Has anyone had trouble with Voltorb flip? I watched a video that gave some tips, and now I've gotten up to level 8, and I got over 3000 coins in about 45 minutes.

No. I am at level 2.

Level. . . 8? But. . . there's. . . ONLY 7 LEVELS

I can usually get up to level 5 on a regular basis, but getting up to and beating level 7 takes me time. I've already gotten the Ice Beam TM for my Lanturn (10,000 coins), so now I'm trying to get Porygon (This should be easier, since he only costs 9,999 coins ).

My in-game team is all level 70 now. I'm not going to create a new team until they're all level 90. At the rate I'm going, I'd say that's about a month away.

...So, what is this game like? Been thinking about it, but always thought they were just a simple remake. Been told that the current generation Pokemon can be traded into them, changing my thoughts on it...I dunno really, should I pick this game up? (I'll be moving some of my favorite Pokemon I use in Platinum obviously...I can't get rid of Darkrai. XD) Then there's Black and White...honestly I would prefer to stick to just one Pokemon game, kinda find it pointless to me to have more than one, lol.

........Ok then, lol....

You should get it BellGoRiiing. There is still almost another year till Black and White come to NA and Europe. It is much better than Platinum in my opinion. This game is very nostalgic but at the same time has all sorts of new stuff that wasn't in the originals. I rebought Gold today on eBay after selling it about 6 years ago and I will post the differences between the 2. (Heartgold and gold)

lol okay, I do know about some things, like the 16 badges/2 regions thing. The Pokewalker doohickey, lol. What about the Pokemon deal though? Like I heard that you are able to have the current generation on them...(well I know you can't catch them, but can trade them from D/P/P.

Pokemon from the newer Generations? Yeah, you can get some of those after you get the national dex. All your pokemon can reach their gen4 evolutions. You can get different region pokemon in the safari zone. The radio, on certain days, allows you to find other region pokemon. Also, some Kanto trainers have a few Gen 3/4 pokemon, and after you see them you can trade for them on the GTS.

I agree with UNC, though. B&W are a year away, and they're going to be different in many ways from what we have now. HGSS have a way better interface then DPP. If you like pokemon, then this is a really fun game.

I really don't like the newer generations Pokémon. They are getting uglier with each generation. I love HG/SS because you mostly see normal people from the first two generations. But in the later generations, it looks like they just don't care. Why does Magneton need to evole into the ugly Magnezone, why does Rhydon need to evolve in the horrible Rhyperior. And what's up with the terrible Electivire (Electabuzz evolution) and Magmortar (Magmar's evolution)? They look horrible (and I could see them in HG/SS.

i would pick soul silver because I live lugia and groudon but it doesnt mean i wont get heart gold i would get bot of them and i would pick cyndaquil because i love the fire types.
on heart gold you get kyogre instead of groudon and other different normal pokemon that you cant get on soul silver

I don't know why...but I prefer Ho-Oh over Lugia...I think I stated that already, but whatever. Anyways yeah, I may end up getting this sometime soon.

actually i don't know why but thinking about lugia, it feels as if lugia isn't a strong Pokemon and ho-oh is strong. i just see lugia as a very rare Pokemon not legendary.
does that sound weird ?

Umm. . . Yes
But, thinking about it, I think I see what you mean. They're both rare, but Lugia seems less so. I can imagine there being more then one Lugia, but there's only one Ho Oh (Maybe that has something to do with the baby lugia from the anime).

I just beat red. All my pokemon were 10 levels lower then his (and I had 1 HM slave for rock climb), so I wasn't really expecting to win. But I managed to, using only 1 Revival Herb and 1 Hyper potion

What's this 2nd region I've been hearing about anyways? How does that work? Do you just continue the game and the gyms there are just harder?

After you beat the Elite 4, you can go to Kanto.

I finished my EV training but need the move sets. I am so close!!!

Best game in the series

Are those images from HG/SS? I havn't tried those games yet. I need to play more. I have it languishing lately... the only action it gets is transferring Pokemon between it and the Pokewalker every couple of days.

I just got two Jirachis!!! One of them is pretty good but I was hoping for a modest nature. I don't really care though.