Diamond in the rough

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The one game I’ve been playing consistently for the past month or so has been Pokemon Diamond. I have been trying to put in words what it is about this game that keeps me coming back, but I just read what peterb had to say about it and figured he said it better than what I could. Go read it.

I just checked my save game stats, and I’ve already put in north of 25 hours of gameplay. Thing is, this has come in bite-size chunks. I don’t sit down and play Pokemon for long stretches of time but I still seem to have logged quite a bit of time already. Most of my Pokemon are in the 20-25 level range and I can’t fall asleep until I’ve leveled at least one of them.

I haven’t even touched the WiFi portion of the game, but that’s on tap. I’d really like to battle with some buttonmashers, so level up your Pokemons and get ready! I won’t have time to get online until sometime next week, but when I do — look out for my Monferno and my Luxio. They both pack quite the punch.

June 28, 2007 | Tony | Filed Under NDS

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8 Responses to “Diamond in the rough”

Nat on June 29th, 2007 10:27 am

Brilliant. I’m just shy under 20 hours.

…and that’s even with the Pearl edition.
Corvus on July 4th, 2007 5:54 am

I’ve decided to keep the copy of Pearl I rented. My measure for stat based games like this is that if I feel the need to start over at least three times, they’re worth keeping.

So, I’m on my third start and I’m satisfied with my strategy so far. At just under 7 hours, I’m not in my 20s yet but I’ll let you know when I get there.

I did find a gold Geodude, which caught me by surprise!
Tony on July 5th, 2007 12:15 am

Nat - I just hit 30 hours. I can’t put it down!

Corvus - a gold Geodude?! That’s awesome, haven’t seen one of those yet. I wonder if that’s a Pearl exclusive?
Corvus on July 6th, 2007 1:55 pm

It might be. I haven’t found any references to it or what benefit it provides (besides bragging rights, or course).

I’ve got some level 20+ critters now, incidentally. This weekend is going to be a bit busy, but I could probably squeeze in a match. I’ll flip you my code some time this evening.
peterb on July 7th, 2007 11:50 am

Count me in, guys. Remind me to get my friend code to you via some non-public channel.
Tony on July 9th, 2007 12:06 pm

@Corvus & peterb - I wasn’t able to get on WiFi this weekend, but I’m planning on giving it a go this week. We should have a set date for some Pokemon battles. “Pokemon Wednesday” or something. I’ll put up a post with my friend code and we can work out getting everyone else’s shared somewhere.

Looking forward to it.
Corvus on July 9th, 2007 12:15 pm

Kruk (my Infernape) and Foosa (my Gyarados) are looking forward to it!
archer3211 on September 10th, 2007 3:45 pm

I found a gold geodude on Pokémon Leaf green.