Pokémon Pearl Version 2006

Is it still worth playing?

Game Freak's 2006 role playing game for the Nintendo DS, released as the paired versions Diamond and Pearl, in which a young trainer works to become the Pokémon League Champion. You catch Pokémon with Poké Balls, which work better when the target's HP is low or it has a status effect. In turn based battles the Pokémon with the higher Speed moves first, and each knows up to four moves. Moves are split into physical, special and status categories, so a move's category no longer follows its type. The touch screen runs the Pokétch, a device with apps such as a clock, a calculator and a map. New to the series were a day and night cycle, the Underground for wireless multiplayer, battles and trades over Wi-Fi, and contests. Even now, battles that depend on each move's type and category reward planning a team on the climb to the Champion.