Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo DS)

I'm coming at this review as an educator second (No 13 year old kid for me, just a bunch of students), but a Pokemon player first. I've been at Pokemon since I was in sixth grade and Diamond/Pearl is the best installment in the series. In the game you play a kid on his or her journey to travel and train Pokemon in battles, but along the way you get mixed up in trying to stop Team Galactic, a cult who wants to rebuild the world from scratch to get rid of the evils of human spirit. To do this, they, sorry for the spoilers, capture and experiment upon living Pokemon. Not for the faint of heart. The violence in this game, while not as bad as the XD/Colosseum cycle, is pretty high for a Pokemon game in what happens to several Pokemon. Also, the political controversy int his game may be too much for some smaller kids to truly grasp, especially since the translators made a few links between Team Galactic's ideology and structure and that of a controversial real world religious group, whose name I am almost afraid to mention. Aside from that though, the game takes a frank look at what kind of person would join one of these evil syndicates and how a charismatic leader can induce people to do bad things. Dark themes for young kids. Maybe your older kids can appreciate it. Another thing I want to mention is Cynthia, the female champion of the game and a great role model. She's friendly, compassionate, generous, always searching for the truth, and extremely tough. As a feminist I was glad to see her included, but also the fact that she's a woman champion almost completely unmentioned by the game. If you play on the level I do she doesn't seem so great given the implications of how high her Pokemon's stats are and how she must have rejected tons of other Pokemon to get such good ones, but most players will not reach that conclusion. I love this game and I still play it regularly. It's my favorite Pokemon game and I recommend it to the oldest of my younger cousins and even my teenage students, but sometimes I worry about what my six year old cousin would make of Team Galactic and Cyrus.

This game is totally awesome! I've completed the game & I'm helping a friend through it! Pokemon ROX!!!

Here are some tips on this game. To get palkia (after fainting him in pearl) change the date to oct. 21 and go back to spear pillar. Next Garitina after getting the national dex go to the route south of Vielstone city an opening will appear near the lakefront if you go in there you will find a cave called turnback cave get to the end and find Garitina. Last there's Rotom. After getting the national dex go to the old chatue or something like that and go to the room with the TV at 8pm Rotom will appear ( level 15 no strong pokemon)

My friends got me into Pokemon so I picked up this game, thinking I'd get bored of it. Ends up it is really fun! I love catching pokemon and doing other activities on it. It is excellent.

I have always loved the Pokemon games. This isn't the best of them; I'd recommend HeartGold/SoulSilver before this, because they are remakes of old, excellent Pokemon games that are much better than this. Or just wait until Pokemon White and Black versions come out. This game was entertaining. Fun, even. But not the best there is. It feels like Nintendo has run out of ideas when it comes to pokemon and is digging through a trash bin, turning every random thing they can think of into a pokemon. This game is fun but not nearly as good as they used to be. Actually, if you really want to be economical, go out and buy a used Gameboy Color Silver, Gold, Yellow, Red, or Blue Version. They are better than the new ones and you can get them for a quarter a piece now.

Ok, I think I'm officially obsessed with this game. After 115 hours of gameplay, I can tell you this game is a superb entry into the Pokemon series. By ds standards, this is a nice looking game. The day/night feature is something the franchise lost after G/S/C, but it's finally back! Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the pokemon in this region, but the game is heavily addicting nonetheless. The game is much better if you have people to play with. Friend codes are a pain to work with, but if you can find friends to battle and trade with the game becomes more functional and fun. Get this game, but be warned: once you start it, you'll be hooked.

my bro got this game n when i was his age i played the games. he asked me for help n i actually got in 2 it again. i felt like a nerd but sum of my friends played it n thn i gt into it. its a fun game n when u have an action reply its so much fun. the wifi is fun 2

This was the first Pokemon game I played, and it was very easy to get into and enjoy. I marked this as educational because there are a few puzzles in it, such as the seventh gym. The game has the message that you should do what is right; the antagonists are eventually defeated by the player character. The storyline gets dark at points (the antagonists mention destroying the universe and creating a new one, and later attempt to do this), but I'd say this is okay for anyone eight and older.

You are in the world of pokemon, battling, winning, losing, EVERYTHING.