Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl

Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl
Games	Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Pokémon Shining Pearl
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig
Featuring	Lindsay Gibbons
Intro theme	"TV! Follow the Red Gyarados!" by KK Cody
Outro theme	"Battle! (Wild Pokémon)" by Shoji Meguro
Original run	November 23, 2021 – present
No. of episodes	3
Episode length	15–19 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	51:22

Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl is the sixth official installment of Pokémon Rivals, and seventh overall. It is played using the 2021 Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, remakes of the 2007 Nintendo DS games Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, and part of the eighth generation of the franchise. As the winner of the previous Padlocke, Pikachu vs. Eevee, John began with Shining Pearl on November 23, 2021, and will be followed by Rick with Brilliant Diamond once John has completed the first leg. As of November 25, 2021, 3 episodes of the series have been released; 0 of Brilliant Diamond, 3 of Shining Pearl, and 0 faceoffs.

Faceoff record

The following is a list of the results of Rick and John's faceoffs throughout the series. The scores listed for each player refer to the number of Pokémon that have not fainted by the end of the battle.

#	Date	Rick's team						R	J	John's team
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2
3
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6
7
8
9

Episodes

PR#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
Shining Pearl, Chapter 1
1203	1	"Toddling and Waddling"	19:09	John	Rick, Lindsay	November 23, 2021 (2021-11-23)
1204	2	"Rilckeless"	15:53	John	Rick, Lindsay	November 24, 2021 (2021-11-24)
1205	3	"A Real Sad Way to Lose a Chimchar"	16:20	John	Rick, Sarah, Lindsay	November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25)