Pokémon Platinum (DS)

Pokémon Platinum (DS) is a role-playing video game released in 2008 by Game Freak for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. It is an improved version of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and is part of the Pokémon video game series' fourth generation. It was first released in Japan on September 13, 2008, and then in the United States, Australia, and Europe in 2009. Platinum was created with the intention of being a stronger version of Diamond and Pearl, which they described as the "ultimate" Pokémon titles.

In Platinum, players take control of either a male or female character and begin with one of three Pokémon provided by Professor Rowan. Giratina, the game's mascot Pokémon, plays an important role in the plot. While it only had one form in Diamond and Pearl, it now has a new alternate form (called "Origin Forme") as well as a new area called the Distortion World, which has different physics than the normal Sinnoh land where the game takes place. The gameplay adheres to classic Pokémon game mechanics. Players travel across a vast landscape that includes mountains, bodies of water, grasslands, populated areas, and snowy expanses. Players control their Pokémon in turn-based battles against other Pokémon, as in previous titles.

Pokémon Platinum has received generally positive reviews, with Metacritic and GameRankings giving it aggregate scores of 84 and 83.14 percent, respectively. It was praised as one of the best games in the Pokémon series and for the additions and changes made to Diamond and Pearl by publications such as IGN, Nintendo Power, and GamePro.

Detailed information:

Number of Players: 4

Genre: RPG

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