- Publisher: Nintendo , The Pokemon Company
- Release Date: Nov 19, 2021
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 430 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 177 out of 430
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Mixed: 88 out of 430
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Negative: 165 out of 430
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Nov 20, 2021
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Nov 20, 2021
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Nov 20, 2021easily the worst of the pokemon remakes (aside from let's go). they won't even use the platinum dex. the purposely keep problems from the original in order to be "faithful remakes". pokemon remakes shouldn't be faithful. they should try to improve and make it feel fresh. BDSP refuses to do that. it continues the pokemon companies trend of making all the switch pokemon games awful.
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Nov 20, 2021This is a joke compared to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. How is this acceptable in 2021?!? And these pokemon youtubers are sucking off these incomplete pair of games. Pokemon should have never went 3D!!
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Nov 20, 2021
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Dec 1, 2021
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Dec 1, 2021
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Dec 7, 2021It's so lazy it looks like a remaster! Justified the dexit to enhance the "graphics improvement", but tell me what this remake has graphically to bring only the pokemon of the original game?
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Dec 2, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 7, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 4, 2022
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Jan 15, 2022Shameless budget cash grab. A rushed project cutting as many corners as possible. Maximum profit, no passion.
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Feb 3, 2022This game is hilariously bad. They do not include the additions from platinum( which already greatly diminishes the quality of the game) there are slight new additions that add basically nothing to the game itself, and the graphics are sub-par at best (aside from the water which looks pretty good) if you want to play these games, just play Pokémon platinum.
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Mar 13, 2022
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Jan 18, 2022Questo è il peggior gioco pokémon. Non si può definire remaik visto i precedenti giochi.
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Nov 25, 2021Solo fue un port a Nintendo switch transformado a 3d , no hay grandes novedades , en estos juegos hubo un retroceso en vez de un avance en los juegos .
No existe en frente batalla, no se maneja en el competitivo esta llena de buscar y en lo personal prefería jugar la versión platino de ds -
Nov 24, 2021Quick reminder that this is the largest media property in the entire world. How are they expecting us to accept a "remake" that is actually worse than the original game in almost every aspect? And for 60 USD? The developers should be ashamed of delivering that mess and the fans should feel ashamed of defending this scam.
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Nov 25, 2021This is a classic pokemon game with new mechanics that makes it worse. If you skip every trainer in your path you will still be 10 levels over your opponents. Just smash your head on your pad and you'll complete the game easily. Just play pokemon emerald, more content post game, less easy, simply a better game!
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Nov 27, 2021tooooooooo much easy :( even to be a pokemon game, If the game had automatic mode it would end by itself
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Nov 25, 2021Imagine you're the biggest multimedia franchise of all time and you just don't give a F#&! about your flagship videogame, so you just outsource and make it the worst of all released Pokémon games (till now :'))
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Nov 28, 2021
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Dec 1, 2021
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Nov 25, 2021
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Nov 26, 2021This game is exactly the same as Brilliant Diamond and the only thing that's even remotely "brilliant" about that game is the unfortunate misuse of the word in its name because there is nothing brilliant about these two. Bad graphics, endless performance issues and bugs, lack of improvements, etc. I haven't seen a game this bad at this price point in a while.
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Dec 11, 2021horrible game, copy-paste of original pearl...........................................
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Dec 6, 2021
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Nov 22, 2021Biggest problems were the graphics/models and the movement. Chibi models, trees, grass etc just didn't look good. Movement in this game felt weird too
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Nov 22, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 22, 2021This game sucks. Everyone defending this game is brainwashed by a company that's a former shell of itself. Easily not worth the 60 dollars. You're better off playing the original DS games. Don't listen to all the brainwashed idiots defending this.
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Nov 22, 2021This is not a remake. This is a simple reskin of an old game. Nothing have changed besides graphic. What was the point to release pokemon shining pearl? Ah yes, to get 60 $ from silly and nostalgic people. Gen 4 is one of my favourites, but I won't buy the game.
Awards & Rankings
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Sep 9, 2022Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are faithful remakes of the 2006 Nintendo DS games. They probably lean too much on the safe side, not achieving an awful lot to improve on the originals other than a few quality-of-life improvements. The improved Underground sections are a welcome addition, but the missing features from Pokémon Platinum are a big let-down. All in all, though, the Sinnoh region offers just as brilliant of an adventure as it was 15 years ago and the formula that worked back then (and then some) is still as addictive to this day. If you are a fan of classic Pokémon titles, this is a no-brainer.
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Nintendo Force MagazineMar 7, 2022If you're a Switch owner looking to play a Pokémon game, this pair should be your third choice after the Let's Go games and Sword & Shield. [Issue #57 – January/February 2022, p. 67]
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LEVEL (Czech Republic)Feb 18, 2022Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is a decent remaster transferring the fourth generation from Nintendo DS to Switch. The authors handled well the absence of the second screen, but in the case of game mechanics they could go a bit further.