History Trivia / PokemonDiamondAndPearl

* BTeamSequel: The remakes were developed externally by a company called ILCA, who previously worked on the ''Pokémon HOME'' cloud storage app. This was because Creator/GameFreak was focusing on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' at the time.

* FandomNod: Bidoof and Bibarel are able to learn most of region's [=HMs=], and players of the original games would carry one of them around specifically for [=HM=] usage and nothing else. The new Pokétch Hidden Move app which lets you summon wild Bidoof and Bibarel to do all of the Hidden Moves except for Fly and Defog.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Despite [[https://twitter.com/sibuna_switch/status/1463302852739317762 many people]] proving the rumor to be false a good amount of fans still believe that the dex will tell you if a roaming Pokémon is shiny before you encounter it. This can lead to players resetting a file with a shiny Mesprit or Cresselia because its sprite didn't show up as shiny in the dex entry prior to encountering it.

* {{Blooper}}: In a rematch, Fantina's Banette knows Snatch. Snatch was removed from the series in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' and thus doesn't have any proper code associated with it, so it cannot be used at all. This was fixed in the 1.1.3 update, where Snatch is replaced with Payback.
* BTeamSequel: The remakes were developed externally by a company called [=ILCA=], who previously worked on the ''Pokémon HOME'' cloud storage app. This was because Creator/GameFreak was focusing on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' at the time.

* FanNickname:
** Abomasnow is sometimes called [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obamasnow]] due to the similar sounding names.
** The Rotom formes all have their own names pertaining to their appliances: Rotom-H for Heat Rotom, Rotom-W for Wash Rotom, Rotom-F for Frost Rotom, Rotom-S (the "S" is for Slash, because the move it gets is Air Slash) for Fan Rotom, and finally Rotom-C (for Cut) for Mow Rotom. Mow Rotom also gets called "Mowtom" occasionally.
** "Eruptran" is used to refer to the special Heatran that came with the move Eruption, which it cannot otherwise learn.
** Giratina's formes are known as Giratina-A for the "normal" forme that first appears in ''Diamond and Pearl'' and Giratina-O for the Origin Forme that debuts in ''Platinum''.
** Shaymin's Sky Forme is called Skymin or Shaymin-S.
** An Arceus not holding any of the Elemental Plates (thus making it Normal-type) and using the move [[ActionInitiative Extreme Speed]] (usually with [[StatusBuff Swords Dance]]) is known as "Extreme Killer" or "E-Killer" Arceus. The name comes from how powerful STAB-boosted Extreme Speed is coming of of Arceus' high Attack stat, especially if it's boosted. Some Arceus formes get names that are portmanteaus of their type + Arceus, such as Eleceus, Darkceus, Grasseus, and Ghostceus.

* {{Blooper}}: In a rematch, Fantina's Banette knows Snatch. Snatch was removed from the series in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' and thus doesn't have any proper code associated with it, so it cannot be used at all.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Despite [[https://twitter.com/sibuna_switch/status/1463302852739317762?s=21 many people]] proving the rumor to be false a good amount of fans still believe that the dex will tell you if a roaming pokémon is shiny before you encounter it. This can lead to players resetting a file with a shiny Mesprit or Cresselia because its sprite didn't show up as shiny in the dex entry prior to encountering it.

* ContentLeak: Thanks to early copies getting out into the wild, the games leaked about two weeks before their intended release. This inadvertently revealed that the games shipped incomplete, as they were missing a fair amount of content (e.g. the opening cinematic, much of the postgame) that was part of the then-unreleased day 1 patch.

* {{Blooper}}: In a rematch, Fantina's Banette knows Snatch. Snatch was removed from the series in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndSheild'' and thus doesn't have any proper code associated with it, so it cannot be used at all.

* {{Blooper}}: In a rematch, Fantina's Banette knows Snatch, a move which cannot be used in these games.

* MilestoneCelebration: ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' were released during ''Pokemon'''s 25th anniversary, which was also the year of the original ''Diamond and Pearl'''s fifteenth anniversary.

* MilestoneCelebration: ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' were released during Pokemon's 25th anniversary.

* MilestoneCelebration: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were released during Pokemon's 25th anniversary.

* {{Blooper}}: In a rematch, Fantina's Banette knows Snatch, a move cut from ''BDSP''.

* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'', another game in the {{Mons}} genre that released a week earlier. They also represent radically different approaches to the genre, with ''Pokémon'' being an all-ages game with accessible gameplay while ''Shin Megami Tensei'' is [[MatureRating Mature rated]] and features NintendoHard gameplay.

