
However, there are now fanmade custom servers which act as a replacement for the discontinued online features of these games. This feature is no longer officially supported as of May 20, 2014. The DS's native support for Wi-Fi is employed, allowing players to trade, battle and communicate using "voice chat" online. The games retain the starters in the type trio of previous generations, Grass/ Fire/ Water, this time being Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup, respectively. Though it was reported initially that the games would feature Dark/ Psychic/ Fighting starters, this is not the case. This was initially highly controversial with fans of the series, as it was considered to "waste" some of the Pokémon that were more powerful in Generation III, like Blaziken and Sceptile, though it now allows for a more versatile set of moves to be viable for these Pokémon. For example, ThunderPunch is now physical and Hyper Beam is now special.

whether the attack touches the enemy or not, instead of the attack type, as was previously the case. In this new battle system, attacks are declared either physical or special by how the attack itself operates, i.e. The regional Professor's name is Professor Rowan, after a tree like the others, and he allows the player and their rival to keep the starter Pokémon they used against attacking wild Pokémon at the beginning of the game.Ī new battle system is used for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. A new multifunction device called the Pokétch, short for Pokémon Watch, is also introduced.

The day-night system first appearing in Generation II returns, with the same three time periods, but better transitioning between them.

As Barry approaches the briefcase, two wild Starly attack. The pair notice the player and hurry off, leaving behind a briefcase. When they arrive, they notice Professor Rowan and his assistant ( Lucas or Dawn, depending on the player's gender) discussing the professor's work and his search for something in the lake. The player then heads to their best friend Barry's house and heads to Lake Verity with him to search for Legendary Pokémon. When the game begins, the player watches a newscast about a sighting of a red Gyarados in Johto's Lake of Rage. Pokémon Pearl Version's boxart, featuring PalkiaĭS Wireless, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, dual-slot mode Pokémon Diamond Version's boxart, featuring Dialga This article is about the Generation IV games.
