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Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were originally released in 2021 for the Nintendo Switch. They are remakes of Diamond and Pearl. The original cartridges and digital downloads are able to trade and battle with each other.

Compatible Pokémon can be transferred into Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl from the Pokémon HOME application for the Nintendo Switch. Compatible Pokémon can be transferred into HOME from the Switch games Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee, Sword & Shield, Legends: Arceus, and Scarlet & Violet, and from the mobile application Pokémon GO.

Using the Pokémon Bank application for the 3DS and connecting that application with Pokémon HOME, Pokémon from previous games can be transferred into Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Pokémon can be sent into Bank from Ruby, Sapphire, & Emerald, FireRed & LeafGreen, Colosseum, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond, Pearl, & Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver, Black & White, Black 2 & White 2, X & Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Red, Green, Blue, & Yellow (for the 3DS Virtual Console), and Gold, Silver, & Crystal (for the 3DS Virtual Console), meaning any compatible Pokémon originating in one of these games can be ultimately transferred into Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

Except for Spinda, Pokémon can also be moved from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl into Pokémon HOME, from where they can be accessed by Nintendo Switch games with which they are compatible. Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee cannot receive Pokémon from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, however, even if the species is part of those games' Kanto Pokédex.

The first 493 Pokémon in the National Pokédex are obtainable in these games.

Pokémon HOME contains a Sinnoh Pokédex that consists of 150 Pokémon, corresponding with the Sinnoh Pokédex that can be completed in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. If the player is able to complete this Pokédex in Pokémon HOME (which requires depositing or trading Pokémon such that the player has had one of all 150 Pokémon in HOME at some point, with all 150 originating from Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl), they can receive a shiny Manaphy.

Subpages

• Sinnoh Locations: A list of all areas in the Sinnoh region, with their encounter tables, items, and Trainers.
• Grand Underground Documentation: An in-depth look into how items and Pokémon are generated in the Grand Underground.
• Pokédex Pages: A collection of pages dedicated to Pokédex completion.
• All Pokémon and their locations: A table containing all available Pokémon and their locations.
• Battle Tower: A page detailing the mechanics of the Battle Tower, with data about enemy Pokémon and Trainers.
• Minimum levels: A page with lists of the lowest levels you can find Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl alone.
• Maximum levels: A page with lists of the maximum levels you can find Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl alone, for Pokémon obtained in the wild, via gift, or through in-game trade.

Off-site resources

Please contact me if a source has a broken link, if a better version of the source exists, or if you know of a source you want to add.

• IV Calculator, on PycoSites.
• Stat Calculator, on PycoSites.
• Damage Calculator, pre-loaded with all Trainers' Pokémon.
• Capture Mechanics, on The Cave of Dragonflies.
• Catch Rate Calculator, on The Cave of Dragonflies.
• Contest Information, on Bulbapedia (specifics largely added by SadisticMystic)
• Feebas Calculator, by Lincoln.
• Gen 8 base stats, on Bulbapedia.
• Pokémon movepools, on Bulbapedia.

Credits & sources

• ShinxHijinx, for making scaled-down versions of the Home models, the table colors used, and general layout ideas.
• Lincoln, for helping me find documentation for the Grand Underground.
• SadisticMystic, for providing me with information about Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl's Battle Tower.
• this dump, for encounter tables for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
• Bulbapedia, for item and Trainer information for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. I am working on independently verifying all of the information myself as well.