From a financial perspective, Pokemon has never been bigger than it is right now, but if you ask fans about how the series' is faring in terms of living up to expectations, most of them will tell you that it's certainly seen better days. That said, though Pokemon hasn't been in the base shape of its life for quite some time now, back when the Gen 4 title Pokemon Diamond and Pearl first came out back in 2007, the series was pretty much at the peak of its powers.

Which is why faithful ground-up remakes of those games with the upcoming Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, even the most cynical and pessimistic Pokemon fans have reason to be optimistic. Unless things go horribly wrong, this has the potential to deliver the same excellence that the originals did (or similar, at least). So ahead of the imminent launch of the remakes, here, we're going to talk about a key few details you should know about the duo.

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