By the time you finished reading this post, the long awaited Pokemon Platinum would out in US major departmental stores this weekend. As a customer waiting outside the United States, it will only be up to three months before we get the goods sadly. So you Americans get to have a lead in building up your team and experimenting with them before us.

I have not been busy catching up with the Pokemon community business for a long time since Pearl first came out. Been busy for quite a while but it is for personal reason. However just Platinum's release alone has generated quite a hype here amongst my friends. I am not very sure of getting this one yet since it is still nonetheless the same map, which I had played under Pearl. Also, I have also heard that the Pokemons captured would be the same.

If that would be the case, there should not be much difference from playing Pearl or even Diamond itself. So would purchasing Platinum be even worth it? In this case, maybe I will leave it to the real experts here to deliver the verdict and their expectations. Just maybe I might change my mind to get one.