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Pokemon-You WILL catch them all again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I've been playing Pokemon video games since their inception of Red/Blue/Yellow (back in the day), and this game is really no different for the overall concept. Catch Pokemon, raise them, form your team, catch more Pokemon, etc. Rinse, repeat. That is the worst thing about this game, is that it's virtually the SAME as it was during Pokemon Blue's debut. However, this would be my only complaint. The game is graphically superior to all other hand held Pokemon's to date. I find myself once again hooked to this deviously-titled game, and can't seem to put it down to play my other neglected DS games. My breakdown of this title is below:

Pros:
Pokemon!
Graphically beautiful
Sound quality is excellent
VERY addictive gameplay
New Pokemon to catch and train
New mini games to keep you occupied for days
Wireless functionality to battle your friends (and enemies)

Cons:
Same old, same old Pokemon you remember from it's earlier incarnations

I gave this game high marks (5 stars), as it might be the same old game in different clothing, but why change a good thing? If you like Pokemon, you'll definetely want to get either Diamond or Pearl for your DS. Well worth the wait, and definetely will strain your DS's battery.

Diamond rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: April 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got a DS a few days ago because I'm getting intrested in the Pokemon games. I have Leafgreen and Crystal, but so far this game is better! I love the 3-D graphics and new Pokemon! The sound is a bit bad..and it can get real annoying when wild Pokemon just keep coming up to you. (Buy repel) The game is really addictive and naming yourself and rival is cool too. And I can't wait to try out the Wi-Fi Connection sometime. I highly recommend this game!

Poekmon Diamond You Have Got to Buy It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son who is 10 years old rates this game with 5 stars. He has had lots of fun playing this game since receiving it for his birthday.

Have You Bought This? If You Have, You've Been CONNED

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is only for people that have NEVER PLAYED pokemon before. Only then will it be a decent game. If you've played pokemon before and just bought this because of all the new pokemon that came out and the new adventure etc etc, if that was your reason then sorry to say but YOU'VE BEEN DUPPED, TRICKED, CONNED, FOOLED!!

Nintendo (game freak) sure got you. I'm not bashing their name for nothing, I'll list you all the reasons why this idea is indeed based on something.

Slap a new name on an old game. Pokemon diamond is almost the same old game as when it first came out. Being on the new DS, you would expect it to at least upgrade its graphics and utilize the DS's full potential more. The only differences are: The towns look different, pokemon attack you more, different types of pokemon, different types of people, different bad guys, more tm's and hm's.

1. POKEMON: Okay, in this game there are even more pokemons for you to find and....sometimes catch. But here's the low down if you're an analytical thinker. You see different types of pokemons right? But if you get to the basics of it, are they REALLY different or are they just the same old pokemons with a different look? Nintendo ran out of ideas for pokemons decades ago so they go into the pictorial dictionary of our earthly creatures and make a caricature of it and slap a goofy name that sometimes relate to the animals real life nature or...not..and call it a pokemon. They are so desperate to make up more pokemons that they brought in everything from dinosaurs to petshop animals to mystical creatures like dragons. Its to the point where its almost ridiculous to look at.

Pokemon in this game seem to attack you a lot more, probably also based on ur abilities. Playing this game would drive you completely NUTS if you didn't carry a lot of REPELS, which seems to be the only real thing that works to repel those obnoxious wild pokemons. Sometimes you can take 2 steps and get attacked. Think about it, you're trying to solve a clue to get your way out of a cave and you get randomly attacked every 2-10 steps that you take. Just take a minute out of ur day and think of that for a second and see how you'll feel. Buy some insurance for your DS because I almost broke mines.

I know cheating is bad but this game literally begs you to buy an ACTION REPLAY or other cheat device. Why? Because through half of the game they keep having you encounter the same small variety of pokemons. Catch'em all they say? How can you if 90% of the DIFFERENT types of pokemons almost throughout the game belong to a trainer?!?! You can set up your team however you want, but that's really limiting when you can only catch a handful of pokemon, especially old pokemon from the first game, even through half way in the game?! What is really fun is to be able to raise a pokemon throughout the game. Why would I want to find a legendary pokemon at lvl 50 when I'm practically done with the game?

