bit-tech Shopping: Pokemon Pearl (DS)

Rating: 10

Time with product:

Strengths: Wi-fi play, plot

Weaknesses: None

Summary: I LOVE this game!!! This game is wonderful. It has great play on wi-fi, and is a great way to stop yourself from doing nothing but twiddling your thumbs! You are a teenage boy (or girl) who comes to a lake with their friend in search of a rare Pokemon, but they meet a Pokemon professor who gives them both new Pokemon, after returning to the Sinnoh region, where the story takes place. Once the player has received their Pokemon, they start on their quest of becoming a Pokemon master by planning on beating all 8-gym leaders, so that they can beat the Pokemon league. The game?s 2-d graphics make no negative difference whatsoever to the game play, because the intensity of the plot and battles even out the graphics. This game is a MUST, for any Nintendo fan, who has time on their hands.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 2

Strengths: Traditonal Pokemon game, NEW Online WiFi capabilities. A must-have for any Pokemon fan

Weaknesses: Same old stuff, a few little things that make it different than previous versions, but its essentially the same game with a different map.

Summary: If you are a Pokemon fan, you must buy this game (or Pokemon Diamond). This game revolutionized the world of Pokemon with the addition of ONLINE BATTLING & TRADING. Absolutely amazing. Fun gameplay with a bunch of little side quests, and LOTS of pokemon to catch- new and old.Again, if you liked the previous versions of Pokemon games, you will not be disappointed with this one.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 40 Days

Strengths: Very cool and interesting graphics,the wifis feature enables you to trade pokemon worldwide,had a lot of new features that were very fun and creative like creating poffins for example

Weaknesses: Not enough fire Pokemon,certain pokemon can only be caught at certain times of the day,cannot trade Pokemon caught from other Pokemon games.

Summary: Overall I rate this game a 4 star because ,though it is highly enjoyable ,I was able to beat the game pretty easily.The Pokemon diamond game was much more challenging.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 5

Strengths: Good story, plenty of things to do, lotsa new pokemon

Weaknesses: Can get repetative, weak graphics

Summary: The newest installment of the popular Pokemon franchise for the Nintendo DS is Pokemon Pearl and Diamond. They're mostly identical, but contain slightly different rosters of available pokemon.If you've ever played one of these games before, then you're already familar with the general idea. You're a trainer setting out to see the world and learn more about pokemon. You catch them in your travels and then use them to battle others. Pokemon Pearl is a lot of fun and provides a lot of content for the money. in addition to the quest of capturing one of every pokemon and then leveling them up, there are all sorts of other activities such as artistic competitions for your pokemon. You can also plant berries, make pokemon food, explore caves, make clubhouses, etc. There is a strong interaction element in Pokemon Pearl which is great if you know someone else also playing the game. You can trade pokemon (which make them level faster), battle your friends, or engage in a spelunking mini game.This game will keep you occupied for weeks. There's almost alwyas something interesting to do. You should just be aware that to accomplish some of the goals, like getting every pokemon to their final evolution, will take a lot of time in some cases. You often end up running around just looking for random encounters.All in all, it's definitely something to pick up.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: Pokemon are so colorful and cute! I love them!Complicated especially with when deciding to evolve a pokemon!

Weaknesses: Sometimes can be a bit too easy...

Summary: Great game! I thought I wouldn't love this game but it is awesome! Sometimes it can be a bit too easy, but then there is a level of complexity. I don't know how long I will be addicted to this game but I love everything about it, just wish there were more gym leaders! :) Overall knowing that beating the game opens up more pokemon was exciting. I bought Pokemon Diamond so that I could breed Pokemon that I could only get at the end and use them in Pearl to start. Only annoying and somewhat exciting thing thing is Pearl has Pokemon Diamond doesn't and if you can find them, they are really fun to train and evolve! :) I LOVE THIS GAME!