Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - DS vs. Switch Graphics Comparison
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Published 2021-11-19
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were originally released for the Nintendo DS in 2006 in Japan and 2007 everywhere else. Now, 10 years later, they’re being remade on the Nintendo Switch as Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original games and the 25th anniversary of the Pokemon series.
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are the 4th generation of Pokemon games and take place in the Sinnoh region with the two cover Pokemon being Dialga and Palkia. For this video the Nintendo DS version of Pokemon Diamond was captured on a New Nintendo 3DS XL at 720p, and Pokemon Shining Pearl was captured on a Nintendo Switch at 1080p.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are available now on Nintendo Switch. The games are available separately as well as in a double pack. If you purchase the game before February 21, 2022 you can claim the Pokemon Platinum style outfit for your character as well as a Manaphy Egg through the Mystery Gift function. If you’re looking for more Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl videos, we’ve got you covered here on GameSpot:
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All Comments (21)
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shoutout to the guy that cleans the pokemon center's floor,that floor looks spotless
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Due to how the DS' interpolation worked, it had troubles rendering certain surfaces and textures not divisible in squares, so these came off as slightly deformed; one example of this is the wallpaper in the player's room in the original Diamond, Pearl and Platinum games, where its stripes end up becoming jagged the closer they get to the roof (when played on the original hardware).
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I'll give it some credit. The water in this game actually looks real.
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Im one of those people that really wasn't thrilled with the chibi style in the remakes, but seeing them side by side does make me appreciate the 'nostalgic' design a lot more
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I love the DS charm. Actually I love the charm of the early 2000’s games in general.
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Wish they would’ve made the style more like oras the chibi looks kinda out of place without the old graphics
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Looking at Scarlet/violet, I kind of wish that they stuck to this kind of artstyle. Their 2d games never felt as empty as the new ones do.
Or if they just went full crazy and released a new pixel art pokemon game. That would be pretty sick honestly -
You know I’m actually impressed. This looks so much better than the first teaser trailer.
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Original art style still looks better, wish they kept it but ofc add every other new features and pokemon etc
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The game looks a lot better then it did in the first trailer. The water especially looks real smooth and realistic
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Both games look great, just drastically different styles which is cool. Just wish the remasters added a lil more new content
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looks very nice on DS
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Would still be a much better game if the models are like Lets Go..
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ORAS and HG/SS were the best remakes
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Great comparison!
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I prefer the ds
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I have started played Pokémon Diamonds on my N3DS since 2021
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I have so much Childhood Memories Playing Pokemon Diamond Version ❤️
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Is it crazy to think I thought 4th gen looked like how it released today when i was a kid ? I so baffled to remember the graphics as they used to be. I haven’t played it in along time. I’m so happy the rereleased it on switch
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I'm confused, they booth look like games from 2007.
