Pokemon Diamond Or Pearl?

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I lost my Pokemon Diamond, so I want to buy a new one. But then again, I'm thinking maybe I should buy Pokemon Pearl, so I need some help on deciding.
 
It all really depends on the version exclusives, really. I happened to play Pearl much more than I did Diamond (I had gotten both when I preordered them), because I like Palkia more than Dialga, and so on. (It brutally sucks to not have Kecleon wild, though, in Pearl. That thing is damned useful for figuring out Hidden Powers.)
 
To me, they are pretty much alike. Depends on personal prefrances really. If your a deffensive player, go with Diamond for Dialga, and Pearl if your more on the offensive side like me for Palkia.
 
Well, you've played through Diamond already, no? Go with Pearl so you get at least something new. You'll most likely get bored if you go with Diamond. At least I did when the same thing happened with my Sapphire.
 
Go with Pearl since you played Diamond but the only difference is the exclusives.
 
Tina said:
It all really depends on the version exclusives, really. I happened to play Pearl much more than I did Diamond (I had gotten both when I preordered them), because I like Palkia more than Dialga, and so on.
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Same here. Also, I like Pearl more because Stunky and Skuntank are... not my favorites (to put it nicely) and Mismagius and Misdreavus are awesome as well.
 
Diamond. It was my choice from the beginning, and my opinion has never changed.
 
Get Pearl, Diamond is generally liked by players that pick cosmetic details over stats. Palkia is more powerful than Dialga, on top of that, if you want to trade that legendary off, it'll be more valuable as there are more copies of Diamond overall, therefore the demand is considerably higher.
 
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Pearl has Houndoom.

Therefore, Pearl is inherently superior.
 
Zootch said:
Get Pearl, Diamond is generally liked by players that pick cosmetic details over stats. Palkia is more powerful than Dialga, on top of that, if you want to trade that legendary off, it'll be more valuable as there are more copies of Diamond overall, therefore the demand is considerably higher.
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Get pearl, since you already played Diamond. But Dialga and Palkia are equally strong. However, in the 11th pokemon movie; "the Rise of Darkrai", Palkia escaped from the battle with Dialga because Dialga weakened Palkia with Roar of Time.
 
Asuk said:
Get pearl, since you already played Diamond. But Dialga and Palkia are equally strong. However, in the 11th pokemon movie; "the Rise of Darkrai", Palkia escaped from the battle with Dialga because Dialga weakened Palkia with Roar of Time.
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Roar of Time is just an elemental Hyper Beam, nothing too special considering it has a recharge turn following the move. Spacial Rend is a staggeringly powerful Dragon move without a recharge, so you can crank out two Rends in the time it takes to make one Roar.

On top of all this, the Water/Dragon combo is considerably more versatile than the Steel/Dragon type combo.
 
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On top of all this, the Water/Dragon combo is considerably more versatile than the Steel/Dragon type combo.
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Because of the Steel/Dragon type, when Dialga is attacked by Spacial Rend, it's only 100% effective. When Palkia is attacked by Roar of time, it's 200% effective.
 
I hate it when people think that because Pokemon X beats Pokemon Y, then it is obviously superior.

By that logic, since Shedinja beats all standard Kyogres it is obviously the superior Pokemon overall.

Also Roar of Time fails like all Hyper Beam-class moves, unless of course you're a Porygon on his last limb, or just likes to lol at Blissey dying to Nastyplot + Life Orb + Adaptation + Hyper Beam. But honestly, who cares seeing as you need such a superfluos amount of effort in killing a Blissey and at the same time losing such a valuable moveslot. (not to mention being forced to use the worse ability).

Either way, Dialga has better defensive capabilities and should be seen as a defensive Pokemon, while Palkia who can feed off of Kyogre's Drizzle should be seen as an offensive one.
 
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Either one.

I chose Diamond first. Then I got Pearl.

But now I know that Sudowoodo = win. So, basically, Pearl= win?
 
Outrage said:
I hate it when people think that because Pokemon X beats Pokemon Y, then it is obviously superior.

By that logic, since Shedinja beats all standard Kyogres it is obviously the superior Pokemon overall.

Also Roar of Time fails like all Hyper Beam-class moves, unless of course you're a Porygon on his last limb, or just likes to lol at Blissey dying to Nastyplot + Life Orb + Adaptation + Hyper Beam. But honestly, who cares seeing as you need such a superfluos amount of effort in killing a Blissey and at the same time losing such a valuable moveslot. (not to mention being forced to use the worse ability).

Either way, Dialga has better defensive capabilities and should be seen as a defensive Pokemon, while Palkia who can feed off of Kyogre's Drizzle should be seen as an offensive one.
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Did no one read my post on the first page?! I said excatly the same thing!
 
The only part of my post that was "exactly" the same was the last two lines......
 
I think Diamond is better but that's a personal opinion. You have to decide yourself, after all, we aren't picking it out for you ^.^
 
I perosnally belive there is not better, and chose Pearl only because I wanted Slowbro. I got Diamond eventually, anyway. Just go with your favorite color. Or your gender.
 
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