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The game was first seen on May 11, 2008 when a low-resolution cell-phone picture of an upcoming issue of [[CoroCoro]] magazine was leaked around the internet. On May 15, the magazine was officially released and the game was also officially confirmed by [[Nintendo]]. The game was released in Japan on September 13, 2008, in North America on March 22, 2009, in Australia on May 14, 2009, in Europe on May 22, 2009, and in Korea on July 2, 2009. | The game was first seen on May 11, 2008 when a low-resolution cell-phone picture of an upcoming issue of [[CoroCoro]] magazine was leaked around the internet. On May 15, the magazine was officially released and the game was also officially confirmed by [[Nintendo]]. The game was released in Japan on September 13, 2008, in North America on March 22, 2009, in Australia on May 14, 2009, in Europe on May 22, 2009, and in Korea on July 2, 2009. | ||
Like previous third versions, the region and starting area remain the same as in previously released paired versions; in Platinum, the player begins | Like previous third versions, the region and starting area remain the same as in previously released paired versions; in Platinum, the player begins their journey from [[Twinleaf Town]] and travels across all of [[Sinnoh]]. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
When the game begins, the {{player}} is watching a [[television|newscast]] about [[Professor Rowan]]'s return to Sinnoh. Just then, the player's best friend runs in, and the two head for Route 201 to get a Pokémon from [[Professor Rowan]]. However, Rowan sees them and reprimands them for endangering themselves. His assistant ({{ga|Lucas}} or {{ga|Dawn}}, depending on the player's [[gender]]) comes along, and Rowan lets the player and Barry each choose among a [[Turtwig]], [[Piplup]], or [[Chimchar]]. After choosing, Barry, who later becomes the rival, challenges the player to a battle, having picked the Pokémon with the type advantage over the player's choice. After the battle, the two head to [[Lake Verity]], where they meet [[Cyrus]]. Back in Twinleaf Town the player's mother gives | When the game begins, the {{player}} is watching a [[television|newscast]] about [[Professor Rowan]]'s return to Sinnoh. Just then, the player's best friend runs in, and the two head for Route 201 to get a Pokémon from [[Professor Rowan]]. However, Rowan sees them and reprimands them for endangering themselves. His assistant ({{ga|Lucas}} or {{ga|Dawn}}, depending on the player's [[gender]]) comes along, and Rowan lets the player and Barry each choose among a [[Turtwig]], [[Piplup]], or [[Chimchar]]. After choosing, Barry, who later becomes the rival, challenges the player to a battle, having picked the Pokémon with the type advantage over the player's choice. After the battle, the two head to [[Lake Verity]], where they meet [[Cyrus]]. Back in Twinleaf Town the player's mother gives them a pair of [[Running Shoes]] before the player leaves for [[Sandgem Town]]. The professor gives the player a [[Pokédex]] and the player then sets off to explore Sinnoh and defeat the [[Gym Leader]]s in order to advance further in the plot, challenge the [[Elite Four]], and become the {{pkmn|Champion}} of Sinnoh. | ||
During the course of the game, there are many conflicts with the evil [[Team Galactic]] and its leader, Cyrus. When the power of {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}}, summoned by Cyrus, begins to overwhelm Sinnoh, {{p|Uxie}}, {{p|Mesprit}} and {{p|Azelf}} appear and {{p|Giratina}} drags Cyrus down into the [[Distortion World]]. | During the course of the game, there are many conflicts with the evil [[Team Galactic]] and its leader, Cyrus. When the power of {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}}, summoned by Cyrus, begins to overwhelm Sinnoh, {{p|Uxie}}, {{p|Mesprit}} and {{p|Azelf}} appear and {{p|Giratina}} drags Cyrus down into the [[Distortion World]]. | ||
