Random: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl National Dex Can Be Unlocked As Early As Obtaining First Gym Badge

Pokemon dataminers have uncovered an interesting finding about Pokemon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl‘s National Pokedex.

The National Pokedex has traditionally been a feature that can only be unlocked after completing the game’s main story, however, dataminers have discovered that Pokemon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl allow players to access it as soon as they have obtained the first gym badge and reached Eterna City.

Since unlocking the National Dex requires that players view all the Pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex, this feat is only possible legitimately if players trade for every Pokemon they have not seen, or if they transfer the required Pokemon from Pokemon HOME once it is compatible.

The discovery was shared by dataminer Sibuna_Switch on Twitter, who also posted a video recording for proof:

Fellow dataminer mattyoukhana_ then followed up with a post explaining what features obtaining the National Dex this early unlocks, as well as what features still require beating the game to access:

Although it is currently not known if this programming was intentional, being able to obtain the National Dex this early is quite beneficial to players who wish to use National Dex exclusive Pokemon such as Rotom in their starting playthroughs, provided they have the means to fulfill the requirements.

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