Saturday, March 9, 2013

Pokemon Platinum: The Franchise Continues To Grow

By Paul Adler


There is not a kid or teenager living today who has not heard about Pokemon. The now super successful franchise started with a cartoon show that morphed into a Playstation game giant that children still enjoy. The latest installment, Pokemon Platinum, is a fan favorite just like the others.

It all began with Ash Ketchum and his little Pokemon, Pikachu. He is an electric rodent and one of the most notable of the cute little creatures. Pokemon is Japanese for pocket monsters. Since 1995 Pokemon has grown from the original TV series featuring a little boy on a search to become a Pokemon master to record and card games famous and respected world wide.

Pokemon has made serious money for Nintendo who introduced the tiny creatures to the video game world. Pokemon is an RPG, role-playing game for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo has released previous versions with Ash and his buddies traveling to new locations and taking new Pokemon, the latest for the DS being Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. The Pokemon video game series is rated E for everybody.

Previous variations of the Pokemon series have been released on Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. The Nintendo DS provides 2 screens for play as well as lovely graphics of the new location for the latest installment, Distortion World. Since it is an RPG, you are fighting with your Pokemon against other experts. In the game, there's just one player but you can play wirelessly with up to 20 other Pokemon players.

Some of the scenes are harking back to the prior versions but there is still the addictive property of trying to capture all of the Pokemon you can get your paws on. That is what we all love best about Pokemon: Gotta catchem all! It became the motto in the beginning and is still the way all Pokemon lovers see the game. Pok?mon Platinum features an excellent story that continues the saga as well as interactive dialogue for the players.

They started with 151 (including the GM MewToo) and now have almost 400 different Pokemon species. Some are evolved kinds of original and second generation Pokemon but all have their own unique features which make them great in battle. Yes, we claimed struggling. That's what Pokemon training is all about - winning battles. Pokemon owners battle each other in competitions for the chance to be crowned champ and win the top prize. There additionally are chances to trade Pokemon and gain new ones through challenges.

The fondness for Pokemon and the Nintendo DS has kept people buying the hand-held games even with so many other consoles on the market. How many more valuable metals and gems are not parts of Pokemon versions? We don't know but they'll need to find more to stay abreast of this franchise.




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