On 28 September 2021 (the 15th anniversary of the original Pokemon Diamond and Pearl), a new trailer was released showcasing the Poketch (with Hidden Moves), poffins, Pokémon party (only "cute" Pokémon) following the player in Hearthome City's Amity Square, STAT trainers Cheryl and Riley, and Eterna City Gym Leader Gardenia. It was revealed that a Pokémon egg of the mythical Pokémon Manaphy would be available from Mystery Gift as an early purchase bonus until February 21, 2022. A Pokémon Presents presentation on 18 August 2021 showed new features including character customization, the return of The Underground which is now called The Grand Underground, Poké Ball decorations (now renamed Stickers rather than Seals), the Union Room, Super Contest Shows, and Pokémon being able to follow the player. During the reveal of the Nintendo Switch OLED model on 6 July 2021, footage displaying improved visuals for the games was shown. On, a release date of 19 November 2021 was announced along with a reveal of the games box art. During the Pokémon Presents, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were announced for the Nintendo Switch with a tentative late 2021 release date. On 26 February 2021, the day of the Pokémon 25th Anniversary Pokémon Presents presentation, several leakers claimed that the upcoming livestream would announce remakes of Diamond and Pearl, titled Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, alongside an open world game also set in the Sinnoh region, later revealed to be Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Shortly after, the domain was taken offline. Possible development on remakes of Diamond and Pearl had been leaked on 15 January 2021, when a "diamondpearl" subdomain of the Pokémon website was registered and published. They are directed by Yuichi Ueda from ILCA and Junichi Masuda from Game Freak, the director of the original games.
as such, they are the first main-series Pokémon games where Game Freak is not the lead developer.
Development and release īrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are being developed by ILCA. See also: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl § PlotĪs with the original games, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are set in the fictional region of Sinnoh, an island based on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō.