Don't play Brilliant Diamond, play Platinum instead, it's much better in every single way.
You can use an emulator to get it up and running quickly.
As far as Sun vs Ultra Sun, I think most people prefer the original but I've never played them.
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Can you tell me why platinum is better? I’m genuinely clueless.
Platinum came out a year after Diamond and Pearl, it made a lot of changes to the games. From the top of my head these are the most important ones:
- Expanded Pokedex from 151 to 210 or so pokemon.
- Revamped team galactic, changes their bases' looks and adding tons of dialogue.
- Gym leaders, galatic leaders and elite four have improved teams due to the added pokemon.
- Improved sprites although this doesn't really matter at this point.
- Added trainers that follow you and turn areas into pure double battles for a while.
- Improved the big showdown with team galatic and gave Giratina a role in the story.
Thanks! You have convinced me to play platinum over the switch releases.
No problem!
I never finished Ultra, but the consensus I've heard is that normal SuMo has the better story, Ultra has the better postgame content and is at least somewhat more challenging. Which one is better really depends on what you're looking for in a Pokémon game.
I'm really liking ultra so far. There have been some challenging fight. But it is nothing that can't be overcome.
I did die to my first wild encounter though.