The story? Names have changed, but it is still the same idea.

The reason I don't rate this game perfectly is that it is virtually identical to the other 13 titles. The story is probably the weakest aspect of the game, as it only serves to give the player a goal other than catching and raising pokemon. You will also help random people, fight an evil gang, and save the world from some vague, slow-moving disaster. Your goal: fight 8 elite gym leaders to get 8 gym badges, allowing you to fight 4 elite trainers in a row to earn the title of Greatest Pokemon Trainer Ever. Once you find some pokemon and raise them, you then proceed to travel across the land, fighting fellow trainers and finding new pokemon and items. You catch new pokemon, have them fight by taking turns smacking each other with a variety of attacks, raise them by using them in battle, and so on and so forth. You wander a round, randomly encountering pokemon as you walk through tall grass, caves, etc.

Pokemon is a turn-based role playing game. There hundreds of these things, and each has specific abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. For those of you who do not know what a pokemon is, it is simply a creature that can be summoned from balls that fit in one's pocket. A professor gives you one of 3 starting pokemon. Like the other 13 games that came before it, you play as a young child from a small town. Pokemon Platinum is the 14th game in the main Pokemon series (15th in Japan). The main series is the only part of the franchise that I like I ignore all TV shows, merchandise, or spin-off titles. Before I begin this review, I would like to mention that I have played almost every main series pokemon game since Red and Blue.

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