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Pokemon Shining Pearl (Switch)

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shoutouttoVP
Nov 20, 2021
A cheap and rushed "remake" that is inferior to Platinum, a game from 12 years ago. Bravo ILCA, you managed to outdo GF and lower the barA cheap and rushed "remake" that is inferior to Platinum, a game from 12 years ago. Bravo ILCA, you managed to outdo GF and lower the bar right down to the ground. Where is the national dex? it's been 2 years and we're still limited, despite the other remakes including it. Why does the day one patch have to add the Battle Tower? Where is the Battle Frontier?

How can they charge full price for this? The only good thing they added is the new Underground, which lets you catch Pokemon not in the regional dex. That's nice, but it does not make the game worth playing. Just play the originals on your phone and save your money!
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PokeFanXD
Nov 20, 2021
This is a joke compared to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. How is this acceptable in 2021?!? And these pokemon youtubers are sucking off theseThis is a joke compared to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. How is this acceptable in 2021?!? And these pokemon youtubers are sucking off these incomplete pair of games. Pokemon should have never went 3D!! Expand
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greninjaX
Nov 20, 2021
easily the worst of the pokemon remakes (aside from let's go). they won't even use the platinum dex. the purposely keep problems from theeasily the worst of the pokemon remakes (aside from let's go). they won't even use the platinum dex. the purposely keep problems from the original in order to be "faithful remakes". pokemon remakes shouldn't be faithful. they should try to improve and make it feel fresh. BDSP refuses to do that. it continues the pokemon companies trend of making all the switch pokemon games awful. Expand
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anhiyprjqqjedvj
Nov 20, 2021
A terrible looking, mediocre "remake" of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. There is no national dex or any major new features to put it above theA terrible looking, mediocre "remake" of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. There is no national dex or any major new features to put it above the originals, and there is little to no content from Platinum.

Why does this game even exist? To make money and to fulfill the obligation of remaking each gen. It's too bad because the first three remakes were actually good and had effort put into them, unlike this one.
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Zaregoto
Nov 20, 2021
I loved the original games when they first came out on the DS, and this doesn't do them justice at all.
Pitiful overworld art style, screwed
I loved the original games when they first came out on the DS, and this doesn't do them justice at all.
Pitiful overworld art style, screwed up balance because of gen7 movesets and forced exp share, while at the same time providing almost no new content or any platinum content for that matter. They consciously decided against it too. Not just that, Gamefreak looked at gen 4 and was like "this isn't worth our time" and made some random mobile game company create the game for them. It looks like a joke in comparison to Alpha Saphire which released 7 years ago. Please do not support this. Show Gamefreak that you don't just gobble up anything they shove down your throat. Collapse
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PewPewMcP
Dec 1, 2021
Remakes are supposed to take the best gameplay elements of the old games while brushing up on gameplay mechanics that didn't age well toRemakes are supposed to take the best gameplay elements of the old games while brushing up on gameplay mechanics that didn't age well to deliver a fulfilling, up-to-date experience. However, Gamefreak once again demonstrates their utter inability to design decent videogames by selecting the least liked mechanics from old and new Pokemon games, stitching them together in to a misshaped chimeric mess and bold-facedly masquerading it as a "faithful remake". Concepts such as 8 directional run are carelessly implemented to create a glitchy, softlock prone game that really makes you feel like you're playing Gen 1 again, while the chibi style is horribly leveraged to create some of the ugliest cutscenes in the series. TMs somehow are one-use again, while the unpopular mandatory EXP share makes a comeback, illustrating Gamefreak's tone deafness and general inability to sift good mechanics from bad ones. The long-requested feature of Pokemon following you makes a return, but the Pokemon scale awkwardly, follow you clumsily (often ending up just warping to your position due to their slow follow speed) and mesh poorly with the aforementioned ugly chibi character sprites. Affection and friendliness are now collapsed into one mechanic in a classic hallmark of Gamefreak laziness, and much like the EXP share, reduce your options to control how you play the game. The Poketch has been forced in without any consideration for how well it works in docked mode. And of course, your national dex is still stuck in a reduced capacity while battle animations remain as lazy and uninspiring as ever.

