Midnightstar16 wrote:
Ehhh, I like the girl/Dawn's Platnium outfit better.

And I really want a Shaymin, but since my DS is screwed up, I missed the event, and I would have to use something in Gen 4 to get one. I really have a thing for green Mythical Pokemon.

Yeah, the only way I'd believe that you'd be able to get it at this point is through Action Replay, (when I was still a Pokemon noob, I'd use all kinds of cheats in my game, like the Shaymin one, and the unofficial Arceus event), but I no longer do.

But I'm not really too sure if you'd be able to transfer a Shaymin via Action Replay all the way to Gen 6, though, (if anyone one here has actually had this work, though, feel free to reply to this).
But in my opinion, here are some of the positives regarding Pokemon Platinum:
1. Much more story is added to the plot, kind of similar to Pokemon Emerald, I guess.
2. Gen 4 introduced a lot of new evolutions to previous Gen Pokemon, and in Diamond and Pearl, you could only really access most of them in the post-game, but in Platinum, most, if not
all of them are available to you during the main story. For example, you actually get a free Eevee right off the bat during the main story, so you could get either Leafeon or Glaceon on your team.
3. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl had a
severe lack of fire types available to you right from the get go, but in Pokemon Platinum, this is no longer an issue.
4. You can actually get both Dialga and Palkia at some point as well, so essentially, you can get all three of the Sinnoh mascot legendaries.
5. Both the rival and champion are fairly likable characters in this Gen.
Those are just my thoughts.

Actually, I don't even have an action replay. There's a glitch, kind of like the red/blue/yellow Mew glitch, you can use to get a Shaymin. I also have a flower pot that looks like a Shaymin. Her name is Sugar.