The movie is concurrent with the new Pokemon Nintendo DS Game “Pokemon Platinum”「ポケットモンスタープラチナ」. While the North American release was released concurrently with the game, the European release of Pokemon Platinum has not been officially announced yet.

Pokebib.com: Giratina et le gardien du ciel ! Sortie prochaine du DVD en France !
http://www.pokebip.com/pokemon/news1767__giratina_et_le_gardien_du_ciel_.html

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team

(Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai)

「ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊」

Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai

The game will feature a new story of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon with new characters!

The starter Pokemon of the game are:

Lucario, Eevee, Vulpix, Phanpy, and Shinx

“Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai”

Release Date: Spring 2009
Genre: Dungeon RPG
Console: Nintendo DS

Official website:

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/ds/dungeon2009/

Link：

Gpara.com:　新エピソード収録！『ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊』今春発売

http://www.gpara.com/article/cms_show.php?c_id=11280&c_num=14

Cartoon Network (US) will also broadcast the movie on 7th of February 2009.

The movie was released in Japan in 2008 as “Giratina and the Sky Bouquet: Sheimi” (Giratina to sora no hanataba Sheimi 「ギラティナと氷空の花束シェイミ」 ) The story is the 2nd movie of the Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Movie Triology. It is a sequel to the previous Pokemon Diamond Pearl movie Movie 10th: Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai (The Rise of Darkrai). The movie will also have a sequel be released in Japan on 2009 and in North America on 2010: Pokemon Movie 12th: To the Conquering of Space-Time (Choukoku no Jikuu he)

Unlike the previous movies, this will be the first movie to be distributed by Universal Studios. Also, the Amazon.com specifications shows that the movie will be in widescreen. If the information is correct, this would also be the first Pokemon movie released on DVD in North America in widescreen (while some European and other international releases were in widescreen)

Pokemon Movie 11 Giratina and the Sky Warrior DVD Cover

Pokémon The Movie 11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior

# Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
# Language: English
# Subtitles: English
# Rating: Unrated
# Studio: Universal Studios
# DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
# Run Time: 96 minutes

Links:

Official North American web site

http://www.pokemon.com/PokemonGiratinaMovie/

Amazon.com: Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior

http://www.amazon.com/Pok%C3%A9mon-Giratina-the-Sky-Warrior/dp/B001QWQJ9W/

Pokebeach.com: ‘Giratina and the Sky Warrior’ TV Air Date and DVD Release Date

http://pokebeach.com/news/0109/giratina-and-the-sky-warrior-tv-air-date-and-dvd-release-date

Pokemondiamondpearl.info: Pokemon Movie 11 Giratina to sora no hanataba Sheimi/Giratina and the Sky Warrior

http://www.pokemondiamondpearl.info/movie/11th2008_giratinatosoranohanataba.htm

Nintendo DS Pokemon Platinum (USA-North America)

The game is released concurrently with the North American release of the Pokemon Platinum movie: Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Featuring the debut of Giratina and Shaymin in the Pokemon Diamond & Pearl series.

The game was originally released in Japan on 13th of September 2009 as “Pocket Monsters Platinum”. The game is third part of the Pokemon Diamond & Pearl game series. It is basically a modified version of Pokemon Diamond & Pearl with new features!

New Pokemon Forms

• The debut of Giratina’s Origine and Another Forme
• Shaymin’s Sky and Land Forme
• New forms of Rotom!
• Ability to capture both of Dialga & Palkia
• Ability to capture Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno!

New Design

• New Storyline! With new characters!
• New Area! a 3D Area “The Reverse World” (The Torn World)
• New Design for cities
• New Animations for Pokemon Sprites and for the cities.
• New players outfits
• New GYM Puzzles
• Newly designed tools (such as Poketech)

Pokemon Platinum also features a new GTS (Global Trade Station), which features:

• Trade-and-seek pokemon from friends
• Battle Video Recorder to record battle videos. Videos can be uploaded online to the Online Battle Ranking on the Nintendo DS!
• Wi-Fi Plaza with Online mini games!
• 4 Players voice chat! (In Pokemon Diamond & Pearl, only two players could voice chat)
• Battle Frontier (as in Pokemon Emerald)

Pokemon Platinum Fan site: http://pokemondiamondpearl.info/platinum/

The famitsu scan confirm the new character customes and reveal the Pokemon Platinum cover.　
Also, Male character will have a Blue Pokewatch , while the Female character will have a Red Pokewatch!

