The Pokémon Company has shared new details regarding Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the upcoming Diamond and Pearl remakes for Nintendo Switch.
As you'll see in the brand new trailer above, the new games will feature a brand new area called 'Ramanas Park'. Described as "an expansive new facility", Ramanas Park will allow you to encounter a variety of Legendary Pokémon.
From the sounds of things, getting to Ramanas Park is no easy task – you'll need to have entered the Hall of Fame (which means you'll need to have defeated the game's Elite Four), and you'll also need to explore Sinnoh for special slates.
Inside the rooms of Ramanas Park are pedestals, and it’s said that if you insert the corresponding slate into a pedestal, a Legendary Pokémon will appear.
It’s unclear exactly how these slates can be obtained, so you’ll have to do some research as you explore the Sinnoh region.
It's been confirmed that Mewtwo and Rayquaza will be available, and some Legendary Pokémon will be exclusive to particular versions. Raikou, Entei, Suicune, and Ho-Oh can all be found in Brilliant Diamond, while Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Lugia can be found in Shining Pearl.
As for the slates? Well, we think long time fans will get a kick out of their designs:
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launch on Nintendo Switch on 19th November, and pre-orders are available now. To explore Ramanas Park, you'll need to update your game with a patch that's set to launch tomorrow, ahead of the games' release.
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Interestingly enough, they have an official comment that update data v1.1.0 will launch in November 11th, 5 days before the retail release.
This is a neat feature at least and I'm glad they didn't show everything in that trailer, but it still would've been nice to find out about this after launch by playing it yourself.
Also although the parts about Mew and Jirachi were known thanks to the leaks, the detail about Ramanas Park wasn't known because I believe that literally doesn't exist in the launch game card version of the game.
@thiz
I noticed that too! But it made me wonder what if they actually changed that in the update? So that when you're running v1.1.0, you actually do get a Mew for playing Sword or Shield, instead of a Jirachi?
Guess I should start Let's Go then, got it a few years ago but kept putting it off because you can't use the pro controller.
@thiz
How strange that they got it mixed up for the international trailer then.
Good good, the more content, the better
Don't know about you guys but lots of Legendaries being the huge post game content gets boring. That was already the case in Crown Tundra, USUM and ORAS. I wish something like the Battle Frontier or World Tournament would return.
But still better than nothing ofc
Funnily enough they've noticed the problem with their YouTube video and set it to private already.
Guess we'll see an updated version with the correct logos shown for Mew and Jirachi soon.
Edit: Re-uploaded video fixed the logo placement. It is indeed Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee for the Mew, Sword/Shield for the Jirachi.
@mariomaster96 Game Freak are trying to make us all forget about the Battle Frontier it seems. Bleh.
Dang....
Now the video is unavailable. 😕
They quickly pulled up the video.
Something fishy happened.... 🤔
@Anti-Matter There was a mistake in the video, it's been detailed in other comments here.
ORAS, SWSH and BDSP all let you catch legendary Pokemon and GameFreak still thinks it’s enough to pass off as “post-game content”
Yawn
@RupeeClock Isn’t the 11th 8 days before release? Rather than 5?
@Markiemania95
Oh, yes it's the 19th it's launching on isn't it?
I keep confusing it as the 16th for some reason.
i have to admit, dispite my previous initial disgust in the chibi trailers for this before. The games look really pretty in the trailer here! i may have to relive this journey....mayyyybeee, or just wait for the arceus legends game 2 months from now lol.
The slates are a nice Easter Egg for Gameboy, Color, Advance.
Nice! I always forget about this kind of thing even though it’s in so many Pokémon games. I’m getting Shining Pearl and I’m pretty happy with the legendaries that I’ll be getting!
I guess that means no roaming birds, or hidden Regis. Not too surprising, but still an intriguing change. At least waking up Regigigas will be easier now hopefully...
And for those who don't know, this is the replacement of Pal Park.
Hmm than Pearl because of the Birdies for me ^^
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