What's The Difference Between Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl? Which Should You Buy? - All Version-Exclusive Pokémon

Houndour line and Spheal line aren't exclusive, can be found underground

There's a handy guide on twitter that shows all the version exlcusives, but that porbably counts as spoilers.

Don't forget that when you buy a cart it includes roms for both "versions" of the game.

@Bluerangervegeta why does that matter though?

@Classytagz because 13 years ago in 2008 they released a combined version of these two games called Platinum that added a bunch of stuff and had all of the exclusives. And instead of making that one game they made the two inferior versions. If they wanna keep the two versions crap up that everybody has hated since the 90s they can do it for the mainline stuff but I see no way to justify doing it to the remakes when the superior versions exist.

@jb91 who has hated this? All the remakes have had two versions.

I've been at Brilliant Diamond for two days, now, and...I'm reminded why I didn't like the DS games.

I remember loving the Underground and digging, but the rest of it just felt like such a circuitous slog of backtracking to the same places, over and over again, and an annoying friend who keeps running.

Now, it's a Chibi circuitous slog with blurry landscapes and soulless characters.

I guess that, after the progress made in the series from HG/SS through SW/SH, with each set of games getting better (and even the enjoyable Let's Go games), to see BD/SP take such a parachute drag backward has been both annoying and depressing.

Beyond that, it's freaking 2021. You've created this "Home" infrastructure to connect multiple games. There is absolutely no excuse for not incorporating compatibility with games on Day One. It's the highest example of "lazy devs."

@jb91 I would argue that the "superior" versions always had drawbacks, particularly when it came to Pokémon availability. Platinum was a great example of species of creatures missing that had to be traded over from Diamond/Pearl.

entei is my favorite pokemon, but pearl has way better exclusives in total. what the heck, man.

Fantastic games, and their sales are through the roof. The future of Pokemon is clear, and I couldn't be happier.

@w00dm4n

I kind of hate it. More specifically, I hate some of the trading interactions the game tries to force.

@Kiwi_Unlimited that's been a staple of the series from the start. With all the stuff they hand you from mystery gifts and such you don't really need to worry about it

@w00dm4n

You're not wrong, but some of it feels outdated. What once was cool no longer feels that way, to me.

I especially dislike pokemon whose 3rd evolution requires me to trade them, but when I get them back, they no longer realize I'm their original owner.

That feels absolutely stupid to me.

@Kiwi_Unlimited have you ever played any pokemon games since they started?

@w00dm4n

Blue, sapphire, pearl, black, shield. . .x, (I think?) . .Let's Go, pokemon coliseum, pokemon snap.
I think that's all I've played.

I never played gold/silver.

Still, the game failed to evolve some of its outdated stuff. . .it was clever in 97. Not anymore. . . Now it's just annoying.

I don't understand why release 2 versions in 2021. I understand the gimmick back in the 90s and early 2000s because it made you get together with friends who had the other version, nowadays you just go online and get the other version's Pokemon, aside from that the games are EXACTLY the same.

Brilliant Diamond leaked on piracy sites and they found out that you only had to change 1 line and you could load up SP, still Nintendo has the audacity to release 2 separate games and a "pack" with both games. They could have simply release 1 game and give you the in-game option to load SP or BD but...money, right?