If you are a child or parent of a child, this of course doesn't matter to you, you're still playing Pokemon because it's designed for kids. But if you consider yourself someone who enjoys well-implemented game mechanics, I advise you to turn away from this title. Gamefreak demonstrates yet again it has no idea what good game mechanics are and are instead throwing everything at the wall, not even caring whether anything sticks because they are in charge of the biggest videogame franchise in the world and they know it'll sell well no matter how little effort they actually put into it. As someone who has played every generation since Gen 1, I cannot in good faith recommend this Pokemon game.
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notnoxi
Dec 1, 2021
tl:dr Pokemon SP failed to give you a reason to play their remake instead of going back to your Nintendo DS. Every remake achieved this, buttl:dr Pokemon SP failed to give you a reason to play their remake instead of going back to your Nintendo DS. Every remake achieved this, but this time they failed to validate it. You aren't missing much.

Excited at it's first reveal, I was optimistic about the team behind it and how they were taking it. However as the months went by, reality comes knocking my door. Outside Legends of Arceus, this will be the only time you will get to explore sinnoh again for a long time. Besides the questionable gameplay changes and other issues, the remake does the acceptable job of releasing Sinnoh to the Switch. But it's underwhelming for one of the longest and anticipated remakes, in comparison to how Pokemon Company handled their previous remakes. Traditionally, a pokemon remake is done with current technology in mind of it's recreation to show how hardware progressed and what it would've looked like if it were made at that time instead. You saw this with HeartGold / SoulSilver and FireRed/LeafGreen. BDSP misses that mark by not taking advantage of it's hardware and did not add much new additions to this remake. The soundtrack wasn't done much justice, did not take full advantage of Platinum improvements, and the legendary park is cool to a degree till you realize you could already do this in many of their previous games. Platinum DLC is off the table too as you can unlock the alt form in the game, it's also hard to call this a faithful remake when there's things they've forgotten, failed to capture the same atmosphere or color palette, or just changed something for no good reason.

