Pokemon Diamond & Pearl are considered two of the better Pokemon games in the series, though with all Pokemon games, that probably depends on how old the person you ask is. Still, it was a great time for Pokemon, and the game introduced a bunch of new Pokemon to the series that are still massively popular today.
However, just like with all games, there were plenty of content and ideas that never made it into Diamond & Pearl, and were ultimately left on the cutting room floor. Due to how secretive the games industry can be, we usually never see these cuttings, but thanks to a new leak, several cut Pokemon designs from Diamond & Pearl were recently revealed for the first time.
First shared by a Pokemon fan named Lewtwo on their own website, these designs come from the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: Behind the Scenes DVD – Make All, which detailed a two-year-long development timeline within Game Freak, but was never publicly released.
On the DVD, you can see several Pokemon designs that never made it into Diamond & Pearl, including different designs for Pokemon like Turtwig, Piplup, Chimchar, and all of their evolutions. You can also see some interesting...