As with Pokemon Diamond Pearl that each version had a limited edition figure in Japan (and a third figure was sold for buying both versions)

Serebii.net:

Shaymin will automatically convert to Sky Forme when sent over to Platinum and will stay Land Forme on Diamond & Pearl.

The Torn World, positioned above the Spear Pillar, really utilises the 3D engine of the game and has the lands in a 3D isometric view.

There are various other new areas positioned in Sinnoh for you to explore
The new characters are apparently there to determine the cause of the recent climate change, which has made Sinnoh colder, which explains the ultra warm clothes of the protaganists

Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum fansite
http://www.pokemondiamondpearl.info

* Scan used for Promotional purposes. Pokemon and related trademarks are trademarks of Nintendo, The Pokemon Company, Game Freak and responsible owners.

* Scan source: Japanese Imageboards via Filb.de

The famitsu scans (found in Filb.de), confirm that Shaymin will be in the Land Forme in Pokemon Diamond & Pearl, but will transform into the Sky Forme in Pokemon Platinum (Pocket Monsters Platina).

Serebii.net: Sky Forme Shaymin Confirmed
http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

Filb.de: Erste Bilder zu Coro Coro Comics 7/2008
http://www.filb.de/836

An unconfirmed CoroCoro scan was leaked on Japanese blogs, it’s currently unconfirmed if it’s official or not until the CoroCoro magazine releases on 15th May 2008.

The game is expected to be released in autumn this year (most likely September 2008).

New Features in Pokemon Platinum:
According to an anonymous post from a Japanese BBS reported in the blog (Hanten Sky):

- There will be a new area named “Battle Island”
- There will be a new GYM leader
- The map will be reversed upside down (Unconfirmed; could be misunderstanding in translation)
- Giratina Original Form will exist
- Regigias “Sky Form” will exist
- Sheimi (Shaymin) “another form” will exist
- Wi-Fi Enabled Underground (Unconfirmed; could be misunderstanding in translation)

According to a Japanese fansite masaki39:
- Battle Frontier will be added
- There will be Wi-Fi Battle Frontier battles
- It will be possible to record a contest
- New abilities OR attacks to be added. Three colors in total. Or a change in battle style.
- The GBA Expansion Pack could be used
- Illegally Modified Pokemon will not be able to communicate with others.
- Cresselia can by synched?

Please note that news are unconfirmed, and there could be a misunderstanding in translation

[Exclusive - translated by Pokemondp.net]

According to the translation by Bulbanews, Those who preorder will receive a special Shinx egg that learns a special move. The mascot of the game is expected to be Giratina.

Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum fan site

http://pokemondiamondpearl.info/

Pocket Monsters Platina (Official Japanese website)

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/platinum/

TV Tokyo has officially launched the new Pocket Monsters anime series web site “Pocket Monsters -Pokemon- Diamond & Pearl” 「ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド＆パール」 featuring “Hikari” (ヒカリ) and the new legendary Pokemon monsters Diaruga / DIALKA (デァアルガ) and Parukia / PALKIA (パルキア)!
The series will broadcast on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 7:00 (Tokyo) on TV Tokyo: Episode.01 “Begin! From Masago Town to Futaba Town!” 第1話 「旅立ち！フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ！」 (Tabitachi! Futaba Town kara Masago Town e) as reported by Serebii.net & PokeAni!
The broadcast will be on the same day the new Pocket Monsters Nintendo DS Game series “Diamond & Pearl” releases in Japan.

New Starter Pokemon Confirmed!
The official Pokemon Movie web site confirms the new starter Pokemon monsters of the new “Diamond & Pearl” anime and game series:

ナイトル Naitoru

ヒコザル Hikozaru

ポッチャマ Pocchama

-> This post is a follow-up of: New Anime: Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (26/07/2006)