Group

Groups (Japanese: グループ group) are a feature in Generation IV that allow synchronization of certain events between games.

Players in the same group encounter the same swarming Pokémon, weather, in the Great Marsh,  locations, Pokémon Lottery Corner lucky number, slot machine odds, and order of  Trainers. Group members can compare records on the third floor of Jubilife TV.

Due to Pokémon outbreaks differing between Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum, the Pokémon swarming in Platinum will not be the same as the Pokémon swarming in a Pokémon Diamond or Pearl in the same group. Likewise, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Mass Outbreaks do not mimic those from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum games in the same group.

To create a group, players must talk to a man standing in Jubilife City across the street from the Jubilife TV station in, or the man in Violet City's Pokémon academy in. After the group leader mixes records, those who have mixed records with the leader can join the group by talking to the same man.

It is possible to leave the current group, and also to create a new group, but it is only possible to be a member of one group at a time.

In other languages
Gruppe グループ