BD/SP works to introduce new players to the region of Sinnoh, but to people who played it when they were younger, they will be underwhelmed. Is it a terrible pokemon game? No, but it failed to meet expectations and it's not like they didn't know as they've been aware of how much people wanted this for a long time.
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ND-Bringer
Dec 2, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fans have been pleading for Diamond and Pearl remakes ever since generation 7. But what we got was something quite abysmal. Calling this the definitive way to experience the Sinnoh region is like giving a kid too much sugar before bed. I wasn't expecting this game to be ground breaking like Heart Gold and Soul Silver, but this game just made my nightmares come true. I have been a die-hard fan of Pokemon for as long as I can remember. I understand that Pokemon games may not be as amazing as the used to be, but at least there was some form of effort made to inspire the next generation of players. But this game has let me down HARD. This game has unbalanced difficulty spikes, brings back old problems, creates new problems, and has a handful of glitches. The main game had left me so mentally exhausted that I felt broken after the credits rolled. Many people praise how great the new challenges are, but they're all pointless if you ask me. For one thing, Unova, Kalos, Alola, and Galar are unavailable to obtain. It's nice that you to stick to a classic Pokemon selection theme, but you're not taking full advantage of it since only Pokemon from the original Sinnoh Pokedex are available. And the only way to obtain Pokemon from regions is by getting lucky with rare spawns or getting the National Dex in the post game allowing more Pokemon to appear in the Grand Underground. It feels unfair that I have build a team with these limited options. It's like how the monster Houndour is only available in the Kanto post game in the Johto region titles despite being a Johto Pokemon. One detail that makes Pokemon Platinum so great is that it's the first title to have Houndour available in the main game. Not only did the developers fixed the lack of fire type Pokemon in Sinnoh, but it made a lot of players smile. But nope! Someone thought it was a good idea to leave all the good stuff from Platinum out. So I can't build a decent team to fight the super version of Sinnoh's Elite Four. While they're a lot stronger thanks to their boosted EV stats, this is the only real challenge in the main game. Since everyone was a pushover I've been dead bored throughout most of the game. My rival somehow used a level 26 Starly, to win 4 gym badges!? I don't get it. I didn't have one drop of joy while facing the Pokemon League. I like a good challenge but this is a really high difficulty spike compared to the rest of the trainers I've fought. Their final teams in the post game are level 85, are equipped with good items, and have crazy high stats. Challenges like these are what Pokemon fans have been waiting for! But then why do they feel so empty? Look, we've fought Cynthia before in Sun and Moon. The difference there is that she uses Mega Evolution a new mechanic introduced in X and Y. X and Y was a generic game but the Mega Evolution mechanic it introduced has been fleshed over the years. Cynthia's final team is powerful, but since none of the new battle mechanics are available in this game, it has locked potential. The teams in this game are powerful, but it's nothing I haven't seen before. This whole game feels like a Pokemon mod, meaning anyone could have designed this game. Only tweaked mini games are introduced everything else just feels unoriginal. You have to go through hours of training, planning, and patience to be able to stand a chance against the difficulty spikes. And because the main game is so long and tedious your Pokemon skills will get worse before they get better. Even the main story feels lackluster, hell the original games did it better! The originals designs don't show the over world characters mouths, so you can imagine how they feel with the given dialogue and theme of the area. It's like how people us more imagination while reading. But thanks to the modern art style Pokemon characters can be more expressive. But even if I don't mind the Chibi art style it just looks wrong. Characters will rarely mouth animations making emotional scenes feel empty. And what's this? Ever since I got my coin toss app, my game will start to glitch out every time I turn on my Poketch! That's just PEACHY! There's not much enjoyment to be found because you have to wait to find it. Even the little things bother me immensely. The colors are slightly washed out, making the game even look unappealing. This game is a filthy reflection of the originals. Even if new content is added in to make the game better, the damage has been done. At least Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire introduced new abilities. At least Let's Go recreated the Kanto experience with elements of freedom. Hell, Pokemon X and Y at least didn't screw my progress with glitches and errors. If you want to experience the beauty of Sinnoh go play Pokemon Platinum. Generic Pokemon games usually just make my eyes roll, but I just hate this game. Now I know how Cyrus feels. This game was a waste of my time. I hope that Legends Arceus can save this franchise. All I feel now is rage. Expand
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Exocation
Dec 1, 2021
The new style looks very ugly, but everyone can decide that for himself. The optics on the other hand are just bad, plain bad, just go toThe new style looks very ugly, but everyone can decide that for himself. The optics on the other hand are just bad, plain bad, just go to YouTube and look at a comparison between this game an Pokemon let's go, which was released 3 years ago! The are worlds between, this game just looks ugly. Plus, why on earth would you not include all the improvements the Platin edition already did?? PLUS they actively made the game worse, for example by adding a global exp share that you CANT disable. All in all, the game is very ugly and you can feel how lazy the devs/Nintendo was to release this poorly made cash grab. This game and the Pokemon series deserve so much better. Expand
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ZinniaWish
Nov 25, 2021
Solo fue un port a Nintendo switch transformado a 3d , no hay grandes novedades , en estos juegos hubo un retroceso en vez de un avance en losSolo fue un port a Nintendo switch transformado a 3d , no hay grandes novedades , en estos juegos hubo un retroceso en vez de un avance en los juegos .

