Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions

This article is about the Generation IV games. For other uses, see Diamond and Pearl.

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Pokémon Diamond Version ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド
Pokémon Diamond Version's boxart, featuring Dialga
Pokémon Pearl Version ポケットモンスター パール
Pokémon Pearl Version's boxart, featuring Palkia
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 IV core series
Ratings
CERO:	A
ESRB:	E
ACB:	PG
OFLC:	PG
PEGI:	3
GRAC:	ALL
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	September 28, 2006
North America:	April 22, 2007
Australia:	June 21, 2007
Europe:	July 27, 2007
South Korea:	February 14, 2008
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

Pokémon Diamond Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド Pocket Monsters Diamond) and Pokémon Pearl Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスターパール Pocket Monsters Pearl) are Nintendo DS games that are the first core series Pokémon games of Generation 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 the Sinnoh region.

They were followed by Pokémon Platinum, an enhanced version of these games. Remakes of the games, in the form of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, were released four generations later for the Nintendo Switch on November 19, 2021, worldwide.

Terminology

In Hidenori Kusaka's message from the Japanese version of Pokémon 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 simply D(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, the player watches a newscast about a sighting of a red Gyarados in Johto's Lake of Rage. The player then heads to their best friend Barry's house and heads to Lake Verity with him to search for Legendary Pokémon. When they arrive, they notice Professor Rowan and his assistant (Lucas or Dawn, depending on the player's gender) 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 wild Starly attack. The player and Barry open the briefcase, which contains three 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 to Twinleaf Town. Back in Twinleaf Town the player's mother gives them a pair of Running Shoes before the player leaves for Sandgem Town. When the player meets Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town, the professor gives the player the Pokémon chosen at the lake and a Pokédex.

The player first heads to Jubilife City, where Barry is waiting for them in the Trainers' School. The player then has to find three clowns before they get a coupon which can then be exchanged for a Pokétch. Heading east, the player defeats Barry again, and continues until they find a man who gives them HM06, Rock Smash, which they cannot use until they defeat Roark, the Oreburgh Gym Leader. Heading through Oreburgh Gate, they reach the city and have to go south into the Oreburgh Mine to get Roark back to his Gym. Only then can the player defeat him and get the first Badge.

The player then heads back to Jubilife and to Route 204 into the Ravaged Path, which was previously unpassable due to the inability to use Rock Smash. After exiting the Ravaged Path, the player arrives in Floaroma Town. Here, Team Galactic makes an appearance and the first Commander, Mars is ultimately defeated. Continuing north, the player enters Eterna Forest, helping Cheryl on the way through.

In Eterna City, the player meets Cynthia, who gives them HM01 Cut, which also cannot be used until the second Badge is acquired. Beating Gardenia, the player enters the Team Galactic Eterna Building to defeat Jupiter. Getting a bicycle, the player can now go on Cycling Road, which precedes Wayward Cave. The player then heads to Route 207 and then Mt. Coronet. Exiting the mountain leads to Route 208, and going east leads to Hearthome City, though the Gym Leader, Fantina, is still away at this point. The player can explore the Super Contest Hall, where they surprisingly see their mom.

North of Hearthome is Route 209, and proceeding forward leads to Solaceon Town, where a Day Care is present. Route 210 has two paths, one of which is blocked by a group of Psyduck. Going east, the player arrives in Veilstone City. Maylene is then defeated for the third Badge and Team Galactic HQ is present in this city. Dawn meets the player to get her Pokédex back from Team Galactic Grunts. The player can pick up HM02 Fly in the right warehouse.

Going south leads to Route 214, connecting Veilstone to Valor Lakefront. The entrance to Sunyshore City is blocked due to a blackout, so the player heads to Pastoria City through the beach. Crasher Wake, the fourth Gym Leader is defeated and in the Great Marsh, the player can acquire unique Pokémon and an optional HM, HM05 Defog. Following a Galactic Grunt, Cynthia shows up with a SecretPotion, 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 in Celestic 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 player HM03 Surf. 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 to Canalave City.

In Canalave City, Barry awaits for another battle. After defeating him, Riley invites the player to go to Iron 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 in Lake Valor, Lake Acuity, and Lake Verity.

