Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Coming To Switch in 2021

The Pokemon Company has just announced Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl for the Nintendo Switch. These will be remakes of the highly acclaimed Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, respectively, first released on the Nintendo DS in 2006. They have released a brand new trailer for the announcement as well, check it out below:

Here’s a brief overview of both games, from the game’s official announcement:

Developed by ILCA, Inc., and directed by Junichi Masuda (Game Freak) and Yuichi Ueda (ILCA), Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl enable fans to experience the original story and game features from Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl in a fresh way. The original games have been faithfully reproduced and colorfully revitalized for Nintendo Switch. The sense of scale of the towns and routes has been carefully preserved, and fans who played the original games will recognize many familiar places. These games are updated with the easy-to-understand, player-friendly conveniences introduced in recent Pokemon core series video games, in addition to up-close-and-personal Pokemon battle scenes.

Trainers will choose either Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup to be their first partner Pokemon before setting off on their journey. Along the way, they will be able to encounter the Legendary Pokemon Dialga in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and the Legendary Pokemon Palkia in Pokemon Shining Pearl.