What I really really hate is how nintendo gives you a lot of pokemon like machop, gasley, abra in the beginning. They're nice but they can only evolve to their final form by trading. That is sort of hard, I'm 22 and I don't feel comfortable walking up to a little kid and be like "hey do you want to trade pokemons with me?" this is when a cop arrests me and I become a sex offender. I'm not crazy enough to play this online either.

2. DS Utilization: Okay, the DS has a much better graphics engine on it, so why not use it? Pokemon Diamond could have easily been done on the regular gameboy. Use of the stylus? It's okay but nothing extraordinary. Sometimes its almost more convinient just using the buttons. Don't expect a lot of interaction using the stylus, its very badly incorporated into the game, to the bare minimum almost.

Graphics remain pretty much 2D. For those of you that say DON'T FIX WHAT'S NOT BROKEN, that's the kind of attitude that makes you sink lower back to the caveman era. Don't fix it, IMPROVE IT.

3. MISSIONS and PLOTS: SAME O SAME O. Old game with a new name indeed. Missions are basically the same, start in a town, objective to be the best, go beat gym leaders, beat the elite four, then battle tower etc afterwards.

The bad guys are back, only difference is their name. Everything is EXACTLY THE SAME. Same with your rival. If you were starting to get sick of pokemon emerald....this is almost the exact version so pick one and keep it.

4. Battling System: EXACTLY THE FREAKEN SAME. NINTENDO, if you were going ot make the exact game and change it a little bit to trick a bunch of kids to buying your game and making you a lot of money, at least make the pokemon's moves look a lot cooler. The moves have a little more graphics in them but HARDLY anything worth mentioning.

THIS IS WHY I THINK IF YOU BOUGHT THIS GAME AND YOU'VE PLAYED POKEMON BEFORE, YOU'VE BEEN RIPPED OFF REAL BAD. WHAT NINTENDO IS DOING IS WHAT THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL. ADD A LITTLE STUFF, ADD A LITTLE SUSPENSE ON THE RELEASE, SLAP ON A NEW NAME AND BOOM, GULLIBLE HUMANS EATING YOUR TRASH.

Get a flashcart everyone! You can put all your games on a memory card and play it on ur ds. Saves you lots of money!

This is the only thing I can think of now but I'm pretty sure there's more complaints to be said. Oh yeah, you can't trade in your pokemon from your other pokemon games until much later when its almost useless.

Be prepared to be pissed off when your pokemon that has a 165 based attack power and is 10 levels above a wild pokemon and still can't KO it with earthquake and its a normal effective move. THat's how ridiculous it is, and that pokemon has a 70 base def too...RIPP OFF!!!

a pre-release review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 30
Date: April 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am not going to review the game itself as I have not received my copy or completed the story line. this game is the biggest and most anticipated game for the DS, everybody knows that. a lot of effort has been put into this game, and there have been over 500,000 preorders. If you have not reserved your copy, get out one as soon as you can find one. for a well detailed review, i suggest you go over to ign or something of the like, who have had the Japanese version to analyze.

It's still Pokemon.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not much has changed. I think I enjoy Digimon World: DS more.

COOL BUT LONG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game sucks you in! Its long but in the end worth it. If you have a lot of time on your hands and like puzzles this is the game for you!

Super Freaking Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Diamond is amazing. Ok I gotta admitt that the gaphics are kinda crappy but I don't care. Anyway this game is great! The new pokemon are very interesting. BUY THIS GAME!!! oh and when you do start with PIPLUP!

Pokemon Diamond Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I love pokemon. Always have. This is a great game that I would suggest to anyone that like RPGs. I have played the old ones, and, even if they don't vary much, it's like updating your game. It was great

Great Pokemon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son waited and waited for this game and he was beyond satisfied when he finally received it.

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