The player, Dawn, Barry, and Rowan meet in the Canalave Library. Hearing the explosion, the player is assigned to head to Lake Valor to investigate. There, Commander Saturn 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 to Route 216, where it is snowing. Heading up all the stairs to what appears to be the summit at Route 217, the player can acquire HM08 Rock Climb and head to Acuity Lakefront, but it is blocked by two Galactic Grunts. In Snowpoint 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 a Storage Key and then a Galactic Key, which lets the player battle Cyrus, the boss of Team Galactic. Defeating him grants the player a Master Ball, and Cyrus flees to Spear 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. The Legendary 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 the Pokémon 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 player HM07 Waterfall. The player can now advance north to the Sinnoh League and cross Victory Road to challenge the Elite 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 with Team Galactic and its leader, Cyrus. When the power of the Legendary Pokémon, summoned by Cyrus, begins to overwhelm Sinnoh, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf 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 the Poké Radar, exploration of previously inaccessible places such as the Fight, Survival, and Resort Areas, and the perfection of battle skills in the Battle Tower.

Blurb

Welcome to the next generation of Pokémon!
As a rookie Pokémon Trainer, you will need to catch, train and battle Pokémon on your journey to become the Pokémon 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 the Sinnoh region!
• Meet goals and earn the ability to import Pokémon from your GBA versions!
• Battle and trade with your friends around the world using Nintendo 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 in Generation II returns, with the same three time periods, but better transitioning between them. A new multifunction device called the Pokétch, short for Pokémon Watch, is also introduced. The regional Professor's name is Professor Rowan, after a tree like the others, and he allows the player and their rival to keep the first 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 now physical and Hyper Beam is now special. This was initially highly controversial with fans of the series, as it was considered to "waste" some of the Pokémon that were more powerful in Generation III, like Blaziken and Sceptile, 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 feature Dark/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 being Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup, 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 of May 20, 2014.

GTS

The Global 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 of May 20, 2014.

Contests

Main article: Pokémon Super Contest

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

Instead of making Pokéblocks with Berries, Berry-flavored muffins called Poffins are made. This is done in Hearthome City, though not within the Super Contest Hall, instead it is done at the Poffin House. Using the Nintendo DS's stylus 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 five condition stats.

The first round, known as the Visual 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 using Accessories with the stylus within a time limit. Each particular Contest will require different Accessories, and higher ranks may require more to be put on the Pokémon.

The second round is the Dance 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 three Contest Judges and only four turns to appeal, 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 new Gyms in Sinnoh, each with their own type affiliation. The new Gym Leaders are Roark (Rock), Gardenia (Grass), Maylene (Fighting), Crasher Wake (Water), Fantina (Ghost), Byron (Steel), Candice (Ice) and Volkner (Electric).

Elite Four

The new Elite Four is located at the Pokémon League. The Elite Trainers are Aaron (Bug), Bertha (Ground), Flint (Fire) and Lucian (Psychic); the Champion is Cynthia, who has Pokémon of multiple types.

New Pokémon

See List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number and List of Pokémon by National Pokédex number

As the first Generation 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 of Destiny Deoxys in Japan, where Munchlax was revealed.

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

2006 was crunch time for the fourth generation. The ninth movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, featured Manaphy, Mantyke, Buizel and Chatot, and Dialga and Palkia were soon confirmed to be on the two games' boxart. On September 27, all 107 of the new Pokémon's menu icons were revealed on Filb.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 of Generation IV which has that Pokémon available. Alternatively, all Pokémon released prior to these games may be migrated from a Generation 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 through Nintendo DS wireless communication. Gifts received from the Pokémon Ranger series, such as the Manaphy Egg, are also sent through wireless communication.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl could connect to the internet using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, prior to the service closing on May 20, 2014. Using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, it was possible to trade, battle, and communicate with voice chat online. The Global 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 from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen to Pokémon Diamond or Pearl via Pal Park using dual-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 the National Pokédex the wild Pokémon that can appear change depending on which game is inserted, via a feature unofficially called the dongle method.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can connect to certain Wii games. Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver can connect to Pokémon Battle Revolution and send a copy of their party to that game. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl can connect to My 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 the Nazi salute. This change was retained in all languages versions of Pokémon Platinum as well as Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the Matchup Checker app for the Pokétch was only distributed 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 the Great Marsh.
• In the Korean versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, slot machines are no longer playable and have been replaced with game machines, which simply give coins to the player with little interactivity.

