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Play Pokémon Pearl Version (US edition · Revision 5 · English) Online
Pokemon - Pearl Version
Play Pokémon Pearl Version online: choose your first Pokémon, catch a balanced team and challenge Sinnoh’s Gyms. Discover Palkia in this Nintendo DS adventure.
Browser play
Nintendo DS (NDS) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B / X / Y | Z / X / A / S |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
| Microphone | Not assigned |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Pokémon Pearl Version
Quick start
1. Press A or START, choose NEW GAME and set your trainer and rival names. 2. Leave your room, visit your rival's house in Twinleaf Town and follow him north to Route 201, then west to Lake Verity. 3. Open the abandoned briefcase, choose Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup, and select FIGHT and a move against the wild Starly. 4. Return home, then follow Route 201 east to Professor Rowan's laboratory in Sandgem Town. Receive the Pokédex and follow the early errands and catching lesson; heal at Pokémon Centers and save through X > SAVE.
Controls
D-pad: move or select. A: confirm, talk, inspect and advance text. B: cancel; hold while moving to run after receiving Running Shoes. X: open the menu. Y: use a registered Key Item. L/R: cycle available selections, except in L=A button mode. Touch screen: select battle commands and use Pokétch applications. Choose SAVE from the X menu to save.
Pokémon Pearl Version — About this game
Travel across Sinnoh with a team of Pokémon that grows alongside you. Towns, caves and grassy routes connect a journey built around catching wild Pokémon, training them in turn-based battles and earning Gym Badges on the way to the Pokémon League. Each encounter asks you to consider move types, remaining HP and when to switch partners; weakening a wild opponent before throwing a Poké Ball makes capture easier. Pokémon Centers restore your team, while the Pokédex records the species you discover. Team Galactic interrupts the journey with plans that reach beyond an ordinary Gym challenge. Between major battles, explore side paths and use the touch-screen Pokétch to support your travels. Pearl centers its legendary encounter on Palkia and lets you catch wild Pokémon such as Glameow and Misdreavus that are absent from Diamond. Its central adventure follows the same route as Diamond, while these encounter differences change which partners you can discover naturally during your journey.
Pokémon Pearl Version Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nds
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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