I suffer from the compulsion to actually 'catch 'em all'. For that reason I bought both Diamond and Pearl, Firered and Leafgreen, and most recently Emerald (Ruby and Sapphire no longer being available). I do this as I don't know other people playing with which to trade wirelessly, and the trades on GTS is ridiculous with people wanting some lvl 100 legendary in exchange for lvl 1 starting pokemon from ruby. That and the fact you don't really know if what you are trading for is legitimate or created from Action Replay.

I'll wait and see with this Platinum edition. Chances are I'll buy it eventually, but if it has any new pokemon that are unavailable in every other edition or that up until now you could only get through a Nintendo Event, then I'll buy it as soon as it comes out.

I need help.

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I was a bit disappointed with the DP versions, because the game never went out of the box and just stuck with the old formula, and even the graphics received little improvement. My friend and I said how the Pokemon games would be more engaging now if they made it into a Brawl-type gameplay when entering battle. I think older fans of the series are tiring of the old gameplay, and would certainly take on a more action-packed game if offered.

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I'll get it. I always get one of the first two then the third. the Extra content and enhancements are generally worth it. At some level its more of the same, but in all honestsy there arent many ground breaking game formulas nowadays anyway, plus keeping certain things the same at the core is what keeps most coming back.

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Heck, I haven't been keeping track of my pokeymans lately, but I'm pretty sure I have a valid reason to play through D/P again and that I waited to hear for the third game's release to see what perks are in it. Even those small differences are worth it sometimes.

Not to mention I still have two more games of Leaf Green to play.

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My friend and I have this agreement which basically sums up to...if there's a Pokemon game and we're both interested with extra income at the time, he gets one version and I get the other. He bought Pearl and I got Diamond, he picked up Sapphire while I bought Ruby, we both laughed at getting FireRed and LeafGreen, and so on and so forth.

Given that I sold Ruby a long while back, I might pick up Emerald someday, but that would be the extent of my third game interest. I'll be giving Platinum a pass.

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I've never bought more than one before, but if i like what i see i might

More online integration would really be a clincher for me, in this case. I would just trade Pokemon from my beaten Pearl file to quickly jump tear through the game, though

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If it's true that Underground will be WiFi enabled, then I might consider getting it. I generally buy one colour of the first two in a series (eg. I bought Silver out of G/S, and Sapphire out of R/S, and Diamond out of D/P) and I always tend to buy the newer released version because it tends to have something a little different from the original of the series.

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You know, before Diamond and Pearl (and Ruby and Sapphire, no doubt) there was a lot of speculation of a new game. Just because some gaming magazine in Japan might have heard about a new game doesn't mean there's going to be one anytime soon.

(Remember Pokemon Green?)

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Up till Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, my brother and I had all of the versions when we pooled our carts together. I remember when I got my Game Boy Color was when I got Crystal, since it was packaged with it. This is ridiculous though, I have a ton of hours on Diamond, and I'll just have to throw them away for a new version, UNLESS! Nintendo decides to somehow have a downloadable update for Diamond and Pearl. That would be nice.

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As it happens, I've misplaced my copy of Diamond and was wondering if/when they would make a third. I've been playing since RBY, and if I buy Platinum it'll be my first 'third' since Yellow.

Funnily enough I'm one of the few people who really loved Ruby/Sapphire. It just had so much lasting value for me. Diamond... not quite so much (hence having misplaced it; when you don't care about where something is for a good half year it has a tendency to vanish.)

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Well, I have had Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, Leaf Green, and Diamond. I'll probably get Pearl sometime in the future, and I'm definitely getting Platinum. I don't regret getting multiple games, however, I am upset that I transferred my Manaphy from Ranger to my copy of Diamond. I don't feel like trading it to Platinum.

Yes, I have problems.

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I had Pokemon Blue version. it was fun for a while . . . until my friends had their Pokemon all at level 100 and I didn't have the patience to level mine up past 60 or 70.

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Pokemon is such a "mood" sort of game. But knowing me, I'll be keen to catch pikachu for the 20th time.

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