No existe en frente batalla, no se maneja en el competitivo esta llena de buscar y en lo personal prefería jugar la versión platino de ds
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Alajadbal
Nov 27, 2021
tooooooooo much easy :( even to be a pokemon game, If the game had automatic mode it would end by itself
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ChrisBlack
Nov 28, 2021
This is literally a disaster. I cannot believe they have done this low-quality remaster witch is not comparable with other remake series. IThis is literally a disaster. I cannot believe they have done this low-quality remaster witch is not comparable with other remake series. I admit that they have done a certain level of work, witch may satisfy some of people. However, it still can't be qualified for official remake series with such an expensive full-price. The level of satisfaction of this game is very similar to original diamond and pearl so that this is not valuable as a remake. Expand
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tomh3115
Nov 24, 2021
Quick reminder that this is the largest media property in the entire world. How are they expecting us to accept a "remake" that is actuallyQuick reminder that this is the largest media property in the entire world. How are they expecting us to accept a "remake" that is actually worse than the original game in almost every aspect? And for 60 USD? The developers should be ashamed of delivering that mess and the fans should feel ashamed of defending this scam. Expand
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usernamesrsh1t
Nov 26, 2021
This game is exactly the same as Brilliant Diamond and the only thing that's even remotely "brilliant" about that game is the unfortunateThis game is exactly the same as Brilliant Diamond and the only thing that's even remotely "brilliant" about that game is the unfortunate misuse of the word in its name because there is nothing brilliant about these two. Bad graphics, endless performance issues and bugs, lack of improvements, etc. I haven't seen a game this bad at this price point in a while. Expand
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Meros
Nov 25, 2021
Imagine you're the biggest multimedia franchise of all time and you just don't give a F#&! about your flagship videogame, so you justImagine you're the biggest multimedia franchise of all time and you just don't give a F#&! about your flagship videogame, so you just outsource and make it the worst of all released Pokémon games (till now :')) Expand
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xXFedericXx
Nov 25, 2021
This is a classic pokemon game with new mechanics that makes it worse. If you skip every trainer in your path you will still be 10 levels overThis is a classic pokemon game with new mechanics that makes it worse. If you skip every trainer in your path you will still be 10 levels over your opponents. Just smash your head on your pad and you'll complete the game easily. Just play pokemon emerald, more content post game, less easy, simply a better game! Expand
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OnlyOneHere
Nov 23, 2021
This game is absolute garbage. The greedy developers are charging $60 for a 15 year old remake, and let me remind you that this is only halfThis game is absolute garbage. The greedy developers are charging $60 for a 15 year old remake, and let me remind you that this is only half of the game for $60. They are charging a ridiculous price of $120 for the full game. It doesn't even have the AAA quality to justify the $60 price tag. The graphics are joke. The gameplay is so boring and repetitive. Character models look like trash. They literally look like plastic toys with stickers on their faces.

The physics are pathetic. The bicycle physics and animations are beyond horrible. This is a 2021 $60 game. There is no excuse for the physics and animations to be so awful. When my Pokemon attacks other Pokemons, I should be seeing the animals thrown around. The attention to detail should be just like the Pokemon anime. The developers are too cheap and lazy to make a combat system with depth and detail. I don't recommend this game at all.
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Calabasaloka
Nov 25, 2021
Pura mierda, como todos los juegos de Pokémon desde los Let's Go. Desde la sexta generación eran simplemente malos, antes aún, tenían algunosPura mierda, como todos los juegos de Pokémon desde los Let's Go. Desde la sexta generación eran simplemente malos, antes aún, tenían algunos problemas (rejugando blanco y negro, son peores de lo que recordaba). Pero desde que pokemon llegó a switch esto es un desproposito, se ríen el cara de la gente y se cagan en una obra que nació como un proyecto verdaderamente apasionado. Pokemon está muerto, y Gamefreak no lo va a resucitar. Hay dos opciones: O Gamefreak, por dignidad, asume su incomptencia y deja la franquicia en manos de buenos diseñadores, o simplemente asuman los seguidores de estos juegos que Sol y Luna fueron los últimos juegos de Pokémon en los que, aunque fuesen mediocres, aún había una pizca de ambición (atrozmente llevada a cabo). Lo que quiero decir es que, aunque Sol y Luna, X e Y u ORAS no merezcan el tiempo de los jugadores y jugadoras, al menos había aún un mínimo esfuerzo por crear algo nuevo con esos juegos, que repetía la fórmula, sí, pero con matices. Ahora ya no quedan matices, la peña se come el mismo juego desde X e Y una y otra vez, pero cada una de las veces más mediocre que la anterior, con menos razón de ser. En fin, que Pokémon murió hace tiempo, solo vengo a recordárselo a algún despistado. Haré lo mismo con el Leyendas Arceus, que va a ser una mierda igual. Expand
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Ali566
Nov 22, 2021
Biggest problems were the graphics/models and the movement. Chibi models, trees, grass etc just didn't look good. Movement in this game felt weird too
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Ibuki_7731
Nov 22, 2021
This game sucks. Everyone defending this game is brainwashed by a company that's a former shell of itself. Easily not worth the 60 dollars.This game sucks. Everyone defending this game is brainwashed by a company that's a former shell of itself. Easily not worth the 60 dollars. You're better off playing the original DS games. Don't listen to all the brainwashed idiots defending this. Expand
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Lap1as
Nov 26, 2021
Нет русского языка! Это просто стыдно, сейчас у многих малобюджетных инди игр(в которых иной раз текста больше чем в покемонах) естьНет русского языка! Это просто стыдно, сейчас у многих малобюджетных инди игр(в которых иной раз текста больше чем в покемонах) есть локализация с русскими сабами, а у nintendo с game freak денег не хватило? Нинка позиционирует себя как друг семьи, но мой ребенок должен страдать играя на неродном языке. Expand
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TinCanStone
Nov 22, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros: Some song remixes are pretty good (but even the worst Pokémon games tend to have decent music), some battle backgrounds look nice.

