A term in the new Pokemon Diamond and Pearl games. Short for "Global Trading Station." A sophisticated,
long-awaited update to the somewhat tedious trading system, allowing
one to post a pokemon up for adoption in exchange for a pokemon of their choice, with players around the world via Nintendo WiFi Connection. Quite possibly the greatest innovation in the new games, as posted pokemon can be traded overnight overnight, even while the DS is turned off. Of course, being that Diamond and Pearl were previously released in Japan over a year before they
hit stateside, there are a TON of high-level trainers in Asia offering Turtwigs and Pinplups in exchange for higher level Dialga and Palkia. Of course, with the addition of millions of American players who've only had
the game for a few days, the GeoNet is flooded with n00bs who'll take any pokemon they're looking for, no matter what level they are. For instance, I posted an almost
useless lvl. 5 Abra with only teleport, and got a lvl 1. Japanese Cherubi overnight, which I decided to pan in favor of a rather
nice lvl
14 female Combee specimen, which is quite rare and valuable. The system allows
one to search or post a particular pokemon fitting three criteria: species,
gender, and level group, which is AWESOME. All in all, the feature is much better than the Underground, a MMORPGesque realm underneath
the game's region that allows for
one to create their own secret base and mine for minerals to trade with other players visiting the Underground, along with battling, pokemon trading, and the ability to enter other
people's bases and steal their flags.
