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Pokémon Platinum

Pokémon Platinum
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North American box art for Pokémon Platinum, depicting the legendary Pokémon Giratina in its Origin Forme.
Developer(s) Game Freak
Publisher(s) The Pokémon Company
Distributor(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Takeshi Kawachimaru
Producer(s) Junichi Masuda
Shusaku Egami
Hitoshi Yamagami
Hiroaki Tsuru
Artist(s) Ken Sugimori
Writer(s) Toshinobu Matsumiya
Hitomi Sato
Suguru Nakatsui
Akihito Tomisawa
Composer(s) Hitomi Sato
Satoshi Nohara
Junichi Masuda
Go Ichinose
Series Pokémon
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release date(s)
  • JP: September 13, 2008
  • NA: March 22, 2009
  • EU: May 22, 2009
  • AU: May 14, 2009
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 83.14%
Metacritic 84%
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com B+
Eurogamer 7/10
Famitsu 36/40
Game Informer 8.5/10
GameSpot 8/10
GameZone 7.8/10
IGN 8.8/10
Nintendo Power 9/10

Pokémon Platinum Version (ポケットモンスタープラチナ Poketto Monsutā Purachina?, lit. Pocket Monsters: Platinum) is a title in the Pokémon series of video games. It was developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is an enhanced version of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in the same vein as Pokémon Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald, which were remakes of Red and Blue, Gold and Silver, and Ruby and Sapphire, respectively. It was released on September 13, 2008, in Japan; March 22, 2009, in North America; May 14, 2009, in Australia and May 22, 2009, in Europe. The developers made Platinum with the intent of making it a stronger version of Diamond and Pearl, which they described as the "ultimate" Pokémon titles.

In Platinum, players control either a male or female child character and start off with one of three Pokémon — Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup — from Professor Rowan. The mascot Pokémon is Giratina, who plays a central role in the game's plot. While it only had one form in Diamond and Pearl, it is given a new alternate form alongside a new area called the Distortion World, which features altered physics from the normal land of Sinnoh, where the game takes place. The gameplay stays true to traditional Pokémon mechanics. Players explore a large area, which ranges from mountains to bodies of water, grasslands, populated areas, and snowy expanses. Similar to previous titles, players have their Pokémon fight turn-based battles against other Pokémon.


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