Walking! So effin intense man! I cannot wait to play this game for the 10th time! Hooray for not making working formulas interesting!

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Ok, so you DO like Youtube. Maybe you just dont want to post DS-related Youtube videos, such as the homebrew DS camara or the Megaman ZN video clip?

I cant wait for Diamond/Pearl. Its a shame Japan gets it for around 6 months before it hits U.S. Shores. Is it confirmed that this game will have online battles? Because it better have them! At least!

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I am really looking forward to playing diamond and pearl, they look awsome.

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OMG such a hardcore video.

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Japan always gets Pokemon games way before us, but I don't mind this time cause I won't have any money left over from the Wii.

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I personally am looking forward to Pokemon Ranger. I've had enough of these particular sequels. The franchise lost it's magic after Gold and Silver.

Perhaps the thought of adding 100 new little bastards to catch for every game got annoying to me.

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I used to be crazy about pokemon in the red/blue, and silver/gold era. Silver and Gold were the games at the peak I think. I tried playing Emerald, but I couldn't get into it. I don't know if it's just that I've grown out of it....but the new games don't really capture the magic anymore. Here's hoping these games step up.
Oh, and I hope you can customise your character, I don't like the look of that towel on his/her head....:P

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marc, Gold and Silver were imo the worst of the whole franchise. leaf green and fire red, the remakes of the original red and green (and blue), were some well made, solid games, you cant just go around plugging in the original Blue version (which i bought twice) into a DS, but Leaf Green is definately worth it :)

Graphics look good tho, i guess. Maybe the next series will be FF3-ish?

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Phil, the graphic look ok, but they are just a slight step up from RSE in my opinion. Compare them to AC on the DS and you will find them somewhat lacking.

And 4 way movement? Now I am dissapointed. But Online is confirmed so no doubts about me getting it.

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No, no no no no! Gold and Silver were by far the best in the series. At first, when i read reviews, i was amazed that Ruby/Sappire were 'worse' then Gold/Silver, but when i played Gold again, it made alot of sense. In Ruby, they got rid of Day and Night, there were only 8 Gym Leaders, whereas in G/S you could also go back betweeen the G/S world of Janto (or whatever it was called) and Kanto from Red/ Blue to fight 16 gym leaders, and there were just loads of stuff that R/S was missing. To be honest, there were only a few new things in R/S eg. Secret homes and good graphics, thats about it.

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BTW, i know the 4-way grid movment seems a little old, but remember in the old games that most of the puzzles were based around that system?

And the graphics are OK i guess, it definatly ooks better then RSE, but nothing near AC standerds, asMurphy said.

I can only hope that some of the cool stuff from GS returns, plus they actully add NEW ORIGANAL stuf too.

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If by "cool stuff", you mean "day/night", it's been confirmed as back for quite some time.

Besides that, we've also got confirmed interoperability with Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red and Leaf Green. Given that Emerald, Fire Red and Leaf Green were able to recieve tickets at PokéPark in Nagoya when plugged into a DS, just as if they had a GBA with the wireless adaptor, it's quite likely that you'll even be able to have battles with the old games as well, rather than just trade Pokémon and items between the versions.

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Guys you need to remember that tehre are going to be almost 500 pokemon now, and it ahs been confirmd that male and female versions actually have diffrent sprites. Im sorry, but they wouldnt be able to fit that on a DS cart if they used 3d graphics.

And for me pokemon has always been about multiplayer, so I dont wory to much about the story mode. but it being online, and teh fact it can download pokes from the gba games through the GBA slot makes this a must buy for me

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phil,

since when do you think it's O.K. to tell someone that their opinion is wrong? I liked Gold and Silver and many people can agree with me. The remakes titled Fire Red and Leaf Green were bad on my part. Why would I want a remake of a game that I already own? Just cuz it's in a GBA cartridge won't make me spend 30 bucks on it.

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When did he say your opinion 'was wrong'? He just said "i.m.o." at the beginning of his post and disagreed.

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This title makes me think of Prince. How's that for a surprise character in Pokemon? :D

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"Guys you need to remember that tehre are going to be almost 500 pokemon now, and it ahs been confirmd that male and female versions actually have diffrent sprites. Im sorry, but they wouldnt be able to fit that on a DS cart if they used 3d graphics."

DS Cards are flash memory based, which really wouldn't have limitations. They could do 3d if they wanted, it is just lazy.

"This title makes me think of Prince. How's that for a surprise character in Pokemon? :D"

*Roffles*

How funny would that be!

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In regards to not being 3D:
You've got to also think about the work it entails. Would you rather have a shorter, sloppier 3D title or a 2D title that's longer, more balanced, and can have more features (like online play) because all the work and budget wasn't blown on bringing it to 3D? Pokemon Col. and XD weren't that great, I'm glad this game will be 2D.

Though, arguably, they could've used the Animal Crossing engine...

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"DS Cards are flash memory based, which really wouldn't have limitations. They could do 3d if they wanted, it is just lazy."

So ho many billion dollar franchise rpgs have you made?

Im Talking about how much information a DS cart can hold. You do know that 3d models take up a space. now multiply that by 500, and then maybe add 450 more because the each gender has a diffrent look, and thats 950 models give or take, plus you got all the other overworld models for buildings, characters and so on. then add in the game engine and sound files. oh and add in the diffrent skins for the shiny pokemon

thats to much for a ds chart to handle, not to mention how many resources and time that would take to create.

So why dont you get your lazy but in motion and make a game that massive.

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Did nobody else like the remix of the music?

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