14 DAY TRIAL // During a Pokemon Presents video presentation over the weekend, The Pokemon Company revealed three new games coming to Nintendo Switch in 2021 and 2022. Later this year, fans of the franchise will be able to play Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, while in early 2022 a third game called Pokemon Legends: Arceus is scheduled to arrive.
In Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, players can once again visit the Sinnoh region, which was initially introduced back in 2006. These two games are faithful remakes of two iconic Pokemon games: Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl.
The third game, Pokemon Legends: Arceus will introduce fans to the Sinnoh region of old—before the existence of Pokemon Trainers and Pokemon Leagues. Pokemon Legends: Arceus is a completely new game and will allow players to take on a brand-new adventure to create the region’s first Pokedex.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl are developed by ILCA, Inc., and directed by Junichi Masuda (GAME FREAK) and Yuichi Ueda (ILCA). They are meant to 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. More importantly, the 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.
On the other hand, Pokemon Legends: Arceus was developed with the purpose to offer players an experience infused with new action and RPG elements that go beyond the framework established thus far while honoring the core gameplay of the past Pokemon titles.
As Trainers explore the natural expanses in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, they’ll encounter Pokemon that call these grand vistas home. To catch wild Pokemon, players can study the Pokemon’s behaviors, sneak up to them, then throw Poke Balls. Players can also battle wild Pokemon with their ally Pokemon. By throwing the Poke Ball holding their ally Pokemon near a wild Pokemon, players will seamlessly enter the battle.