Since I've made a reputation here as being this forums "Pokemon expert" I thought I'd go ahead and be the first (at least I hope I'm the first) to announce two new Pokemon games that have been released for the Nintendo Dual-Screen system in Japan. Pokemon Pearl and Pokemon Diamond. I don't know when they were released yet and I haven't checked any news about them as I found out about them by seeing roms on a couple of sites that I visited looking for another game. The cover picure says that is is DS WiFi compatible which I'm guessing means that there is an online play fearure like Mario Kart DS and a few other games. I will do some more digging around when I can find more time and post what I find here.

I've played them (In Japanese, which I do not understand ). From what I've seen, the maps are semi 3D, but have some redraw(?) issues. The menu is pretty cool, and uses the touch screen in a nice way. Also, the new pokemon are SOO cool! I chose the Penguin dude (water) for my starter!

I would never catch myself playing a game that I can't understand, its useless, its like delivering a package without knowing where to go, I mean sure, you can probally find it but whats the use in wasting the time?

You're this forums resident Pokemon expert?

Also announcing these games now... youre a bit late. Just try the Magic Box for any info you need.

Id play them except.. well... screw the DS.

They were released yesterday (09/28). However, the earliest I've seen them dumped was on the 21st on several websites. The games are coming to American, but currently TBA.

K'dash is the one I'm quoting there. The only reason I found them was because I was looking for a site that had an ISO for the playstion ntsc-u version of Tomb Raider 2. I happened to stubble upon a site that had these two game shown on it's home page.

I think K'dash said that because I'm the one that figured out how to get the GBA Pokemon games and have taken the time to post all the info and keep it as up to date as possible. I was just lucky that I went to Nintendo.com the day of Mystery Dugeon's release and when I saw it I started looking for the rom. The first person I saw that had posted a link for it had already patched and that's when I realized that the news had not quite gotten out about my fix (one rom site already had thier own fix and were jerks when I posted my link and told to say I had a better one). I then decided to focus as much time as I could to keeping my topic as up to date as I could. Now it has nearly 4000 views and counting and I'm actually getting people joing the forum just to ask me for help like Jarujin did.

Anyway, I'm rambled long enough. Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out and see what I can find.

Also, does anyone know which one of the many DS emulator's out there can play commercial games best? I want to get a flash card but I just don't have the money right now and I want to check out Blue Rescue Team since I already have the rom. I figured I'd ask since I'm on the subject of Pokemon anyway.

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Wow, this is a cool site. K'dash is right it says that they were realeased on the 28th but I can't find any more information on them. I guess it's because they are so new. I'll wait a few days and then try again and see if I can find information then.

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http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-x3e-71...-j-70-1i4u.html
Silly me. I googled Pearl and this was the first link. It gives a brief overview of the two games and It seems I was right about the online feature (battling and trading). It also let's you trade from all of the other GBA Pokemon games and has an online voice chat feature. Check out the link to see for yourself. The are also several in-game screenshots.

Both Pokemon games I've read have already been sold out in Japan.

You can buy both games from Play-Asia for the retail price of US$ 48.90 each.



Pocket Monsters (Pokemon) Diamond



Pocket Monsters (Pokemon) Pearl

Wow, it that case I've gotta get them when they come out in the US.

Well, they are still available in Hong Kong via Play-Asia.

Isn't there already a Pokemon Daimond?

I think GC forgot to mention that their in Japanese.

Drakko: This is the real Diamond, the GBC rom of it is some monster catching game thats more similar too Monster Rancher.

Actually the fact that they're in Japanese is in this topic's title (and in the screenshots that GC posted). I've had the rom of the GBC version of Diamond for quite some time now but I've never actually played it. It'll be good to finally have a fresh storyline in the Pokemon series instead of a bunch of remakes.

Here are some vids I made of new Pokedex features in D/P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPTvNMJuN1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv5q8bmrOlI

Nice. What's with all of the sound modification settings? Seems a bit much if you ask me. I like how they are incorperating the stylus though. Somehow I had a feeling it would be something like that.

I have the roms and an emulator iDeaS but I can't get it t work??

Oh yeah, hi mooney.

iDeaS hardly supports commercial games. Even less if there is 3D stuff in the game. NDS emulators have a long way to go before you can expect them to support every commercial NDS game you can think of.

Yeah, the most I can get are a few logo screens and some 2D icons and that's about it. Although I haven't downloaded these new games because well...I can't read japanese and like Agozer said NDS emulation has a log way to go so unless you have a flash card for the DS there really isn't much point in downloading commercial roms.

If you do want to get a flash card to try them on a real NDS then goto gameboy-advance.net. They have everything you could ever want as far as flash cards and stuff for the GBA and NDS systems.

Yo, Gecko! Welcome to 1emu!

Anyways, I would suggest DeSmuME for an emulator, because it PARTIALLY plays SOME commercial games, and it also does a good many of the PD. As for a flashcart, I'd gowith an M3. Mostly because I want to sell mine. Buy from me.

P.S.
Newbie Pimp Slap:

Mooney attacked Calum with a Pimp Slap (1 str) and took off 30!
Calum has 0 HP left!
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Calum is now dead, therefore cannot counterattack!!!!
You gain 1 frag(s) (0 stolen).
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You gain: 1 EXP points!!!!

Wow! After reading up on your M3 card Mooney I'm impressed. Gameboy-advance.net has given this thing very high marks indeed. I will gladly get this when I get some money coming in. So how would I go about buying from you anyway?