Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Review: Faithful, Fantastic Remasters
The newly remastered Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl keeps faithful to the classic games and adds much-needed quality-of-life adjustments.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon Diamond And Pearl is the fourth generation of mainline Pokemon games and takes place in the Sinnoh region and introduced an array of new Pokemon, with the legendaries Dialga and Palkia featuring on the covers. It was recently rebooted in 2021 with the remakes Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
- Franchise
- Pokemon
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch
- Released
- November 19, 2021
- Developer(s)
- ILCA
- Publisher(s)
- The Pokemon Company , Nintendo
- Genre(s)
- Adventure , RPG
- ESRB
- E
- How Long To Beat
- 40Hours
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