Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Endgame Lets You Catch Legendaries From Across Entire Franchise

If you’ve played any Pokémon game, the more open-ended post-campaign content is often just as enticing as the linear narrative. You defeat eight gym leaders, conquer the elite four (or whatever other monikers that a specific region might use), and then enter the annals of the Pokémon Hall of Fame. This will allow you to access new regions with new challenge battles/scenarios. In the case of Gold or Silver you can also travel to new locations with their own trainers.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl will likely come with some impressive extra features after the credits roll. A new trailer has been released that shows Ramanas Park as an Endgame Nature Preserve where legendaries can be caught from the whole franchise.

There is one caveat other than defeating the elite four: you’ll have to explore every nook and cranny of Sinnoh to collect slates that correlate with certain legendaries and trigger random encounters in Ramanas Park. You can see more details in the trailer. 

Once you’ve entered the preserve with the slates you’ve collected, you’ll have opportunities to combat and catch classic Pokémon like Ho-Oh, Entei, Raiku, Suicune, Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Rayquaza. Of course, different legendaries will appear based on which version of the upcoming game you own, so be prepared to trade and interact with other trainers if you truly want to catch em’ all! 

There’s even an option to link your copy of Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl with previous Pokémon entries like Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee or Sword/Shield to encounter Mew and Jirachi, respectively. Access to Ramanas Park after beating the game(s), as well as a bevy of communication features in the Grand Underground and Super Contest shows, will arrive in the form of a “day-one patch” tomorrow (November 11). For more information, see the tweet. 

Of course, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl won’t launch on the Switch until November 19, so you won’t have to worry about waiting long to experience everything that Sinnoh has to offer. 

Are you excited about Ramanas Park? Do you have any legendaries that you would like to capture? Comment below to let us know!