Gamer Mommy & Geek Boy

Pokemon Platinum launches; crowds lined up to purchase game

Pokeman's most famous character, Pikachu, greets Lauren Bergin during the launch of Pokémon Platinum Version video game this past weekend in New York.

Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Plaza is mobbed Saturday, March 21, 2009, as kids and not-so-little kids lined up to preview and purchase Pokémon Platinum Version video game for the Nintendo DS system. Gotta catch 'em all.

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Pokemon Platinum Launch Party This Weekend

Celebrate Pokemon's 10th with the launch party for the Nintendo DS Pokemon Platinum game from 11-4 pm Saturday, March 21, at the Nintendo Store in Rockefeller Center. The much anticipated gamensold a million units in just three days in Japan. There will be Pokemon costume characters - and giveaways - and there will be a sneak preview of the new Pokemon movie, Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Highlights of the day will be an interactive Pokemon playground with minigame-play with other players around the world. Those brave enough to come in a Pokemon costume will have a chance to dive into Pokemon Platinum Plunge - a 10-foot vat of colorful balls - for a chance to win a special Giratina DS Lite. Only 60 of them will be released in the entire United States. Gotta catch 'em all.

Pokemon Fever, Gotta Catch 'Em All

Check Out Pokemon Ranger Shadows of Almia

Pokémon® Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Format:	Nintendo DS™
Launch Date:	11/10/08
ESRB:	E (Everyone): Comic Mischief and Mild Cartoon Violence
Game Type:	Action Adventure
Players:	1
Developer:	Creatures

Good news casual gamer Mommy!  If you can scribble in  a circle, then you have the dexterity if not the temerity to snatch your kid's DS and play Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. 

This Gamer Mommy is all about being a do-gooder so the gentle and helpful spirit of the game's story line is all good.  No buckets of blood here, just old-fashioned green do-gooding in the form of nature preservation.

In the Almia region, Rangers meet and capture all kinds of Pokémon. From forests to undersea, your Ranger's mission -- to become Top Ranger -- is accomplished through completing a series of missions that might include fighting wildfires, rescuing people or delivering special packages.

Get ready Student Rangers, there are hundreds of Pokémon to build your dream team and you can choose to play as either a boy or girl Pokémon Ranger.  Captured wild Pokémon follow the player around until their special powers are invoked.

Gotta catch 'em all.