Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Behind the Scenes DVD MAKE ALL

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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Behind the Scenes DVD — MAKE ALL (Japanese: ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド・パールメイキング DVD MAKE ALL ) was a documentary of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's two-year long development history produced internally by GAME FREAK— documenting the project since it began on January 20th, 2004. Both the front cover and actual disc are adorned with a PROJECT CAMEX logo as the publisher— a clear parody of the Twentieth Century Fox logo featuring Blastoise (Japanese: カメックス Kamekkusu ) with spotlights on its back.

For nearly twenty years, the only knowledge of this video in any capacity was through a single mention on the personal blog of Junichi Masuda,^[1] where all members of the company had a viewing on Pokémon Day 2007, presumably being given a copy of the DVD to keep following the event. Wider community awareness of the documentary began with a VERY brief listing on Japanese auction site Mercari in February 2026,^[2] purchased by an anonymous user for a bid of ¥82,000— roughly $500—^[3] the contents of which would not resurface following the end of the bid war.

Thankfully, Pokémon collector Neos (neos_tcg) was able to obtain another copy from a different, trusted source as of June 2026,^[4] proving that it wasn't a one-of-one. The contents of the disc were subject to a rapid research, preservation and public dumping process by a small group of archivists led by Lewtwo on July 22nd, 2026— including public YouTube and Internet Archive uploads of the documentary; as well as a dump of the disc on archive.org by Neos within that week; and full analysis of the documentary on both Lewtwo's YouTube channel and a dedicated webpage for Lewtwo.net— that's this page!!

Future plans for a native translation of the documentary are in the works, amending the current YouTube upload with full English subtitles for better public viewing. The following are a list of those involved with the preservation process:

Preservation Credits

neos_tcg
Lewtwo
Earthoul
FlowersBlooms15
Pop
MDTravis
amiosi
KingCoryTH
zef
Porcupine

Among various others that wish to remain anonymous!

Overview

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Alongside the documentary, MAKE ALL comes with a large, foldable insert chronicling the entirety of Diamond and Pearl's development— alongside many real-world events and other game releases. Click here to jump to the entire timeline, translated in full. The front and back cover both showcase small tidbits related to the game's development— the front featuring early settei for Budew, Buneary and Chatot; a largely illegible monitor with an early map of Sinnoh; a print-out of 3D models for the player's house and inside of a Pokémon Center; and concept sketches for The Underground by Shigeru Ohmori. The back features a monitor displaying Nintendo/GAME FREAK's IS-NITRO-DEBUGGER tool alongside a Nintendo DS development kit, as well as a Nintendo DS with a debug build of Diamond and Pearl. MAKE ALL's actual disc depicts early designs of Dialga and Palkia not seen in the documentary itself.

Playing the disc instantly opens to an interactable DVD menu with three screens. The first includes the entire documentary both in full and isolated chapters, as well as— bizarrely— a music video (named 決起!) comprised of various images taken by GAME FREAK staff members throughout the series' 10th anniversary, set to the 2004 song Dive For You by J-pop band Boom Boom Satellites.

The second includes a series of Bonus Videos, often featuring uncut early gameplay of the games, or comedic videos from various development periods. A final menu allows the viewer to watch two original Japanese commericals made for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl— being the very first advertisement/reveal trailer for the games, and another advertising DP's Wi-Fi functionality.

from left-to-right: MAKE ALL's main menu, Bonus Video menu and commercial viewing menu.

Scrapped Pokémon

Throughout all parts of the documentary, over 100 new designs for indentifiable Pokémon are shown— either being early iterations of Pokémon redesigned for the final game, or completely scrapped concepts that didn't manage to make the cut. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of designs were shown spread across the floor via a sweeping camera, leading to awkward angles where many were obscured by sheets of paper above them.

This, (combined with the incredibly low-resolution of the documentary) has led us to conduct a forensic frame-by-frame analysis of the documentary— where in many cases we're able to reconstruct more legible images of each design— by boosting the contrast of hidden layers of paper, or combining several crops from adjacent frames and different zooms. If a design has been made more legible for interpretation, click the "screenshot" tab to view the accompanying raw screenshot that originally showcased the Pokémon itself.

