Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo DS)

Reviewed by Hamish from Rangiora, NZ on September 25th, 2007

Pokemon Pearl is one of the best games I've played. Nintendo have done a fabulous job.

The game is so different from it's predecessors that in the way of the Global Trade Station (GTS), Wifi communication, The Nintendo DS touch-screen capabilities and the 3D environment that you play in. It really is great.

Reviewed by Nick from Whangarei, New Zealand on April 24th, 2007

While the DS version of Pokemon adds some new features (Touch controls during battles and 3D outdoor environments), most of it is rehashed from the older games and Pokemon veterans probably won't find anything new to interest them.

The ability to trade and battle over Nintendo's WiFi connection is one of the few things that makes it a worthy purchase, just don't go into this game expecting anything revolutionary.

Reviewed by Miria from Manukau City, New Zealand on April 1st, 2007

Pokémon Diamond & Pearl are thre fourth generation of Pokémon games. Having come out for the new Nintendo system, the Nintendo DS, Diamond & Pearl makes use of the DS's many functions including TouchScreen and WiFi. Diamond & Pearl also brings back many features from Gold & Silver that have since been removed.

Bringing 107 New Pokémon into the mix, bringing us to a total of 493 Pokémon, including many evolutions of old Pokémon, Diamond & Pearl completely overhauls the battling system. No longer are move's stats based on its type , but rather each move is individually allocated being Physical or Special.

Diamond & Pearl also brings a whole new thing into the Pokémon World; online battling & trading. Using the critically acclaimed Nintendo WiFi Connection, you are capable of sharing Friend Codes with your friends and battling with them. You can also trade with them across the WiFi Connection. Diamond & Pearl also have a Trading Station that allows you to put up a Pokémon that you have, state what you want and have someone trade it with you. A very efficient system indeed.

Diamond & Pearl keeps all of the functions the games have had in the last generation as well as introducing some new ones and reintroducing the Time Based events. It has a cool feature called the Pokétch that allows you to keep up to date with all your goings on including Captures, Breeding, and the location of the fleeing legends.

Reviewed by Anonymous from New Zealand on March 26th, 2007

Cant wait until this comes out, its a must have for every NDs player and pokemon fans , this game is massive and probably the best of all games to come out!