This article is about theGeneration IVgames. For other uses, seeDiamond and Pearl (disambiguation).

Pokémon Diamond Version ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド
Pokémon Diamond Version's boxart,featuringDialga
Pokémon Pearl Version ポケットモンスター パール
Pokémon Pearl Version's boxart,featuringPalkia
Basic info
Platform:	Nintendo DS
Category:	RPG
Players:	1-4 players simultaneous
Connectivity:	DS Wireless,Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection,dual-slot mode
Developer:	Game Freak
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Generation IVcore series
Ratings
CERO:	A
ESRB:	E
ACB:	PG
OFLC:	PG
PEGI:	3
GRAC:	ALL
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	September 28, 2006[1]
North America:	April 22, 2007[2]
Australia:	June 21, 2007[3]
Europe:	July 27, 2007[4]
South Korea:	February 14, 2008[5]
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	September 28, 2006
Websites
Japanese:	Pokémon.co.jp Nintendo.co.jp
English:	Pokémon.com (US) Pokémon.com (UK) Nintendo.com (Diamond) Nintendo.com (Pearl) Nintendo-europe.com Nintendo.co.uk (Diamond) Nintendo.co.uk (Pearl)
Japanese boxart Boxart of Pocket Monsters Diamond Boxart of Pocket Monsters Pearl

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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Pokémon Diamond Version (Japanese:ポケットモンスターダイヤモンドPocket Monsters Diamond) andPokémon Pearl Version (Japanese:ポケットモンスターパールPocket Monsters Pearl) areNintendo DS games that are the firstcore series Pokémon games ofGeneration IV. The games were released in Japan on September 28, 2006, in North America on April 22, 2007, in Australia on June 21, 2007, and in Europe on July 27, 2007. They take place in theSinnoh region.

They were followed byPokémon Platinum, an enhanced version of these games.Remakes of the games, in the form ofPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, were releasedfour generations later for theNintendo Switch on November 19, 2021, worldwide.

Terminology

InHidenori Kusaka's message from the Japanese version ofPokémon Adventures volume 23, this is abbreviated asポケモンD(ダイヤモンド)・P(パール) and then further shortened to simplyD(ダイヤモンド)・P(パール).

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

When the game begins, theplayer watches anewscast about a sighting of ared Gyarados inJohto'sLake of Rage. The player then heads to their best friendBarry's house and heads toLake Verity with him to search forLegendary Pokémon. When they arrive, they noticeProfessor Rowan and his assistant (Lucas orDawn, depending on the player'sgender) discussing the professor's work and his search for something in the lake. The pair notice the player and hurry off, leaving behind a briefcase. As Barry approaches the briefcase, two wildStarly attack. The player and Barry open the briefcase, which containsthree Pokémon they must choose from to fight off the attacking Pokémon. Barry, who later becomes the rival, takes the Pokémon that has a type advantage over the player's choice. After the battle, the professor's assistant will briefly appear and comment that the Pokémon have been used before exiting with the briefcase. The player and Barry return toTwinleaf Town. Back in Twinleaf Town the player'smother gives them a pair ofRunning Shoes before the player leaves forSandgem Town. When the player meets Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town, the professor gives the player the Pokémon chosen at the lake and aPokédex.

The player first heads toJubilife City, where Barry is waiting for them in theTrainers' School. The player then has to find three clowns before they get a coupon which can then be exchanged for aPokétch. Heading east, the player defeats Barry again, and continues until they find a man who gives themHM06,Rock Smash, which they cannot use until they defeatRoark, theOreburghGym Leader. Heading through Oreburgh Gate, they reach the city and have to go south into theOreburgh Mine to get Roark back to his Gym. Only then can the player defeat him and get the firstBadge.

The player then heads back to Jubilife and toRoute 204 into theRavaged Path, which was previously unpassable due to the inability to use Rock Smash. After exiting the Ravaged Path, the player arrives inFloaroma Town. Here,Team Galactic makes an appearance and the first Commander,Mars is ultimately defeated. Continuing north, the player entersEterna Forest, helpingCheryl on the way through.