Redesigned Pokémon

The following are a list of Pokémon that definitely made it into the final game, and aren't confirmed to have spun-off of an existing cut concept entirely. It's worth noting the cover sports new settei for Budew, Chatot and Buneary with a handful of different poses that don't match their final, but are largely the same otherwise.

Pokémon

Revisions

Turtwig
ナエトル (Naetoru)

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Leaked milestone build sprites for Turtwig and Grotle dated 2006-02-17 and 2006-06-23 respectively.

Initially designed as a Grass-type armadillo, by Hiroki Fuchino. Features a leaf on its tail instead of a plant connected to the head. Yellow color made its way to Turtwig's jaw in the final design. Design was scrapped for the next revision— with the goal being to spotlight the turtle aspect while transferring traits of an armadillo over to Grotle— something rather apparent in its sprite from leaked milestone builds of Diamond and Pearl. Came from a request by Ken Sugimori, to allow for another animal that kids are more familiar with.

Far closer to final, but has (presumably yellow-colored) cheeks instead of a large jaw, another element clearly visible in leaked milestone sprites. Bridge of the nose extends further out towards the top, but tapers out more sharply than the final. Plant is now connected to the top of the head, but lacks the triangular look that roots it to the design. Overall a lot shorter than the final, with tiny, somewhat pointed legs. Shell is noticeably different, being significantly larger and spikier, lacking the black, segmented look. Look of the shell in this era may have led to Torterra's spikes.

Torterra
ドダイトス (Dodaitosu)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23.

Somewhat matches the early sprite seen in leaks, but features differing details with a more general brown/maroon color scheme. Early sprite has less shrubbery around the tree area, fewer visible roots, and a lower amount of green spots atop the shell, but has additional spikes and a generally wider shape than the artwork. Tail is far thinner with a spiked ball, with "armored" legs not seen in any other iteration. Claws are about on par with the final design, albeit yellow like the early sprite. According to the documentary, Torterra's face shape was later revised to distinguish the design from Venusaur and other flat-faced Pokémon.

Chimchar
ヒコザル (Hikozaru)

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Leaked milestone build back sprite dated 2006-02-17.

Earliest design for Chimchar, designed and drawn by Takao Unno— it's Fire-type being inspired by the rosy buttocks found on chimps. Head and tail flames are very different, with the latter sporting a two-pronged approach, also reflected in its back sprite from leaked milestone builds. Appears less cutesy, with tiny, jet-black eyes, a more jagged "fringe", and sharp triangles on the chin, with lips that don't yet hang over the jaw. While the swirl on its chest would remain for the final, this opts for swirled ears that suggest the illusion of depth. Kneepad in particular appears to have survived, albeit as a part of Infernape's final design. While hard to spot, Chimchar's palms and feet sport a cream color travelling up the back of its arms/legs, instead of completely cream-colored feet and hands as in the final. Design may feature an uneven amount of fingers between hands, though difficult to discern from the sketchy style— but absolutely sports an extra toe when compared to the final.

(Japanese: ひざるポケモンヒッサルー Fire Chimp Pokémon Hissarū )

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Longer proportions, wilder expression and face markings already dropped in place of a far cuter, shorter look. Ears now extend much further but don't yet match the final. Tail flame is no longer two-pronged, but still very large. Chimchar now features its final fur color for the hands and feet, but transitions between the two with a fuzzier approach than the final's more "segmented" look. This sheet is featured on the Bonus Video with Takao Unno stating "Fighting-type elements, like pads..." on knees and shoulders as he gestures— but it appears to refer to Infernape, as Chimchar had lost those elements at this point.

Can just barely be seen behind Infernape from a meeting on Starter Pokémon. Appears a lot closer to the final, particularly noticeable with its "fringe", but has what appears to be a visibly angered expression, in line with the Infernape design seen above it.

Infernape
ゴウカザル (Gōkazaru)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23.

