20% in 2 weeks! Thats a strong sales pitch! It'll be interesting to see the percentages when it comes out in the UK. I'm under the impression it'll be quite strong (but maybe not 1/5th of DS's - like in Japan).

Good news about Pokemon Battle. Will this be another 'stadium' style game? I'd personally like to see a Smash Bros style with as many pokemon as they can stick in for the first game! Then transfer all battle stats onto a Poke RPG.

Think i'm looking to far ahead....nice to have its existance confirmed regardless !

Please don't let it suck. Please don't let it suck. Please don't let it suck. Please don't let it suck. Please don't let it suck...

Online pokemon = awesome!

Pearl/Diamond will be the first portable pokemon game I've bought since Silver!

First screenshot is on it's way, uno momento!

It looks fecking fabulous me thinks!

*lol* Looks a lot like plastik. But
a) early Wii-graphics-stage
b) I want to see better shots, not being taken by a camery off-screen
c) maybe trailers?

( Edited on 07.06.2006 11:30 by Laurelin )

Aha!

I was waiting for some information on this sort of game, I am actually very excited about it, in a way I haven't been since the 'original' Blue and Red made their way here (I only actually bought the Yellow Pikachu Edition). I loved those games, but Gold/Silver were too similar and I've not bought a Pokemon game since the first Pokemon Stadium on the N64.

Diamond and Pearl on the DS look set to change that, I will be getting one of the two, and that pretty screen on the "Stadium" game only makes me more interested, what with not having to purchase extra hardware to get the DS and Wii talking!

Roll out the Pokemon!

Agreed. Nice and crisp. Hopefully, thats the sort of in game graphic we can expect from this title.

That screenshot is looking great! I hope it's not another Stadium-alike, but by the title...it probably is. Just give us an MMORPG, dammit!

The graphics are actually looking pretty good, it is certainly more of a jump from the graphics of the Stadium/Colesseum/XD graphics.

I hope it'll be online, it would be really cool

&... this basically confirms one & for all that there is Wii/DS connectivity

That's sweet! Here's to hoping that they take it one step further than Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness and let you catch a lot of pokemon (like 30-50 base forms) in addition to the dark pokemon.

Also, I'm hoping they don't make the story completely about dark pokemon this time. Let that be in the game (like Team Rocket/Magma/Aqua is for the other games) but not the point of the whole game. The point of all pokemon games should be to catch them all and become a Master Trainer.

Last of all, let us battle our friends online. Also, I think it would be cool if you could both join each other in a world and catch pokemon together, that would be cool. Especially if they let you trade without going to a PC. Then you could help your friend catch that Scyther he's been looking for or whatever. Anyway, end rant.

Awesome!

And the graphics are looking really good. Nice character models and lighting effects.

Its lookin pretty smooth to

( Edited on 07.06.2006 15:46 by ??! )

The more I look, the more I want - I've temporarily become a semi-graphics whore over the past couple of days. Hopefully the gameplay is decent - I just hope they're doing an MMORPG as well. Then again, you never know, this might have some kind of RPG mode in it.

Actually, how great would it be to release it as the 'third game' of the iteration, like they often do (i.e. Yellow, Emerald), only have it in full on 3D and allow trading to and from the DS versions? Full RPG there, stuff in some online battling (cross-platform too), boom. If it could be done, I'd like that a lot.

I still want an MMORPG though. That's one game I'd get seriously lost in.

When I saw that screen my instant reaction was: HOLY FECKING SHITE THAT LOOKS NICE!!!

See I don't undertand why they didn't do this ages ago . It looks nice but if it's anything like the past coliseum games i'll pass.

wow looks very nice just hope it doesnt play like colleseum becuase that would really spoil the experience, but i like how it links to pearl/diamond guessing nintnedo will use the same wi fi port thingy to recieve data as they do to send and play online, if im wrong tell me please! !

Those are in game graphics?! Because they look awesome.

If its anything close to Colloseum, im not gonna spend a penny on it i know i shouldnt say that coz im a huge huge Pokemon fan but colloseum was crap open the pokemons heart...bla..bla... i just wanna play a classic Pokemon game (Gameboy ones!)

I always had an idea about a Pokemon game you start as ASH from the first game with you Pikachu...then you catch Pokemon basically i just a direct copy of the cartoon!!! you get to meet Brok, Misty.... catch every Pokemon from Kanto become champion, then move to Johto( this game would foookin be awsome!!! it would sell billions!!! im just dreaming right, im i alone on this!!!!

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"Dan~ 3566-2989-8366"

Ummmm. you justdescribed pokemon yellow, were you start as ash (although you can rename him) and you only get pikachu who follows you and actually says "pikachu" and theres trainers that give you charizard, squirtale and bulbasaur. Gym trainers don't follow you but Jessy and james from team rocket bump into you at times. It ends were Blue and Red ends though.

Btw theres a movie of those images on IGN now.

( Edited on 07.06.2006 23:23 by Blade2t3 )

I just saw the video, cheers for the tip off Blade. It looks fantastic. The Pok