Sunday morning The Pokemon Company officially announced that the Pokemon franchise's next major releases would arrive in late 2022. Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet will take Pokemon fans to a new region based on Spain, offering up the main series' first open world to explore. It's an occasion to celebrate and The Pokemon Company is doing just that. Starting today in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, a special limited-time mythical Pokemon event for a free Pokemon will be available.
Nintendo Switch Pokemon players will soon be able to acquire the mythical Pokemon Shaymin. There's nothing complicated about it. All Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl players will have to do is access their game's Mystery Gift option. Shaymin will be available via a letter from Professor Oak and will go directly into players' collections. It may not be a very interactive mythical Pokemon event, but it's still a very nice reward.
As with all such legendary and mythical Pokemon events, the Shaymin availability will only be accessible for a limited time. Shaymin will officially unlock today, February 27, and will remain available through March 27th. A full month should be plenty of time for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl players to access their Mystery Gifts. Be wary of putting it off and forgetting, however. Time will run out faster than it feels like.
Shaymin is a unique mythical Pokemon that was introduced in the original fourth generation of Pokemon games, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. It's fitting that they're being brought back for the new remakes, especially given that Shaymin has two formes, itself. Shaymin is a grass-type Pokemon with a base land forme that looks like a white hedgehog with green grass growing on top of it. If given a Gracidea flower during the daytime, Shaymin can change into its sky forme, a grass/flying-type Pokemon that looks like a terrier puppy.
What makes this mythical Pokemon event so exciting is that Shaymin is a surprisingly rare Pokemon. It has only been available in the Americas in 2009, 2010, and 2016, the latest for Pokemon's 20th Anniversary. Though, to be fair, it was also offered to Pokemon Legends: Arceus players who had Pokemon Sword and Shield save data. Regardless, this could be the last opportunity to pick it up for years into the future.
Shaymin should provide an excellent reason for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl players to return to the game, if only for a spell. With Pokemon Legends: Arceus overshadowing Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, this should reinvigorate the remakes' communities. It's going to be a long wait for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, after all.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl are available now on Switch.
