Pokemon Global Trading Station site launches today

[Tybee]

http://www.pokemon-gts.net/

Anyone used it yet? Sounds neat, but I'm not entirely clear on the purpose it serves.

Here's the press release:


DISCOVER THE ULTIMATE POKÉMON TRADING DATABASE!

- Brand New Pokémon Global Trading Station Website To Launch -

14th September 2007 - Over 10 million people globally are enjoying the phenomenon that is Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl and in Europe, 1.6 million copies have been sold in just 7 weeks since launch. For the first time in the Pokémon series, these games have allowed fans to trade Pokémon with anyone in the world via the Global Trading Station, using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Now an all-new and exciting Pokémon service is being made available, as fans are invited to visit the Pokémon GTS website - www.pokemon-gts.net (http://www.pokemon-gts.net) - where they can keep up-to-date on the global Pokémon trade.

From Friday 14th September, 5pm CET, the Pokémon GTS website will be the place to go for fans across the globe, giving them access to top trading information such as the most traded Pokémon, most deposited and wanted Pokémon at the Global Trading Station, as well as discovering which Pokémon are being traded most in each country. The top 50 most traded Pokémon, as well the top 50 most wanted and most deposited Pokémon in the world.

Trying to work out which Pokémon are the best to collect? Using the GTS site, you can simply click on the image of the Pokémon being traded to gain all the information you could ever need, including Pokémon name, type, moves learnt and the time, date and country it was deposited in. What's more, users have the opportunity to bookmark any Pokémon discovered, adding them to a 'favourites' folder to look out for next time they visit the GTS in Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl.

Using the interactive globe element, users can rotate and research Pokémon trading action from many parts of the world. By simply spinning the globe and clicking an area of interest, users can find out more details about the Pokémon but also discover facts about many countries, including capital city, population, language spoken and local greetings!

So log on and discover a whole new world of trading everyone's favourite Pokémon! Visit www.pokemon-gts.net (http://www.pokemon-gts.net) from 14th September.

[laaj]

GTS is a joke with unreasonable offers everywhere

[Tybee]

GTS is a joke with unreasonable offers everywhere

That was my impression of the GTS in the game based on my very, very brief dabbling with it.

But this is different. It's a Web site that allows you catalog your wants and trades and somehow connects with the GTS in the game, which is kind of a cool idea.

[zerowing]

Its cool, but it just shows tons of useless information, if you could like reserve a pokemon you saw or something maybe then it would be neat, but it serves basically no purpose other than showing tons of crappy info.

Wish they showed more countries as you can't even select China =/.

Also the GTS isn't THAT bad, just don't go in expecting everything you want for what you have, sometimes it takes time, you put your pokemon up, it will be traded for what you want eventually.