It's Wii's first instalment of Pokemon fight club, and it's time to drag your peepers over the DS connectivity possibilities.
Via the kind of creepy sorcery usually reserved for fantasy tosh, the Wii will be able to communicate with any DS sporting a copy of Pokemon Diamond or Pearl. Like a concerned parent trying to convince its firstborn that the new child isn't the favourite, the Wii will favour the DS, transferring game control to the touchpad.
Players wanting to develop the role of a Pokemon trainer won't be disappointed by Battle Revolution. Before battling online you'll need to create a battle card - a pass bearing your name, details and your six battling beasties.
Identity importance
Constructing the card couldn't be easier. The 18 categories of Pokemon types are grouped separately, with the Wii identifying those Pokemon you've caught in Diamond and Pearl and automatically sorting them after importing them. They're grouped in a basic grid design on the television screen, where they can be selected with the remote pointer, or you can continue using the DS, picking monsters out with your stylus from a brown muddy plain on which they stand waiting.
Selecting each Pokemon tells you their respective levels and attributes, which is a lot more engrossing then using the rental monsters the game supplies.
The battle card itself is chosen from designs that align with Poke-types - e.g. a leaf-green card, and one with electricity-ish plus and minus signs.
Your customisable character also appears on the card. With numerous clothes and accessories, you could be dazzling players across the globe with a really pimping hat or trying to distract them with a horrifyingly garish get up. With a gaming community as involved as that of the Pokemon one, it's important to offer opportunity for individualism. This delivers it in spade loads.
Comments
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Anonymous on 12 Jan '07 said:
Im almost ashamed to say im looking forward to this.
ITS A GREAT RPG UNDERNAETH PEOPLE!!! STOP THROWING THINGS AT ME!!!!
seancuk23 on 12 Jan '07 said:
It better be a lot more involved than the GC outings not a big fan of Pokemon but luv RPG's and I hope that its out this year.
dark_gamer on 12 Jan '07 said:
Even more reasons for me to look forward to this game
I just hope that they sort it out to use the Wii's console number rather than seperate codes in time =-/
Zigzagoon on 12 Jan '07 said:
Is this going to be a proper RPG then? If not it can f**k off like the other s**t stadium games.
RjMaX on 12 Jan '07 said:
It looks brilliant visually!! Thats about it for now. we need more details.
thelazyone on 13 Jan '07 said:
I neva really got into pokemon. dont think i ever will!
tarab2005 on 17 Jan '07 said:
kos kos
Balladeer on 8 Feb '07 said:
What an absolute waste of time and money - a stripped-down package for the Pokémaniac with more money than sense. It looks like I'll be waiting for XD2 then...
SDDowns on 19 Mar '07 said:
I've never played a pokemon game in my life... it's based on a weird japanese cartoon or something isn't it? Or was it a card game? No, maybe it was something to do with pogs... I don't know. The only thing I do know is everybody is saying this is going to be the first online multiplayer enabled Wii game, hitting the American shops in June, so hopefully before Christmas over here.
So even though I have no real idea what 'pokemon' is (I'm 29 years old, I'll be 30 this year... I have a 'Dad' dance for at parties...) I'm thinking about getting this just to start off the whole online multiplayer thing. Will this game make me cry? Will I be able to play it and vaguely know what is going on. These are the important questions I need answering.
Answer me!
Anonymous on 11 Aug '07 said:
Pokemon isn't based on anything that was made before it, the pokemon games ARE the whole pokemon thing, everything else like the TV show and cards are just spin offs of the games.
If you buy this game with no prior knowledge of pokemon, and you don't own pokemon Diamond or Pearl for DS I can guarantee that you will find it boring and not understand it. Besides even if you did understand it, without either of the DS adventures this game is worthless.
miniman007 on 2 Sep '07 said:
This new Pokemon game looks absolutely BRILLIANT!!
The Last one on the game cube wasn't all that good and I hope they have made it differently. 
The graphics for this new one look great and the game play looks like its playing right on par.
Over all the game looks great and hope its different from last time.
P.S I hope I don't sound a little sad but where the hell did ash go, if anybody knows can you please tell me.
mario321 on 15 Sep '07 said:
cant wait for it to come out ive got most of the pokemon games its going to be great