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awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun. It gets addicting after a while. Must have if you like other Pokemon games.

Amazing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a teenager Pokemon fan and i think that this game is one of the best Nintendo ds games in the market right now. The touch screen is cool when you pick the Pokemon's attacks, but other than that you don't really use the touch screen. that is one of the only flaws. The graphics are great, and the new Pokemon in the game are even better. I would recommend this game to everyone if I could

A solid entry into the Pokemon Franchise, but it is not without its flaws.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The standard formula has not been updated since the original release: catch Pokemon with Pokeballs, Battle with them, and become a Pokemon Master. Messing with that would screw over the series, and their additions to game are truly moving in the right direction, but unfortunately, this game falls flat on its face in several areas, such as the Global Trading System. But when it does succeed, the game is tremendously fun.

The core gameplay is still fun, if not repetitive; catch Pokemon, battle trainers. The re-addition of the time system, missing since its Gold/Silver debut, is also appreciated. They haven't seem to run out of new ideas for Pokemon, either: From Turtwig to Manaphy, the series has fine new additions. Annoyingly enough, Nintendo events are still clung to and it is difficult to obtain some of the rarer species. And even if it does get boring, the underground mini-game has plethora of areas to explore; you can still build your own base like in Generation 3, and it seems all the factors that made the previous games fun are in here. However, the game does not innovate enough.

For one, I would have preferred more interaction with the lower screen. Being able to choose your attacks and basic navigation with the menus using the stylus is a boon to the series. But why did they stop there? Why can't I completely use the stylus to navigate these things? And the Pokemon watch, while neat in theory, is very clunky.

But the worst aspect is the GTS and Wi-fi battles. Nintendo completely dropped the ball on this; the GTS is littered with hackers and players asking for crazy demands, like a lvl 100 Mew for a Pidgey. For trainers who want to use this function, it is largely a waste of time. And the inability to trade for Pokemon you have not seen yet is a pain. In terms of Battles, Nintendo continues to cling to their Friend Code system, which makes finding a decent battle a giant chore. While they should be praised for aiming to make it family friendly, this has made the online system inoperable.

Still, Pokemon Diamond is an enjoyable entry into the franchise. It is a solid title for the DS, but I hope they make a few more adjustments for the next round.

Saving the world...again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The moment that I heard there was a new Pokemon game coming out, I decided to get it--after all, I've been a fan for quite a few years now. When I first played it, I knew immediately that it was worth my while.

Unfortunately, the graphics at first gave me a headache, since I was used to the 2D of my Game Boy Advance. Eventually, though, I got used to it--as a matter of fact, when I played Pokemon FireRed again after some time with Diamond, I found the older game's graphics to be somewhat disconcerting!

As for the storyline--it's the same old, same old. You get one of three starter Pokemon and go off to defeat the Gym Leaders and become the Champion while defeating an evil organization. Even so, the storyline doesn't seem so bad when you learn of the hundred-or-so new Pokemon and moves.

The music is just as good as before; the surfing theme is one of my favorites, taking away much of the boredom of surfing (because it is now much slower than before!).

One thing that I didn't particularly like was the Pokemon cries--they are very complicated and sophisticated, but comparing them even to the cries from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald makes you realize that they're much different, and that leads you to wonder: why would newer Pokemon sound so much different? I don't think that the cries should be equal to the regrettably cheap-sounding cries of Red/Blue/Yellow, but they simply sound almost unfamiliar!

All in all, taking into consideration every bit of this game, I still give it top marks--I might be prejudiced, given that I love Pokemon, but I believe that it's still a very good game.

Have You Bought This? If You Have, You've Been CONNED

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is only for people that have NEVER PLAYED pokemon before. Only then will it be a decent game. If you've played pokemon before and just bought this because of all the new pokemon that came out and the new adventure etc etc, if that was your reason then sorry to say but YOU'VE BEEN DUPPED, TRICKED, CONNED, FOOLED!!

Nintendo (game freak) sure got you. I'm not bashing their name for nothing, I'll list you all the reasons why this idea is indeed based on something.

Slap a new name on an old game. Pokemon diamond is almost the same old game as when it first came out. Being on the new DS, you would expect it to at least upgrade its graphics and utilize the DS's full potential more. The only differences are: The towns look different, pokemon attack you more, different types of pokemon, different types of people, different bad guys, more tm's and hm's.

1. POKEMON: Okay, in this game there are even more pokemons for you to find and....sometimes catch. But here's the low down if you're an analytical thinker. You see different types of pokemons right? But if you get to the basics of it, are they REALLY different or are they just the same old pokemons with a different look? Nintendo ran out of ideas for pokemons decades ago so they go into the pictorial dictionary of our earthly creatures and make a caricature of it and slap a goofy name that sometimes relate to the animals real life nature or...not..and call it a pokemon. They are so desperate to make up more pokemons that they brought in everything from dinosaurs to petshop animals to mystical creatures like dragons. Its to the point where its almost ridiculous to look at.

Pokemon in this game seem to attack you a lot more, probably also based on ur abilities. Playing this game would drive you completely NUTS if you didn't carry a lot of REPELS, which seems to be the only real thing that works to repel those obnoxious wild pokemons. Sometimes you can take 2 steps and get attacked. Think about it, you're trying to solve a clue to get your way out of a cave and you get randomly attacked every 2-10 steps that you take. Just take a minute out of ur day and think of that for a second and see how you'll feel. Buy some insurance for your DS because I almost broke mines.

I know cheating is bad but this game literally begs you to buy an ACTION REPLAY or other cheat device. Why? Because through half of the game they keep having you encounter the same small variety of pokemons. Catch'em all they say? How can you if 90% of the DIFFERENT types of pokemons almost throughout the game belong to a trainer?!?! You can set up your team however you want, but that's really limiting when you can only catch a handful of pokemon, especially old pokemon from the first game, even through half way in the game?! What is really fun is to be able to raise a pokemon throughout the game. Why would I want to find a legendary pokemon at lvl 50 when I'm practically done with the game?

What I really really hate is how nintendo gives you a lot of pokemon like machop, gasley, abra in the beginning. They're nice but they can only evolve to their final form by trading. That is sort of hard, I'm 22 and I don't feel comfortable walking up to a little kid and be like "hey do you want to trade pokemons with me?" this is when a cop arrests me and I become a sex offender. I'm not crazy enough to play this online either.

2. DS Utilization: Okay, the DS has a much better graphics engine on it, so why not use it? Pokemon Diamond could have easily been done on the regular gameboy. Use of the stylus? It's okay but nothing extraordinary. Sometimes its almost more convinient just using the buttons. Don't expect a lot of interaction using the stylus, its very badly incorporated into the game, to the bare minimum almost.

Graphics remain pretty much 2D. For those of you that say DON'T FIX WHAT'S NOT BROKEN, that's the kind of attitude that makes you sink lower back to the caveman era. Don't fix it, IMPROVE IT.

3. MISSIONS and PLOTS: SAME O SAME O. Old game with a new name indeed. Missions are basically the same, start in a town, objective to be the best, go beat gym leaders, beat the elite four, then battle tower etc afterwards.

The bad guys are back, only difference is their name. Everything is EXACTLY THE SAME. Same with your rival. If you were starting to get sick of pokemon emerald....this is almost the exact version so pick one and keep it.

4. Battling System: EXACTLY THE FREAKEN SAME. NINTENDO, if you were going ot make the exact game and change it a little bit to trick a bunch of kids to buying your game and making you a lot of money, at least make the pokemon's moves look a lot cooler. The moves have a little more graphics in them but HARDLY anything worth mentioning.

THIS IS WHY I THINK IF YOU BOUGHT THIS GAME AND YOU'VE PLAYED POKEMON BEFORE, YOU'VE BEEN RIPPED OFF REAL BAD. WHAT NINTENDO IS DOING IS WHAT THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL. ADD A LITTLE STUFF, ADD A LITTLE SUSPENSE ON THE RELEASE, SLAP ON A NEW NAME AND BOOM, GULLIBLE HUMANS EATING YOUR TRASH.

Get a flashcart everyone! You can put all your games on a memory card and play it on ur ds. Saves you lots of money!

This is the only thing I can think of now but I'm pretty sure there's more complaints to be said. Oh yeah, you can't trade in your pokemon from your other pokemon games until much later when its almost useless.

Be prepared to be pissed off when your pokemon that has a 165 based attack power and is 10 levels above a wild pokemon and still can't KO it with earthquake and its a normal effective move. THat's how ridiculous it is, and that pokemon has a 70 base def too...RIPP OFF!!!

