my OCD tendencies from the original Pokemon games kick back in, so I doubt I'll be advancing at a very fast pace as I want all of my Pokemon to be the same level roughly.
Boy am I an unfunny ass.