I love this game so much
The thing that I think is REALLY cool though, is the fact that you dont even need to buy that headset for the nintendo ds to talk on this game. You can talk into the microphone on the ds, and the other person will hear it through there speakers! Its really a cool thing.
Now the sound is another thing. It's pretty much like the other games so its not that great. I mean considering its coming from a small thing like the DS, it's ok. But it's definitely nothing special.
The graphics on this game are pretty good too. I like the 3-D effect. It makes the waterfalls, hills, and windmills really cool looking. And the area of the screen while playing the game is larger than the others. I know this because I just bought fire red a few days after I bought pearl, and I turned on fire red on the ds, than turned it off. Then I turned on pearl and the screen does indeed shrink when you play the older ones for the GBA. So thats another good thing about this game.
The new pokemon are great too. I think theres around 107 new pokemon. There really cool too, and I like the new legendaries. But once you get the national dex, you can get over 450 pokemon which you probably will never get but if your that dedicated you can probably do it. But be prepared to spend weeks trying.
There are also a array of new moves. One of my favorite new moves are for infernape and possibly some other people, i'm not sure, but its called flare blitz. Its his last move and really strong along with pretty cool looking. When you get further in the game, if your starter pokemon really love you, you can teach it the "ultimate move". (MOVE SPOILERS) I only know infernapes(chimchar last form), and torterras(turtwig last form) ultimate moves. Infernapes is call blast burn. Its just like hyper beam accuracy and power wise, except that its a fire move not normal. And torterras ultimate move is called frenzy plant, which is just like blast burn and hyper beam, except its a grass type move.
I think that this game is definitely the best in the series. I really liked the others because I love the classics but pearl and diamond take pokemon another step up. I still play the others like fire red, and even further back like yellow. But this has been sucking up my time for a long time.
I definitely dont regret buying this game at all, and I recommend this game to any pokemon fan. Oh, and one last thing, the $34.99 price tag for most places is definitely worth the price tag. I think its worth more than that actually. So once again if you like pokemon, you will totally LOVE THIS GAME!