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Pokémon Platinum Version

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Critic score5 critics
First release
Sep 13, 2008
Developer
Game Freak
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Kids, Action, Fantasy
Platforms
Nintendo DS

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.

Also known as Pokémon Platino, Pokémon Platine, Pokémon Platin, Pokemon Platinum
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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
Nintendo DS
Sep 13, 2008
Nintendo DS
Mar 22, 2009
Nintendo DS
May 22, 2009
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
10h
Main + Extras
29h
Completionist
35h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
exploration, anime, monsters, evolution, collecting
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At a Glance

Critic Score
79
Main Story (IGDB)
10h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
29h
Completionist (IGDB)
35h

Overview

Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 10 Oct
  • Online co-opIGDB · 10 Oct
  • Local co-opIGDB · 10 Oct

Feature data: IGDB