New Pok�mon revealed, gotta catch 'em all ... ALL OF 'EM!

by Alexander Sliwinski { Mar 20th 2007 at 1:00AM }

Ten years, numerous iterations, a global obsession that stretched as far as the small town of South Park, Colorado, and Pokémon shows no signs of stopping. Now the new Pokémon Diamond and Pearl creatures have been revealed to the faithful.

With a total of 493 Pokémon, we yearn for the day Nintendo takes all their Pokémon money and genetically engineer little Bulbasaurs as office pets for us to water -- we'd ask for Pikachu, but we're sure they'd be sold to small villages as power generators. Actually, good question, with almost 500 Pokémon to choose from, which one would you want as a pet?

[Via DS Fanboy]

Tags: diamond, nintendo, pearl, pokemon, chinpokomon, Pokemon,Chinpokomon

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Mar 20th 2007 1:07AM

Squirtle is the bomb!

Geirskogul @ Mar 20th 2007 1:14AM

Abra or Eevee (Moonstone evolution)

guille @ Mar 20th 2007 1:16AM

Jigglypuff, definitely.

BPM @ Mar 20th 2007 1:21AM

Mew!

AssemblyLineHuman @ Mar 20th 2007 1:22AM

HERACROSS!!!

Wait, what?

REUYL @ Mar 20th 2007 1:30AM

Ditto. It could do whatever the heck I want it to do.

Donald @ Mar 20th 2007 1:32AM

Give me a Garchomp and I'll go Pyramidhead on your ass.

Also, I, um, I... I heard some things...

Nino @ Mar 20th 2007 1:37AM

Cubone =3

colin @ Mar 20th 2007 1:37AM

SHOE!

sporge @ Mar 20th 2007 1:39AM

as a pet... hmmm who wouldn't still want a nice large charizard to fly you places and burn your enemies?

Einhanderkiller @ Mar 20th 2007 1:52AM

Missingno.

tc @ Mar 20th 2007 1:50AM

uh, Tyranitar anybody?

Joe @ Mar 20th 2007 2:01AM

I'm surprised how many of those Pokémon I recognized, despite only ever having played Red/Blue. They're making every single Pokémon into a series of between 2-4 evolutions. I think this ~500 number will scare off some of the potential Diamond/Pearl players looking for a good DS RPG. For instance, me.

Ryan @ Mar 20th 2007 2:01AM

lol I think its cute that there are comments here. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that loves Pokemon games, although for me they're more like a guilty pleasure. But to answer the question....

I'd pick a Mew also. Cutest damn thing ever. And after seeing Pokemon the 1st Movie oh hell yes I'd pick Mew.

religiousjedi @ Mar 20th 2007 2:10AM

Pika! Pika! Pikachu!

_>

dark @ Mar 20th 2007 2:05AM

Why ditto of course, since you can turn it to whatever u want (if you know what I mean) heheheheheheheh.

Monkey Bush! XD

Nushio @ Mar 20th 2007 2:14AM

I'd go for a Totodile or the new Linux Penguin thats metal and water.

Zatch @ Mar 20th 2007 2:23AM

I love charmander. I won't have to worry if I get lost in the middle of the woods in the middle of winter. He will make a nice bonfire.

Kyle Mistry @ Mar 20th 2007 2:23AM

Hitmonlee. Kickin' POWAH!

Mindstormy @ Mar 20th 2007 2:28AM

I think a bulbasaur would be pretty friggin sweet.

rTwelve @ Mar 20th 2007 2:32AM

Probopass looks like a good paperweight.

Seriously, for a pet... probably the Glaceon. I've been waiting for a Ice-type that hasn't been Water, dumb-looking, or downright odd (I'm looking at you, Snorunt.)

jake b @ Mar 20th 2007 2:35AM

i never really new which edition to pick i kind of just picked one. any significant differences between the two or should i just flip a coin?

shadowchaoscontrol @ Mar 20th 2007 3:00AM

i'd love a legendary pokemon, especially palkia or dailga, controlling time & space

Zell @ Mar 20th 2007 4:18AM

Vulpix or Eevee.

Like the idea of a Bulbasaur on the desk though.

I've only bought and played three Pokemon games (Red, Blue, Fire Red) and I've never finished either. I think my interest goes when I realize I have a lot of leveling up to do in order to pass certain parts of the games. I'm sure I'll pick up Diamond or Pearl at some point. I must do what the voice tells me to.

How on earth do they keep coming up with more Pokemon?!

Elyscape @ Mar 20th 2007 4:31AM

Ditto.
Think about it. Suppose there's a hot girl you'd never have a chance with. PROBLEM SOLVED!

denney @ Mar 20th 2007 4:57AM

Dragonite

Tyler @ Mar 20th 2007 5:02AM

So you herd i liek Mudkips?

NintendoFanbot @ Mar 20th 2007 5:09AM

Blaziken would be awesome to roughhouse with.

Snorlax would be awesome to chill with.

Pikachu would be awesome as a tagalong.

Pidgeot or Crobat would be awesome if you wanted to travel somewheres.

Dave @ Mar 20th 2007 5:41AM

Psyduck. Special Power, a bit of a headache. I love that Pokemon.

juanotejano @ Mar 20th 2007 6:19AM

You know after I stopped playing these after gold/ silver I heard that all the new Pokemon in the new games were just terrible super japanified versions of older Pokemon with cuter faces and bigger eyes but this list doesn't look half bad. I may look into buying a ds for this if it gets the rave reviews expected from a Game boy Pokemon game.

juanotejano @ Mar 20th 2007 6:24AM

As a pet? Probably the one that looks like it doesn't eat very much and hopefully doesn't shit too much either. And something that could be easily flushed down a toilet if it became insolent.

BRiAN @ Mar 20th 2007 4:09PM

Goldeen.

Geo @ Mar 20th 2007 7:18AM

MASTADONIC PENIS!!

So small!

LaughingTarget @ Mar 20th 2007 7:44AM

I'm trying to get my head around why they bothered showing male and female pictures when they're all identical.

Rob @ Mar 20th 2007 7:55AM

Ninetails or Haunter for me.

Sonojinshi @ Mar 20th 2007 8:45AM

Jynx, baby. Hawt.

Archaic @ Mar 20th 2007 8:44AM

Of course, what the article doesn't mention is the *huge* controversy in the Pokémon fandom surrounding the revealing of these names. Fandom Wank (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1062843.html) had a field day with the fandom yet again.