Infernape's initial design was of a heavy-set powerhouse based on the hamadryas baboon; and therefore completely unrecognizable from the final; really sharing only the orange color and tail— which, at this point, is lit aflame, much like its pre-evolutions.

(Japanese: エンオウ猿王 + 炎(焔)王 En'ō - Monkey King + King of Fire )

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From a meeting on Starter Pokémon, after Sugimori criticizes the burning tail as dull, and demands crown-like flames— both as an unexpected element during the evolution process, and to represent a more prestigious look— where here it sports a ragged, wilder expression. The remnants of a tail-less Infernape can be seen on a sprite found in leaked milestone builds. Has lightly colored fur that drapes behind its neck, ending in a long ponytail. Feet appear gnarled and alien-looking compared to the final, with a Togepi-esque outlined triangle in the center of its body. Its eyes and teeth fit the wilder look, with face markings unseen on any other iteration.

(Japanese: エンオウ猿王 + 炎(焔)王 En'ō - Monkey King + King of Fire )

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From a meeting on Starter Pokémon, after Sugimori criticizes the burning tail as dull, and demands crown-like flames— both as an unexpected element during the evolution process, and to represent a more prestigious look— where here it sports a ragged, wilder expression. The remnants of a tail-less Infernape can be seen on a sprite found in leaked milestone builds. Has lightly colored fur that drapes behind its neck, ending in a long ponytail. Feet appear gnarled and alien-looking compared to the final, with a Togepi-esque outlined triangle in the center of its body. Its eyes and teeth fit the wilder look, with face markings unseen on any other iteration.

Third revision and largely a precursor to the fourth, with minor differences to Infernape's face— being a gilded torch-head instead of white-colored fur, a billed shape to its mouth— as if it were a duck— and white eyewhites instead of pure yellow.

Designed with the intent of of conveying a nimble striker, to contrast with the other bruisers in Torterra and Empoleon— putting it significantly closer to the final while still sporting a ton of differences. Wristband-like braces separate the more human (orange, and not blue) hands in place of Infernape's gilded flame symbols, with central fur that extends around and past the neck as if it were clothing. The kneepads are once again absent in this era for the design. Even its "flaming torch" hair is a shorter, more conventional approach instead of the final's longer streaming flame.

Piplup
ポッチャマ (Potchama)

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Earliest design for Piplup, designed and drawn by Yusuke Ohmura. Originally featured a literal crown and full-blown parka than a cape, with the tail poking out from beneath the elevated fur. Beak is far wider, and generally smaller at this stage, though the body itself is way thinner. Eyes are jet black instead of blue, but the body may be slightly more teal-colored than the final design.

Design is already very close to the final, while maintaining the lighter colors from the more hooded look. Eyes still jet black. In the documentary, Ohmura comments the triangles on Piplup's head represent a crowned look, replacing the literal crown atop its head; resembling a short bowl cut (Japanese: 坊ちゃん刈 botchan-gari, urban kid cut ); aiming for an instantly recognizable pattern with the anime in mind.

Prinplup
ポッタイシ (Pottaishi)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23, with traits clearly influenced by an early Empoleon revision.

Initally appears to feature massive red eyes, but white fur appears to serve as eyewhites, much like its pre-evolution. Final design is less thin overall with a more evenly weighted body, instead of having thighs so wide to the point they're almost conjoined. Lacks the dark blue "tie" shape atop a completely white belly, instead of the light blue color with white spots in the final— which at some point were closer to Empoleon's early design, given the look to an early Prinplup sprite found in leaked milestone builds. Prinplup's head crest appears much rounder here, with a spiked back instead of curving down its neck. Most terrifyingly, its flippers have visible thumbs.

Empoleon
エンペルト (Enperuto)

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Far bulkier here with a less regal look, yet also appears more rugged than the final, with spikes on its thighs and visible tufts of fur. Said stubbier thighs are very much in line with Prinplup, but the crest seen in that design is absent for an icier look tapering downwards in three directions instead of the final's golden trident shape, with a sharp blue that extends down the center. Overall, the design appears rather generic by lifting the large yellow beak, red eyes, white fur from its pre-evolutions— versus the more armored approach in the final.

