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==Connectivity==
==Connectivity==
Trading exists between Diamond and Pearl Versions through the [[Nintendo DS]]'s internal wireless connection. It connects to {{v2|Platinum}}, {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} in the same manner. {{pkmn|Egg}}s received from {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}} and its sequels are also sent through wireless. Diamond and Pearl also have the ability to connect to the {{wp|internet}} using [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]], and can also connect to [[Wii]] consoles. Due to improvements in international linking, some {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} can have [[foreign Pokédex entries]].
Trading exists between Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, {{v2|Platinum}}, {{pkmn|HeartGold and SoulSilver}} through [[Nintendo DS]] wireless communication. Gifts received from the [[Pokémon Ranger series]], such as the {{p|Manaphy}} {{pkmn|Egg}}, are also sent through wireless communication.


Diamond and Pearl also maintain backward compatibility with the [[Generation III]] games; however, standard trading is not allowed. A player's Pokémon may be permanently transferred via [[Pal Park]], and some Pokémon that could previously not be caught can be found using the [[dual-slot mode]].
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl could connect to the {{wp|internet}} using [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]], prior to the service closing on [http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/en/games-wifi.jsp May 20, 2014]. Using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, it was possible to [[trade]], battle, and communicate with voice chat online. The [[Global Terminal|Global Trade Station]] allowed players to offer their Pokémon for trade, or search through and trade for Pokémon that other players have offered.


Also, by connecting to the Wii with a Nintendo DS, players can copy their [[party]] Pokémon to their copy of [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], as well as [[My Pokémon Ranch]]. However, only Diamond and Pearl are compatible with My Pokémon Ranch, while Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver are all compatible with Pokémon Battle Revolution.
Pokémon can be sent from {{game5|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald|FireRed|LeafGreen}} to Pokémon Diamond or Pearl via [[Pal Park]] using [[dual-slot mode]]; this transfer is permanent—Pokémon sent to a Generation IV game this way can never return to a Generation III game. Additionally, if one of these five games is inserted in the Nintendo DS system's GBA slot, after obtaining the [[National Pokédex]] the wild Pokémon that can appear change depending on which game is inserted, via a feature unofficially called the {{DL|dual-slot mode|dongle method}}.


[[Generation IV]] is the first generation with regular Korean releases; every single main series game since Diamond and Pearl have been released in Korean. However, non-Korean versions of Generation IV games did not include a way to view Korean characters, and therefore Korean versions of any Generation IV game can't normally trade with any non-Korean game. If a Pokémon with a Korean name or Korean Trainer name was somehow traded to a non-Korean game, the data for their name would be converted to something else. In Diamond and Pearl, empty spaces were used in lieu of Korean characters. This was changed to dashes in Platinum—and subsequently HeartGold and SoulSilver—likely to prevent any issues that may come from a completely blank name.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can connect to certain [[Wii]] games. Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver can connect to [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] and send a copy of their party to that game. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can connect to [[My Pokémon Ranch]] to use as external Pokémon storage.


The following features of these games which require access to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service are no longer supported, as of [http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/en/games-wifi.jsp May 20, 2014].
Starting in Generation IV, the core series games are always released in Korean. However, non-Korean versions of Generation IV games did not include Korean characters in their in-game font, so Korean Generation IV games are prevented from trading with non-Korean games. (Due to Korean characters not being defined in the in-game font, they display as spaces in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and as dashes in Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.)
* The DS's native support for Wi-Fi is employed, allowing players to trade, battle and communicate using "voice chat" online.
* Diamond and Pearl feature a global trading system, the [[Global Terminal|Global Trade Station]], that allows Trainers to search for any Pokémon they want, or put up one of their own Pokémon for trade for any Pokémon. Players of other games can search for the Pokémon that others have put onto the [[Global Terminal|Global Trade Station]].


==Reception==
==Reception==