History Main / PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier

* ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'''s SuperMode, Infinity Style, gives him armor of platinum and diamond. Strangely, [[SequelEscalation the movies give him a more powerful version of this form]] which is [[GoldenSuperMode gold]].

* UsefulNotes/PlayStation:
** Starting with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, Platinum Trophies can be earned by getting all the other Trophies in a game (which are Bronze, Silver and Gold rank).
** There was also the [=PlayStation=] Platinum label in Europe (known as Greatest Hits in the Americas), which sold for a slightly reduced price compared to the normal "Black Label" copies. It was given to games that exceeded a certain sales threshold, like ''Final Fantasy [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII VII]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX X]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII XII]]''. The label was retired after the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra'', metalbending has become a more commonplace skill than the [[GameBreaker incredible skill]] unique to its inventor. To counteract the large number of benders who can destroy metal, [[MiniMecha mechs]] made out of platinum began cropping up, which contained metal that had been refined purely enough to purge the traces of earth from their composition.

* This is in fact a trait that Creator/PlatinumGames have in their games, such as the aforementioned ''Bayonetta''. Each game's RankInflation of their chapter rankings run in the order of Stone, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Pure Platinum.

** Platinum trophies that can be achieved by getting all the other trophies in a game.
** There's also a [=PlayStation=] Platinum label in Europe, given to the most popular games, like ''Final Fantasy [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII VII]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX X]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII XII]]''.

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': Starting from ''Videogame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', the many minigames involve scoring enough points to get medals, with platinum being the highest achievement.
* From ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' onwards, the best Relic you can win in Time Trial[[note]]Relic Race in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''[[/note]] is the Platinum one, before Gold and Sapphire. Aside from keeping up your top speed, breaking all time crates in the level is almost necessary to get it.

This standard isn't too new, but never quite took off before the TurnOfTheMillennium. In fact, Europeans considered platinum [[WorthlessYellowRocks worthless before the late 1700s]], as they couldn't quite figure out how to refine it properly. Some tribes in Central America were able to refine the metal and use it in jewellery, but they weren't exactly willing to share their secrets with [[UsefulNotes/TheKingdomOfSpain the Spanish Empire]] when it swept through the area and enslaved everyone it could get its hands on to work in the gold and silver mines. In fact, Platinum was considered so worthless by the Spanish, not knowing its actual value, that they simply threw it out whenever it was found alongside the other precious metals they had come to mine.

This standard isn't too new, but never quite took off before the TurnOfTheMillennium. In fact, Europeans considered platinum worthless before the late 1700s.

Subtrope of MetallicMotifs.