Rumor: CoroCoro Comic reveals Pokemon Platinum

by JC Fletcher { May 11th 2008 at 7:30PM }

Cash cow -- Nintendo chooses you! As they so strongly hinted, it appears from this scan that CoroCoro Comic magazine has revealed the next Pokémon game from Nintendo, called Pocket Monsters Platina (Pokémon Platinum).

We can't read the scan (because it is both tiny and Japanese), but TheTanooki's summary of the article describes it as the next game in the Diamond/Pearl series, with Giratina on the cover. It features an online version of the weird Underground feature from Diamond and Pearl, an Emerald-like "Battle Island," and some new forms for critters like Giratina and Shaymin.

According to TheTanooki, Platinum will be out in September in Japan. All of this is classifiable as "rumor" right now, but that scan looks pretty real.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Tags: game-freak, platinum, pokemon, pokemon-platinum, rpg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Yan @ May 11th 2008 7:44PM

platinum huh? so they finally decided on the final name for the colors/gems.

GSR @ May 11th 2008 8:04PM

Wonder how much of a change this one'll be compared to Yellow/Crystal/Emerald.

Psy @ May 11th 2008 8:16PM

Now it's DPP.

Sounds kind of... dirty.

Joshua @ May 11th 2008 8:23PM

Ah, Platinum. I couldn't figure out what the third game would be called (Emerald for the third generation games was predictable, for example :P )... I guess Platinum makes some sense, though...

[.sm0ke.] @ May 12th 2008 1:11AM

Cubic Zirconia

paraditty @ May 13th 2008 7:39AM

I was hoping for Quartz, for some reason lol

Aparoid @ May 11th 2008 9:43PM

Pokemon is like AIDS, it keeps spreading and never stops.

parKb5 @ May 11th 2008 10:11PM

Strongly hinted at? EVERYONE knew a third game would be out for the DS Pokemon series. Everyone and their mother knew this was coming.

...I'll buy it, though...

Tristan @ May 11th 2008 10:21PM

They are running out of precious tones to use. At least Platinum is the most valuable one they could have chose. Now everything else from here on out is going to be exotic and more of geological significance, such as Obsidian, Quartzite, and Marble or maybe Granite?

Pokefreak @ May 22nd 2008 9:48PM

No duh! i defentally buy it the day it comes out in the U.S.! man i cant wait!!!

Pokefreak @ May 22nd 2008 9:48PM

lol defentally i totally agree! Also there running out of pokemon names too!

Eleniel @ May 12th 2008 10:39PM

Eeee, neat! Too bad Giratina is so not cool-looking.

And seriously, what is the next set of games going to be named after? >.>; Unless these are the last ones?!?

Char6296 @ May 14th 2008 2:05PM

I like the way Giratina looks. It's to the point and looks its weight and height. And it looks like a precious stone series mascot.

The next set... they could be named after... hmm... Pok�mon SunGold and StoneSilver. (maybe remakes of Pok�mon G/S) There won't be a third because they never made WaterBlue, did they?

Char6296 @ May 14th 2008 4:51PM

And yeah, I am bad at names and speculation.

Pokefreak @ May 22nd 2008 9:48PM

Oh, noes i hope they are not they last ones!

Cale @ May 11th 2008 11:08PM

awww....

i wanted it to be pokemon coal

hvnlysoldr @ May 11th 2008 11:22PM

You could then give that as presents to enemies for Christmas.

Jeff @ May 12th 2008 12:02AM

ANOTHER ONE??!! Oh my God. I used to absolutely love Poke'mon when there were like 5 games but now, now theres like 50 different games! How would people know what they would want? Poke'mon is now officially the second most over used franchise next to Mega Man in my book. Never going to buy another game from this series. Its like they are not even trying any more. Maybe if they have a really neat and new feature like give commands through the mic or toss the Poke' Ball with the touch screen or maybe just maybe have a different character design and layout of the land ( I mean change the physics so your not doing a over head perspective.)

wwwyzzerdd @ May 12th 2008 11:43AM

"Its like they are not even trying any more. Maybe if they have a really neat and new feature..."

The entire 4th generation takes good advantage of the DS and the Wii's wifi capabilities.. Thats far from 'not even trying any more'.

