Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Review

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are comfortably nostalgic, with just enough modern tweaks to smooth over the rough edges.

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[Jazzmannnnn]

I remember everybody had Pokémon fever in school. All we would do is play Mario Kart DS and Pokémon for break and lunch time. Good times man

[rustyshell]

I missed the original style. Top down view holds a special place in my heart. Growing up during red/blue gold/silver era makes this game ring true to nostalgia.

[scarrantsandreviews]

I'm handicapping myself by continuously swapping my team around and keeping them under-leveled but the game is still too easy. Torterra gets Earthquake the second it evolves

[gamerghxst]

They need to just go ahead and make a reboot that includes Kanto, Johto & Hoenn all in one game…
It could easily start you in Kanto with the originals and you just play through all 3 regions,
but I think it would be a lot better to be able to choose which region you start in and be able to pick from that region’s starters in the beginning.
I would actually play Pokémon again if they did that.

[Manudyne]

The new underground stuff is very nice. I always liked it and felt it was underrated.

But no battle frontier and super easy difficulty are a big nope.

[wolf]

Honestly to me this game is not worth $60 I would go for a $45 price tag but knowing Nintendo this game will remain $60 for years to come

[BMW-sdnn]

Idc what anyone says I'm throughly addicted to this game. It's like comfort food and it's been so long since I played the original its scratching the right itch.

[professortree]

Played pokemon my whole life, started with red on gameboy and went up from there playing each gen, idk If its because of experience from The games or showdown, but the game feels crazy easy, for me atleast.

[ProBrosification]

No mention of the cut battle frontier? Disappointing when a remake has less content than its original

[TheSirPotato]

Paying 20$ more for basically the same game 15 years later

[extendo......]

Is it me or is this game is way too easy, im literally running a unintentional nuzlocke, im on the last gym and none of my pokemon have fainted once. Ever

[nathanrcb]

I much would've preferred if this remake was less overly faithful and more akin to oras, but with an improved number of Pokémon available to the gym leaders like what they do with the rematches

[OrganicDolphin]

I never played Gen 4. I am at the 5th gym and so far I like the game. I wish we had more Pokémon tho like in ORAS.

[reimei]

>Final massive difficulty spike when you reach Cynthia

So...just like the original Diamond and Pearl when her Garchomp curbstomps you?

[archangelmichael]

Holy flippin' encounter rates, Batman! There should have been an easy button for run because buying enough repels would bankrupt me. I was almost overleveled for the elite four before I even reached the third gym.

[ComicsLamar]

I just want these games to grow up, just a bit.

[teagenbarnett]

im really dissapointed in the changes to the contest hall and the walking mechanic. you walk faster than most pokemon and you leave them behind when sprinting, then they just awkwardly teleport to you every 5 seconds

[snsnsnsn]

"The art style really shines when the camera zooms in"
That's a hard disagree from me. The female protagonist looks like she has legs growing straight out of her head from behind. It looks really really bad.

[NintendoPolitics]

besides the underground and art style, the game doesnt feel any different from the original...I'm not sure if this is good or bad .
ORAS had at least new Mega Evolutions. Would have been interesting to have something new to make the gameplay more interesting.

[Cyklone]

Honestly I just wish they made the game have a x2 speed in battles and general animations... removing the battle animations doesn't really do the trick. It still feels slow and clunky regardless