Generation IV (Pokémon)

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Video game fandom
NamePocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl Series
Pocket Monsters Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Series
Japanese nameポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド
ポケットモンスター パール
ポケットモンスタープラチナ

Generation VIII (Pokémon) Remakes:
ポケットモンスター ブリリアントダイヤモンド
ポケットモンスター シャイニングパール

Abbreviation(s)DPP, BDSP
Developer(s)Game Freak; Nintendo
Release dateSeptember 28, 2006 - September 18, 2010 (Japan)
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, later multi-platform
Genre(s)Role-Playing Game
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Generation IV Pokémon games include Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum, in addition to the Generation II remakes Heart Gold and Soul Silver. This generation was remade in Generation VIII as Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl in 2021.

Generation IV's fandom can be split into Gameverse, PokéAni and Pokéspe. This article focuses on 'Gameverse'.

Generation IV Fandom

For more information regarding Generation IV's fandom, see characters' and pairings' individual pages.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Many characters from this generation received renewed interest in 2022 following the release of the prequel, Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Dawn/Volo and Akari/Volo (Volodawn/WielderShipping) is a popular ship across both games that is hard to tie down to one generation, as the game leaves it up to the player to conclude if Dawn and Akari (PL:A's protagonist) are the same character. Same applies to Lucas and Rei in ChosenMerchantShipping and Vololucas. It's joked about by fans.

I do like the idea of the PLA player being the player character of DPPT/BDSP (Akari/Rei being the name of the PLA rival instead), since I get a funny mental of them being completely exasperated when Volo reveals his true nature, "I gotta deal with some maniac trying to reset the world and become god AGAIN?"

And Volo just standing there, thrown for a loop, like, "The hell? Arceus sent somebody with experience?"[1]

Relationships

The most popular ship this generation is Volkner/Flint (IgnitionShipping). Other popular ships include Dawn/Lucas (FortuneShipping), Cynthia/Dawn (GirlPowerShipping) and Barry/Lucas (ClingyShipping).

Other popular pairings, as seen on Archive of Our Own, are Cynthia/Steven Stone (DarkSteelShipping), Dawn & Barry, Cyrus & Cynthia, Dawn/Barry (FutabaShipping), Cyrus/Cynthia (MizuhikiShipping), and Cyrus/Saturn (GingaShipping).[2] Pokémon such as Lucario, Piplup and Arceus were also introduced.

Remaining named characters include Roark, Gardenia, Maylene, Crasher Wake, Fantina, Byron, Candice, Mars, Jupiter, Aaron, Bertha, Lucian, Cheryl, Riley, Mira, Buck, Marley, Looker and Caitlin.

Example/Notable Fanac

Fan Communities/Fan Events

Fan Art

Fan Fic

  • How Not to Make a Fire-Type Team by Anonymous, an English one-shot which pokes fun at how little fire types are on Flint's, "fire type," Elite Four team. Features Flint&Volkner and is rated Gen.
  • Lost and Found by DrinkLemons, an English one-shot where a Galactic Grunt loses a stuffed animal in Team Galactic's headquarters, which Saturn helps him "find." Rated Gen.
  • there's blood on your lies by HopeStoryteller, a work-in-progress cross-generation English longfic where Cynthia is flung back in time by Giratina to the world of Hisui, as featured in Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Rated Teen with an Archive Warning for Graphic Depictions Of Violence.
  • Adventures of Guzma & the 'Cave Troll' by iDontHaveACleverQuip, a work-in-progress cross-generation English longfic where Guzma travels to Sinnoh to capture the "Bug/Dragon" legendary Pokémon Giratina only to rescue Cyrus from the Distortion World post-game. Features Cyrus/Guzma (HarlockShipping) with Aaron/Flint (ScorchShipping), Looker/Nanu (InterpolShipping) and Jupiter/Mars (SinfulShipping) as background pairings. Rated Teen.
  • Inamorata by wreckofherheart, a completed English fanfiction where Dawn finds comfort in Cynthia after becoming Sinnoh Champion. Eventual GirlPowerShipping. Rated Mature with an Archive Warning for Graphic Depictions Of Violence.

Other Pokémon Generations on Fanlore

  1. Generation I (Pokémon)
  2. Generation II (Pokémon)
  3. Generation III (Pokémon)
  4. Generation IV (Pokémon)
  5. Generation V (Pokémon)
  6. Generation VI (Pokémon)
  7. Generation VII (Pokémon)
  8. Generation VIII (Pokémon)
  9. Generation IX (Pokémon)

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