BDSP Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl General Discussion

[FinnishPokéFan92]

I really wonder when (or maybe even if) they start distributing the event items for Shaymin, Darkrai, and Arceus.

I think they'll do it eventually. I think they did the right thing to move the event areas from the game for now, though, so that people can't get to them prematurely.

 

[RavenRaziel98]

I think they'll do it eventually. I think they did the right thing to move the event areas from the game for now, though, so that people can't get to them prematurely.

I'm rather worried that BDSP will be kinda left behind when L:A will be released - doesn't have to happen, but I prefer considering this as a possible scenario rather than just l believing that everything will be fine. Guess I'm to negative when it comes to that kinda things.

 

[Rachael]

I'm really liking this game so far! I'm a little disappointed that the Platinum extension isn't included--I'm guessing Platinum Pokemon might show up in Pokemon Legends Arceus--but I'm having a lot of fun, and the sprites are so adorable. I'm also happy to have gained three mythical Pokemon--especially Manaphy, which I've wanted for a long time. Distributions are the best! <3 Everyone in my team except my starter--Clefairy, Mew, Jirachi, Manaphy, and Pachirisu--are "cute" Pokemon. And my Grotle is kind of like their bodyguard, hehe.

 

[EmCeeChupi the Undying]

I'm really liking this game so far! I'm a little disappointed that the Platinum extension isn't included--I'm guessing Platinum Pokemon might show up in Pokemon Legends Arceus--but I'm having a lot of fun, and the sprites are so adorable. I'm also happy to have gained three mythical Pokemon--especially Manaphy, which I've wanted for a long time. Distributions are the best! <3 Everyone in my team except my starter--Clefairy, Mew, Jirachi, Manaphy, and Pachirisu--are "cute" Pokemon. And my Grotle is kind of like their bodyguard, hehe.

There's a thread for your Team in BDSP. Oh and here it is

 

[Pal412]

As a fan of both Mario and Pokémon, I can honestly say the BDSP League is the Wario Castle of the new millennium.

After an entire playthrough of one pushover after another, the League makes it clear the training wheels are off.

 

[EmCeeChupi the Undying]

I blame ILCA for that

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Sales update: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have now sold almost 14 million copies combined worldwide. This makes them the best-selling remakes in the Pokémon franchise.

Nintendo Financial Update - Switch outsells Wii; BDSP sell ~15m copies; SwSh now 2nd best selling Pokémon titles ever

Between Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's Eve, the October-December quarter is a big one for any business dealing with consumer products, and Nintendo is no exception to that. While Nintendo's latest quarterly investor briefing has revealed that their net sales...

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[EmCeeChupi the Undying]

Holy Mother of Arkoos

 

[Bismuth84]

I got these games recently, and I'd like to share my thoughts on them. Overall, I think the games are great, but they (like all games) have some flaws.

What I liked:
•The fact that DP are being remade in the first place
•The Grand Underground is the Wild Area and the Underground all in one
•They kept the awesome Game Corner theme
•Several Pokémon that were missing in SWSH are back
•Player customization
•You can catch starters
•HMs are accessible even if you don't have a Pokémon that knows them
•Several QOL features from the later games are included
•It's faster than the DS games
•Ramanas Park is cool, sort of this game's version of Ultra Space or Dynamax Adventures

What I didn't like:
•No Battle Frontier or Distortion World
•No Pokémon from Gens 5-8
•Legendary bans in the Battle Tower are back
•Palmer doesn't have the Frontier Brain theme
•Single-use TMs are back
•Getting Pokémon's friendship up takes forEVER.
•No Megas, Z-Moves, regional variants, or even Dynamaxing
•The Amity Square restrictions are as stupid as ever
•I hate how the Poketch works, especially in areas where you need Defog
•The partner AI (especially Marley's, who they've made worse by only giving her Arcanine only one attack that it can only use once) is still dumber than a bag of hammers

 

[Norzan]

Single-use TMs are back

This is one of the most head scratching decisions in the game. I thought it was agreed universally (i'm sure some don't like this) that TMs having infinite uses was one of the best changes from Generation 5, to the point ORAS kept it even though it was a remake of a generation that had single use TMs.

