Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Catch and raise Pokémon across Sinnoh, earn Gym Badges and explore the Grand Underground, where different habitats offer different encounters and digging reveals Pokémon Fossils.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond sends you across Sinnoh to catch Pokémon, raise them for battle and work toward completing the Pokédex. Defeating Gym Leaders earns the badges needed to enter the Pokémon League. Your travels take place in a region shaped by natural landscapes, with Mount Coronet at its center. Below the surface, the Grand Underground adds another place to search for Pokémon. Its hideaways contain different species according to their environments, and the available encounters expand as the adventure progresses. You can also dig into walls to uncover Pokémon Fossils. Back on your travels, the Pokétch's Hidden Moves app calls wild Pokémon to clear obstacles such as blocking trees or steep cliffs.
Collected in series
Pokémon is a role-playing series that began in 1996. As a Trainer, you travel the world meeting, catching and raising Pokémon. Filling your Pokédex, building a team and taking on rivals shape the adventure, while trading with friends brings new partners along for the journey.
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Suited to players who want a clear battle goal with room for collecting detours.
The badge route gives raising Pokémon a concrete destination, while underground habitats offer reasons to explore beyond the next Gym. Expanding encounters can make later visits appealing to collectors, though the full underground selection is not available immediately.
Strengths
- Gym progression and Pokédex completion provide complementary battle and collection goals.
- Habitat differences and fossil excavation give underground exploration distinct activities.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy building a Pokémon collection while working toward structured battle milestones.
Play notes: Underground encounters change with progress, so an early visit does not offer every Pokémon found there.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The underground's expanding encounters offer collectors reasons to return between stages of the badge journey. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Catching and raising Pokémon can feel purposeful when the next Gym provides a concrete test for those choices. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Sinnoh's central mountain and varied underground habitats may appeal to players who enjoy exploration framed by recognizable natural settings. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Calling wild Pokémon through the Pokétch gives environmental obstacles a dedicated interface, which may make traversal tasks easier to organize. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- ILCA
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- Nov 19, 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenPlayer versus PlayerExplorationLevel ProgressionReplayableCollection-rich
- Supported game languages
- JapaneseSpanishFrenchSimplified ChineseGermanEnglish
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: E10+
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideNov 19, 2021
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Sources
- diamondpearl.pokemon.comSource revision: 1
- diamondpearl.pokemon.com