InEterna City, the player meetsCynthia, who gives themHM01Cut, which also cannot be used until the second Badge is acquired. BeatingGardenia, the player enters theTeam Galactic Eterna Building to defeatJupiter. Getting abicycle, the player can now go onCycling Road, which precedesWayward Cave. The player then heads toRoute 207 and thenMt. Coronet. Exiting the mountain leads toRoute 208, and going east leads toHearthome City, though the Gym Leader,Fantina, is still away at this point. The player can explore theSuper Contest Hall, where they surprisingly see their mom.

North of Hearthome isRoute 209, and proceeding forward leads toSolaceon Town, where aDay Care is present.Route 210 has two paths, one of which is blocked by a group ofPsyduck. Going east, the player arrives inVeilstone City.Maylene is then defeated for the third Badge andTeam Galactic HQ is present in this city. Dawn meets the player to get her Pokédex back fromTeam Galactic Grunts. The player can pick upHM02Fly in the right warehouse.

Going south leads toRoute 214, connecting Veilstone toValor Lakefront. The entrance toSunyshore City is blocked due to a blackout, so the player heads toPastoria City through the beach.Crasher Wake, the fourth Gym Leader is defeated and in theGreat Marsh, the player can acquire unique Pokémon and an optional HM,HM05Defog. Following a Galactic Grunt, Cynthia shows up with aSecretPotion, to which she asks the player to feed the group of Psyduck they saw earlier. The player can now pass through the blocked entrance in Route 210 and arrive inCelestic Town.

There, Cynthia's grandmother resides as the elder. Heading into the cave in the heart of the town, a Galactic Grunt appears and after defeating him, Cynthia's grandmother gives the playerHM03Surf. Back in Hearthome City, Fantina can now be battled for the fifth Badge. With Surf, the player can head back to Jubilife and surf west toCanalave City.

In Canalave City, Barry awaits for another battle. After defeating him,Riley invites the player to go toIron Island. The sixth Gym is on the left of the city, with Roark's father,Byron, being the Gym Leader. Just then, Team Galactic has set off bombs inLake Valor,Lake Acuity, and Lake Verity.

The player, Dawn, Barry, and Rowan meet in theCanalave Library. Hearing the explosion, the player is assigned to head to Lake Valor to investigate. There, CommanderSaturn is defeated. The player then flies back to Twinleaf Town and into Lake Verity, where Mars is facing off with Dawn. After the confrontation, the player heads back to Eterna City and into Mt. Coronet.

Heading all the way to the bottom of Mt. Coronet, the player exits toRoute 216, where it is snowing. Heading up all the stairs to what appears to be the summit atRoute 217, the player can acquireHM08Rock Climb and head toAcuity Lakefront, but it is blocked by two Galactic Grunts. InSnowpoint City,Candice is defeated for the seventh Badge.

With Lake Acuity being unblocked, the player finds Jupiter and Barry. Jupiter leaves for Galactic HQ as Barry has just defeated her. Flying back to Veilstone, the player obtains aStorage Key and then aGalactic Key, which lets the player battleCyrus, the boss of Team Galactic. Defeating him grants the player aMaster Ball, and Cyrus flees toSpear Pillar, at the top of Mt. Coronet.

At Oreburgh City, a previously impassable path can now be accessed through the use of HMs acquired throughout the journey, and as the player advances to the top of the mountain, they battle Jupiter and Mars before defeating Cyrus a second time. TheLegendary Pokémon,Dialga^D/Palkia^P, will battle the player. Finishing Mt. Coronet, the blackout at Sunyshore has finally been rectified, and the player can get the eighth and final Badge before thePokémon League. First, the player has to send Volkner back to his Gym by finding him at the lighthouse. After getting all eight Badges,Jasmine, a Gym Leader from Johto, gives the playerHM07Waterfall. The player can now advance north to the Sinnoh League and crossVictory Road to challenge theElite Four. After defeating the Elite Four,Champion Cynthia is defeated in a challenging battle, and the player is declared the new Champion.

During the course of the game, there are many conflicts withTeam Galactic and its leader,Cyrus. When the power of the Legendary Pokémon, summoned by Cyrus, begins to overwhelm Sinnoh,Uxie,Mesprit, andAzelf appear and negate the power flow, and the player is then forced into a battle with the Legendary Pokémon.

After the player defeats the Elite Four, there are further activities to pursue. These mainly concern the capture of previously unavailable Pokémon, extra features such as thePoké Radar, exploration of previously inaccessible places such as theFight,Survival, andResort Areas, and the perfection of battle skills in theBattle Tower.

