The player may have one walking Pokémon anywhere in the overworld outside of Amity Square.The Steel type no longer resists Ghost and Dark.The Roseli Berry and Pixie Plate have also been added to accommodate for this. The Secret Key is no longer event-exclusive, and is obtained after catching Rotom in the Old Chateau.Mew, if Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! save data exists.Jirachi, if Sword and Shield save data exists.If the Nintendo Switch system being used has save data from previous mainline Pokémon games, the player may talk to an NPC in Floaroma Town to receive a Mythical Pokémon:.Pokémon now have different cries when they faint.For example, the plain circle icon for the Normal type now depicts two nubs resembling Bidoof's ears. The icons that represent types have undergone numerous changes.The miniature sprites used for all Pokémon between Generation III and Sword and Shield now have a different appearance, no longer looking pixelated.Due to this, the Pokétch's Berry Searcher app has been removed, as it would be redundant.The Town Map now has new features allowing it to show the locations of Honey Trees (distinguishing between Honey Trees with no Honey, Honey Trees with Honey but no wild Pokémon, and Honey Trees with wild Pokémon) and Berries that can be picked.It is implied that at least some touch features of the Pokétch are available even when not enlarged, as an off-center Dowsing Machine circle can be seen in one screenshot.Hidden Moves now skip the splash screen animation when used multiple times in the same area.These wild Pokémon are the same regardless of location: Bidoof for Rock Smash and Cut, Staraptor for Fly and Defog, and Bibarel for Strength, Rock Climb, Surf, and Waterfall. HMs have been removed instead, the Pokétch has a new "Hidden Moves" app allowing the player to call wild Pokémon to perform field moves corresponding to the original game's HMs.The touch screen or a pointer cursor can be used to control the Pokétch while it uses the enlarged screen. These three different methods of viewing are switched between using the R button. With the Nintendo Switch's lack of a bottom screen, the Pokétch may now be either absent from the screen, present in the top right corner of the screen, or enlarged to take up the majority of the screen (during which the regular overworld in the background has a blur filter applied).The player's walking Pokémon surround the bowl during the minigame, visibly reacting to the player's cooking. The Poffin-making minigame can now be performed inside Amity Square.The player may also pose for screenshots and save them to the Nintendo Switch's Album.The evolved forms of the starters are supported as well.)
(Only Pokémon that could walk in Amity Square in the original games have been seen so far, plus the three unevolved starters. It retains the limitation that only "cute" Pokémon may walk, but it is unknown if this is defined the same way as the original games.
These are the first core series games not to be developed directly by Game Freak. All copies of the game are playable in nine languages: Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese. The paired versions were released worldwide for Nintendo Switch on November 19, 2021. The games were announced worldwide on the 25th Anniversary of the release of Pokémon Red and Green on Februat 12 am JST through Pokémon Presents. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (Japanese: ポケットモンスター ブリリアントダイヤモンド Pocket Monsters Brilliant Diamond) and Pokémon Shining Pearl (Japanese: ポケットモンスター シャイニングパール Pocket Monsters Shining Pearl) are the second paired Generation VIII games that are enhanced remakes of the fourth-generation titles Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Japanese boxart Pokémon Shining Pearl's boxart, featuring Palkia Pokémon Brilliant Diamond's boxart, featuring Dialga