Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
Some of the most popular games for the Gameboy DS have to be the games that are a part of the Pokemon gaming series.
While it started out originally as a manga by Satoshi Tajiri in 1975 that was entitled the Capsule Monsters. The series was discontinued due to it being unsuccessful, but around 1991, Tajiri began pitching the project to Nintendo for the Gameboy without much luck. The game was finally picked up by Nintendo with some help from a new friend of Tajiris, Shigeru Miyamoto, and was initially released to the Japanese market as the Pocket Monsters in 1996. Since then, the phenomenon known today as Pokemon has taken the planet by storm, drawing kids and adults alike.
The premise of the series is similar to children catching lightning bugs in bottles, but the lightning bugs are instead little monsters that you train to battle each other in competitions. Trading pokemon with other players of the series is encouraged and one of the most important aspects of the game along with battling with your friends and the computer alike. Testing your skill as a trainer and as a fair sport is one of the main draws of the game.
The series has had a number of various titles in it for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and Nintendo DS. Most of the games have a suffix of either a color, precious metal, or precious gem, such as Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, emerald and ruby for the Game Boy.
Later, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were developed for the Game Boy Color.
The third generation of games have come in the form of Ruby, Sapphire. These games introduced a number of new features, including more detailed weather conditions, the new villains of Team Magma and Team Aqua, contests, and new abilities for each pokemon. Also introduced was the concept of personalities for each. Shortly after that, Emerald was released, which introduced the ability to rebattle the gym leaders, animations for all pokemon (like in Crystal).
Next, the first two games in the first generation, Red and Green, were remade as FireRed and LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance. The main improvements were enhanced graphics, gameplay, and a new area called the Sevii Islands.
The fourth generation of games consists of Diamond and Pearl, both of which have already been subject to a worldwide release by 2007. One of the noticeable additions to both of these games is the difference between Pokemon genders.
Although games with the Pokemon namesake are on all Nintendo systems, the classics will always be for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance.
While it started out originally as a manga by Satoshi Tajiri in 1975 that was entitled the Capsule Monsters. The series was discontinued due to it being unsuccessful, but around 1991, Tajiri began pitching the project to Nintendo for the Gameboy without much luck. The game was finally picked up by Nintendo with some help from a new friend of Tajiris, Shigeru Miyamoto, and was initially released to the Japanese market as the Pocket Monsters in 1996. Since then, the phenomenon known today as Pokemon has taken the planet by storm, drawing kids and adults alike.
The premise of the series is similar to children catching lightning bugs in bottles, but the lightning bugs are instead little monsters that you train to battle each other in competitions. Trading pokemon with other players of the series is encouraged and one of the most important aspects of the game along with battling with your friends and the computer alike. Testing your skill as a trainer and as a fair sport is one of the main draws of the game.
The series has had a number of various titles in it for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and Nintendo DS. Most of the games have a suffix of either a color, precious metal, or precious gem, such as Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, emerald and ruby for the Game Boy.
Later, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were developed for the Game Boy Color.
The third generation of games have come in the form of Ruby, Sapphire. These games introduced a number of new features, including more detailed weather conditions, the new villains of Team Magma and Team Aqua, contests, and new abilities for each pokemon. Also introduced was the concept of personalities for each. Shortly after that, Emerald was released, which introduced the ability to rebattle the gym leaders, animations for all pokemon (like in Crystal).
Next, the first two games in the first generation, Red and Green, were remade as FireRed and LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance. The main improvements were enhanced graphics, gameplay, and a new area called the Sevii Islands.
The fourth generation of games consists of Diamond and Pearl, both of which have already been subject to a worldwide release by 2007. One of the noticeable additions to both of these games is the difference between Pokemon genders.
Although games with the Pokemon namesake are on all Nintendo systems, the classics will always be for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance.