Pokémon Diamond/Pearl given US release date

NewsPosted 21/12/2006 - 10:59am GMT

Nintendo has announced that Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl will be released in North America on April 22.

The new series of Pokémon RPGs have already stormed the Japanese video games charts and in April, 2007, North American gamers will get their chance to "catch 'em all".

The games are set in the new land of Sinnoh and feature new monsters to tame, such as Munchlax and Weavile. Some of the classic Pokémon will once again make an appearance, and players will also be able to import Pokémon from GBA Pokémon games by plugging the cartridge into the GBA port found on the Nintendo DS.

North American gamers probably don't need any incentive to buy the game, but Nintendo is still offering a pre-order bonus. It's nothing all that spectacular mind, just a free stylus featuring a Pokémon from the new games.

Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl will be released for the Nintendo DS in North America on April 22, 2007. At this time there is no information on a European release date.

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kevinng

why am i so stupid

Posted 13:24 on 22 March 2008

c

il import 2, then. dus that b the same 4 ps2? cus i wana play a japanese game on an english ps2. if no, is there any way of makin it playable?

Posted 16:44 on 10 April 2007

SatNav

yes Philly, all DS games are region-free, so you can import a US game, and play it on a UK DS, even play online.

My US copy of Metroid Prime Hunters would tell you that, if I ever plugged it into my DS again

Posted 12:49 on 31 March 2007

ben

i have watched a video of diamond and pearl,it shows you lots of the new pokemon and what they evolve into.rare pokemon are not supposed to evolve but i think that lucario is evolved into????

Posted 16:16 on 20 February 2007