Pocket Monsters Diamond/Pearl is the first installment of Nintendo's popular role-playing series on the Nintendo DS™. The game takes place in the new region of Shino, and the starter town will be Futaba Town. A whole new set of Pokemon will be introduced in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. You'll be able to trade your Pokemon from the GBA™ Games (Pokemon Ruby, Pokemon Sapphire, Pokemon Fire Red, Pokemon Leaf Green and Pokemon Emerald) to Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl.
Online battling and online trading are available in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl via the DS Wi-Fi connection. The game also features online voice chat. The Wi-Fi features can be accessed through the lower level of a Pokemon Center.
A very first small shipment of the Nintendo DS™ RPG Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pocket Monsters Pearl has arrived today. The inital 10% of all preorders are shipping out today. More supply is expected to arrive through this week. Both titles are priced at US$ 48.90 each only.