Some new information about the game was revealed :
- Day/Night Returns: Enhanced from Gold/Silver to have multiple times of day. 深夜(Nighttime), 夜(Night), 夕方 (Evening), 昼(Noon), 朝(Morning)
- The new region for Pearl/Diamond シンオウ (Shinou) is based on the Japanese island, 北海道 (Hokkaido)
- A new Pokemon Professor will be in the game. His name is: ナナカマド博士 (Dr. Nanakamado)
- Manaphy is genderless and can learn the new move, ハートスワップ (Heart Swap) which swaps status effects between all Pokémon on the field
- Manaphy's ability is 潤いボディ (Moist Body), which cures status effects during rain.
- A new watch gadget called a ポケッチ (Pokétchi), not only tells the time, but has over 20 Features: Time
- Management, Monitoring of Pokémon in the Breeding Center, Type Chart and many more
- ブイゼル (Buoysel) is #056 in the Shinou Pokédex and knows Agility. It's ability is Swift Swim.
- ルカリオ (Lucario) knows Metal Claw and it's ability is Inner Focus.
- The Pokémon Sprites vary between Male & Female Pokémon. Different patterns are on the different genders aswell as bigger or smaller features or even missing features.
- The new Shinou region Pokedex has 2 screens similar to the Nintendo DS.
- The Pokédex now features a weight comparison feature
For those who don't know the new 4th generation pokemon set for this new game, they are:
Manaphy (マナフィ)
Buoysel (ブイゼル)
Perap (ペラップ)
Tamanta (タマンタ)
As the tradition goes, Gamefreak is slowly revealing the Pokemon, so these are just 4 of them, excluding the other 4th Generation pokemon that made appearance in Movie 8 - Lucario, Weavile, Munchlax, Mime Jr., Bonsly. These 5 names are the official English dub names, while the new 4 Pokemon given above only possess the Japanese romanized name. All these 9 Pokemon are set to appear in Diamond/Pearl.
Perap is already coming up in the Anime soon in one of the July AG episodes (20th July - AG 183 ペラップとポケモン漫才！ Perap and the Pokémon Comedian!)...
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