Blurb

Welcome to the nextgeneration of Pokémon!
As a rookiePokémon Trainer, you will need to catch, train and battle Pokémon on your journey to become thePokémon League Champion. You will face many challenges along the way, as you search for the Pokémon that rules time or space in Pokémon Diamond Version or Pokémon Pearl Version.

• Discover more than 100 new Pokémon in theSinnoh region!
• Meet goals and earn the ability to import Pokémon from your GBAversions!
• Battle and trade with your friends around the world usingNintendo Wi-Fi Connection!
• Watch as day turns to night with the return of the real-time clock feature!

Features

The day-night system first appearing inGeneration II returns, with the same threetime periods, but better transitioning between them. A new multifunction device called thePokétch, short for Pokémon Watch, is also introduced. The regionalProfessor's name isProfessor Rowan, aftera tree like the others, and he allows the player and their rival to keep thefirst partner Pokémon they used against attacking wild Pokémon at the beginning of the game.

A new battle system is used for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. In this new battle system, attacks are declared either physical or special by how the attack itself operates, i.e. whether the attack touches the enemy or not, instead of the attack type, as was previously the case. For example,ThunderPunch is nowphysical andHyper Beam is nowspecial. This was initially highly controversial with fans of the series, as it was considered to "waste" some of the Pokémon that were more powerful inGeneration III, likeBlaziken andSceptile, though it now allows for a more versatile set of moves to be viable for these Pokémon.

Though it was reported initially that the games would featureDark/Psychic/Fighting first partner Pokémon, this is not the case. The games retain the first partner Pokémon in the type trio of previous generations,Grass/Fire/Water, this time beingTurtwig,Chimchar, andPiplup, respectively.

Wi-Fi

The DS's native support for Wi-Fi is employed, allowing players to trade, battle and communicate using "voice chat" online. This feature is no longer officially supported as ofMay 20, 2014.

GTS

TheGlobal Trade System or GTS is introduced, allowing Trainers to search for any Pokémon they want, or put up one of their own Pokémon for trade for any Pokémon. Players of other games can search for the Pokémon that others have put onto the GTS. This feature is no longer officially supported as ofMay 20, 2014.

Contests

Main article:Pokémon Super Contest

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, a significant amount of changes have been made to thePokémon Contests introduced inGeneration III, now known as Pokémon Super Contests.

Instead of makingPokéblocks withBerries, Berry-flavored muffins calledPoffins are made. This is done inHearthome City, though not within theSuper Contest Hall, instead it is done at thePoffin House. Using theNintendo DS'sstylus pen, players must stir the Poffin mixture as directed by arrows that appear. Before the player enters their first Super Contest,Jordan gives the player a Mild Poffin that improves all fivecondition stats.

The first round, known as theVisual Competition, is similar to the first round in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, but instead of relying solely on condition stats, Pokémon must be dressed up usingAccessories with the stylus within a time limit. Each particular Contest will require different Accessories, and higherranks may require more to be put on the Pokémon.

The second round is theDance Competition, using buttons on the touch screen to either perform a dance that the others will find hard to mimic (if the player's Pokémon is the lead dancer) or to copy the lead Pokémon's dance moves. Each Pokémon gets a turn at being the leader, and the leader must try to dance in time with the music, and do the background dancers. The A, B, X, and Y buttons also work.

The third round is very similar to the appeals round in Generation III, and the main difference is that there are threeContest Judges and only four turns toappeal, rather than one judge and five turns to appeal. A Pokémon will get more points if it is the only Pokémon to perform for a particular judge, less if another one appeals for that judge and so on. The crowd system is still in place, but this time, each judge has a different meter, making it both potentially risky and potentially rewarding to appeal to a judge that all of the other Pokémon are appealing to. In addition, Pokémon will receive bonus points for appeals regardless of the impression on the judge, and points are not added simply for raising a judge's "voltage."

Gyms

As is always the case, there are eight newGyms in Sinnoh, each with their owntype affiliation. The newGym Leaders areRoark (Rock),Gardenia (Grass),Maylene (Fighting),Crasher Wake (Water),Fantina (Ghost),Byron (Steel),Candice (Ice) andVolkner (Electric).

