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Pokémon Platinum Version

2008 81 / 100 Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Pokemon Platinum is a role-playing game with adventure elements and an enhanced version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Played from a top-down perspective, it has the player explore the Sinnoh region across towns, routes, and caves, catching and training Pokemon and battling them in turn-based combat. The core goals involve building a team, challenging Gym Leaders, and completing the Pokedex. This version adds new area Show full summary

Pokemon Platinum is a role-playing game with adventure elements and an enhanced version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Played from a top-down perspective, it has the player explore the Sinnoh region across towns, routes, and caves, catching and training Pokemon and battling them in turn-based combat. The core goals involve building a team, challenging Gym Leaders, and completing the Pokedex. This version adds new areas, expanded online features for trading and battling, and gives the Legendary Pokemon Giratina and its Distortion World a central role. It connects with other games in the generation to trade and transfer Pokemon.

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Adventure Genre Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
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In Pokemon Platinum, the player is a young Trainer in the Sinnoh region who receives a first partner Pokemon from Professor Rowan and sets out to explore the land, catching and training Pokemon while challenging its Gym Leaders. As the journey progresses, the player is drawn into the schemes of Team Galactic, an organization led by the cold and ambitious Cyrus, who intends to harness the power of Legendary Pokemon to reshape the world. The Legendary Pokemon Giratina and a strange realm known as the Distortion World lie at the heart of the conflict. Alongside allies encountered along the way, the player must confront Team Galactic while making their own way toward becoming a top Trainer.

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Pokémon Platinum Version: release, platforms, and facts

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Game Freak
Publisher
Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Franchise
Pokémon
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Kids
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Nintendo DS Sep 13, 2008
  • Nintendo DS Mar 22, 2009
  • Nintendo DS May 22, 2009

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