Another month has come and gone.
We’re getting closer to the release date of Pokemon Sun and Moon as we wrap up the Sinnoh region.
Title: Pokemon Platinum
Company: Nintendo
Console: Nintendo DS
How I got the game: I bought it
My Review:
Graphics
After Diamond and Pearl, this game was the first Pokemon game to be released on the Nintendo DS. So, at the time, I was amazed at how well done the graphics were. Sure, your character was still a tiny pixelated sprite, but the backgrounds and colors were still an improvement compared to the games before it.
Controls
Platinum gets a one up from the other Pokemon games mainly because the DS became a thing. Now that the touch screen was invented and used for the game, Pokemon battles became a little faster with just one touch. They used the touch screen in a great way for the battles and chose a unique way to use it when you’re not battling, by giving your character the Poketch, a Pokemon watch with various apps on it.
Story
The story is more or less the same as the other Pokemon games. The only difference is that you’re up against a different group of bad guys and you’re in a different setting battling with different Pokemon. But, the story is what makes Pokemon Pokemon.
Overall
Pokemon Pearl was the first Pokemon game that I completed all the way through. So playing Platinum, despite the minor differences between the two games, was like taking a stroll down memory lane. I absolutely love using the touch screen as a means for battle and I don’t know about any of you, but the step counter was always my favorite app on the Poketch. I don’t know why, but I just loved watching the numbers go up; especially when you’re on the bike trying to hatch an egg.
Pokemon Platinum gets…
5 out of 5 lives.
That’s one of my favorite generations, mostly because it introduced a lot of amazing online features, so I love Platinum. It’s an excellent game.
Platinum is amazing, yes. I feel like Sinnoh was the turning point for Pokemon games, but also because it had the Nintendo DS.
Excellent review Rachel! I really enjoyed Platinum as THE definitive version of Diamond and Pearl, which I’ve always thought was an underrated generation. I loved the apps on the bottom touch screen Poketch too. I’m surprised Pokemon Pearl was your very first completed Pokemon, but it is a great one to have a first completion memory for too. They’re next on the remake radar, so who knows? Maybe we’ll see them sometime soon?
Thanks! I think I always just found Sinnoh to be easier than the regions before it. I breezed right through Pearl. I also had the incentive of Pokemon Ranch on the Wii, lol.