Elite Four

The newElite Four is located at thePokémon League. The Elite Trainers areAaron (Bug),Bertha (Ground),Flint (Fire) andLucian (Psychic); theChampion isCynthia, who has Pokémon of multiple types.

New Pokémon

SeeList of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number andList of Pokémon by National Pokédex number

As the firstGeneration IV games, Diamond and Pearl were the first sightings of 107 new Pokémon, bringing the total amount to 493.

The new Pokémon began being unveiled in 2004, with the release ofDestiny Deoxys in Japan, whereMunchlax was revealed.

Fourth-generation Pokémon continued being unveiled in 2005, with the Japanese release ofLucario and the Mystery of Mew. The movie featuredLucario,Bonsly,Mime Jr. andWeavile.

2006 was crunch time for the fourth generation. The ninth movie,Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, featuredManaphy,Mantyke,Buizel andChatot, andDialga andPalkia were soon confirmed to be on the two games'boxart. On September 27, all 107 of the new Pokémon's menu icons were revealed onFilb.de.

During the week that followed the games' Japanese release,Serebii.net featured a "Discovery Trench" that revealed the names and stats of many of the previously unknown Pokémon to the general public.

Version-exclusive Pokémon

The following Pokémon are only obtainable in one game of this pair. In order to obtain Pokémon exclusive to the other game of this pair, they must be traded either from that game or from another compatible game ofGeneration IV which has that Pokémon available. Alternatively, all Pokémon released prior to these games may be migrated from aGeneration III game.

Diamond 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0261 Poochyena Dark 0262 Mightyena Dark 0304 Aron Steel Rock 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0352 Kecleon Normal 0408 Cranidos Rock 0409 Rampardos Rock 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon

Pearl 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0127 Pinsir Bug 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0234 Stantler Normal 0363 Spheal Ice Water 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 0365 Walrein Ice Water 0371 Bagon Dragon 0372 Shelgon Dragon 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 0410 Shieldon Rock Steel 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 0429 Mismagius Ghost 0431 Glameow Normal 0432 Purugly Normal 0484 Palkia Water Dragon

Connectivity

Trading exists between Pokémon Diamond, Pearl,Platinum,HeartGold and SoulSilver throughNintendo DS wireless communication. Gifts received from thePokémon Ranger series, such as theManaphyEgg, are also sent through wireless communication.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl could connect to theinternet usingNintendo Wi-Fi Connection, prior to the service closing onMay 20, 2014. Using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, it was possible totrade, battle, and communicate with voice chat online. TheGlobal Trade Station allowed players to offer their Pokémon for trade, or search through and trade for Pokémon that other players have offered.

Pokémon can be sent fromPokémon Ruby, Sapphire,Emerald,FireRed, and LeafGreen to Pokémon Diamond or Pearl viaPal Park usingdual-slot mode; this transfer is permanent—Pokémon sent to a Generation IV game this way can never return to a Generation III game. Additionally, if one of these five games is inserted in the Nintendo DS system's GBA slot, after obtaining theNational Pokédex the wild Pokémon that can appear change depending on which game is inserted, via a feature unofficially called thedongle method.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can connect to certainWii games. Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver can connect toPokémon Battle Revolution and send a copy of their party to that game. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can connect toMy Pokémon Ranch to use as external Pokémon storage.

Starting in Generation IV, the core series games are always released in Korean. However, non-Korean versions of Generation IV games did not include Korean characters in their in-game font, so Korean Generation IV games are prevented from trading with non-Korean games. (Due to Korean characters not being defined in the in-game font, they display as spaces in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and as dashes in Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.)

Localization changes

• In the non-English European versions of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum,Registeel's sprite was edited because of its arm. The arm's original position is reminiscent of theNazisalute. This change was retained in all language versions ofPokémon Platinum as well asPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, theMatchup Checker app for the Pokétch was onlydistributed in a Japanese event, being unavailable in other languages.
  • In Pokémon Platinum, this app is available in all languages with no event required. It is received after the player catches 5 Pokémon in a single Safari Game on theGreat Marsh.
• In British English versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, several minor changes were made:
  • The ESRB notice in the game intro is removed.
  • The word "buggers" is changed to "rascals" in a line said by aTeam Galactic Grunt inPastoria City. This change was retained in all English versions of Pokémon Platinum.
  • The phrase "screw up" is changed to "mess up" in a line said byYoungster Donny inHearthome Gym. This change was reverted in English versions of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
  • The names of three regions of Sweden inGeonet are changed: "North Swedish Lapland" to "North Lapland", "South Swedish Lapland" to "South Lapland", and "Ostergotland" to "Ostergotland / Vastergotland". This change was retained in all English versions of Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.
• In the Korean versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl,slot machines are no longer playable and have been replaced withgame machines, which simply give coins to the player with little interactivity.

