S6E7 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - Super Edition

Mar 12, 2025

Space and time collide! Sinnoh-native Max Roberts and Pokémon Historian Logan Moore study the mythical origins in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Did the jump to the DS double the fun or cause GameFreak to doubleback on design?

On Super Chapter Select: Max and Logan chat about old tube TVs, AI, and PlayStation emulation.

You can download a copy of this episode's transcript here.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

• Developer - Game Freak
  • ILCA for Brilliant and Shining
• Platform - Nintendo DS and Nintendo Switch
• Release Date - April 22, 2007
  • November 19, 2021 for Brilliant and Shining
• Game Directors - Junichi Masuda
  • Junichi Masuda and Yuichi Ueda for Brilliant and Shining
• Producers - Hiroyuki Jinnai, Gakuji Nomoto, Hitoshi Yamagami, and Hiroaki Tsuru
  • Akira Kinashi, Toyokazu Nonaka, Takanori Sowa, Kenji Endo, and Shunsuke Kohori for Brilliant and Shining
• Composers - Go Ichinose, Junichi Masuda, and Hitomi Sato
  • Shota Kageyama, Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, and Morikazu Aoki

Metacritic - 85/100 (73/100 for Brilliant)

Links

• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Wikipedia
• Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Wikipedia
• How to Get Manaphy
• Max's Pokémodifier Tutorial
• The Dialga Stylus
• Pal Park
• Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Sales
• Pokémon Best Selling Stats
• The Pokemon Company's COO Addresses Possibility of Slowing Down Game Releases
• Soundtrack
  • Music
  • YouTube
    • BD/SP
• Sinnohvation by insaneintherainmusic
  • Music
  • Spotify
  • YouTube
• Pokémon Battle Revolution
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue & Red Rescue Team
• Pokémon Ranger
• Pokémon Trozei!
• Pokémon Dash

This episode was originally recorded on August 18, 2023.

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Art inspired by the Pokémon Brilliant Diamond start screen, designed by Max Roberts.