Pokémon Diamond & Pearl
The Sinnoh debut and home of the Physical/Special split — the mechanic that reshaped competitive play — plus true online battling.
Open Sinnoh Pokédex 
Explore the map In this game
151 Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex- The Sinnoh region
- The Physical/Special move split
- Online trading and battling over Wi-Fi
- The Underground and Pokétch
Game details
- Region
- Sinnoh
- Generation
- 4
- Released
- 2006
- Platform
- Nintendo DS
Starter Pokémon
Cover Legendaries
Version differences
Diamond hosts the steel-dragon Dialga (master of time); Pearl hosts the water-dragon Palkia (master of space).
New Pokémon in Generation 4
107 Pokémon made their debut this generation.
Sinnoh map
Explore the game map and find encounter locations for the version you are playing. Each map is labeled with its source edition.
94 of 94 mapped locations
Hover or focus a marker to see its name; select it to open the location. + groups nearby destinations. Zoom in to separate them.
Browse mapped locations (94)
74 encounter locations in Pokémon Diamond
Open a location to see the encounter methods, levels and odds for this version.
Mechanics & features
What Generation 4 brought to the series.
The Physical/Special split
Whether a move is physical or special is now set per move rather than by its type — a defining competitive change.
Online play
Global trading and battling over Wi-Fi debut.