Localization changes shared by Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl

• In the Japanese version of theSinnoh myths, the Sinnoh Folk Story 3 refers to Pokémon and people marrying each other. In the English version, the marriage is not mentioned; instead, it says Pokémon and people would eat together at the same table.
• In theVictory Road 1F,Black Belt Miles says in the Japanese version that he learned karate from a correspondence course (Japanese:通信教育(つうしんきょういく)correspondence course). In the English version, he has learned it from the internet instead:"I’ve made it this far in life using the karate I learned on the internet!"
  • In most other language versions, he learned karate from the internet as well. However, in the Korean dialogue, he learned taekwondo from a correspondence course, which relates to the fact that Black Belts are taekwondo fighters in this language version.
• In theVictory Road 1F,Veteran Edgar initially says that the player's Pokémon are shining. Afterwards, Edgar's post-battle dialogue involves a remark aboutdeath. In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, this was edited and the reference to death was removed. In Pokémon Platinum, the English text is closer to the Japanese version but toned down.

  Japanese versions:

  「ポケモンも人(ひと)も いつか死(し)ぬ だからこそ輝(かがや)けるのだ！」^DPBDSP

  「ポケモンも ひとも いつか しぬ…… だからこそ かがやけるのだ！」^Pt

  Literal translation:

  "Pokémon and people die one day... That is precisely why we shine!"

  English versions:

  "You blaze with so much vitality!"^DPBDSP

  "Neither Pokémon nor people live forever. But it is the very frailty of life that allows us to shine!"^Pt

Reception

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl were critically well received, withNintendo Power calling them "the ultimate Pokémon experience."^[6] The inclusion of Wi-Fi features and the voice chat feature were also praised. However, the games were criticized for their somewhat basic graphics, withIGN commenting that "everything still has that Game Boy look to it." Despite this, Diamond and Pearl received a "Great" score of 8.5/10 on the site.^[7] Gaming magazineFamitsu gave them a score of 35 out of 40.^[8] Both Pokémon Diamond and Pearl hold a rating of 85% onMetacritic.^[6][9]

Sales

On December 27, 2006, it was announced that the two games combined became the first Nintendo DS games to hit five million units shipped.^[10] In the United States, over 533,000 pre-orders were taken before release,^[11] and one million copies were sold within five days. By the end of April 2007, the US release of Pokémon Diamond had sold approximately 1.045 million copies, and Pokémon Pearl had sold approximately 712 thousand copies.^[12]

In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 5.21 million units.^[13] As of March 31, 2021, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl have sold 17.67 million copies worldwide, making these the highest selling Pokémon games on the Nintendo DS.^[14]

Japanese sales

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sold 1,588,734 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 820,047 from Pokémon Diamond and 768,687 from Pokémon Pearl, with asell-through of 97.12% and 96.16% respectively. By December 29, 2013, the end of their 379th week, they had sold 5,825,505 copies, being 3,189,446 from Pokémon Diamond and 2,636,059 from Pokémon Pearl.

Staff

Main article:Staff of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Music

Main article:Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl: Super Music Collection

Main article:Pokémon Game Sound Library

The soundtrack for the video gamesPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl contains musical remixes/rearrangements of the music from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. Additionally, the original musical arrangements and certain sound-effects (like Pokémon cries) from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are also accessible for listening by the player in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, via theDS SoundsKey Item. Furthermore, the soundtrack of the video gamePokémon Legends: Arceus makes melodic references to a number of songs from the soundtrack of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

