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Finally, the Pokemon Platinum website is up and running so us, Americans, can feel anxious and seriously consider freezing ourselves like Cartman when he was waiting for the Nintendo Wii launch.

Take a glimpse at the site and you'll see the AMAZING Giratina figure that you get with your preorder. I'll admit I'm a SUCKER for free swag but even if I wasn't, I'd be all over this. Giratina has been one of my top favorite legendary Pokemons since I saw and knew about it. C'mon he's a fucking Ghost Dragon, that's just awesome.


Totally want this.

Giratina is so full of win as a Pokemon.

Also, there's a chance to oggle at the five mysterious forms, which if you know anything about Pokemon can already guess at who it is. Hint: Think of the mysterious, haunted mansion in Pokemon Diamond & Pearl. And here's Shaymin's sky form which looks pretty cool and seems like he might have some interesting Move Sets.


There's a new trailer for the game so check that out. Oh, and there's wallpapers and screen savers for the Pokemaniacs. You can learn a little bit more about the story and new characters, such as your rival and many more. By the looks of their silhouettes, they look like they'll have amusing designs.

The storyline involves a disturbance atop Mt. Coronet, as a portal to the "Distortion World" is opened and Sinnoh's climate becomes colder.

Platinum also features improved animations such as the trainers moving during battles, better graphics and a new winter theme. There's even a new area to explore called Torn World, an upside down environment with gravity-defying effects. From the trailers, this looks pretty interesting.

Another bad ass feature is the ability to save any of your Wi-Fi battles via the Battle Recorder, which lets you save your epic victories and rub them in the faces of others. Visiting the game's Global Trade Center enables you to access it and check out other people's battles. Since Nintendo categorizes the videos based on popularity, finding the best battles should be pretty painless. Hell yeah.

All this excitement over Pokemon really gets me giddy at the thought of starting over a whole new Pokemon team, training for hours a day, breeding and competitive battling. The first thing that pops into mind of course is who in the holy batman fuck is going to be my first Pokemon? I had all three of the starter Pokemon in Pokemon Diamond and I never could pick my top favorite.



Flaming monkey ass was always great and everyone loves penguins but I think, this time, I'm going for the cute little turtle. I hardly use many leaf Pokemon so I can try that out. Who are you going to pick?



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I'm kind of disappointed at the size of the figure, but it is a free pre-order bonus so I really can't complain can I? I can't wait to get back into the battling groove when PLatinum comes out.

WHO WANTS TO BATTLE?!
Chimchar all the way. The rest look retarded when they evolve.

And no turtle is going to top Squirtle. He's the best.
I'd go with Piplup.

And let me say, it's inspiring to hear someone get so excited for Pokemon Platinum. Personally, I'm, just not sure if I can get into it this time.

If they had re-animated all the attacks like they did for Pokemone Emerald, then I'd be more on board.
As much as I love Pokemon, I think I'll hold out till the inevitable Gold/Silver remake, I think I've pretty much rounded out Shino.

As for starters I'm a fan of Turtwig. Torterra's really underestimated, and works great with leach seed and stealth rock.
Fuck Year Turtwig
Chimchar.

For the quick and east E4 beatdown.
i can get that figure at my local frys for 5 bucks.
for reals next time i go there ill get pics
Like always, Vexed Alex is horribly wrong. Piplup is the one you want. Chimchar looks like a jackass and looks like even more of jackass when he evolves. Piplup looks like a penguin in tuxedo armor when he evolves!

And Charmander is the best. Get it right Vexed ya Jackass!

Pokemans, they are serious business.
I'll probably be using Piplup again. I don't particularly like any of them though. =/
Aborto smells bad. Don't ever listen to him.
Yeah, that figure is basically a free at Target.

If you pre-order the game there, you get the figure and a $5 gift card with Giratina on it. You can you the gift card on whatever. I used mine on toilet paper.

So basically, I bought some toilet paper and got the figure for free.
Piplup , because he is darn cute and Empoleon is one of hte most badass looking pokemons ... (and defense is pretty cool too ...)
Man, I still need to play the last Pokemon DS game to completion.
Chimchar looks OK but later gets stupid and Turtwig is just terrible all around ...
I don't know why, but Shaymin's Sky Forme bugs the crap out of me. How does a creature that looks like a hedgehog transform into one that is more like a canine?

And, Turtwig. One of the best damn grass type starters since Bulbasaur, in my opinion. Leech Seed is a great asset.
Turtwig rocks!
For Diamond, I chose Chimchar and someone traded me a Piplup pretty early on so I kind of want to experience with Turtwig since I didn't get him til after I beat the game.

@Ashley - Yeah I know what you mean about Shaymin. I never really gave two craps about him before and now he looks cooler but I don't see the hedgehog canine connection either..
Piplup, cuz Empoleon is so freakin awesome. Best Water starter since Blastoise, IMO. I just wish I could find my DS, my Pokemon must hate me right now :(
I'm tempted to get this for my sister for her birthday, and keep the figure for myself, because I'm a horrible person like that.
I used Twiggy in my Pearl run. Yeah, if you run up against an Ice type, you're gonna die hard, but there are always counters to that. Earthquake, Wood Hammer, Leech Seed (hell yes!), and whatever else. I wound up using Crobat, Golduck, Luxray, and whatever else I could scrape up for my team. They covered most of my bases at least.
Turtwig.

Outside of the myriad of useful grass moves, he learns EARTHQUAKE at 32 which makes him a powerhouse.
@Ashley

I don't like its sky form because it looks stupid.

Also I have seen the movie on Cartoon Network and it is irritating as fuck.
This is my first Pokemon game since Gold/Silver, so it's either going to completely destroy my life or I'm going to fucking hate it. I'll probably go with Piplup, because he's cool and cute.

RiotMonster, you better fucking play with me. :)
We gonna get Arceus in this one?
I find myself hating how excited I am for this. I swore I grew out of pokemon when i turned 13.... Anyways Piplup is the best.
Turtwig is by far the best.
You're on Krow.. >=]

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