Cons: -Awful chibi style in the overworld that makes some scenes that are supposed to be tense into jokes (Cyrus awkwardly waddling around the edges of the carpet before talking about putting an end to everything)
-Little to no Platinum features (no Charon, Looker, or Villa for example)
-Costs about 9-6 more dollars (assuming you bought DP/Pt when they released for $40) than the originals when accounting for inflation and not including a NSO subscription
-Forced EXP Share, regardless of if you hated grinding or not
-OP Amie buffs upon reaching 100% friendship
-Scuffed following Pokémon mechanic with the same exact issue SwSh had with some Pokemon being incredibly slow even though they literally got it correct in LGPE
-Overworld Pokémon scaling so bad it’s hilarious
-Only the original 493, not even any regional forms which even LGPE had (the same game that also cut cross-gen evos)
-Still has many issues that plague the Pokémon series (Clunky and slow battle system with text boxes for everything, bad in-battle scaling, static/boring idle and attacking animations, lack of difficulty options)
-Instead of Secret Bases you have rooms that you place uninteresting statues inside of and nothing else
-So faithful that it contains many of the problems that DP had that Pt actually fixed/improved, the only problem that was technically improved in BDSP is Pokemon distribution
-Just generally lazy and an obvious cash-grab since TPC knows that they’ll still sell

Basically, just play Platinum or some ROMHack if you want to play a Sinnoh game.
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Mestear
Nov 22, 2021
This is not a remake. This is a simple reskin of an old game. Nothing have changed besides graphic. What was the point to release pokemonThis is not a remake. This is a simple reskin of an old game. Nothing have changed besides graphic. What was the point to release pokemon shining pearl? Ah yes, to get 60 $ from silly and nostalgic people. Gen 4 is one of my favourites, but I won't buy the game. Expand
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Q-BEE-DEE
Nov 22, 2021
Literally pointless. This remake offers absolutely nothing in terms of substance or value. It's the same game released 15 years ago exceptLiterally pointless. This remake offers absolutely nothing in terms of substance or value. It's the same game released 15 years ago except with a significantly worse art style and some incredibly minor tweaks, some of which actively worsen the experience of playing the game. The 60 $ price tag is absurd, especially given that it offers less content and quality than the updated version they released for 40 $ 13 years ago. Expand
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WunderK
Nov 22, 2021
While this game's artstyle isn't inherently bad, it is a clear indication of lazy, rushed, and cheap development as a whole. You are betterWhile this game's artstyle isn't inherently bad, it is a clear indication of lazy, rushed, and cheap development as a whole. You are better off playing the original Pokemon Platinum than this game, somehow. The game is clearly attempting to resemble the Link's Awakening Remake's artstyle, but fails miserably. Visually, its single saving grace is it's water/lighting, but those mean nothing when the game is riddled with bugs, low resolution textures, minimal and crappy animation (if any), visual artifacting in all of it's menus, (which is baffling), bad animated textures, and abysmal handling of skirt censorship. (to elaborate, playing as the female avatar removes floor reflections during battles as a cheap means of censorship instead of utilizing the most basic level of proper skirt censors) This along with the game having basically no added content, even retaining many of the original games' issues, make the game a pathetic excuse for something licensed by the single largest media franchise in the known universe. Do not buy this, even if you want to try out Diamond and Pearl, and even if you have nostalgia for those games. There are better uses for your money. Expand
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Brett5v
Nov 22, 2021
This game can lock you out for like a week if you do not how to get the Drifblim that is a terrible game for 2022 1 out of 10.
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Purrpupurine
Nov 23, 2021
This game is just a remaster. If you are a user who played the original game deeply, it may be a game that stimulates memories. But for me,This game is just a remaster. If you are a user who played the original game deeply, it may be a game that stimulates memories. But for me, the diamond and pearl versions were not very good games. Expand
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squirrel454
Nov 23, 2021
An insult of a "remake" that makes the GTA trilogy look good in comparison. How can you make a game that has less content than its originalAn insult of a "remake" that makes the GTA trilogy look good in comparison. How can you make a game that has less content than its original 3rd game (platinum) released in 2008 Expand
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RevUBrah
Nov 23, 2021
One job. They had one job. Copy and paste Platinum while sprinkling in bonus content like new Mega Evolutions. And they couldn't do it, soOne job. They had one job. Copy and paste Platinum while sprinkling in bonus content like new Mega Evolutions. And they couldn't do it, so we're stuck with a $60 game with less content than one released 13 years ago. Expand
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TruthfulGamer67
Nov 23, 2021
Pokemon is ****

