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Pokémon Pearl is a 2006 role-playing game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. Set in the Sinnoh region, it involves catching, training, and battling Pokémon in turn-based combat. It added 107 Pokémon, the touch-screen Pokétch, and online trading and battling.

How To Play Pokémon Pearl

Control Action
D-Pad Walk; move the cursor in menus
A Talk, examine, confirm
B Cancel; exit a menu
B (hold) + D-Pad Run (after obtaining the Running Shoes)
X Open the menu
Y Use the registered Key Item
SELECT Rearrange items or moves in a menu
L (with L=A set in Options) Same as A
Touch screen (field) Operate Pokétch applications
Touch screen (battle) Select Fight, Bag, Pokémon, Run, and moves

About Pokémon Pearl

Release date NA: April 22, 2007
EU: July 27, 2007
JP: September 28, 2006
AU: June 21, 2007
KR: February 14, 2008
Developer Game Freak
Publisher The Pokémon Company (JP), Nintendo (worldwide)
Platform Nintendo DS
Genre Role-playing
Series Pokémon (fourth generation)
Modes Single-player; multiplayer trading and battling via DS Wireless Communications and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (discontinued); Pokémon transfer from Game Boy Advance cartridges
Also known as Pokémon Pearl Version; Pocket Monsters: Pearl (Japan)

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