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* European versions of the game are no longer able to play [[slot machine]]s. These versions of the game replace slot machines with [[Slot machine#European Platinum|game machines]], a machine that simply gives coins to the player with little interactivity. This is the result of changes in the classification standards at {{wp|Pan European Game Information|PEGI}}<ref>[http://www.gamesradar.com/european-pokemon-platinums-missing-game-corner-explained/ European Pokemon Platinum's missing Game Corner explained | GamesRadar]</ref>. | * European versions of the game are no longer able to play [[slot machine]]s. These versions of the game replace slot machines with [[Slot machine#European Platinum|game machines]], a machine that simply gives coins to the player with little interactivity. This is the result of changes in the classification standards at {{wp|Pan European Game Information|PEGI}}<ref>[http://www.gamesradar.com/european-pokemon-platinums-missing-game-corner-explained/ European Pokemon Platinum's missing Game Corner explained | GamesRadar]</ref>. | ||
* As in [[Generation II|Generations II]] and III, it is possible to ride a [[Bicycle]] in [[Gate|gatehouses]] separating cities or towns and routes, something that was not possible in Diamond and Pearl. | * As in [[Generation II|Generations II]] and III, it is possible to ride a [[Bicycle]] in [[Gate|gatehouses]] separating cities or towns and routes, something that was not possible in Diamond and Pearl. | ||
* When the player uses | * When the player uses their radar while in [[the Underground]], it takes two seconds before another radar signal can be used. In Diamond and Pearl, it only took one second. | ||
* The Lustrous and Adamant Orbs are no longer found on the [[Spear Pillar]] as in Diamond and Pearl, instead they must be found in a cave somewhere in the snowfields of [[Mt. Coronet]] which requires {{m|Waterfall}}. To be able to catch Dialga and Palkia, the player must have obtained the items in that cave and must have faced Giratina, whether it was caught or not. Then the player can go up [[Mt. Coronet]] to where Giratina took the player and Cyrus in to the [[Distortion World]]. | * The Lustrous and Adamant Orbs are no longer found on the [[Spear Pillar]] as in Diamond and Pearl, instead they must be found in a cave somewhere in the snowfields of [[Mt. Coronet]] which requires {{m|Waterfall}}. To be able to catch Dialga and Palkia, the player must have obtained the items in that cave and must have faced Giratina, whether it was caught or not. Then the player can go up [[Mt. Coronet]] to where Giratina took the player and Cyrus in to the [[Distortion World]]. | ||
* If the player defeats or flees from a stationary {{pkmn2|Legendary}} or [[Mythical Pokémon]], it reappears after the player next enters the [[Hall of Fame]]. If the player defeats a [[roaming Pokémon]], it will reappear only after the player has re-triggered the event which caused it to start roaming; for example, the player must talk to [[Professor Oak]] to cause a [[Legendary birds|Legendary bird]] to resume roaming. If the player flees from or defeats [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Giratina|Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} in the [[Distortion World]], it will reappear in [[Turnback Cave]] in its Altered Forme, where it behaves in the same way as all other stationary Legendary Pokémon. | * If the player defeats or flees from a stationary {{pkmn2|Legendary}} or [[Mythical Pokémon]], it reappears after the player next enters the [[Hall of Fame]]. If the player defeats a [[roaming Pokémon]], it will reappear only after the player has re-triggered the event which caused it to start roaming; for example, the player must talk to [[Professor Oak]] to cause a [[Legendary birds|Legendary bird]] to resume roaming. If the player flees from or defeats [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Giratina|Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} in the [[Distortion World]], it will reappear in [[Turnback Cave]] in its Altered Forme, where it behaves in the same way as all other stationary Legendary Pokémon. | ||
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===Storyline=== | ===Storyline=== | ||
* The story seen on TV at the start of the game is now about [[Professor Rowan]] having just returned from a trip to [[Kanto]]. | * The story seen on TV at the start of the game is now about [[Professor Rowan]] having just returned from a trip to [[Kanto]]. | ||
* The player meets [[Professor Rowan]] and the opposite gender character earlier, and obtains | * The player meets [[Professor Rowan]] and the opposite gender character earlier, and obtains their [[starter Pokémon]] on {{rt|201|Sinnoh}}. | ||
