Boost your Dex with the Toys R Us Shaymin download event

Actually, they failed to mention this Regigigas is a limited edition one with a special move it usually can't learn (forgot which). Also, transferring this Regigigas to Pokemon Platinum unlocks something, but I don't think they revealed what it is. Same with Shaymin (you unlock some special item with Shaymin).

A code? Because: 1) Anybody with WiFi can get it, which is not the point (there already is the ability to do this programmed into the game). 2) People don't have to go to Toys R Us. Which is the point. The point is for Toys R Us to try to get people into the store. It's a marketing tactic. Especially since then they might preorder Pokemon Platinum and get it at launch, when otherwise they would've not paid it much mind. It's just about marketing, not about giving everybody free stuff.

If you actually played through the newer games, they have different story lines... I'll admit, the story lines are crap, but they have different story lines. Then even add a lot of subplots. And I don't think the series is known for its story.

Remake of Red/Green, though? Well, the GBA remake makes this almost pointless, but I do think one with the classic feel but great 3D graphics and depth would be nice. As Red/Green have been redone recently, Gold/Silver would be a better choice... though it really needs to be rebalanced, as the time and day issues made it a pain in the arse if you actually have a life. (Then again, how many gamers can claim that.)

I've played the Red/Blue/Yellow/Gold/Silver/Crystal/Ruby/Sapphire/FireRed and Diamond, the only one's I've skipped being Leaf Green, Emerald, and Pearl.

The -only- time I remember there being a difference in storyline is with the Gold/Silver/Crystal series, otherwise:

You become a Trainer
Your Neighbor becomes a friend/rival
Gym Battles ensue
Beat Neighbor in Elite 4.

I admit there are tiny differences, but you'd have to be lying if you said they weren't all pretty much the same game with some new pokemon added each time. The only real change they've made recently is the semi-3D walking, which I really don't know if I prefer, with the same exact battling sequences. They were able to port Super Mario 64, what's stopping them from making the battles similar to Pokemon Stadium nowadays?

Seems like laziness to me! And it sure says a lot when I'd rather pop in my copy of Pokemon Yellow rather than play Platinum, not for nostalgia, but because at least I remember it being a little different.

I do admit though, that I haven't really looked up any info on Platinum or Emerald at all. Anything different about them?

Actually, since Red/Blue/Yellow, villians have changed and the plots with them have. I mean, Ruby/Sapphire involved the world nearly getting flooded or the oceans being destroyed somehow, Emerald was about Rayquaza needed to calm down lest the world be destoryed even worse. Diamond/Pearl were about time or space being torn asunder, and Platinum is about a dimensional rift that must be closed or something, and it is explored over the course of the game.

Becoming a Pokemon master hardly was most of the plot; it had little story value, usually revolving around the world needing saving from villians/crazy Pokemon/both. And story was supposed to be left mostly open anyways, as it is about the playing writing his/her own story. I'm a game design major and just got through studying how that is a strong element in games nowadays and some players love that.

Still, I will admit the stories are crap in Pokemon; very cliched, uninspired, and open ended. I don't think they're about story.