Talk:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

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This article was nominated for deletion on 1 June 2005. The result of the discussion was keep (and Pokémon Pearl and Diamond was merged and redirected here).

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Contents 1 Archive 2 Physical/Special Split 3 Glitches 4 Move wars...again 5 Bootleg 6 Sinnoh? WTF? 7 Release Date? 8 Flags 9 Names 10 Protection? 11 HEY HEY WHAT IS GOING ON? 12 Release date?! (again)

[edit] Archive

I have archived the talk page to Talk:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/Archive1 (see the cool archive box over to the side). Feel free to copy over any discussions you wish to comment on. -Amarkov ^babble 20:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Physical/Special Split

Shouldn't somebody include how GameFreak split which moves are physical and which moves are special? If they do, they should also put in how some moves' accuracy and power have been changed to augment the change. Xenero 03:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

No. That's fancruft, and thus should not go in. -Amarkov ^babble 03:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

If Pokémon fans want to check out that info, they can check out serebii.net. -サターン・ヨッシー ^{HAPPY HALLOWEEN} 08:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glitches

Ok... Where does it say in the IGN or the Japanese Article that the glich also included the capture of Legendary Pokémon? The only thing that both articles state is that there was only 2 errors pretaining to a glitch that makes the player dissapear into walls. Other than that, I'm going to edit that section unless someone can find a proper citation for that.

There was a video before in these places (from the archive):

"Darkrai

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YL8YNw_vhU Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJjq1vOwtM

Sheimi

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSSYKWeXNF4 Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMcfYNRGcaQ"

Bu it seems they've been deleted. Tennis Dynamite 21:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

• Someone wrote this under the Glitches section at the end. "Great, Nintendo got rid of the only easy way to get 2 event pokemon. THANKS NINTENDO NOW I HAVE TO USE AN AR DS." And started boasting about it on the Nintendo.com forums, LoL : ))) I erased it. LMC vs U2 03:45, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move wars...again

Copied straight from my topic in the archive:

Since there seems to be a large page move war in regards to the romanized names of some D/P Pokemon, I say we should protect those articles which seem to be affected the most (Hydoran, for example). Also, we should come up with a general consensus: either use the trademarked names as the article name, or use the direct translations. Not both.

All right, this move war is completely messed up (for lack of a better expression).

Unless it's been 100% confirmed that we have a trademarked Romaji name (for those whose English names have not been revealed) then USE THE HEPBURN ROMANIZATIONS. Yes, I know this will make some articles sound awkward (again, lack of a better expression) but seriously, any solution will be good. Blue Mirage | Comment 00:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the lack of title at first, I completely forgot about it. Blue Mirage | Comment 10:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bootleg

One of the bootlegs for the GBC was named Diamond. 67.188.172.165 18:23, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, we know. >_> -Sukecchi 22:13, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, Captain Obvious. (b")b --Burai 15:10, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Funny thing, though; just now I glanced through the page and I don't see the link to Telefang, but maybe I skipped over it. Should there be a mention that Telefang exists? Erik Jensen ^{(I appreciate talk!)} 19:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

It used to be there, but was removed. Tennis Dynamite 21:37, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Why? JQF 02:25, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I have no idea. I tried to look for it, but this page has seen so many edits that I can't find it. Tennis Dynamite 03:12, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

IIRC, it was deleted for something like "This isn't notable enough for a notice". -Amarkov ^babble 03:16, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sinnoh? WTF?

Last time I checked, it was called Shinou. And until the English versions are released, there is no reason to call it anything different. ~ iNVERTED | Rob (Talk | Contribs) 15:39, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Other than the fact that the english version of Pokemon Ranger calls it Sinnoh, no. Oh wait, that's a good reason. -Amarkov ^babble 15:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Man, you beat me to it. The game Pokémon Ranger confirms the new region as Sinnoh. It wouldn't have been changed without proper reasoning. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for explaining that, anyway. ~ iNVERTED | Rob (Talk | Contribs) 21:12, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release Date?

Is that really the U.S. release date? Where's the source? -User:Kochdude388 22:29, 7 November 2006

The release date for places outside of Japan have yet to be announced. That edit has been removed. Tennis DyNamiTe 01:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if this was already discussed, but Electronic Gaming Monthly wrote that they will come out in Spring 2007. It is the December issue under a responce to a letter on page 16. I'm not saying it's official or anything, just thought you guys should know. : )))LMC vs U2 05:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

We're aware of it. Spring 2007 is very widespread, but whenever I ask someone, it turns out they heard it from an unoffical magazine that didn't bother to disclose their source. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 05:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

According to Nintendo Power (a truthful source), Spring 2007. March likely, and the new Revolution Wii Game late May or Early June. NoseNuggets 1:36 PM US ESY Nov 18 2006

I'm not going to revert it now, but what issue of Nintendo Power was this in? Because I haven't seen it. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 05:51, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flags

What happened to the flags that were in the release date box on the left right? Tennis DyNamiTe ^{(sign in)} 02:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

The infobox usage was standardized to use superscripts instead of flags, apparently. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Names

I was wondering about some of the pokemon have names like Naetoru, Diaruga and Gabaito on some places, but ones like Naetle, Gabite and Dialga.... on here.. Where the heck did they come from?! And why? I don't like the name Dialga and Naetle much.... -_- 69.141.15.35 16:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC) Nintendo_6444

Your examples, Naetle, Dialga, and Palkia...those are the official romanizations, meaning those are their official names. -Sukecchi 19:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

But those aren't the English names, right? Kochdude388 21:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

No, these are the Japanese names, once the English names are released, the Japanese names will be replaced with English. -Sukecchi 21:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protection?

Should we put protection on this page? There has been a lot of vandalism lately...partly by un-signed users. Kochdude388 02:27, 17 November 2006

No need, the IP and the apparent sockpuppet have been blocked. -- ReyBrujo 03:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Aargh, he was the same person vandalizing in the middle of my first ever edit. (Yay for old memories!) I thought he had given up, although it doesn't matter with the block. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 04:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HEY HEY WHAT IS GOING ON?

why does it say umd? I can i take it out?

It's Wikipedia. You can take anything out. And assuming that you tried to make sense there, you should. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 14:43, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release date?! (again)

Where is the proof that the release date for canada is spring 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gulfrazthehunk (talk • contribs) .

Supposedly, Nintendo Power. I'm giving the guy a week to prove it, and then I'm removing it again. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 16:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I reverted it before I noticed this discussion. If it's true then add it back with a reference/citation, I guess. Tennis DyNamiTe ^{(sign in)} 00:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, i guess thats for the best. I didn't mean to come off cocky (if by any chance you feel like i did) but i was just getting annoyed because of all the recent vandalism. Great web surfing for the release date though. (",) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gulfrazthehunk (talk • contribs) .