Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl
| Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl | |
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| Featuring | |
| 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 | 13 |
| Episode length | 15–36 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 4:03:20 |
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, followed by Rick with Brilliant Diamond on December 14. As of December 17, 2021, 13 episodes of the series have been released; 4 of Brilliant Diamond, 9 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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| 1 | Monferno Lv. 14 | Magikarp Lv. 11 | Machop Lv. 13 | ||||||||||||
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Episodes
| PR# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date | ||||||
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| Shining Pearl, Chapter 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1203 | 1 | "Toddling and Waddling" | 19:09 | John | Rick, Lindsay | November 23, 2021 | ||||||
| 1204 | 2 | "Rilckeless" | 15:53 | John | Rick, Lindsay | November 24, 2021 | ||||||
| 1205 | 3 | "A Real Sad Way to Lose a Chimchar" | 16:20 | John | Rick, Sarah, Lindsay | November 25, 2021 | ||||||
| 1206 | 4 | "The Trash Can Is Empty" | 16:03 | John | Rick, Lindsay | November 25, 2021 | ||||||
| 1207 | 5 | "You Used Terrible Wrong" | 16:32 | John | Rick, Lindsay | November 26, 2021 | ||||||
| 1211 | 6 | "Impossible to Pronounce" | 17:03 | John | Rick, Lindsay | December 6, 2021 | ||||||
| 1212 | 7 | "Back in the Dark Ages" | 18:09 | John | Rick | December 7, 2021 | ||||||
| 1214 | 8 | "Gebat & Zeodude" | 18:00 | John | Rick | December 8, 2021 | ||||||
| 1216 | 9 | "If I Just Wiped" | 36:32 | John | Rick | December 9, 2021 | ||||||
| Brilliant Diamond, Chapter 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1220 | 1 | "Thud the Buff Baby" | 21:17 | Rick | John, Lindsay | December 14, 2021 | ||||||
| 1221 | 2 | "A Good Rat" | 16:04 | Rick | John, Lindsay | December 15, 2021 | ||||||
| 1222 | 3 | "Every Break Room Is a House" | 16:56 | Rick | John, Lindsay | December 16, 2021 | ||||||
| 1223 | 4 | "A Polished Sphere of Diamond" | 15:22 | Rick | John, Lindsay | December 17, 2021 | ||||||