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

El juego es demasiado completo pero tiene algunos detalles pero que a la final no le daras importancia

Diamond Dazzles

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Diamond is the newest pokemon game in the long running series that has been on every nintendo handheld since the game boy.In Pokemon you start off as a boy or girl and your job is to fill your pokedex(a devise that records data on the pokemon you see and catch)for professor rowen and become the pokemon league champion.Of course while stopping the evil team galactic form taking over the world.

Adding all the great features form the past games like Day/Night Time,Double battles,National Pokedex,Pokemon Contests,and the Battle Tower.

Plus adding some new ones like the underground where you can dig up fossils,stones,orbs and other useful idems to help you on your adventure,100 some new pokemon,the Gobel Trade Center where over wi-fi connection you can trade pokemon with pokemon fans all over the world,plus online battles over wi-fi and use of the DS touch screen and michphone.

There is so much to do in Pokemon Diamond that you will be playing for hours and hours after you beat the main part of the game.This is a must for pokemon fans.

Another excellent edition of Pokemon...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been addicted to pokemon since the beginning, around 11 or 12 years of age. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl rejuvinated my fading faith to pokemon like no game had since silver and gold.

Positives:

The new game is innovative and definitely exercises the use of the touch screen better than most games have for the DS. While technically you could play the game without it, the touch screen makes battling go without a hitch, especially when you have the reserve stylus'. For whatever reason, they were much more comfortable for use.

The new collection of pokemon is great, although often times on the corny side. Dialga and Palkia definitely do the game justice, while Drifloom and the like seem like nothing more than desperate grabs at new ideas to fill up the pokedex. Either way, the majority breathe new life into the game.

The wireless battle is a definite plus, since you no longer have to buy (and lose :P) a game cable. The option of trading world wide in the GTS is also an excellent feature if you're looking for a pokemon and have the patience to wait for it. Both features make the entire game much more accessible for kids and adults alike while not exposing kids to internet threats.

The new pokedex features simply amuse me to no end. I've spent countless hours just browsing through it, comparing male and female pokemon, playing with the pokemon noises, everything. The sprite work as always surpasses every expectation, now with excellent little animations.

The backpack was excellently upgraded an no longer requires extensive browsing whatsoever and even makes use of the stylus! Items are arranged easily and without hassle.

Negatives:
Please note that some of this spoils surprises, kiddies.

The majority of the legendary pokemon are nearly impossible to obtain due to nintendo limiting their ability to be captured by means of nintendo events where specific items are given to players that attend. To date; no one has legitimately caught the ultimate pokemon in the english version of the game and very few have been able to obtain such pokemon as Shaymin and Crescelia. The only way to do so is to cheat, which runs the nasty chance of ruining your game. In a nutshell, as of right now, it is impossible to complete the pokedex.

The surfing ability and many of other game speed features are terribly slow, much slower than in previous versions. Battling, while sped up with the touch screen feature, is quite lagged from previous versions as well and just seems to take much more time to complete, especially with the new addition of (sometimes long) character animations.

The new pokemon sounds are great, but as for the original 350 or so... not so great. Gamefreak and nintendo played the lazy man's card and used all of the old pokemon noises instead of giving them a new age voice.

I, personally, expected a much broader map of terrain to explore, maybe incorporating the old maps such as kanto and johto and being able to get 16, 24, or more badges... very disappointing.

Overall:
The game is excellent, though a little disappointing for us old poke'fanatics. Despite the few let downs, this game make an excellent addition to the pokemon line up.

Really Fun But a Little Tough

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is tons of fun for everyone! I strongly recommend people to buy this DS game. Everywhere you go you see different pokemon! When you start out, you meet Professor Rowan. He assigns you to get all the Sinnoh Region pokemon's names in the pokedex he gives you. After you finish Prof. Rowan's request, you meet Prof. Oak. He asks you to catch all the pokemon in the world and get their full data. That's what I'm stuck on right now. I usually go to the Fight Area, Resort Area, and Stark Mountain to get pokemon from other regions, but sometimes I use my Emerald game to help me out. Here's a hint. If you have Diamond, don't expect to get all the pokemon from the GBA games and Diamond because some pokemon you can only get in the Pearl game, so you should trade with someone who has Pearl if you have Diamond and do the same if you have Pearl. Overall, I think you should definitely get this game! But be careful when you meet Prof. Oak!

A Hit!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my daughter (Xmas) and she absolutely loved it. She asked for both the Diamond and Pearl, but I think she enjoys the Diamond better. She is 10 and loves Nintendo DS Lite and the WII.

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