Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Also known as: Pocket Monsters Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (JP/KR) Developer: ILCA Publishers: The Pokémon Company (JP), Nintendo (INT) Platform: Nintendo Switch Released internationally: November 19, 2021 This game has unused animations. This game has unused music. This game has revisional differences.

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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes of the original Generation IV games and the first mainline entries to not be developed by Game Freak (although Junichi Masuda did still serve as director). It turned out to be rather divisive due to its numerous glitches and being faithful to a fault when compared to previous remakes in the series - most notably, its minimal new content and lacking many of the story and gameplay improvements from Platinum.

Unlike previous remakes, these games are limited to the first 493 Pokémon available in Gen IV, with the new Grand Underground and Ramanas Park (replacing the original's Underground and Pal Park, respectively) allowing you to catch most of the Pokémon not native to Sinnoh.

To do: Look into the unpatched base game, which includes, for example, placeholder music. Unused items: Sport, Park, Dream, and Beast Balls, Prism Scale, Feathers, and Ice Stone. Sweet Heart has an icon. Seal Case and the unused Seal Bag were apparently renamed, but left unused. Are any of the Pokétch apps that do not return unused in the game? (Berry Searcher, Link Searcher, Move Tester, Matchup Checker, and Stopwatch and Alarm Clock which were unused originally) Unused Battle Backgrounds Document the near-final debug prototype PC build from the 2024 Game Freak leak.

Unseen Animations

As with every other companion trainer in the game, Barry has a fully-featured run animation, but it goes unused in the final game. This is because it is only programmed to work when the player is running, and the player isn't given the Running Shoes until after your rival accompanies them to Lake Verity. However, it can be seen if the player uncaps the frame rate through an emulator, or by modding.

Regular Walk	Running Walk

Hidden Music

To do: Rip these from the game and add them here as audio files instead of YouTube videos.

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl have two music tracks hidden in the files (NAZO_A and NAZO_B), presumably composed/arranged by Junichi Masuda, as he's credited for the games' music despite his style not appearing amidst Shota Kageyama's contributions to the soundtrack. As "Nazo" is Japanese for "Mystery" (Mystery Zone in Japanese is なぞの場所), this may have been planned for Mystery Zone, which used a slightly modified version of the Route 206 (Day) music in the original games.

Unseen Models

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Most of the trainer models that wear hats have fully-modeled hair.

Translation Errors

Hotel Grand Lake NPC

An NPC in Hotel Grand Lake mentions landmarks from regions featured in previous Pokémon games, including Johto's Bell Tower (originally named “Tin Tower” in Gold/Silver/Crystal and Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, but re-translated since HeartGold/SoulSilver). All languages use the updated name from HGSS, except English.

Japanese	English	French	Italian	German	Spanish	Korean
きみは　ジョウト地方の スズの塔を　知ってるかね？ 虹色の　ポケモン…… ぜひとも　死ぬまでに　見てみたいね	Have you heard of the Tin Tower in the Johto region? The rainbow-colored Pokémon... I must see that in my lifetime.	Tu as entendu parler de la Tour Carillon, dans la région de Johto ? Ce Pokémon aux couleurs arc-en-ciel... J’aimerais le voir au moins une fois dans ma vie !	Hai mai sentito parlare della Torre Campana nella regione di Johto? Il Pokémon dai colori arcobaleno... Devo assolutamente vederlo almeno una volta nella vita.	Hast du schon mal vom Glockenturm in der Johto-Region gehört? Jenes regenbogenfarbene Pokémon... Eines Tages muss ich es mit eigenen Augen sehen!	¿Has oído hablar de la Torre Campana, en la región de Johto? Un Pokémon con los colores del arcoíris... Algún día lo veré con mis propios ojos.	너는 성도지방의 방울탑을 알고 있니? 무지개색 포켓몬... 꼭 한번 죽기 전에 봤으면 좋겠어

Revisional Differences

v1.0.0

The initial physical release, containing an incomplete version of the game.

v1.1.0

To do: Adjustments to NPC trainers' teams, apparently.

Released November 11, 2021. A sizable patch that added several key features:

• Multiplayer and online communications to the Grand Underground, Super Contest Shows, and the Union Room (though only support for one other player at a time).
• Mystery Gift
• Ramanas Park
• Opening and ending cutscenes
• The HP bar animation's delay is increased.

v1.1.1

Released November 17, 2021.

According to official notes, optimized data for the previous update.

v1.1.2

Released December 1, 2021.

• Fixes issues that could have prevented progress.
• Fixes a menu glitch.
• Fixes a cloning glitch involving the Nursery.

v1.1.3

Released December 21, 2021.

• Fixes more menu-related glitches.
• Fixes a glitch that allowed you to surf on land.
• Fixes two instances of Pokémon knowing unusable moves.
• Removes Shaymin from Flower Paradise, as it was possible to use glitches to gain access and encounter it without the associated event item. Oddly enough, it is/was also possible to reach Newmoon Island in a similar fashion, but Darkrai wouldn't appear.
• During rematches, Fantina's Banette knew Snatch. It was replaced with Payback.
• Ace Trainer Meagan on Route 228 had a Delcatty that knew Feint Attack. It was replaced with Covet.

v1.2.0

Released February 21, 2022.

• Adds Group Ranking machines in the Jubilife TV Station, allowing you to check rankings for players inside the Groups as well as Global Rankings for Pokémon, Battle Tower, and Super Contests.
• The Union Room now supports up to 8 players, Capsule Decorations can now also be shown to others.
• Adds the Colosseum battle feature.
• The game will now detect Pokémon obtained through unintended means and blocks them from being used in Link Battles or Trades.
• Adds the Legends: Arceus origin mark.
• Fixes the "Strength Menu Glitch".

v1.3.0

Released March 15, 2022.

• Adds an event to encounter (and potentially catch) Arceus if the user has a completed Pokémon Legends: Arceus save file.
• Enables the GWS in Jubilife City, allowing users to Wonder Trade with other players online.

(Source: Bulbapedia, Serebii)