Thats the review Play better games and ignore this game unless you can get it on sale (and even then you might as well
Pokemon is ****

Thats the review

Play better games and ignore this game unless you can get it on sale (and even then you might as well save the money)
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BattedPants
Nov 23, 2021
I literally can't play, before I can get to the first gym the game has locked my controls leaving me unable to do anything until i back outI literally can't play, before I can get to the first gym the game has locked my controls leaving me unable to do anything until i back out with the home button and then go back inside. Leaves me frustrated, can't get to the first part, did they really try?

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AntiAntiVaxxer
Nov 23, 2021
This is the bottom of the barrel for not just Pokemon, not just Nintendo, but gaming. This game is a terrible, unfinished Money Grab by theThis is the bottom of the barrel for not just Pokemon, not just Nintendo, but gaming. This game is a terrible, unfinished Money Grab by the Pokémon Company. They did not even bother to get Game Freak involved, instead they just got an IOS developer do the job as terrible as possible. Literally no content, terrible graphics and animations, no innovation, only the old Pokémon mechanics. Less content than the older games. Technically bad, randomly crashes, sometimes doesn't recognize controller input despite the controller working and many more issues. These remasters, uhh, i mean remakes, are so faithful to the originals they kept all the bugs. Not to mention there are soft-locks. Content needs to be downloaded via update. And all of that for 60 bucks, or 120 if you want all the Pokemon because trading was ruined in this game too. Expand
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Bnois
Nov 21, 2021
Low effort demake without the soul the original game had. I guess Pokemon company just wanted to make some quick buck during christmas time.
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cleangame37
Nov 20, 2021
The graphic is more worse than sword/shield. I'm just wondering whether this is the game launched in 2021. If someone say this is launched inThe graphic is more worse than sword/shield. I'm just wondering whether this is the game launched in 2021. If someone say this is launched in 2011, I will believe it certainly. And there are also many bugs. This is not remake. This is not good at all compared to 2008 diamond/pearl Expand
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Herbollo
Nov 21, 2021
I don't recommend it.
The game has some serious issues like fps drops (30 to 19 fps). Graphics is not impressive at all compered to other
I don't recommend it.
The game has some serious issues like fps drops (30 to 19 fps). Graphics is not impressive at all compered to other switch games like Link's awakaning who uses the same chibi art style. And most importantly it has less content than the Platinum version on DS. It is the most lazy remake i ever seen.
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USAGI7
Nov 20, 2021
The legend of Zelda: breath of the wild is the greatest switch game ever. It released in 2017. But pokemon cannot make those graphics in 2022.The legend of Zelda: breath of the wild is the greatest switch game ever. It released in 2017. But pokemon cannot make those graphics in 2022. Someone can say it's definite. But I don't think so. Because this game(Shining pearl,2021) is even worse than Sword/shield graphic(2017). Expand
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MasterMimiii
Nov 20, 2021
The worst Pokémon remake ever made, the game já full of serious bugs never seen um any other games of the franchise, the following PokémonThe worst Pokémon remake ever made, the game já full of serious bugs never seen um any other games of the franchise, the following Pokémon don't even follow right, and are in a pathetic scale. There are no new things in the game, as a remake should have, and the art style is horrible. This is much like a remaster than a remake. Expand
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soulsilverjk
Nov 20, 2021
An extremely uninspired reskin of the old Diamond and Pearl games without any of the platinum improvements. They could have reskinned platinumAn extremely uninspired reskin of the old Diamond and Pearl games without any of the platinum improvements. They could have reskinned platinum and my review would have increased to a 7/10. Expand
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JunaCrawford
Nov 20, 2021
Absolute waste of money. Same game copy pasted from back then. 0 effort low effort trash don't support this!!!
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Latios___
Nov 25, 2021
Bugs from able to clone Pokémon to softlocks. So many glitches, bugs to being able to skip all trainers, walking around ending up in differentBugs from able to clone Pokémon to softlocks. So many glitches, bugs to being able to skip all trainers, walking around ending up in different spots unintended and even berry planting crashing game bugs. That's too much. It's a broken game at release. Also not a fan of chibi stylistically, weird to see the enhanced version Platinum ignored, don't understand some choices like permanent exp share obligation and single use TM. When everything is so faithful intended, why not have exp mechanism faithful (turned off) as option too? Was a great fan of the original Diamond and Pearl, but seeing this as the upgrade in over 15 years just feels too lackluster for me. It's not really worth the $60,-. Especially compared with changes in ORAS and HGSS, this just isn't up to par. Expand
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jaceace
Nov 21, 2021
There's no reason to play these games over the original games. There's nothing new, like, at all, they just feel like cheap and easy cashThere's no reason to play these games over the original games. There's nothing new, like, at all, they just feel like cheap and easy cash grabs to suck in Pokemon fans.