 

[FelipePR]

Sales update: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have now sold almost 14 million copies combined worldwide. This makes them the best-selling remakes in the Pokémon franchise.

Nintendo Financial Update - Switch outsells Wii; BDSP sell ~15m copies; SwSh now 2nd best selling Pokémon titles ever

Between Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's Eve, the October-December quarter is a big one for any business dealing with consumer products, and Nintendo is no exception to that. While Nintendo's latest quarterly investor briefing has revealed that their net sales...

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Not yet, but in a few months they will inevitably be the best selling remakes. On the other hand, SWSH became the second most sold games in the Pokémon franchise and Pokémon Legends had a stronger release than SWSH and BDSP in Japan. Mario Kart 8 is the best seller in the franchise, as are Animal Crossing: New Horizons and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In its turn, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the best-selling fighting game of all time. And, finally, Switch became Nintendo's best-selling console.

Looks like Nintendo is living a golden age, doesn't it?

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

•Palmer doesn't have the Frontier Brain theme

He used the Champion theme in the original DP as well.

 

[Bolt Strike]

Not yet, but in a few months they will inevitably be the best selling remakes. On the other hand, SWSH became the second most sold games in the Pokémon franchise and Pokémon Legends had a stronger release than SWSH and BDSP in Japan. Mario Kart 8 is the best seller in the franchise, as are Animal Crossing: New Horizons and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In its turn, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the best-selling fighting game of all time. And, finally, Switch became Nintendo's best-selling console.

Looks like Nintendo is living a golden age, doesn't it?

Well the Switch is selling like hotcakes and Nintendo's games are really doing an excellent job appealing to their base, they're doing a lot of things fans of those IPs either wanted or sincerely enjoy. Nintendo's living in a golden age because they understand what the fans want.

As for Legends Arceus, it's not technically a remake because there is no previous game with Legends' game design and story. Legends is a prequel reimagining, it takes place in an old region but the design is all new and drastically different from the original DP (there are familiar locations from DP in LA, but the map design is not a copy of DP's). It does seem to be doing very well and probably will outsell other remakes, but we can't really categorize this game as a remake.

 

[EmCeeChupi the Undying]

Well the Switch is selling like hotcakes and Nintendo's games are really doing an excellent job appealing to their base, they're doing a lot of things fans of those IPs either wanted or sincerely enjoy. Nintendo's living in a golden age because they understand what the fans want.

As for Legends Arceus, it's not technically a remake because there is no previous game with Legends' game design and story. Legends is a prequel reimagining, it takes place in an old region but the design is all new and drastically different from the original DP (there are familiar locations from DP in LA, but the map design is not a copy of DP's). It does seem to be doing very well and probably will outsell other remakes, but we can't really categorize this game as a remake.

Y E S! Y E S!

 

[Bismuth84]

He used the Champion theme in the original DP as well.

I know, but still.

 

[EmCeeChupi the Undying]

He used the Champion theme in the original DP as well.

Me whenever I hear that theme: R U N

 

[EmCeeChupi the Undying]

•I hate how the Poketch works, especially in areas where you need Defog

The Item finder is worse, it is so pointless.

 

[Bismuth84]

The Item finder is worse, it is so pointless.

They really should have gone the 3DS route and given you an item you could use while moving around. Also, when I first used the app back on the DS, I thought it was showing you where the item was on the screen rather than its position relative to you.

 

[FelipePR]

As for Legends Arceus, it's not technically a remake because there is no previous game with Legends' game design and story. Legends is a prequel reimagining, it takes place in an old region but the design is all new and drastically different from the original DP (there are familiar locations from DP in LA, but the map design is not a copy of DP's). It does seem to be doing very well and probably will outsell other remakes, but we can't really categorize this game as a remake.

Well, I never said that Pokémon Legends Arceus is a remake, because I don't agree with that statement. At most, I said they look like a very ancient fourth-generation prequel.

 

[Bolt Strike]

Well, I never said that Pokémon Legends Arceus is a remake, because I don't agree with that statement. At most, I said they look like a very ancient fourth-generation prequel.

Oh derp, didn't realize I was in the BDSP thread when I posted that. Not as sure BDSP really fits that bill, but everything Switch sells because of what some of the bigger games are doing. And I think we can count LA as one of them too.