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{{Infobox_game |colorscheme=diamond|bordercolorscheme=pearl
{{Infobox game |colorscheme=diamond|bordercolorscheme=pearl
|name=Pokémon Diamond Version
|name=Pokémon Diamond Version
|name2=Pokémon Pearl Version
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During the course of the game, there are many conflicts with the evil [[Team Galactic]] and its leader, [[Cyrus]]. When the power of {{p|Dialga}}{{sup/4|D}} or {{p|Palkia}}{{sup/4|P}}, summoned by Cyrus, begins to overwhelm Sinnoh, {{p|Uxie}}, {{p|Mesprit}} and {{p|Azelf}} appear and negate the power flow, and the player must catch or defeat the [[legendary Pokémon]].
During the course of the game, there are many conflicts with the evil [[Team Galactic]] and its leader, [[Cyrus]]. When the power of {{p|Dialga}}{{sup/4|D}} or {{p|Palkia}}{{sup/4|P}}, summoned by Cyrus, begins to overwhelm Sinnoh, {{p|Uxie}}, {{p|Mesprit}} and {{p|Azelf}} appear and negate the power flow, and the player must catch or defeat the [[legendary Pokémon]].


After the player defeats the Elite Four, there are further activities to pursue. These mainly concern the capture of previously unavailable Pokémon, extra features such as the Poké Radar, exploration of previously inaccessible places such as the [[Fight Area|Fight]], [[Survival Area|Survival]], and [[Resort Area|Resort Areas]] and the perfection of battle skills in the {{si|Battle Tower}}.
After the player defeats the Elite Four, there are further activities to pursue. These mainly concern the capture of previously unavailable Pokémon, extra features such as the Poké Radar, exploration of previously inaccessible places such as the [[Fight Area|Fight]], [[Survival Area|Survival]], and [[Resort Area]]s and the perfection of battle skills in the {{si|Battle Tower}}.


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[[{{ns:6}}:Pokémon Pearl.jpg|right|thumb|North American Pokémon Pearl DS card]]
[[{{ns:6}}:Pokémon Pearl.jpg|right|thumb|North American Pokémon Pearl DS card]]


