Have we gotten it wrong the whole time?

[Auraninja]

When we heard of Diamond and Pearl, a lot of us have thought of Diamond to be the "red" version, and Pearl to be the "blue" version. There were two things that made us think that. First, it's said as "Diamond & Pearl", which would follow the trend of "red then blue". That would be the case of "Red & Blue", "Gold & Silver", and "Ruby & Sapphire". Also, diamonds are from the land and pearls are from oysters, which are in the see.

However, there were a couple of things that would prove otherwise. When the logos came out, the Diamond logo was blue and white, and the pearl was rather pinkish. Another thing was Diaruga and Parukia. Diaruga is blue and Parukia is pinkish white. Yet (IMO) the most compelling evidence is the boxarts.

Serebii News

As you can see, the Diamond box has a blue tint and the Pearl box has a pink tint.

So, is Diamond the blue version and Pearl the red version?

Mods, close this if you find it necessary.

 

[DJ-Will]

Maybe in appearance they are, but otherwise, it's D/P. It's been referred to countless times as "Diamond and Pearl".

 

[Hazza]

Well, Pearl and Diamond just doesn't have the same ring to it. I guess the fourth generation is all about breaking traditions.

 

[Pokemon trainer Jeremy]

yes you got it right

 

[JohtoBlaziken]

How about....it doesn't matter?

Who cares if there's supposedly *mixed-up* qualities of the games? It doesn't make a difference. Now, you just have to buy the second one.

OH NOES!

We still know next to nothing about the legendaries, so these are part assumption at this point. Gamefreak doesn't care. Only loyal, rabid fans that like to look for strange patterns care.

It doesn't matter.

:/

 

[PDL]

hmm... I've thought of this as well, but the only difference that would really set the two apart is what kind of version exclusive pokemon we get in each version, and we won't find that out until it's actually released.

 

[dragonmaster_jonathan]

When we heard of Diamond and Pearl, a lot of us have thought of Diamond to be the "red" version, and Pearl to be the "blue" version. There were two things that made us think that. First, it's said as "Diamond & Pearl", which would follow the trend of "red then blue". That would be the case of "Red & Blue", "Gold & Silver", and "Ruby & Sapphire". Also, diamonds are from the land and pearls are from oysters, which are in the see.

However, there were a couple of things that would prove otherwise. When the logos came out, the Diamond logo was blue and white, and the pearl was rather pinkish. Another thing was Diaruga and Parukia. Diaruga is blue and Parukia is pinkish white. Yet (IMO) the most compelling evidence is the boxarts.

Serebii News

As you can see, the Diamond box has a blue tint and the Pearl box has a pink tint.

So, is Diamond the blue version and Pearl the red version?

Mods, close this if you find it necessary.

Who thought that?

the diamond version is the diamond version. The pearl version is the pearl version... I see no relationship between DP and RB... and thus, I dont understand what your saying.

EDIT: WOw, I guess people this think that :/ (looks at above post)

 

[Sakura's_Man]

^Yea, I guess so. I see your point though.

 

[Spriteman]

I've always thought of Diamond as blue and Pearl as red. I don't fancy getting pearl though, cause its gonna be pink =(

 

[Auraninja]

Okay, here's what I call the "red" and "blue" versions.

Red- Red, Gold, Ruby
Blue- Blue, Silver, Sapphire

Well, Red and Blue are obvious. Gold is more reddish and Silver is more bluish (they're not that close, I know). Ruby's are usually red and Sapphire's are usually blue.

And, if you don't care about the topic, then why post? O.O

 

[Conflagration]

Gold is more reddish and Silver is more bluish (they're not that close, I know).

Also Ho-oh is a fire type and Lugia is the king of the seas.

 

[Spriteman]

Well, actually, its not that they are reddish, its due to them being hot/cold colours, I mean, gold ain't very reddish in my opinion, silver is only a tad bluish to me, but no matter how you tint red and blue, you wont get gold or silver, thus it must be them seperating them between hot and cold colours =P

 

[Radical Edward]

Instead of refering to them as red or blue, it makes more sence to look at them in terms of dominence. Dominent would be the "red" versions, or the more popular ones, and Resesive would be the "blue"s, the les popular, slightly less selling games.I see diamond being the "dominant" version this time around, but thats just me.​

 

[≈*Virulent Tsunami*≈]

I think Diamond is Red and Pearl is Blue. Always thought so =/

≈*V Tsun*≈
The 8th Champion​

 

[Feity]

I still see Diamond as the 'red' one, just because its sorta more dominating.

 

[MetalMario]

It's too much of a simplification to think of things in terms of colours. I like to categorize the versions of a generation as "hot and cold." While Diamond may be represented with a blue colour and Pearl with a pink, all the other usual patterns still apply. Pearl still comes across as being more soft than Diamond and Diamond is named first in the collective title, "Diamond and Pearl." Diamond is the hot version, just as Red, Gold, and Ruby were. If any trend has been broken, it's that the hot version has, for the first time, been represented with a blue colour.

To speculate, I would expect Parukia to come before Diaruga in the Pokédex.

 

[Golden_Latias]

Red sold better than Blue because people liked Charizard more than Blastoise. Gold sold better than Silver because people liked Ho-oh more than Lugia. Ruby sold better than Sapphire because people liked Groudon more than Kyogre.

I don't know this for sure, but I'm confident that Diamond will sell better than Pearl because, by the looks of it, people like Diaruga more than Parukia.

That is the pattern. Not the color. Heck, I'm getting Pearl, even though I loathe pink.

 

[EmpressMyuu]

Hey guys...have you ever noticed that, regardless of the box's color scheme, most actual pearls tend to have a pink sheen to them? Pink is closer to red, so I'd imagine Pearl more as the Red version. While diamonds are clear, they're often shown as silver, which as a cool color is closer to blue.

And even though Diamond is more appealing-sounding than Pearl, I believe that the Red-schemed games sell better than the Blue-schemed ones due to color psychology. Games can somewhat be related to foods, warm colors like red and yellow are found to attract people to food more than cool colors like blue and green. This is why most fast-food signs are red or yellow. So, even though Pearl sounds weaker than Diamond, I still think it'll be the better seller.

 

[Auraninja]

Instead of refering to them as red or blue, it makes more sence to look at them in terms of dominence. Dominent would be the "red" versions, or the more popular ones, and Resesive would be the "blue"s, the les popular, slightly less selling games.I see diamond being the "dominant" version this time around, but thats just me.​

No, it wouldn't be like that. People's opinions decide what will be bought more. Something I read on Game Informer was when they were commenting on Fire Red getting more sales then Leaf Green. They said, paraphrased, "what would you what more, some awesome fire or a soggy wet leaf?". There isn't a "dominating" game because they are always shown as equal, and that's how it's marketed. The only thing is, one of the games is going to be perfer because it's highly doubtful that they will be sucessfully sold at a precisely equal amount.

Edit: EmpressMyuu has brought up a good point. Despite how the games are advertised as equals, people will psychologically pick out the game they think is better.

 

[greatfire]

Diamond and Pearl are named using the "D. S." naming convention like many other games for the Nintendo DS, that is why they don't follow older conventions.
And, by the way, the original games were red and green.