Original Diamond and Pearl sprite	Non-English European Diamond and Pearl sprite

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

• In the Japanese version of the Sinnoh 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 the Victory 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 the Victory Road 1F, Veteran Edgar initially says that the player's Pokémon are shining. Afterwards, Edgar's post-battle dialogue involves a remark about death. 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, with Nintendo Power calling them "the ultimate Pokémon experience." The inclusion of Wi-Fi features and the voice chat feature were also praised. However, the games were criticized for their somewhat basic graphics, with IGN 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. Gaming magazine Famitsu gave them a score of 35 out of 40. Both Pokémon Diamond and Pearl hold a rating of 85% on Metacritic.

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. In the United States, over 533,000 pre-orders were taken before release, 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.

In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 5.21 million units. 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.

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 a sell-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.

Pokémon Diamond Version

Week	Week ending	Ranking	Units sold	Total units sold
1	October 1, 2006	1st	820,047	820,047
2	October 8, 2006	2nd	254,080	1,074,127
3	October 15, 2006	1st	159,443	1,233,570
4	October 22, 2006	1st	137,629	1,371,199
5	October 29, 2006	2nd	127,011	1,498,210
6	November 5, 2006	3rd	105,943	1,604,152
7	November 12, 2006	2nd	78,744	1,682,896
8	November 19, 2006	3rd	68,147	1,751,043
9	November 26, 2006	5th	76,183	1,827,226
10	December 3, 2006	7th	70,190	1,897,417
11	December 10, 2006	3rd	98,859	1,996,275
12	December 17, 2006	1st	123,573	2,119,848
13	December 24, 2006	1st	209,379	2,329,227
14	December 31, 2006	7th	56,222	2,385,449
15	January 7, 2007	8th	94,370	2,479,819
16	January 14, 2007	9th	22,982	2,502,801
17	January 21, 2007	17th	-	-
18	January 28, 2007	17th	-	-
19	February 4, 2007	17th	-	-
20	February 11, 2007	16th	-	-
66	December 30, 2007	-	-	2,939,405
118	December 28, 2008	-	-	3,132,266
171	January 3, 2010	-	-	3,168,935
223	January 2, 2011	-	-	3,179,823
275	January 1, 2012	-	-	3,185,215
379	December 29, 2013	-	-	3,189,446

Pokémon Pearl Version

Week	Week ending	Ranking	Units sold	Total units sold
1	October 1, 2006	2nd	768,687	768,687
2	October 8, 2006	3rd	212,193	980,881
3	October 15, 2006	3rd	116,051	1,096,932
4	October 22, 2006	2nd	94,350	1,191,282
5	October 29, 2006	4th	85,530	1,276,812
6	November 5, 2006	5th	81,604	1,358,416
7	November 12, 2006	4th	65,574	1,423,990
8	November 19, 2006	4th	57,627	1,481,617
9	November 26, 2006	6th	58,158	1,539,775
10	December 3, 2006	11th	-	-
11	December 10, 2006	5th	75,206	1,669,367
12	December 17, 2006	2nd	97,409	1,766,776
13	December 24, 2006	3rd	164,670	1,931,445
14	December 31, 2006	12th	-	1,976,046
15	January 7, 2007	10th	78,398	2,054,443
16	January 14, 2007	13th	-	-
17	January 21, 2007	21st	-	-
18	January 28, 2007	22nd	-	-
19	February 4, 2007	21st	-	-
20	February 11, 2007	19th	-	-
66	December 30, 2007	-	-	2,433,003
118	December 28, 2008	-	-	2,592,405
171	January 3, 2010	-	-	2,620,829
223	January 2, 2011	-	-	2,629,036
379	December 29, 2013	-	-	2,636,059

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 games Pokémon 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 the DS Sounds Key Item. Furthermore, the soundtrack of the video game Pokémon Legends: Arceus makes melodic references to a number of songs from the soundtrack of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

Version history

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Japan

Version	Changelog
1.0	Initial release
1.1+ (???)	The ability to open the menu in a Mystery Zone was disabled.

