The adventure through the Sinnoh region has been reborn!
Experience the nostalgic story from the PokĂŠmon Diamond and PokĂŠmon Pearl games in an adventure reborn on the Nintendo Switch system.
Adventures in the PokĂŠmon Brilliant Diamond and PokĂŠmon Shining Pearl games will take place in the Sinnoh region. Rich in nature and with Mount Coronet towering at its heart, Sinnoh is a land of many myths passed down through the ages. You'll visit many different locations in the Sinnoh region, while striving to become the Champion of the PokĂŠmon League.
The original story has been faithfully reproduced, and the sense of scale in the originals' towns and routes has been carefully preserved. People who played PokĂŠmon Diamond and PokĂŠmon Pearl can revisit familiar places and relive familiar scenes once more. For those setting out through Sinnoh for the first time, plenty of new encounters and surprises await.
These remakes include easy-to-understand, player-friendly conveniences of the modern PokĂŠmon series, plus up-close-and-personal PokĂŠmon battle scenes.
Whether you played PokĂŠmon Diamond or PokĂŠmon Pearl back in the day or you're encountering these games for the first time, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
You'll choose Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup to be your first partner PokĂŠmon and then set off on your journey.
Turtwig
Category: Tiny Leaf PokĂŠmon
Type: Grass
Height: 1'4"
Weight: 22.5 lbs.
Ability: Overgrow
Made from soil, the shell on its back hardens when it drinks water. It lives along lakes. It undertakes photosynthesis within its body, making oxygen. The leaf on its head wilts if the PokĂŠmon is thirsty.
Chimchar
Category: Chimp PokĂŠmon
Type: Fire
Height: 1'8"
Weight: 13.7 lbs.
Ability: Blaze
It agilely scales sheer cliffs to live atop craggy mountains. Its fire is put out when it sleeps. Its fiery rear end is fueled by gas made in its belly. Even rain can't extinguish the fire.
Piplup
Category: Penguin PokĂŠmon
Type: Water
Height: 1'4"
Weight: 11.5 lbs.
Ability: Torrent
Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold. It lives along the shore in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes while hunting.
Along the way, you'll be able to encounter the Legendary PokĂŠmon Dialga in PokĂŠmon Brilliant Diamond or Palkia in PokĂŠmon Shining Pearl.
Dialga
Category: Temporal PokĂŠmon
Type: Steel/Dragon
Height: 17'9"
Weight: 1505.8 lbs.
Ability: Pressure
It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity. This PokĂŠmon is spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born.
Palkia
Category: Spatial PokĂŠmon
Type: Water/Dragon
Height: 13'9"
Weight: 740.8 lbs.
Ability: Pressure
It has the ability to distort space. It is described as a deity in Sinnoh-region mythology. It is said to live in a gap in the spatial dimension parallel to ours. Palkia appears in mythology.