How to Get Giratina & Shadow Origin Form Battle in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Ah man i wish they just did a Pokemon platinum rather then two separate games. Going to the distortion world was pretty fun

I remember, back in the day before the internet was as big as it was, my brother and I had Diamond and Pearl. We had both sunk hours upon hours in it. He was further then me and I got bored one day and stole his ds and just explored around post game areas I didn't have access to yet. I wandered into the Spring Path and got lost in the cave system that it led me to. For some reason, even though I DESPISED caves as a kid (hated how the wild encounters stopped you every 5 seconds) I kept wandering around it because it was new. It was mysterious. As far as I or ANYONE I talked to back then knew, this cave didn't exist. It wasn't talked about. But it was ENDLESS. Every once and awhile I found a pillar but when I tried turning back I couldn't leave. So I kept going. And eventually I entered a room and I can't remember exactly but I could've sworn the music changed. The atmosphere felt different as if the cave itself had opened up. And there it was. A small sprite that blew my little mind. Because, in this cave that was endless, in this path tucked away by a part of the map no one ever went back to, there was a pokemon absolutely no one, and I mean it, no one knew about. I had been playing pokemon for years. I had friends who had been playing it for years. We had all sunken weeks of our lives into these new games, exploring every inch, catching every creature, finding every item. And yet, there it was. A 6 legged, winged bug-like sprite, slumbering away and waiting to be discovered. It felt like a fever dream almost. I checked the pokedex first, sure that at some point I must have not reached yet there was a clue to what this pokemon was, but there wasn't anything my brother was missing. No data entry yet to be discovered. I saved and reloaded to make sure I didn't somehow mess up his cartridge. When it was still there, I RAN to my brother to show him this brand new pokemon and he was just as astonished. He was two years older then me and in a different grade and NONE of his friends had heard or seen this creature before either. I remember him grilling me for awhile about where the hell I was in the game before I kept bothering him to go up to it and battle it. I was HANGING over his shoulder as he threw out his Lucario (his favorite pokemon) and we quickly figured out that while this thing looked bug-like, it was anything but and: It. Hit. HARD. Needless to say my brother did not stock up for his little sister to go spelunking her way through a cave and right into a boss battle. He slowly weakened the pokemon called Giratina as his team took some heavy damage. When he finally got it into the red he gave the DS to me. He had 3 great balls, 12 pokeballs and 1 premiere ball. It was not looking promising. We couldn't risk going and stocking up on items or pokeballs because I didn't even know how or why I ended up in front of this thing to begin with and knew I couldn't find my way back if I tried. Out of the two of us, I was known for being able to catch any pokemon in any ball. After all, when my brother had spent hours throwing balls at Zapdos in the power plant all the way back in pokemon Blue, I grabbed his Gameboy and threw one single pokeball where all his ultra balls had failed and caught it on my first attempt. Back then that was a true display of great skill, for greater then simple luck that I became known for. I was our only hope. I took a deep breath, knowing that it mattered just how fast I would be able to mash that B button and hold the down direction at the same time. And I started throwing. The ultra ball was no luck, and I was rusty, having walked through a cave all day instead of filling my dex. So of course it couldn't contain this great mystery. Great balls were my favorite ball of all so I saved them, knowing if push came to shove they would pull through for me. I threw out 5 pokeballs, only seeming to practice my technique as Giratina busted each and every one of them only to knock out even more of my brothers team. They were not looking healthy at all and a few more attacks would've ended up in a white out and this pokemon would've been lost to our memories and the disbelief of our classmates. I switched over to the great ball and now it was my brother's turn to lurch over my shoulder, his fingers digging into my arm as I prayed to the pokemon gods that I wouldn't let my brother down. The blue and red ball shook once, twice... 3 times. The legend was caught. I FORCED my brother to immediately trade it into my game so I could get it on my pokedex to prove to my friends this incredible, unbelievable, never before seen or heard of pokemon existed and that I was the one who discovered it! To this day, Giratina is still one of my brothers favorite pokemon and although I am not a legendary fan, that shadow ghost will always hold a special place in my heart because it reminds me that even when absolutely everything seems explored and all the answers are found, there are still mysteries just waiting for us out there. Waiting for a chance to turn into a legendary story and memory. Anyways, I cannot wait to enter this new twist and conquer that monsterous shadow beast to make my younger self proud.

I wish they had done a delta episode style post-game based on giratina and the distortion world, like Cyprus goes again, gets the chain summons giratina etc, it would have made for such a good post game thing!

The secret to successfully catching it is announcing loudly "gabagool".

I love how getting the Manaphy Egg just gives you the Pokédex entry without ever hatching it.

I think the Level 100 Shadow Origin battle was the coolest thing in these remakes

One tip for Turnback Cave is actually to NOT go the same direction the whole time. You actually wanna just go to the closest/easiest to get to door to cut down on time. If its all random, there's no reason at all to no just go diagonal to the closer door.

I’ve been playing Pokémon since red, yellow, and blue. And man I gotta say your vids help so much with keeping up with all the new features and stuff, thank you for your service my dude!

Damn shame the Distortion World wasn't in the game in full but at least we get Giratina's Origin form

Was literally thinking as soon as the Ramanas Park video went up, "Huh, I wonder how you get Shadow Giratina." I think Austin is a mind reader

I remember getting that preorder bonus giratina figure from GameStop with platinum back in the day- I think that was what Austin mentioned near the end.

AJP has come so far since our BotW days. I’m so proud of you brother. Keep up the phenomenal work!

Ooooh, I love distortion form of Giratina! I'm glad to know that fighting this version unlocks it.

I used this method and got all three pillars in 9 rooms so thanks for this guide it was super helpful

austin man, your an amazing youtuber bro, like your whole channel is incredible and you take time to help the rest of the community get help on everything. you probably get it alot but your great for making these vids man keep it up!!!

A bit unfortunate there is no platinum distortion world, but it's pretty cool they added the shadow Giratina instead.

Austin you have helped me do so many things in the Pokémon games for the past few years I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart I couldn't done some of the games without you thanks again

Small thing, you only need to have cleared the Titans in order to gain access to the Distortion Plate. I caught Giratina first then did the Regis. Now I have access to it and the Distortion Room.

I got really lucky on the pillars area didn't know it was random and just ran around. Was finished in less than 10 rooms

this is a really fun event :D i didnt play the og game, so its gunna be fun to see it for the first time :D thanks for all the great coverage !