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Pokémon Platinum was the fourth best-selling game worldwide in the third quarter of 2008, selling approximately 1,482,000 copies. [67] In the third quarter of 2009, Pokémon Platinum sold more than 2 million copies. [68] In North America and PAL regions, Pokémon Platinum had sold a combined 3.75 million copies as of May 7, 2009. [69]
The additional app Poké Transporter allows players to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Black, White, Black 2 and White 2 and the Virtual Console releases of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow. Pokémon Bank was later updated to add Poké Transporter capabilities for Gold, Silver, and Crystal as well. [72]
The eighth generation (Generation VIII) of the Pokémon franchise features 96 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series, including 89 in the 2019 Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Sword and Shield as of version 1.3.0 and 7 further species introduced in the 2022 Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Additionally, an application called the Poké Transporter allows players to upload Pokémon from Pokémon Black, White, Black 2 and White 2 to the Pokémon Bank, after which they can be imported into newer games. Intended for release on December 27, 2013, Pokémon Bank was postponed due to unforeseen traffic levels on the Nintendo Network service.
Other main series games in the fourth generation include Pokémon Platinum, a director's cut version of Diamond and Pearl in the same vein as Pokémon Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] It was released for the Nintendo DS in Japan on September 13, 2008, [ 33 ] in North America on March 22, 2009, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] and in Australia and ...
Pokémon Essentials was first released in 2007 as an add-on to the RPG Maker XP engine, and contained full tilesets, maps, music and sprites from various 2D Pokémon video games, alongside custom programming that allowed custom Pokémon games to be created with little-to-no programming knowledge.
It is the first Pokémon trading card game set based on the games Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, and the eighth overall of the Black and White series. This set officially introduces the Pokémon; both Black and White Kyurem, Landorus in its Therian form, Meloetta, and Keldeo, and continues the trend of reintroducing Pokémon from the previous ...
Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建, Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Fukuoka, Japan [1]) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. [2] He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.