Pokémon Diamond and Pearl came out about ten years ago. Yes, the land of Sinnoh was released for Pokémon enthus꧙𓄧iasts to explore in the years of 2006 and 2007.
This was no ordinary Pokémon game, garnering more fans than even your typical Pokémon adventure. Wꦯhy? Maybe because it was the first game to implement the global trading system, also known as the GTS. Or maybe it was the introduction of the special versus physical attack system. On the other 🅘hand, there was also a load of extra things to do like cooking Poffins for your Pokémon, taking them to the park, contests, the underground, and even just cleaning your gym badges.
Connectivity was a huge aspect of the world of Sinnoh. There was a duel-slot mode where you could put your old Game Boy Advance game in one slot and Diamond or Pearl in the other and transfer Pokémon. That may seem normal today, but back then, transferring Poké🍎mon between games like that was huge!
Like with most of their games, new Pokémon were released such as the fan favorite, Lucario. Let’s also not forget the new Eeveelutions like Leafeon and Glaceon. The game also introduced popular legendaries such as Darkrai, Giratina, and Cresselia. The Pokémon aside, one of the most memorable charac🎀ters was probably the dark dres🌸sed Elite Four Champion, Cynthia. She was the first female Elite Four Champion!
What more is there to say about these game♏s? A lot actually. Check 🍨out this list.
25 ꦛ Getting Arceus With The Azure Flute 🌜
Arceus is a big deal in 🥃the Pokémon world considering that its backstory assigned it as the ultimate creator of the Pokémon universe. Despite such a hefty title, it’s still a Pokémon, so players could still catch Arceus.
However, most players of Diamond and Pearl had to cheat to even see Arceus.
The legendary resided in the Hall of Origin, and players needed a particular key item to summon Arceusౠ. Unfortunately, that key item, the Azure Flute, wꦅas never distributed by Mystery Gift as once planned.
24 Draco Meteꦆor Was Named By Fans
Known as one of the most powerful Dragon-Type 🎉attacks, Draco Meteor is still used today as a competitive and powerful move in Pokémon battles. What average fans do not know is that the move was . It was na🅷med by Japanese fans.
The name of what would be🐼 the strongest Dragon-Type move was part of a contest 👍for CoroCoro magazine, a publication known for its promotion of video games and toys. The name Draco Meteor won the contest.
23 🌳 Korean Versions Had No Slots
Pokémon games often had gambling corners. These places were no luxurious Las Vegas casino, but they had slot machines where you could collect coins and🦋 trade them for prizes.
This was not the case in the Korean versions of Diamond and Pearl though. In Korea, there is a gambling ban.
However, the game corner is Diamond and Pearl did not get wiped off the Sinnoh map. Instead, the slot machines were by “game machines.” The dialogue and other text was altered to c🔴hange slot machines to “game machines” as well.
22 Surf Move Glitch ๊
Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl housed a particular glitch around the Water-Type🌼 Pokémon move, Surf. Due 🌜to a programming mistake, Aaron’s room in the Pokémon League has a door that can be surfed through.
This gave players some crazy access to other game content such as Newmoon Island and the Flower Paradise without the event exclusive item that was usually required. This meant that the players could catch Darkrai and Shay🐽min. On the𒉰 negative side, players could also get stuck in the void between the areas.
21 🅰 ♛ Wayward Cave: Hidden Entrance To Catch Gible
Areas in the Pokémon world, especially caves, often possess hidden entrances. These are chances for finding items and catching rare Pokémon. Diamond and Pearl’s Wayward cave 🅘is one of t🎉hose areas with a hidden entrance.
The entrance is sought by fans because it’s the only way to catch the rare Dragon-Type Pokémon, Gible.
For those who do not know, the hidden entrance to the Wayward cave is under Cycling Road. This reveals a basement floor with obstacles such a♔s bike ramps and mud slopes.
20 Cleaning Your 🦹Gym Badges 🔴
Diamond and Pearl made sure to utilize the Nintendo DS’s touch screen capability. They sometimes d🦩id this in t💜he smallest of ways. Pokémon players could look at their gym badges and as an additional little activity, they could clean the badges.
That’s right, clean the badges. The point was purely for a🍌esthetic reasons. After a while, the gym badges would get dull. If the player rubbed their stylus on the badges though, the dull badges would get squeaky clean up toไ the point of glistening.
19 ൩ 𒐪 Drifloon Only Appears On Fridays
The adorable balloon ghost Pokémon, Drifloon, had a unique set of requirements for the 🃏player to capture. First of all, they had to defeat Team Galactic at the Valley Windworks. That is the easy part since you🌌 have to do that anyway for the game’s plot.
What not all players know about is that Drifloon appears at the Valley Winndworks only on Fridays.
Not at morning or night either, only during the day. Why Friday? No one knows but according to its Pokédex entry, Drifloon takes children. Maybe Friday is when most kids are out playi♋ng?
18 Getting The Legendary Dark꧂rai 🦩
Like Arceus, Darkrai is a difficult legendary for players to obtain. If not through a glitch or cheating, players had to keep their eyes and ears open for events. Some events were not even based in Diamond and Pearl. In January 30, 2009, Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia had a Darkrﷺai event where Darkrai could be caught and transferred to Diamond and Pearl.
Other events included g🅷etting a Membership Key to access an area in an inn at Canalave City where Darkrai can be caught.
17 The Masuda Hatching Method 🐬 🌞
Getting shiny Pokémon has never been easy, though many strategies have been created in an attempt to make the ordeal easier. One such method was by the Game Freak Director himself, Junichi Masuda, who programmed Diamond and Pearl. Hence they the method is 👍called the Masuda me🤪thod.
Typically finding a shiny is a 1/8192 chance in Diamond and Pearl.
Masuda made it a 1/2048 chance. This was accomplished through breeding two Pokémon from two different games in different languages. The chances are still very minor, but the difference is huge when looking at the numbers🃏.
16 Catching Spiritomb ༒
Spiritomb is another one of the Po๊kémon of Sinnoh that cannot be caught by regular means. The player had to get an Odd Keystone, a rare item that can only be found by digging in Sinnoh’s underground. They would insert the Odd Keystone in a mysterious well called the “Hallowed Tower” on Rouܫte 209.
Then the players had to talk to other players in the underground 32 times. Note that the 32 interactions did not have to be with 3♈2 whole different players, so that’s a mercy. Then Spiritomb will appear when you next interact with the Hallowed Tower.