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Pokemon Diamond
(2007, Video Games - Role Playing Games, Rated E, Play it on: Nintendo DS)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6. -
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Classic Pokemon format, this one's worth catching.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Pokemon Diamond was written by Anise Hollingshead
Parents need to know that this is a non-violent game, even though the focus is on "battles" with the Pokemon that are strategic turn-based moves and don't feature any physical contact between characters. When a Pokemon loses all of its health, it faints. This is the newest version of the Pokemon series, and it allows children who have played the earlier GBA versions to download their caught Pokemon into this game. Pokemon Pearl is the same game as Pokemon Diamond except it contains different wild Pokemon for you to catch.
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What’s the Story?
POKEMON DIAMOND (or the sister game, Pokemon Pearl) revisits the classic formula that made the earlier Pokemon games so popular: Collect Pokemon, battle with them, and become the best Pokemon trainer around. You and a friend find a briefcase left behind by two mysterious strangers, and find Pokemon inside. When you return the briefcase to the strangers, one of them -- Professor Rowan, a renowned Pokemon expert -- asks for your help in indexing the various species of Pokemon that live in the wild, and you agree. In order to find and catalog the Pokemon into the Pokedex, it's necessary to explore the countryside and towns, and battle the wild Pokemon.
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Is It Any Good?
One major new feature is the ability to play wirelessly over the Nintendo Wi-fi connection, which allows players who aren't close to each other to battle and trade Pokemon over the Internet. They can even use the Nintendo microphone to voice chat, but will need a friend code, which means players can't choose random strangers to play.
The graphics are 2D with some 3D elements. The interface doesn't make much use of the DS touch screen, except during battle when it becomes very handy with large, thumb-friendly icons, which alleviate the need to scroll through choices with the directional pad. Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl are true to the Pokemon franchise and faithfully include most of the features of past games. Deceptively simple in concept, both games are rich in strategy, making them fun for both kids and adults who like the franchise.
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Released on 04/21/2007, price $35.00, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E (for Everyone)
ESRB rating: E (for Everyone)
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- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- Easy to play
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I rate this title on for age 17 and give it- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
OK,when I first heard of pokemon kids my age were collecting the cards like CRAZY The're still collecting them! Back then I loved the show and I still do! But when I got my DS it totally changed me. I was starting to become a game FREAK.My starting game is the game I am talking about right NOW pokemon diamond I thought it was the sickest game ever!I thought nothing would ever come close besides pokemon pearl and pokemon platinum.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
Best Video Game In The UNIVERSE!
OK, when I first heard of pokemon I thought it was the craziest idea and nobody anywhere would like it. And I myself doubted it would ever be fun. I thought it was just plain weird. But one day I saw my cousin catch a Buizel, and every time a wild pokemon appeared I said "Battle it! Please!" Finally I bought it and set to work, playing it for so long that I caught Dialga and was on my way to the Pokemon League while my cousin, who'd had it for a year, was far behind. I managed to guide a few people thru Mt. Coronet, and people at school ask me how to get thru the game. I will never stop playing it and NEVER sell it. It is the best game I've ever seen in my life! Pokemon Platinum has the same story except that Giratina is the main legendary, so they are both amazing, no matter what. I've been playing LeafGreen and Emerald, and neither are close to as good.
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
A looooong Pokémon adventure.
Again the same formula is applied, the scenario is even worse, the 4th generation has plenty ugly Pokémon, but the game mechanics are EXTREMELY GOOD. The physical/special is applied to moves instead of types, and strategy is on a really high level on this one. There's nearly every Pokémon from every generation, so you can spend hundreds and hundreds of hours searching them and making them evolve. It never gets old. Reading is IMPOSED to fully enjoy the title. Aside from that, everybody can play to Pokémon without minding being offensed or whatever.
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