Pokémon is back - and this time bigger and better than ever ...

When the first editions Red / Blue appeared almost 10 years ago in Germany, no one could expect such a success. But even today, can in a short time a draw again in his spell the series. So Pokémon Diamond / Pearl combines old familiar with many new features.
First the story:
You are a young Pokémon fan, but so far it is not all had the opportunity to catch your own Pokemon. One day you meet the Pokémon Professor Prof. Yew. When he forgets his bag after a conversation with you, you fall into a Pokémon battle and have no choice but to you one of the 3 Pokémon from his pocket to "borrow" and to deny the fight ...
Surprised by your talent you leaves the Pokémon Professor.
From now on, you are a true Pokémon Trainer and pulls to be through the Sinnoh region to the world's best coach.

With now a total of 493 Pokémon that need to catch it and work out, fun is guaranteed for many weeks. As some of them can be found at different times, the erneuete worth seeking in already visited locations. Thanks to the numerous new attacks and abilities also crack the predecessor will have fun, despite the tried and true turn based Kampfsysten.
In addition to the fights there are still many other things to do. So you can watch the Berry / Pokémonzucht devote underground digging for treasures * or set up a secret base, participate in Pokémon contests * or your captured Pokémon with other coaches swap *; this time even with players from around the world and without the hassle of link cable. Who has his Pokémon on the GBA training hard, now is also the possibility to transfer into one of the new editions, unless you own a still a DSlite or older. And this is only a small selection of things that you can do.
(* With friends together playable)

From the technical side, the game shines with some small 3-D effects during the fighting and a colorful 2D / 3D mix in the upper world. Also the sound of Diamond / Pearl has succeeded and passet always to what is happening. Smaller details like the different times of day (morning, noon, evening and night) this time affecting even the sound.

All in all it can be said that Game Freak has conjured the latest Pokémon editions a masterpiece that has no equal. Whether diamond or Perl: Both are equivalent and belong to one of the absolute obligation title on the DS.