Wi-Fi Plaza
The Wi-Fi Plaza (Japanese: Ｗｉ-Ｆｉひろば Wi-Fi Plaza) is an enhancement to the Wi-Fi Club in Pokémon Platinum. It is found downstairs in the Pokémon Center. Players from around the world can enter a "square" to play mini-games together via Nintendo Wi-Fi. The player can walk around the square and communicate with other players in the square. There are different type-based squares, such as the Water Square featuring Template:Type2 Pokémon.
Rules
- Up to 20 players can enter the Wi-Fi Plaza at a time.
- The entire ruling regarding Friend Codes and entering the Wi-Fi Plaza is still unknown.
- The player may only spend a certain amount of time in a room at the Wi-Fi Plaza each day. After this time runs out, the lights dim and fireworks go off. Players can then get a ride on a float to go out of the plaza. If they don't get a ride though, they will just exit as though they were disconnecting from Wi-Fi. Players may enter again afterward in a different room but this is only limited to a certain amount of times though.
Mini-Games
There are three mini-games available on the left side of the plaza. Each game can allow up to four players to play.
Swalot Plop
Swalot Plop is a game played on a big Swalot-shaped machine which utilizes more of the game's 3D capabilities. Players toss little, round berries into the machine's mouth using the touch screen. It swallows the berries and spits them out later. There is apparently a point scoring system in the game. The player obtaining the most points gets their Tap Toy upgraded.
Mime Jr. Top
Mime Jr. Top is another mini-game that uses more of the DS's touch screen capabilities. It shows a Mime Jr. balancing on a circus ball. The player must try and keep Mime Jr. on the ball using the touch screen. The longer it stays on the ball, the more points the player receives. If a player's Mime Jr. stays on the ball the longest, that player wins the game.
Wobbuffet Pop
Wobbuffet Pop is a mini-game using the touch screen to pump up balloons by a Wobbuffet-shaped pump. Balloons are pumped with the stylus up and down to earn points. Some Wynaut on the top screen will make it harder for the player to pump balloons. When ten balloons are popped, all players will get the Tap Toy upgrade.
Tap Toys
Tap Toys are given upon entering the plaza and are controlled on the touch screen. They create effects when touched from the touch screen. They can also be exchanged or copied from other players. They are upgraded when one wins in a mini-game. This can occur a maximum of two times per toy as the maximum level is 3. Some Tap Toys include bells, balloons, cymbals, wands, some musical instruments and party poppers.
Rooms
Every time a player wants to enter the plaza, they are sent to a random room featuring certain Pokémon. When the room is about to close, certain Pokémon are featured in the floats going out as well. Similar to the Tap Toys, a button is available at the bottom of the screen upon boarding a float. The button makes the float do certain things, such as Bulbasaur releasing its vines, Charizard breathing fire, Carnivine opening its mouth, Magnezone releasing electricity and several others who just move their body.
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Other Features
- Upon entering, players are asked to choose up to two types. Players may choose only one or even none though.
- By pressing X or Start, something similar to a trainer card can be seen. It shows the player's last actions, including the people they talked to and the games they have played recently. It also shows their current Tap Toy.
Plaza Survey
Every week, there is a question found on a machine in the center of a plaza. These surveys have several choices and players must choose one only. Results of the latest survey topic are shown near closing time while results of the week before can be seen at once.
Plaza News
This is the big machine found at the center of the plaza, to the Plaza Survey's right.It shows the time left before closing time, the number of people connected and the latest survey topic when it's near closing time.
General Inquiries
This is found at the center, in front of Plaza News. Here, players may ask people questions about the Wi-Fi Plaza.
Visitor Profiles
- There is a globe on the lower right side of the Wi-Fi Plaza. This is so players can see exactly where everyone else in the room is from, providing they have implemented their location in the Global Terminal.
Footprint Panels
- There are longs tables on the right side of the plaza. Here, players can choose any footprint to place on the table. Its color would depend on the first type chosen. After a few seconds, the footprints exit. Each kind of footprint exits in a different way.
Trivia
- Two of the mini-games feature Team Rocket's Pokémon, Wobbuffet and Mime Jr. while another, Carnivine, is featured in one of the floats.
- Most of the featured Pokémon are unavailable in Sinnoh before obtaining the National Pokédex.
- The Swalot's barbels are much smaller than in the Sugimori artwork. In the machine, its barbels are only up to head level. In the official artwork, they are up to hand level.
- Until December 17, 2008 (Japan) and starting March 26, 2009 (U.S), players entering Wi-Fi Plaza had a high chance of entering a Mew-themed room with Mew statues, Mew tail lamps, and a Mew boat at the exit. This room was still available afterwards, although the chances were lower.
- It is unconfirmed that if a player is the only person in the Wi-Fi Plaza, time and games are stopped.
In other languages
- French: Square Wi-Fi
- Spanish: Plaza Wi-Fi
- German: Wi-Fi Plaza
- Italian: Piazza Wi-Fi