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Pokemon Platinum
Symptoms0fMercy:
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--- Quote from: Paul on March 21, 2009, 06:32:30 PM ---And Shugo, I'm glad that you will actually be buying the game and not like so many other people that just "steal" it off the internet.
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I've made it a point to buy all the games that I end up liking. I don't even pirate a game permanently unless it's otherwise impossible to get/doesn't even get the company money anymore. (Earthbound, anyone? Standard price for a used EB cart right now is $80!)
But yeah, as easy as it would be to just keep shoving ROMs onto a flashcart, I like to own the actual things not only because I genuinely feel good for supporting developers that do a good job, but also because there's just something that tickles my fancy about having a physical copy of a game on the shelf. I don't know what it is. Maybe I just like looking at boxart. Maybe that's why I absolutely love this site. ;)
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I'm the exact same way Shugo! Emulation and pirating is a good way to test out games (IMO) but just isn't the same as owning actual copies of the games. Any game that is worth playing, I will get an actual copy of.
As for Platinum, I'm debating weather I want to finish Diamond first (I'm 60 hours in so far), Or just move on to Platinum since I don't actually remember where I left off in Diamond...
juan0tron:
eh, move right on to platinum. Most of Platinum is the same game so you might as well move on before you get too tired of the game :P
Shugo Takahashi:
Yeah, you might as well just move right on. Being sixty hours, I'm assuming you're probably done with the league and you're just doing sidequests/PokeDex. There's a lot more updated stuff to do/see in Platinum, so you might as well. Don't hesitate to abuse Diamond (provided you have access to a second DS) to get off to a better/more interesting start in Platinum.
Personally, I bred some Pokemon in Diamond and traded over the eggs, ditching my starter entirely. In the ROM I was using newly-hatched copies of Rotom, Porygon, Manaphy, Castform, and Nincada, but I figured that was way too much and keeping all their levels up was a hassle, so in the retail game I just restarted with Goldeen and Nincada. I realized that you get Porygon for free in Platinum and Rotom can be caught fairly early, so I'll get a better start this way. Manaphy was only there because I had an extra egg lying around.