First - The graphics are horrible for such a huge franchise as Pokemon, theres no excuse for it to look like a cheap mobile game - which even then, some mobile games to a hella better job at it. The chibi look and overworld and "being faithful" is nothing but a sorry excuse to do as less as possible, to literally copy and paste from the originals.

Second - Who is this game targeted at, cause not even my 8 year old kid thinks they look good, he called them "baby" looking, I really think the pokemon company is completely out of touch with the fanbase and dont even know who it is theyre actually targetting anymore, theres no consistancy in terms of graphics and art style, the last 3 generations have all had a completely different artstyle and direction that its a huge turn off cause it feels like the franchise is going backwards instead of forward, theres just no love or effort being put into it anymore, these games are definitely going back 10 steps.

Thrid - Like I said in my opening, theres nothing new, unlike the other remakes (FireRed, LeafGreen, HeatGold, SoulSilver, OmegaRuby, AlphaSapphire and the Lets Go games) they all introduced new things, more content, expanded storylines, expanded dex, included their 3rd version upgrades, updated character designs, updated towns and cities and environments, heck, some of them gave us new pokemon and new forms, these games gave us....nothing, not a single new thing! Every single thing is either completely the same as the 16 year old original games, right down to the design of a fricken tree! Some things have even been extremely dumbed down - The contests, theres absolutely nothing to them anymore other than pushing a button now and then to a stupid rhythm game, theres literally nothing more to contests, the only other side content to the games!

Fith - The Underground - Its slow, its boring and extremely repetitive, ok cool, we can catch some pokemon that arent found in the dex till post game, but when its old pokemon that have been around for 20 years and weve played with a million times before, its extremely boring! Cutting pokemon from all gens past gen 4 was such a stupid idea, the underground also removed secret bases and decorating to instead add in statues and hardly do anything, the underground is somewhat pointless other than to get some extra pokemon and even then, theres nothing new in that.

All in all, I dont recommned these games to anyone, if you want to Sinnoh experience, go play Pokemon Platinum - it has a lot more features and Pokemon and its a game that came out 16 years ago - The fact people are saying that the originals has more, should tell you how much of a low effort, cheap cash grab these "remakes" (More like dumbed down remasters) are.
Save yourself the $60
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pokemonmaster9
Nov 25, 2021
Positive review lacked.

No national dex, no retelling stories, and no update gameplay, this is a waste of time.
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Kidwild
Nov 22, 2021
For a so called "remake". It feels like a RE-BREAK to me! One-step forward. Only to go two steps backwards...pathetic.

