"Though Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl don't hit US shelves until April 22nd, Nintendo has given us the opportunity to take our time to get through the Sinnoh Region in the DS RPG by sending us copies of both games a week and a half before it's supposed to ship. Very nice indeed.

Of course, we just got the game a mere couple of hours ago. The Pokemon adventures are incredibly deep experiences, so posting a hands-on the same day the games hit our desks isn't going to even skim the surface..."