On April 22, 2007, Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl become available in the Americas for Nintendo DS. Unique pre-sell styluses featuring new Pokémon from the new games will be available by reserving the game early at participating retailers. No more pre-order details were given yet.
Set in an entirely new region called “Sinnoh,†players can choose to begin their adventure as either a boy or girl Pokémon trainer on a path to becoming Pokémon League Champion. The adventure continues as players can bring Pokémon from their Game Boy Advance Pokémon games to Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl using the GBA game slot on their Nintendo DS.
As players trade and collect Pokémon to complete their Pokédex in this new challenge, for the first time they’ll have the chance to catch new Pokémon, Munchlax and Weavile. They also can play via local wireless with up to eight other trainers while new moves and abilities deepen strategy.
Pokémon games continue to be wildly popular around the world, with more than 155 million units sold worldwide through September 2006. Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl are currently shattering sales records of nearly 4 million in Japan since their September launch. So over there they seem to like it…