"Poke'mon is now officially the second most over used franchise next to Mega Man in my book"

Your 'book' is shit. Pokemon is an easy money maker for nintendo but each game was an improvement over its predecessor. Unlike the initial run of Mega Man.

tl;dr 7/10 your an imbecile.

SephFinale @ May 12th 2008 6:04PM

To #12: Agreed.

Blaze @ May 14th 2008 8:51PM

Pokemon Platinum is a name for a pokemon silver remake not a sequel or changed diamond pearl its really bad they could make more money with a silver/gold remake than this one coming its ugly this game isnt going anywhere who cares about a pikachu following you who cannot evolve or a special suicune event in crystal or the battle thing from emerald or this shit from diamond pearl guys i prefer red than yellow silver than crystal ruby than emerald remember steven the champion from ruby well now in emerald the champion is wallace and the leader of the 8th badge is some retarded dude cmon guys platinum will be shit WE WANT A POKEMON SILVER REMAKE yes WE im not the only one who think like me anyways do not have a good day

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ May 16th 2008 11:31PM

Wait...
What?

Blaze @ May 16th 2008 4:38PM

oh and dude Char6296 sun gold and stone silver doesnt make any sense whats the point of naming it sun (a star (planet) ) and ssttoonnee O_O WTF at least name it something similar like .......moon O_O u suck stone loll anyways with this they would have remaded silver n gold but the names are crappy platinum could be the name but they screwed it for the next pokemon damn! diamond pearl and platinum WTH? platinum isnt even a little similar to DP name it quartz coral or jade but not platinum the scewed the name OMG u suck gamefreak

Char6296 @ May 15th 2008 6:28PM

I'm not a dude! How do I suck if I said afterwards that I'm bad at names? I admitted it. Fine, StarSilver? ShiningSilver? HappierwiththenewnamesSilver? And Fire Red and LEAF Green have nothing to do with each other... hardly... oh okay, they do. You win. Congrats on being smarter than a 12 year old.

Giratina @ May 15th 2008 4:37PM

In pokemon platinum I hear these things:

1. All that is listed at the top of this page
2. Volkner is no longer gym leader
3. Anew form of Regigigas too
4. Dialga and Palkia Will be available for capture
5. The male character has new clothing (the female is unknown)
6. There is a new battle scene

ben********* @ May 15th 2008 6:38PM

Really that is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blaze @ May 16th 2008 11:54AM

Char6296 im sorry if i offended u but i was just upset about the new pokemon being a next DP games i didnt mean that u suck its just that u gave to gold a nice sun name and to silver.... rock O_O i prefer silver than gold i was just a little mad but its okay no problem with ur names anymore and didnt knew u where 12 sorry for yesterday

Char6296 @ May 16th 2008 4:38PM

I'm sorry for -being- offended. I'm too sensitive, aren't I? Sorry for insulting Silver, but I had a mind block, so yeah. And I do prefer Silver as well, but... I was being immature in my reply, acting like a... (what's an age which can type but is younger than 12?) Ah well, it doesn't matter. And do I really sound like a dude? One Game Night some guy started calling me a guy and I kept screaming that I was a girl at him. And how are you supposed to know that I'm 12, so it's not your fault.

Sanctus Perversum @ May 17th 2008 5:57PM

I'd agree with Tristan; if anything, they'll titles which won't be as precious, or what not.

Silver, Gold and Platinum - the three main minerals.
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Diamond - rare and expensive stones.

Not too sure on a pearl's price.

Marble or Quartz would be a highly educated guess as to their next title... who knows? Maybe Santa. =/

kai7991 @ May 20th 2008 4:48PM

Should have been Gold/Silver/Platinum and Diamond/Pearl/Crystal, makes more sense

Kaitlyn @ May 21st 2008 11:14PM

so, they are actually making a platinum version? first off, that sucks, cuz now i gotta change the title to my pokemon fanfic series (Bronze and Platinum) and i spent a long time trying to come up with those names (even if it doesn't looklike i did...)! second, platinum sounds like it should go with the precious metals, like gold and silver, not diamond and pearl. So if would help if they made a remake for gold and silver for that (since i've wanted them to remake those for a long time now; they were my favorire series!)