this made me cry
Actually the first Pokemon game I have ever shiny hunted on. But as a remake of the original Diamond it's not that great. Art style isn't really my thing and the overall vibe is just not the same. I hope they will do a better job at remaking gen 5.
The only way I could recommend this game is if you never played gen 4 before. Other than that, this is virtually the same game 15 years prior to this release, only with fairy types. For prior Pokemon remakes we had new features and design updates that at the very least made the game fresh. For fire red and leaf green, it was double battles and abilities to match its hoen counterpart, as well as the sevii islands. For heart gold and soul silver, it was online capabilities and the battle frontier. For omega ruby and alpha sapphire, it was the nav in the touch screen as well as mega evolutions to match X and Y. These games also got design updates to characters and it's region, updates and sometimes remixes to it's sound track, and also a graphical style to match the generation it's paired with. BDSP had neither of these things. Again you may like it if you never played gen 4 before, and in that case I'd recommend playing platinum. But if you have played gen 4 already, this one is worth skipping over.
i spent a week obsessing like a little gremlin over how to beat cynthia and ive never felt more rewarded than when i did eventually beat her, shame the rest of the game is just meh