* BTeamSequel: The were developed externally by a company called [=ILCA=], who previously developed the ''Pokémon HOME'' cloud storage app. This was because Creator/GameFreak was focusing on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' at the time.
* ContentLeak: Thanks to early copies getting out into the wild, the games leaked about two weeks before their intended release. A fair chunk of the content was inadvertently revealed to be contained in the day one patch due to this, as the patch wouldn't be out until just before the official release and a number of things (e.g. the opening cinematic) were missing.

* ContentLeak: Thanks to early copies getting out into the wild, the games leaked about two weeks before their intended release. A fair chunk of the content was inadvertently revealed to be contained in the day one patch, as the patch wouldn't be out until just before the official release and the content was missing.

* ContentLeak: Thanks to early copies getting out into the wild, the games leaked about two weeks before their intended release. A fair chunk of the content was revealed to be missing due to the day one patch not being out yet.

* FandomNod: Bidoof and Bibarel are able to learn most of the game's [=HMs=], and players would carry one of them around in the original games specifically for [=HM=] usage and nothing else. The new Pokétch Hidden Move app which lets you summon wild Bidoofs and Bibarels to do all of the Hidden Moves except for Fly and Defog.

* AscendedFanon: Bibarel is often considered by many to be the best HM slave. ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' has the new Pokétch Hidden Move app which lets you summon wild Bidoofs and Bibarels to do all of the Hidden Moves except for Fly and Defog.

* FandomNod: Bidoof and Bibarel are commonly used by players as HM slaves since they're mediocre in battle but learn a lot of HM moves. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU648Rj3wb8 This trailer]] for ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' shows Bidoof and Bibarel being used for most of the HM moves on the new hidden moves app on the Pokétch.

* AscendedFanon: Bibarel is often considered by many to be the best HM slave. ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' has the new Pokétch Hidden Move app which lets you summon wild Bidoofs and Bibarels to do all of the Hidden Moves except for Fly and Defog.
* BTeamSequel: Not the original games, but the ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' remakes for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. They were developed externally by a company called [=ILCA=], who previously developed the ''Pokémon HOME'' cloud storage app, while Creator/GameFreak currently works on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.

* ContentLeak:
** The source code for the original games was leaked in July 2020, allowing several development builds of the game to be reconstructed. The content revealed included earlier designs for Gym Leaders and several species of Pokemon.
** Thanks to early copies getting out into the wild, ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' leaked about two weeks before their intended release.
* DuelingGames: The remakes with ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'', another game in the {{Mons}} genre that released a week earlier. They also represent radically different approaches to the genre, with ''Pokémon'' being an all-ages game with accessible gameplay while ''Shin Megami Tensei'' is [[MatureRating Mature rated]] and features NintendoHard gameplay.

* FandomNod: Bidoof and Bibarel are commonly used by players as HM slaves since they're mediocre in battle but learn a lot of HM moves. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU648Rj3wb8 This trailer]] for ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' shows Bidoof and Bibarel being used for most of the HM moves on the new hidden moves app on the Pokétch.

** Shellos and Gastrodon had been designed for ''Ruby and Sapphire'', but due to time constraints, weren't used in those games. They were used here.

** ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' specific example: the updated and unused description for the Park Ball in those games suggests it was initially intended to return and be repurposed for Ramanas Park (which replaces the Pal Park from the original) before the idea was scrapped and the ball ended up DummiedOut.

** An Arceus not holding any of the Elemental Plates (thus making it Normal-type) and using the move [[ActionInitiative Extreme Speed]] (usually with [[StatusBuff Swords Dance]]) is known as "Extreme Killer" or "E-Killer" Arceus. The name comes from how powerful STAB-boosted Extreme Speed is coming of of Arceus' high Attack stat, especially if it's boosted. Some Arceus formes as get names that are portmanteaus of their type + Arceus, such as Eleceus, Darkceus, Grasseus, and Ghostceus.

* BTeamSequel: Not the original games, but the ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' remakes for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. They were developed externally by a company called [=ILCA=], who previously developed ''Pokémon HOME'' cloud storage app, while Creator/GameFreak currently works on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.

* BTeamSequel: Not the original games, but the ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' remakes for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. They were developed externally by a company called [=ILCA=], while Creator/GameFreak currently works on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.

* BTeamSequel: Not the original games, but the ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' remakes for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. They are being developed externally by a company called [=ILCA=], while Creator/GameFreak works on ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.

* DuelingGames: The remakes with ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'', another game in the {{Mons}} genre that released a week earlier. They also represent radically different approaches to the genre, with ''Pokémon'' being an all-ages game with accessible gameplay while ''Shin Megami Tensei'' is [[MatureRating Mature rated]] and features Nintendo Hard gameplay.