Version history

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Japanese

English

French, German, Italian, and Spanish

Korean

Production

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl were announced on October 7, 2004 during theNintendo DS Launch Press Conference alongside many other games to be released at some point,^[15] and, while speculated to release on 2005^{[citation needed]}, it was confirmed in an interview on Coro Coro's August 2005 issue (released in July 2005)^[16] that it would get a 2006 launch. A release date was later announced a year after the Coro Coro interview through press media.^[17]

Development cycle

Main article:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl beta

Gallery

Logos

• 
  English Diamond logo
• 
  English Pearl logo
• 
  Japanese Diamond logo
• 
  Japanese Pearl logo

Title screens

• 
  English Diamond title screen
• 
  English Pearl title screen
• 
  Japanese Diamond title screen
• 
  Japanese Pearl title screen

Trivia

• Pokémon Diamond is also the name of the famousbootleg of the Power Version ofKeitai Denjū Telefang, which was only released in Japan (along a Speed Version) a year afterPokémon Gold and Silver. Unlike the real Pokémon Diamond, it was not paired with Pokémon Pearl. but rather with "Pokémon Jade", the bootleg of Telefang's Speed Version.
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are the first games in which:
  • Therival'sfirst partner Pokémon is not at level 5 during the first rival battle.
  • The lab of the region'sPokémon Professor is not in the player's hometown.
  • All three first partner Pokémon gain a second type throughEvolution and are utilized in the storyline.
  • Oldsaved data must be deleted before a new game can be saved.
  • A Pokémon that normallyevolves viatrading may be caught in the wild (in this case,Steelix).
  • Nofake items appear.
  • The music for routes and towns change depending on the time of day.
• The English versions contain manyreferences toInternet memes andchatspeak. This is possibly because the lead translator,Nob Ogasawara, is a member of theSomething Awful Forums.
• TheGym Leaders andElite Four of Sinnoh do not always use Pokémon of their specialized type. This problem was fixed inPlatinum with anexpansion added to the Pokédex, althoughAaron still uses aDrapion in Platinum, despite being aBug-type specialist.
• The international versions of Diamond and Pearl are the first main Pokémon games to capitalize the names of proper nouns normally (e.g.Ultra Ball as opposed to ULTRA BALL). However, Pokémon names are still written in all capital letters.
• Diamond and Pearl, along with the Japanese version of Platinum, are the most compatible Pokémon games, as they can connect with nineteen other games: all core series games of Generation III, IV, and V; the Pokémon Ranger games;Pokémon Battle Revolution; andMy Pokémon Ranch.
• Diamond and Pearl are the only core series games to introduce new Pokémon and not include them in the regional Pokédex.
• Diamond and Pearl marked the last appearance of the slot machine minigame in the European release of core series game.
• Fivekey items were first implemented in Diamond and Pearl but only became obtainable in later games. TheMember's Card andOak's Letter were obtainable from an event in Platinum,Magma Stone is obtained inPokémon Black 2 and White 2, and theRed Chain andAzure Flute are obtained inPokémon Legends: Arceus.
• The back sprites of most Pokémon from previous generations have the same animation as inPokémon Emerald when they come out of theirPoké Ball, with the same speed variations depending on theirnature. There are some Pokémon that change their animation by adding two new animations. For example, in Pokémon Emerald,Pidgey moves in a triangular shape, while in Diamond and Pearl, it makes small jumps. There are 27 movement types for back sprites, including the two new ones added.

Typographical errors

• If aFireRed or LeafGreen cart is present in Slot 2 of theNintendo DS, the migration option in themain menu is incorrectly stated as "Migrate from Fire Red" or "Migrate from Leaf Green", with a space in the middle of the version names. This typo was fixed inPokémon Platinum,HeartGold, and SoulSilver by removing the space.
• On the back cover of the Australian release of Pokémon Diamond, it states "...as you search for the Pokémon that rulesspace in Pokémon Diamond Version." This is an error, as it should say "...as you search for the Pokémon that rulestime in Pokémon Diamond Version." This error is not present on the English box of other regions.
• On page 5 of the North American manual for Pearl, it is mentioned that "In order to catch all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh region, thus completing your Pokédex, you must trade with thePokémonPearl Version" when it should say "with thePokémonDiamond Version". This error is not present in the Diamond manual, which correctly identifies the correct opposite game.

In other languages

External links

• Official PDF-file manual forPokémon Diamond Version(English)
• Official PDF-file manual forPokémon Pearl Version(English)

References

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