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When you put it side-by-side with Platinum surfing, it really is night and day. Surfing in Diamond and Pearl is notoriously slow. One of the most notable is in the surf speed. And while Pokemon Platinum ROM isn't exactly Speedy Gonzales, it's definitely made some strides. It's true! Diamond and Pearl are slow games. Platinum added new Pokemon and made it easier to get them. In Platinum, you can catch it on route 217. In Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, you would have to wait until swarms, which is basically in a postgame. And you can evolve it in the Togekiss relatively earlier than having to wait till the postgame.Īnother example is Swinub. Togepi is available early in Pokemon Platinum in Eterna City. What I mean by "easier to create a team" is a new evolution Pokemon are a lot easier to obtain. And therefore makes the player's journey a lot more fun and easier to choose a team. Pokemon Platinum has a much broader selection of Pokemon. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl lack great Pokemon. Pokemon Platinum fix this by adding 59 new Pokemon, including great Pokemon like Gallade and Houndoom. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have a decent Pokédex. It's not perfect, but better than it was. Game Freak took this as an excuse to make them accessible before the postgame. For example, Flareon and Houndoom and with the addition of many new evolutions as well.
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Thankfully, Platinum added evolutions from previous generations becoming available. I love Ponyta and all, but there was a serious lack of diversity in this department. One! I mean there were more steel type evolutions. In Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, there was only one fire type evolution line outside of the Chimchar line. The post-game is pretty great in Pokemon Platinum not gonna lie. These two post-game features alone already make Diamond and Pearls post-game look like complete garbage. It's similar to the secret base system, and trainers can even come and visit you.
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Pokemon Platinum ROM has Diamond and Pearls postgame plus the Battle Frontier and a new private villa you can own and customized as a player.
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Just by bringing Rotom to a room full of appliances, allows it to change form. I remember that event you could trigger in the old chat when that television would talk back to you. And here we learned that Rotom could take the form of appliances. Diamond ROM and Pearl were the first games you could find Rotom in. Perhaps the coolest aspect of these forms is the backstory.
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Rotom was given a whopping five new forms, including: Cut, Frost, Heap, Spin and Wash. While it's not my favorite of the bunch, I think this is a fun, bubbly variant of our bashful little pet.Īnd then Rotom was given the whole kitchen sink. Shaymin sky form was also a welcomed addition. Those long black wings and those glowing red claws are so epic. And for what it's worth watching, the shadow of Giratina's origin form jump-scare Cyrus at the top of Mount Coronet is the most satisfyingly eerie moment in Pokemon games. This new form embodies the darkness and antimatter that Giratina is all about. For starters, I feel like Giratina got so much justice with its new form. Platinum ROM has some cool new Pokémon forms like Rotom, Giratina and Shaymin. I feel like having this be a distinct feature really sets the stage for an intense battle, be it in a gym or all trying to take down Team Galactic. Well, these are small changes, but I appreciate them as an effort to increase immersion in the battle environment, especially with important trainers. This was a dramatic effect! Seeing that large versus dividing yourself and your opponent really amped you up before you went in. I would even add to this entry the large trainer shots displayed before these important battles. Important trainers such as Galactic Admins and gym leaders, all given animations during battle. And when they enter the battlefield they have a custom animation for every Pokemon.Īnd back sprites weren't the only asset given new animations. Before Platinum back sprites were always still images, but now the back sprites finally joined the party with front sprites.
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Not only were Pokemon sprites redone, but for the first time in a main series Pokemon game back sprites were animated. New animated spritesīelieve it or not, Pokemon Platinum introduced new animated sprites. Platinum is a much more solid game compareв to Diamond and Pearl with a lot better mechanics.
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I reluctantly admit that Pokemon Diamond ROM and Pearl had many flaws, and while Platinum ROM wasn't able to fix all of them, there definitely are some much appreciated changes.