120 Minutes of "Oh God, they're eating me!"

Today's blogged bit: Pokemon Platinum.



Recently featured in a number of Japanese magazines and now crossposted on several websites, including the American Kotaku.com, the newest installment of the main storyline of the Pokemon franchise has been revealed. Last year in April, the first traditional Pokemon RPG games for the DS, Diamond and Pearl, were released to much acclaim and sold millions of copies.

The new game, following in the footsteps of earlier tried-and-true methods, is an enhanced remake of Diamond and Pearl, called Pokemon Platinum (personally, I would have thought Opal would be a better name), releasing for the Nintendo DS in Japan late this summer.

The details are scarce at the moment, even this close to launch, but there are some interesting tidbits:

• September release (may or may not be subject to change)
• The male trainer has apparently gotten outfit changes
• The Underground is now Wi-Fi compatible
• Battle Island "revealed", serving a similar purpose to Battle Frontier from Pokemon Emerald
• No new Pokemon, but some alternate forms for others. Confirmed: Giratina's Origin Form (Giratina will serve as the cover Pokemon), Regigigas's Sky Form, and Shaymin's Another Form
• In addition to being the cover Pokemon, Giratina replaces Dialga/Palkia at the Spear Pillar when Team Galactic is confronted (opening up the possibility that Giratina's former location will house both Dialga and Palkia)
• Volkner is no longer the Sunyshore Gym Leader

For more information, refer to the official site:
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/platinum/02.html

I'll be buying this, as I'm a die-hard fan of Pokemon, and working to transfer all my Pokemon from Diamond and Pearl into this one. Yes, I know, it's a little sad to do it, but I don't care.