With the recent release of Pokémon Platinum, I started playing Diamond again. Yes, I have Platinum…but I have so much left to do in Diamond! One of my favorite parts of playing has been the Underground – simply because it’s Pokémon geology!
When you get your Explorer Kit in Eterna City, you can dig down into the ground and explore the Underground – a series of mines. By pinging the walls, you can choose to “dig” into bulging walls, and uncover different rocks and fossils. These fossils can be brought up to the surface and reanimated into Pokémon, which you can use in your party. I’ve been playing around with an Aerodactyl…but I really want a Kabuto.
Kabuto are the Pokémon equivalent of my favorite little prehistoric sea creatures, trilobites! Unlike the real thing, these can be reanimated and can be your little in game pixel friends.
The cool thing about games is that reality is suspended. You want to bring a fossil back to life? We can do that! Imagine if we could do that in real life, Jurassic Park style – would we have dinosaur parks, or a national threat? I know I’d bring back a ton of trilobites.
Given the option, would you reanimate any fossil friends? Or would you avoid the chaos all together?
(And if you’re curious, my Friend Code is 2749 7797 8904, name ELYSE – let’s battle!)
Maybe a few…maybe the less dangerous ones. I’m wary about messing with nature, honestly, but I guess life would eventually sort itself out anyway. Trilobites would be cool and cute.