>you can't transfer Pokemon from Platinum directly to

>>29187909
They didn't know they were going to make Bank when they made platinum so there was no way to make it backwards compatible

GAME FREAK: "buy more games, give us more money"

>>29187928
>so there was no way to make it backwards compatible

?????

All it literally does is read the save file and export the first box.

>>29187909
>you need to buy another DS
or a friend with DS, or just go to a pokemon/streetpass event
the whole point of pokemon has always been interacting with other people to experience the full game (catching them all)

>>29188342
Yeah, worst case scenario, you update the Pokemon Transporter app to convert those Gen IV Pokemon into Gen V files and then convert the Gen V files into Gen VI files. Yes, it is an extra step for the program to do. But that is what programs are for.