Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl

Awesome news. The latest instalment of Pokemon is coming out this year. That's in Japan though, not too sure about the international release date. It's going to be called Diamond and Pearl. It's Nintendo DS-exclusive, so it makes me feel so thankful to be owning one.

Details:

According to Masuda, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will take place in a new land, although it will feature pocket monsters from previous games. Sugimori comments that the game's developers are currently thinking about the all-new Pokemon that will appear in the two games, and they're also trying to come up with the designs of currently existing Pokemon in their evolved and pre-evolved states. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl won't have any additional monster types (currently there are 17), although there will be additional pocket monsters that are combinations of two monster types. The Pokemon from movies will be in the game as well, and they're said to make their entrances in surprising ways.

Both Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will have connectivity to the Pokemon series for the GBA and GameCube, and users will be able to port their pocket monsters from previous installments to the DS. Masuda also commented that he expects the games to use the DS's Wi-Fi capabilities to connect simultaneously with 16 players and that the touch-sensitive screen will be employed during gameplay.

Taken from: GameSpot

Here are some pictures:




I'm not a big fan of the design for the guy. Maybe it's the art's major hat or maybe it's the scarf or maybe it's just that stupid hand-sign which might mean something. I like the girl's design though. But the hand-bag doesn't seem practical for gallivanting all around pokemon world and capturing pokemon. And that skirt is way too short. It seems like the current trend is stupid hats and scarfs.

Look forward to it.