Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions/Trivia


 * Pokémon Diamond is also the name of the famous bootleg of the Power Version of, which was only released in Japan (along a Speed Version) a year after . Unlike the real Pokémon Diamond, it was not paired with "Pokémon Pearl" but rather with Pokémon Jade, the bootleg of Telefang's Speed Version.
 * Diamond and Pearl are the first games where:
 * The rival's starter Pokémon is not at level 5 during the first rival battle.
 * The lab of the region's Pokémon Professor is not in the player's hometown.
 * All three starter Pokémon gain a second type through evolution and are utilized in the storyline.
 * Old saved data must be deleted before a new game can be saved, a first for the core series.
 * Certain Pokémon that normally evolve via trading may be caught in the wild.
 * The English versions contain many references to s and . This is possibly because the lead translator, Nob Ogasawara, is a member of the.
 * The leaders and of Sinnoh do not always use Pokémon of their specialized type. This problem was fixed in  with an expansion added to the Pokédex, although  still uses a  in Platinum, despite being a  specialist.
 * The international versions of Diamond and Pearl are the first main Pokémon games to capitalize the names of proper nouns normally (e.g. as opposed to ULTRA BALL). However, Pokémon names are still written in all capital letters.
 * Diamond and Pearl, along with the Japanese version of Platinum, are the most compatible Pokémon games, as they can connect with nineteen other games: all core series games of Generation III, IV, and V; the Pokémon Ranger games; ; and My Pokémon Ranch.
 * Diamond and Pearl are the only core series games to introduce new Pokémon and not include them in the regional Pokédex.