Pokemon Diamond & Pearl manage to surpass Gold & Silver, and, as such, become the best games in the Pokemon fran
I really could stop there, but I think I should go on considering that this is a review and not a single-sentence opinion.
So, then, let's get into WHY this is the best Pokemon game.
This game doesn't start out too different from any other Pokemon title you've played before. You're a ten year old kid living in an out-of-the-way town where life is, frankly, pretty bland. Through a series of events involving a rival with some serious ADHD, and a Professor with a fire, grass, and water pokemon for you to start out with, you become a Pokemon trainer, and your goal is to get as many Pokemon on your Pokedex as possible (wordplay not intended), and also beat all the gym leaders to get their badges. Neither of those things would be possible, of course, without your trusty Pokemon!
+ The new Pokemon are awesome, some of the best old ones make appearances, The combination of 3D and 2D in the graphics makes for an interesting look, the game is loaded with extra content, oozes personality, from the Pokemon themselves to the trainers to a rival character with such a strong case of ADHD that you can't help but love him, multiplayer is fun and easy, the real-time feature makes a great comeback
- The DS's capabilities could have been made better use of: too many menus are on the top screen, and while the music is memorable and the Pokemon growls are cool, the sound quality is at GBA level on a system that WE KNOW is capable of high quality sound, Re-uses a lot of the content from older games