This Game had
For a so called "remake". It feels like a RE-BREAK to me! One-step forward. Only to go two steps backwards...pathetic.

This Game had potential. But it was squandered, like the last game. Sword, and shield. The game is TOO EASY. (I get it. The new comers need hand-holding. But the other folks, would like a challenge DANG IT!)

Being faithful to the OG game. Is not the best of ideas. Especially, if it gonna be a Complete copycat of the DP game. Like c mon... If you are gonna perform a remake. Then it needs to be a REMAKE! With new stuff to boot. Not little bit of new stuff. But a TON! Final Fantasy 7 remake managed to remake a lot of their old game. into something much, more bad-ass!

THIS!? LOL it's the same game, with a new coat of paint. If you're going for a remaster. Then at the least. make it, With a more quality improvements. to be a overall. Quite a lot better, than the OG game. Or just simply better.

Now this game isn't all bad. There are some new stuff. underground. That is one of the few SAVING GRACES for this sorry excuse of a game. other saving graces as well. At least this game...BEATS Sword and shield. That is for sure.

Not worth the 60$. Not even worth 40$! Only buy this game, If you lack the OG copy of DP. And try to get it for 20$ or less...Else avoid it. (At least this game, managed to be better than the GTA definite edition trilogy. And the Battlefield 2042. AKA COD copy. with worse everything.)

Game-Freak and the other company. and T.P.C needs to Care less on profits. and care more on quality...More staffing members, More time. (not infinite time. So a needed dead-line. but not a Crunch time, dead line...And listen to GOOD fan feedback and good suggestions.. (Money is needed yes. But compassion is needed too. to keep the fans loyal. And the Reputation staying in the good/golden side. The reputation is right now...being gravely Tarnished.)

As of now. This franchise, is turning into a EA's version of a game. All milked to death for easy money... (even fan made games, did better than this.)
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qweqaz123
Nov 21, 2021
This is a remake from a game made over 10 years ago who in my opinion don't live to the hype. While they were able to fix some of the flaws ofThis is a remake from a game made over 10 years ago who in my opinion don't live to the hype. While they were able to fix some of the flaws of it's original version they also gutted content from the original like the secret bases and contests, not only that but this has made some dubious choices like turning back TM's to being breakable and the weird art-style who tries to resemble the original but it makes this game look like some low quality mobile game even thought artstyle wise the LGPE games already had a way better inbetween of the original sprites and the more modern and anime-like models. I don't deny they did some good like HM's not being forced, customization and the underground mons letting you get pokémon not on the dex but those sounds more like putting up a flatboard over a huge hole and calling it a bridge. All in all the games are a dissapointment and does not justify the increased price-tag of 60 bucks. Expand
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ZoroGust
Dec 7, 2021
It's so lazy it looks like a remaster! Justified the dexit to enhance the "graphics improvement", but tell me what this remake has graphicallyIt's so lazy it looks like a remaster! Justified the dexit to enhance the "graphics improvement", but tell me what this remake has graphically to bring only the pokemon of the original game? Expand
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pastelisland
Dec 6, 2021
This game is an obvious lazy cash grab. While claiming to be a “faithful” remake, they gut the Grand Underground, removing traps and beingThis game is an obvious lazy cash grab. While claiming to be a “faithful” remake, they gut the Grand Underground, removing traps and being able to decorate secret bases. They gut the contests and remove dressing up, dancing, and judges to replace it with a boring one button, one line rhythm game. They don’t allow Exp share to be toggled off so the game is incredibly easy. You don’t even have to try to win any battles, you can just mash A. The expressionless chibi models are laughable and so are the cutscenes. There are bugs and glitches. The game just feels so bland and lazy. The 2006 games made 15 years ago are more enjoyable. We should have better pokemon games made in 2021, especially when Nintendo has so much money and has made incredible new LoZ and AC games. If you want a nostalgic, challenging game, don’t waste your money. Use an emulator or drag out your DS. This game can only be recommended for young children. I suppose that’s who Pokemon is geared towards nowadays instead of working more towards their audience that has grown up playing the games. Expand
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Frank1992
Dec 7, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the rubbish game. I won’t spend any to buy this game. GF only want to make money and no heart to remake the game. If you compare heart gold/omega these remake game. This one is really disappointed. Expand