What Could Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl's DLC Look Like?
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl are the first normal Pokemon games in a while, and that makes them the odd ones out. Pokemon Legends: Arceus upends the formula, taking us back to the early days of Pokemon when mankind was still developing its relationship and connection with the electric mice of the world. Legends feels like it could be part of the future, either with Gen 9 games mixing some elements from it in a version of the Wild Area, or with the Legends series continuing across other regions, say with Pokemon Legends: Celebi. Prior to BDSP, we had Sword & Shield, which were fairly typical Pokemon games but came with DLC expansions rather than a third wrap-up entry. BDSP, fairly straight remakes of the original Diamond & Pearl games, feel caught in the middle, let down by their reliance on playing it safe. But if we do get DLC for them, what could that be?
It feels likely that DLC will come for these titles. Though not as earth-shattering as SwSh (the first mainline Switch games) or Legends: Arceus (the first game to do something, anything, differently), BDSP sold well. Crucially, they're also missing part of the puzzle. As we noted in our review, Platinum already improved on Diamond & Pearl dramatically, and it's disappointing that it was not used as a framework here. After SwSh received two expansions and New Pokemon Snap got some free updates, it seems like the days of selling a third version after the dual launch is a thing of the past.
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Even if it were not, it has never been a thing for the remakes. FireRed & LeafGreen were not followed by PissYellow, nor were HeartGold & SoulSilver followed by CryogenicallyfrozencorpseCrystal.
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