Production

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

Development cycle

Main article: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl beta

Gallery

Logos

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  English Diamond logo

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  English Pearl logo

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  Japanese Diamond logo

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  Japanese Pearl logo

Title screens

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  English Diamond title screen

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  English Pearl title screen

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  Japanese Diamond title screen

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  Japanese Pearl title screen

Trivia

• Pokémon Diamond is also the name of the famous bootleg of the Power Version of Keitai Denjū Telefang, which was only released in Japan (along a Speed Version) a year after Pokémon 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.
• Diamond and Pearl are the first games where:
  • The rival's first partner Pokémon is not at level 5 during the first rival battle.
  • The lab of the region's Pokémon Professor is not in the player's hometown.
  • All three first partner Pokémon gain a second type through evolution and are utilized in the storyline.
  • Old saved data must be deleted before a new game can be saved.
  • A Pokémon that normally evolves via trading may be caught in the wild (in this case, Steelix).
  • No fake items appear.
• The English versions contain many references to Internet memes and chatspeak. This is possibly because the lead translator, Nob Ogasawara, is a member of the Something Awful Forums.
• The leaders and Elite Four of Sinnoh do not always use Pokémon of their specialized type. This problem was fixed in Platinum with an expansion added to the Pokédex, although Aaron still uses a Drapion in Platinum, despite being a Bug-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; and My 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.
• Five key items were first implemented in Diamond and Pearl but only became obtainable in later games. The Member's Card and Oak's Letter were obtainable from an event in Platinum, Magma Stone is obtained in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, and the Red Chain and Azure Flute are obtained in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• The back sprites of most Pokémon from previous generations, have the same animation as Pokémon Emerald when they come out of their Poké Ball, with the same speed variations depending on their nature. There are some Pokémon that change their animation by adding two new animations. For example: Pidgey in Pokémon Emerald 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 a FireRed or LeafGreen cart is present in Slot 2 of the Nintendo DS, the migration option in the main 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 in Pokémon 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 rules space in Pokémon Diamond Version." This is an error, as it should say "...as you search for the Pokémon that rules time in Pokémon Diamond Version." This error is not present on the English boxart 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 the Pokémon Pearl Version" when it should say "with the Pokémon Diamond Version". This error is not present in the Diamond manual, which correctly identifies the correct opposite game.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド・パール Chinese Cantonese 精靈寶可夢 鑽石／珍珠 Mandarin 精靈寶可夢 鑽石／珍珠 精灵宝可梦 钻石／珍珠 French Canada Pokémon Diamond and Perl* Europe Pokémon Version Diamant et Version Perle German Pokémon Diamant-Edition und Perl-Edition Italian Pokémon Versione Diamante e Versione Perla Korean 포켓몬스터DP 디아루가・펄기아* 포켓몬스터 다이아몬드・펄* Portuguese Pokémon Versão Diamante e Versão Pérola Spanish Pokémon Edición Diamante y Edición Perla

See also

• Diamond and Pearl walkthrough

External links

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

References

Core series games and DLC

Gen I

Red

Green

Blue^JP

Red

Blue

Yellow

Gen II

Gold

Silver

Crystal

Gen III

Ruby

Sapphire

FireRed

LeafGreen

Emerald

Gen IV

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

HeartGold

SoulSilver

Gen V

Black

White

Black 2

White 2

Gen VI

X

Y

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Gen VII

Sun

Moon

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Let's Go, Pikachu!

Let's Go, Eevee!

Gen VIII

Sword

Shield

+

Sword and Shield Expansion Pass (DLC)

The Isle of Armor

The Crown Tundra

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Legends: Arceus

Gen IX

Scarlet

Violet

+

The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (DLC)

The Teal Mask

The Indigo Disk

Legends: Z-A

Pokémon games

Core series • Side series • Spin-off series • Pokémon mini • Individual spin-offs • Betas • Demos

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