* Diamond and Pearl are compatible with the [[Generation III|Game Boy Advance Pokémon RPGs]] after seeing the first 150 Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex. The GBA cartridge is inserted into the GBA slot of the Nintendo DS, while Diamond or Pearl is in its DS card slot to upload Pokémon. There is also a feature called [[dual-slot mode]] where if there is a certain Pokémon cartridge in the GBA slot, a certain Pokémon will appear in a certain area in Sinnoh that do not natively appear. An example is when {{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|Pokémon FireRed|s}} is in the GBA slot, wild {{p|Arbok}} will appear in the [[Great Marsh]] area in [[Pastoria City]].  
* Diamond and Pearl are compatible with the [[Generation III|Game Boy Advance Pokémon RPGs]] after seeing the first 150 Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex. The GBA cartridge is inserted into the GBA slot of the Nintendo DS, while Diamond or Pearl is in its DS card slot to upload Pokémon. There is also a feature called [[dual-slot mode]] where if there is a certain Pokémon cartridge in the GBA slot, a certain Pokémon will appear in a certain area in Sinnoh that do not natively appear. An example is when {{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|Pokémon FireRed|s}} is in the GBA slot, wild {{p|Arbok}} will appear in the [[Great Marsh]] area in [[Pastoria City]].
* Pokémon uploads are restricted to six per 24-hour period per GBA cartridge, and the player will have to re-capture such transferred Pokémon in [[Pal Park]] located at the end of {{rt|221|Sinnoh}} before transferring from another GBA game.
* Pokémon uploads are restricted to six per 24-hour period per GBA cartridge, and the player will have to re-capture such transferred Pokémon in [[Pal Park]] located at the end of {{rt|221|Sinnoh}} before transferring from another GBA game.
** However there is a [[Pal Park Glitch|way]] to bypass this restriction.
** However there is a [[Pal Park Glitch|way]] to bypass this restriction.
* Pokémon knowing any of the [[Generation III]] [[HM]] [[move]]s ({{m|Cut}}, {{m|Fly}}, {{m|Surf}}, {{m|Strength}}, {{m|Flash}}, {{m|Rock Smash}}, {{m|Waterfall}}, and {{m|Dive}}) cannot be transferred; therefore, it is necessary to go to the [[Move Deleter]] in [[Fuchsia City]] or [[Lilycove City]] to remove them before transfer.
* Pokémon knowing any of the [[Generation III]] [[HM]] [[move]]s ({{m|Cut}}, {{m|Fly}}, {{m|Surf}}, {{m|Strength}}, {{m|Flash}}, {{m|Rock Smash}}, {{m|Waterfall}}, and {{m|Dive}}) cannot be transferred; therefore, it is necessary to go to the [[Move Deleter]] in [[Fuchsia City]] or [[Lilycove City]] to remove them before transfer.
* The player cannot transfer any of the Pokémon back to the GBA cartridge once they are transferred to their Diamond/Pearl copy; the transfer is permanent.  
* The player cannot transfer any of the Pokémon back to the GBA cartridge once they are transferred to their Diamond/Pearl copy; the transfer is permanent.
* The DS's native support for Wi-Fi is employed, allowing players to trade, battle and communicate using "voice chat" online.
* The DS's native support for Wi-Fi is employed, allowing players to trade, battle and communicate using "voice chat" online.
* Diamond and Pearl feature wireless connectivity to [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], much as their predecessors connected to the [[Nintendo 64]] and [[Nintendo GameCube]] and their respective battle arena games.
* Diamond and Pearl feature wireless connectivity to [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], much as their predecessors connected to the [[Nintendo 64]] and [[Nintendo GameCube]] and their respective battle arena games.
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Instead of making [[Pokéblock]]s with Berries, Berry-flavored muffins called [[Poffin]] are made. This is done in [[Hearthome City]], though not within the Contest Hall, instead it is done at the Poffin House, which is near the Pokémon Center in Hearthome. Using the DS's touchscreen, players must stir the Poffin as directed by arrows that appear.
Instead of making [[Pokéblock]]s with Berries, Berry-flavored muffins called [[Poffin]] are made. This is done in [[Hearthome City]], though not within the Contest Hall, instead it is done at the Poffin House, which is near the Pokémon Center in Hearthome. Using the DS's touchscreen, players must stir the Poffin as directed by arrows that appear.


The first round of the Contests themselves is similar to the first round in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, but instead of relying solely on Contest stats, Pokémon must be dressed up using [[Accessory|accessories]] with the stylus within a time limit. Each particular Contest will require different accessories, and higher ranks may require more to be put on the Pokémon.
The first round of the Contests themselves is similar to the first round in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, but instead of relying solely on Contest stats, Pokémon must be dressed up using [[Accessory|Accessories]] with the stylus within a time limit. Each particular Contest will require different accessories, and higher ranks may require more to be put on the Pokémon.


The second round is a dancing round, using buttons on the touch screen to either perform a dance that the others will find hard to mimic (if the player's Pokémon is the main dancer) or to copy the lead Pokémon's dance moves. Each Pokémon gets a turn at being the leader, and the leader must try to dance in time with the music, and so, obviously, so do the background dancers. The A, B, X, and Y buttons also work.
The second round is a dancing round, using buttons on the touch screen to either perform a dance that the others will find hard to mimic (if the player's Pokémon is the main dancer) or to copy the lead Pokémon's dance moves. Each Pokémon gets a turn at being the leader, and the leader must try to dance in time with the music, and so, obviously, so do the background dancers. The A, B, X, and Y buttons also work.
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According to {{wp|Famitsu}}, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sold 1,586,360 units in the four days after its release. On December 27, 2006, it was announced that the two games combined became the first Nintendo DS games to hit five million units shipped.<ref>[http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/12/27/103,1167202517,65081,0,0.html 『ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド･パール』の出荷本数が500万本を突破！ ] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref>
According to {{wp|Famitsu}}, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sold 1,586,360 units in the four days after its release. On December 27, 2006, it was announced that the two games combined became the first Nintendo DS games to hit five million units shipped.<ref>[http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/12/27/103,1167202517,65081,0,0.html 『ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド･パール』の出荷本数が500万本を突破！ ] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref>


