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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Released in U.S.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the squirtle-squirtle dept.

The wait for 'catch-em-all' folks in the US is over; Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are out today. Joystiq and Kotaku have coverage of yesterday's launch party at the Nintendo Store. "There was a station set up to play the card game, manned by adults who were there to teach the game to kids. Finally there was a station where Junichi Masuda, the game director, and Shigeru Ohmori, the game design lead, signed autographs for those old enough to know who they are. It may have been meant to push Pokémon merchandise (the guys at the card station handed out thin packs of cards to every kid who came by) but it also meant there was something for everyone." 1up and Gamespot, meanwhile, are offering up reviews of the game. Both hand it the respectable score of 8.5, saying that it's still a great game experience but dinging the developers for not moving the series forward in any innovative directions.

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  1. Pokemon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty soon, they'll have to start using Hex codes instead of color names.

    Gotta buy em all, gotta buy em all.

  2. Oblig... by chowdy · · Score: 0, Funny

    Back in my day, we had 150 Pokemon! And we liked it!

    1. Re:Oblig... by MS-06FZ · · Score: 3, Funny

      Back in my day, we had 150 Pokemon! And we liked it! Yeah! And we could chant out the names of all of 'em in a rap format, and identify each one by its silhouette!

      ('course, we actually had 151...)
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      ---GEC
      I'm but the humble pupil, seeking to snatch the scratchbuilt pebble from the master's fully articulated hand
    2. Re:Oblig... by steveo777 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "...And we had to use WIRES to make 'em fight!"

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      This sig isn't original enough, it's time to come up with something witty...