> --And it's the same standard play you've seen in all the rest of the games so far. I think my biggest beef though is ineffective use of the touch screen. It would've been so much easier to reorganize your monster team by drag/dropping to switch instead of the little menu that was standard in the games. Or tapping the pokeball on the top left of the touch screen to bring up the switch screen in battle and so forth. Little intuitive things like that would've, IMO improved the game play and would've been simple to bring out. Guess we'll need to wait for *Pokemon Opal *to be a minor upgrade to Diamond/Pearl with those sorts of tweaks.--
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> I just read your story today and it seemed odd. So I did what you did, searched Pokemon Opal. http://www.google.com/search?q=Pokemon+Opal&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US
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> --Giratina's name may be based on the word guillotine <http://www.answers.com/topic/guillotine> or girasol, a variety of *opal <http://www.answers.com/topic/opal>.--
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> --Giratina's body structure somewhat resembles a cross between a centipede <http://www.answers.com/topic/centipede> and basilisk <http://www.answers.com/topic/basilisk> with demonic <http://www.answers.com/topic/demon> and saurian touches. Like a centipede, it has a long, segmented body, with six basilisk-like legs. Giratina has two black wing-like protrusions coming out of its neck. Its neck also has three yellow circles around it that match the color of its head. These look very similar to a ribcage <http://www.answers.com/topic/rib>, opening up the length of its body. Its head is similar to those of Dialga <http://www.answers.com/topic/dialga> and Palkia <http://www.answers.com/topic/palkia>. Giratina's appearance recalls that of Ultima WEAPON <http://www.answers.com/topic/weapon-final-fantasy> in Final Fantasy VII <http://www.answers.com/topic/final-fantasy-vii> and Final Fantasy VIII <http://www.answers.com/topic/final-fantasy-viii>.
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> It may be named after the stone Girasol, which is also called the Fire Opal <http://www.answers.com/topic/opal>. Many have been debating on what gem will grace the title of a possible third game follow-up to Diamond and Pearl, and many believe it will center around the Ghost/Dragon Giratina.^[/citation needed/] The name of the possible third game will probably be called Pokemon Opal Version.
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> It seems quite possible that Giratina is named after Girasol, since Dialga and Palkia are similarly named after Diamond and Pearl. It also shares the Dragon type and learns the same or similar moves as Dialga and Palkia at the same levels that they do. Its stats, too, are similar. It seems to be the dimension Pokémon to go along with time and space.--
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> http://www.answers.com/topic/giratina That is the whole article.
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> It seems as though this new game is very likely to be made. Though I thought that since they brought back many of the old G/S features they may make a game after the spirit Mespirit. However there is no exact jewel mentioned to be on that pokemon. For now, my bet goes on Opal.
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