Sales of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in Japan exceeded the five million mark in the 29th week of sales (April 9 - 15, 2007).<ref>[[Bulbanews]]: [[n:Diamond, Pearl sales cross 5 million mark in Japan|Diamond, Pearl sales cross 5 million mark in Japan]] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref> In the United States, over 533,000 pre-orders were taken before release<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070425074506/http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=11981 NINTENDO ADVISES POKÉMON FANS: PRE-ORDERS TOP 500,000] (Wayward archive) (retrieved January 13, 2010)</ref>, and one million copies were sold within five days. By the end of April 2007, the US release of Pokémon Diamond had sold approximately 1.045 million copies, and Pokémon Pearl had sold approximately 712 thousand copies.<ref>[[Bulbanews]]: [[n:NPD Group sales data for April 2007 revealed|NPD Group sales data for April 2007 revealed]] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref>
Sales of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in Japan exceeded the five million mark in the 29th week of sales (April 9–15, 2007).<ref>[[Bulbanews]]: [[n:Diamond, Pearl sales cross 5 million mark in Japan|Diamond, Pearl sales cross 5 million mark in Japan]] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref> In the United States, over 533,000 pre-orders were taken before release,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070425074506/http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=11981 NINTENDO ADVISES POKÉMON FANS: PRE-ORDERS TOP 500,000] (Wayward archive) (retrieved January 13, 2010)</ref> and one million copies were sold within five days. By the end of April 2007, the US release of Pokémon Diamond had sold approximately 1.045 million copies, and Pokémon Pearl had sold approximately 712 thousand copies.<ref>[[Bulbanews]]: [[n:NPD Group sales data for April 2007 revealed|NPD Group sales data for April 2007 revealed]] (retrieved December 21, 2009)</ref>


===Japanese sales===
===Japanese sales===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Diamond and Pearl are the first games where:
* Diamond and Pearl are the first games where:
** The [[rival]]'s [[starter Pokémon]] is not at level 5 during the first rival battle.  
** The [[rival]]'s [[starter Pokémon]] is not at level 5 during the first rival battle.
** The cartidge uses the standard grey color that Nintendo has packed most of their games in since the release of the NES. Indeed, it appears only Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum ''will'' use this color, as the subsequent games utilize black cartridges for their shiny labels, and cartridges for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] are cast in a lighter grey plastic.
** The cartidge uses the standard grey color that Nintendo has packed most of their games in since the release of the NES. Indeed, it appears only Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum ''will'' use this color, as the subsequent games utilize black cartridges for their shiny labels, and cartridges for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] are cast in a lighter grey plastic.
** The lab of the region's [[Pokémon Professor]] is not in the player's hometown.
** 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.  
** All three starter Pokémon gain a second type through evolution and are utilized in the storyline.
* Pokémon Diamond and Pearl contain many references to {{wp|Internet meme}}s and {{wp|chatspeak}}. This is possibly because the lead translator, [[Nob Ogasawara]], is a member of the {{wp|Something Awful|Something Awful Forums}}.
* Pokémon Diamond and Pearl contain many references to {{wp|Internet meme}}s and {{wp|chatspeak}}. This is possibly because the lead translator, [[Nob Ogasawara]], is a member of the {{wp|Something Awful|Something Awful Forums}}.
* The leaders and {{DL|Elite Four|Sinnoh Elite Four|Elite Four}} of Sinnoh do not always use Pokémon of their specialized type. This problem was fixed in {{v2|Platinum}} with an [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number#Platinum expansion|expansion]] added to the Pokédex.
* The leaders and {{DL|Elite Four|Sinnoh Elite Four|Elite Four}} of Sinnoh do not always use Pokémon of their specialized type. This problem was fixed in {{v2|Platinum}} with an [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number#Platinum expansion|expansion]] added to the Pokédex.
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