The Pokemon Company and ILCA developer announced that Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, remakes of 2006's DS titles, Pokemon Diamond Version and Pokemon Pearl Version, will be released for Nintendo Switch. The game will be released at the end of 2021.
Here is an overview of the game, via The Pokemon Company:
Introduce
Developed by ILCA, Inc. and by Junichi Masuda (Game Freak) and Yuichi Ueda (ILCA), Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl allow players to experience the original story and game features from Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl in a fresh way. The original games have been faithfully and colorfully recreated for the Nintendo Switch. The sense of the size of the towns and routes has been carefully remade, and players who have played the games initially will recognize many familiar locations. The game is updated with easy-to-understand, player-friendly gadgets featured in the recent Pokemon core series video games, alongside close-up and personal Pokemon fight scenes.
Trainers will choose Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup as their first partner Pokemon before starting their journey. Along the way, they will be able to encounter the legendary Pokemon Dialga in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and the legendary Pokemon Palkia in Pokemon Shining Pearl.
Pokemon
Turtwig
Category: Tiny Leaf Pokemon
Height: 1’4″
Weight: 22.5 lbs.
Type: Grass
Ability: Overgrow
Made from earth, the crust on Turtwig's back hardens as it drinks water. Turtwig live by the lake, and the leaf on its head will wilt if a Pokemon is thirsty.
Chimchar
Category: Chimp Pokemon
Height: 1’8″
Weight: 13.7 lbs.
Type: Fire
Ability: Blaze
Chimchar lives on top of craggy mountains and can create extremely dangerous cliffs. Not even rain could extinguish the burning tail, fueled by the gas generated in its abdomen.
Piplup
Category: Penguin Pokemon
Height: 1’4″
Weight: 11.5 lbs.
Type: Water
Ability: Torrent
Because of his pride, Piplup hates accepting food from everyone. A good swimmer, thick fur protects it from the cold when diving for more than 10 minutes while hunting.
Dialga
Category: Temporal Pokemon
Height: 17’9″
Weight: 1505.8 lbs.
Type: Steel/Dragon
Ability: Pressure
Dialga appeared in Sinnoh mythology as an ancient god and has the power to manipulate time. It is said that time began to pass when Dialga was born.
Palkia
Category: Spatial Pokemon
Height: 13’9″
Weight: 740.8 lbs.
Type: Water/Dragon
Ability: Pressure
Described as a deity in Sinnoh mythology, Palkia has the ability to distort space. It is said to live in a void in the dimension parallel to us.
Screenshots game:
Trailer introduce Pokemon Brilliant Diamond và Pokemon Shining Pearl:
