Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

  • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
  • Pokémon Shining Pearl
  • Left: Icon for Brilliant Diamond, depicting the legendary Pokémon Dialga
  • Right: Icon for Shining Pearl, depicting the legendary Pokémon Palkia
DeveloperILCA
Publishers
Directors
Producers
  • Akira Kinashi
  • Toyokazu Nonaka
  • Takanori Sowa
  • Kenji Endo
  • Shunsuke Kohori
DesignerJun Taniguchi
ProgrammerShinya Suda
Artists
  • Yasuko Takahashi
  • Misato Takahashi
WriterJunichi Masuda
Composers
  • Shota Kageyama
  • Junichi Masuda
SeriesPokémon
EngineUnity
PlatformNintendo Switch
Release19 November 2021
GenreMonster tamer
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl are 2021 remakes of the 2006 Nintendo DS role-playing video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The games are part of the eighth generation of the Pokémon video game series and were developed by ILCA and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. The promotional material described these games as being faithful remakes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The games were released on 19 November 2021. They were announced as part of the 25th anniversary event, alongside Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl received mixed reviews from critics, who praised aspects of the gameplay but were divided over certain changes made to the original, the games' visual design, and lack of features (e.g. the Sinnoh Battle Frontier) from Pokémon Platinum.