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Pokémon Pearl Version

Pokémon Pearl Version and Diamond Version are role-playing games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. With the enhanced remake Pokémon Platinum, the games comprise the…

28 September 2006

Pokémon Pearl Version is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 28 September 2006 on Nintendo DS.

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What Pokémon Pearl Version is

Pokémon Pearl Version is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2006. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The games chronicle the adventures of a new Pokémon trainer who strives to become the Pokémon League Champion by collecting and training Pokémon. Like most games in the series, Diamond and Pearl feature eight Pokémon gyms led by Gym Leaders, professional trainers whose expertise lies in a particular Pokémon type. Gym Leaders (Roark, Gardenia, Maylene, Wake, Fantina, Byron, Candace, and Volkner) serve as bosses and reward skilled trainers with Gym badges, key to the advancement of the plot. As in Ruby and Sapphire, the protagonist must also thwart the schemes of a crime syndicate (and here, it is Team Galactic), who plans to use Pokémon to restructure the region into a utopia. Like all other…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, kids and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Pearl Version is the 134th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Diamond Version in 2006.

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What it launched against

Pokémon Pearl Version launched on 28 September 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Pokémon Pearl Version come out?
Pokémon Pearl Version was released on 28 September 2006 for Nintendo DS.

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