How Pokémon Platinum Fixed Diamond and Pearl and SAVED Sinnoh

That's a lot of Rick 😂

Fun fact : Barry isn't impatient your main character is so slow

The fact that HGSS had the battle frontier, WHEN NO ASKED FOR IT, is really telling how game freak used to be. What they are now, killing the Battle Frontier and post-game as a whole, it's breaks my heart.

8:47. I feel so bad for the Kalos region. If Pokemon Z was a thing, it could've been one of the greatest Pokemon games ever made; Diamond/Pearl and X and Y are games so similar, it's possible that Z could've been like Platinum, in terms of quality.

You know what is the greatest and most underrated aspect of Platinum… Rowan roastin the ever living shit out of that poor Galactic Grunt.

the ricks got me LOL platinum truly was a step up in every single way. fingers crossed the fans develop a BDSP romhack that transforms it into the experience we all deserved

"The Distortion World project has started!"

HeartGold and SoulSilver, a supposed remake of Gen 2's Gold and Silver, actually felt more like a Crystal remake from the same gen. It was literally a remake of the third game of Gen 2, because the Suicune and Eusine sidequest from Crystal was added as well as using the legendary beasts music that debut in Crystal for Entei, Raikou and Suicune battles (but with their own enhanced remix for each beast). They have never included third game content into the first ever remake which was FRLG, and has stopped adding the third game content into remakes from ORAS, and now BDSP as well. Guess this is one of the reasons why HGSS was goated as the best remakes that were ever made.

It''s still confusing as to why most of the trainers in the Canalave gym barely use any steel types as even with the limited DP dex, there wasn't a lack of steel types to choose from: Empoleon, Steelix, Bastiodon, Wormadam (Trash Cloak), Bronzong, and Lucario.

It’s thanks to Platinum that we got one of the coolest locations in the series The Distortion World. It’s a shame we’ll probably never get to see it realised in proper 3D.

Can I just say that using a sound to indicate where the slight delay is was smart and really helped me see what you're talking about because I never noticed it. Another great essay with great points. Oh and that intro was complete gold and well done! The creator has some skills.

For the general consensus of the greatest Pokemon games, it's either Platinum, Heartgold and Soul Silver, or Black 2 and White 2. Basically, the best of generations 4 and 5.

Remaking Platinum would've made much more sense, but unfortunately that's not how Gamefreak works.. At least there are some really cool rom hacks like Renegade Platinum

Did anyone noticed that Games like Platinum, Heartgold and Black and white 2 all are third versions, sequels or remakes are some of the best in the series? And it's almost like DP and BW was a test to the next version to see what worked and what didn't.

I wouldn't call third versions a necessary evil. If the first games are always so rushed and incomplete that they keep needing a third game, then the obvious solution is to just take more time working on the first games so they don't need to be fixed in the first place.

Playing Platinum and HeathGold at the same time, was some of the best days of my life...

Platinum is one of the best Pokémon games imo

Playing Brilliant Diamond rn and it pisses me off that when looking up encounters on routes, that platinum has double the amount of new encounters or more compared to D/P on its own. It didn't need to be "faithful" in that aspect whatsoever imo.

Yes, Pokemon Platinum is objectively one of the best Pokemon games to this day, but you can still have the best Pokemon experience in Renegade Platinum. I don't know how Drayano managed to make such a good and complete game as Pokemon Platinum much better and even more complete than it already was. Of course it's not an original Pokemon game but a ROM hack, which is so much more worthwhile to play than platinum. And no matter whether casual or as a Nuzlocke, etc. So if you want the ultimate Pokemon experience and challenge so far, play Renegade Platinum! It would be worth it just because of the quality of live changes, but there is so much more to it! In general, Drayano Hacks are excellent as are Storm Silver and Sacret Gold but Renegade is simply THE BEST (!) Pokemon game for real Pokemon fans!

SPOLERS: The elite four in BDSP will have 2 rematch teams the first rematch they will have their Platinum teams. On the second rematch they will have brand new teams Aaron will have a Flygon as his final team member Bertha will have a mamoswine and Nidoking Flint will have arcanine and ninetales Lucian will have a S lombro