Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have been out for a few days, giving players the chance to relive the Diamond and Pearl days and explore the Sinnoh region. There have been some unfortunate issues discovered in the remakes, though, similar Pokemon Bright Diamond and Shining Pearl players getting soft-locked in gyms, for case. Now another glitch has been found in the Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl games, and players tin exploit it to clone Pokemon.

The Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl cloning glitch was discovered by Twitter user Kevinfor5. To exercise the glitch, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl players need to visit the Solaceon Town daycare. Once at that place, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl players need to access their Pokemon boxes and place 2 Pokemon in the aforementioned position in different boxes, i.due east., a Pokemon in the corner of Box one and a Pokemon in the same corner of Box 2.

Then players want to take one of those Pokemon and put it in the Boxing Box. And so select the other Pokemon to add to the Solaceon Town daycare. After selecting it for the daycare, click on "Box List," press Y, and so swap the positions of the ii Pokemon. Eolith the Pokemon in daycare, and so when players open their Boxing Box again, they'll run across that the bottom slot says Lv.99 with no Pokemon in it.

How to Clone Pokemon in Bright Diamond and Shining Pearl

  1. Go to Solaceon Town daycare
  2. Access Pokemon boxes and place ii Pokemon in the aforementioned position in unlike boxes
  3. Put one of those Pokemon in the Battle Box
  4. Select the other Pokemon for daycare placement then click Box Listing, press Y, and swap the ii Pokemon
  5. Deposit the Pokemon in the daycare and open the Boxing Box again to ostend that in that location's a glitch at the lesser of the list
  6. Catch a Pokemon to delete and put it in the Battle Box
  7. Select the Pokemon to be cloned and add information technology to the Battle Box
  8. Click on the Pokemon and view its summary screen
  9. Back out to see the Pokemon and any particular it's belongings cloned

Afterwards, catch a Pokemon to delete and try to insert it into the Battle Box. Adjacent take hold of the Pokemon that needs to exist cloned and add it to the Battle Box. Click on the Pokemon, view its summary screen, and then back out to see that there is now 2 of those Pokemon. YouTuber Orcastraw created a helpful video showing the procedure in action for those who still aren't quite certain how to clone a Pokemon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

This clone play tricks has some obvious uses, as seen in Orcastraw's video. Legendary Pokemon are extremely rare, but this way Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl players can clone whatever legendary they go, creating a squad of superpowered legendaries or giving them high quality Pokemon to trade. Not only that, but any items the Pokemon is property will be cloned as well, then players can effectively use this trick to get more rare items, with the example in the video existence Master Balls.

There are future Pokemon Bright Diamond and Shining Pearl updates planned, and it seems likely that an exploit like this will be patched out eventually. And so anyone that wants to clone their Pokemon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl should do so while they nonetheless can.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

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Source: Kevinfor5 - Twitter

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