** Instead of being attacked by {{p|Starly|wild Pokémon}} at [[Verity Lakefront]], the player and his/her rival are attempting to reach [[Sandgem Town]] through tall grass when the Professor stops them and offers them a starter. | ** Instead of being attacked by {{p|Starly|wild Pokémon}} at [[Verity Lakefront]], the player and his/her rival are attempting to reach [[Sandgem Town]] through tall grass when the Professor stops them and offers them a starter. | ||
* The first battle is against the player's rival, who, as always, has chosen the starter Pokémon which has a type advantage against the player's. | * The first battle is against the player's rival, who, as always, has chosen the starter Pokémon which has a type advantage against the player's. | ||
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* A new area known as the [[Distortion World]] is playable. It has floor-like sections floating at ninety-degree angles from each other, creating an effect similar to the art of {{wp|M. C. Escher}}. It disobeys the {{wp|laws of physics}}, making things like {{m|Surf}}ing down a waterfall going up possible. The camera angle switches between perspective and isometric views to suit the angle of the player. It also has moving platforms with jumpable gaps between them. Giratina, when here, will be in its Origin Forme and is also the only wild Pokémon located here. | * A new area known as the [[Distortion World]] is playable. It has floor-like sections floating at ninety-degree angles from each other, creating an effect similar to the art of {{wp|M. C. Escher}}. It disobeys the {{wp|laws of physics}}, making things like {{m|Surf}}ing down a waterfall going up possible. The camera angle switches between perspective and isometric views to suit the angle of the player. It also has moving platforms with jumpable gaps between them. Giratina, when here, will be in its Origin Forme and is also the only wild Pokémon located here. | ||
* Two new characters to the main storyline were added. One is [[Charon]], a professor and Commander of [[Team Galactic]], and the other is a police officer spying on Team Galactic, using the codename "[[Looker]]". | * Two new characters to the main storyline were added. One is [[Charon]], a professor and Commander of [[Team Galactic]], and the other is a police officer spying on Team Galactic, using the codename "[[Looker]]". | ||
* A Tag Battle between the player and | * A Tag Battle between the player and their {{ga|Barry|rival}} against {{EF|Flint}} and [[Volkner]] takes place at the entrance to the {{gdis|Battle Frontier|IV}} when the player first arrives there. | ||
* [[Team Galactic]]'s plans to re-create the world have changed slightly. The layouts of their HQs, such as the one in Eterna, have been changed. Team Galactic now utilizes more resources in order to reach their goal, as well as explaining why, in-game, such as the power from the [[Valley Windworks]], as well as planting a bomb on the [[Great Marsh]] for attention in order to allow more people to realize what they're trying to do. [[Team Galactic]] also has a [[Charon|fourth commander]] who appears throughout the game, but does not take on a significant role until after the main story events. | * [[Team Galactic]]'s plans to re-create the world have changed slightly. The layouts of their HQs, such as the one in Eterna, have been changed. Team Galactic now utilizes more resources in order to reach their goal, as well as explaining why, in-game, such as the power from the [[Valley Windworks]], as well as planting a bomb on the [[Great Marsh]] for attention in order to allow more people to realize what they're trying to do. [[Team Galactic]] also has a [[Charon|fourth commander]] who appears throughout the game, but does not take on a significant role until after the main story events. | ||
* Some of the [[Gym Leader]]s have been reordered: [[Fantina]] is now the third Gym Leader, [[Maylene]] is the fourth and [[Crasher Wake]] is the fifth. The appearance of players' Gym Badge case stays the same. | * Some of the [[Gym Leader]]s have been reordered: [[Fantina]] is now the third Gym Leader, [[Maylene]] is the fourth and [[Crasher Wake]] is the fifth. The appearance of players' Gym Badge case stays the same. | ||