Bidoof
ビッパ (Bippa)

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(Japanese: ビーバーポケモンふじわら 05 Beaver Pokémon; Fujiwara, 05 )

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Early Bidoof, featuring elements of the final Bibarel design— with more defined flippers, a large, single tail, and a bipedal stance. Noted as drawn/designed by Motofumi Fujiwara. Appearing less dopey-looking and far cuter, the design also sports lightly colored spots on its back. Eyes are very small but less rounded, with the lighter color on Bidoof's face highlighting the mouth instead of its eyes. Face fluff is far more frequent and uneven compared to the final.

(Japanese: ビーバーポケモンふじわら 05 Beaver Pokémon; Fujiwara, 05 )

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Early Bidoof, featuring elements of the final Bibarel design— with more defined flippers, a large, single tail, and a bipedal stance. Noted as drawn/designed by Motofumi Fujiwara. Appearing less dopey-looking and far cuter, the design also sports lightly colored spots on its back. Eyes are very small but less rounded, with the lighter color on Bidoof's face highlighting the mouth instead of its eyes. Face fluff is far more frequent and uneven compared to the final.

Bibarel
ビーダル (Bīdaru)

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Leaked Diamond and Pearl scratchpad sprites from the Platinum SVN.

Found below the Three-Leaf Clover Pokémon, albeit difficult to see. Appears to have more traditional-looking flippers, with a hunched over posture. Visible white claws may suggest a more threatening, almost bear-like approach— although more than likely just a continuation of Bidoof's look. The concept of further shared elements between Bibarel and its much cuter evolution can be found in a leaked scratchpad for Bibarel in Pokémon Platinum, dated mid-2006.

Cranidos
ズガイドス (Zugaidosu)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23, and FMP artwork from before 2006-08-03.

Albeit difficult to see, Cranidos' artwork is later than those found in leaks due to lacking a large forehead crack, with what may be a smaller, barely visible one instead. With many of the sheets here dated late 2005 to early 2006, this likely points to many of the leaked sprites from milestone builds, (in Cranidos' example, a June 2006 sprite that clearly predates this artwork) as well as leaked artwork in the August 2006 FMP file as anachronistic reflections regarding the state of various Pokémon designs during those periods.

Gastrodon
トリトドン (Toritodon)

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Unused Back Sprite in the final game, and the Shiny palette from leaked June 2006 files.

Early design for Gastrodon, albeit somewhat obscured. Design matches an unused, craggy-looking back sprite in the final game, with a yellow color matching an unused palette for Gastrodon's Shiny variant found in leaks. Appears to predate the concept of East and West Gastrodon, and while there are other drawings present on the sheet— alebit difficult to see— they're likely just alternate angles of the main design. May be based on the real-life yellow colored Thecacera pacifica, ironically nicknamed the Pikachu nudibranch due to its black and yellow color scheme.
Astoundingly, 2026's Pokémon Pokopia may directly reference this cut design by alluding to a "Yellow Shellos" in the game's script.

Drifblim
フワライド (Fuwaraido)

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Early design for what is clearly Drifblim, resembling a more traditional-looking zeppelin shape than a hot-air balloon. Leftmost image shows it casting "light" beneath the body almost like a UFO abduction with its "oras" pointing downwards— likely where the concept of Drifloon/Drifblim carrying children originated. The reared red flare shape was much larger, almost as if it were being propulsed forwards, fairly ironic considering its new, unique Hidden Ability in Flare Boost from Pokémon Black and White, with the Japanese name translating to "Thermal Runway" (Japanese: ねつぼうそう Netsu Bōsō ). Its light purple lower-half appears to be grayer in this iteration.

Buneary
ミミロル (Mimiroru)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-02-17.

Early design for Buneary in a segment where Sugimori denotes the difference between various stages in his creative process. Ears appear far more traditionally placed for a rabbit, with no dividing line from the nose leading down to its mouth— one notably higher on Buneary's face than the final.

(Japanese: 最後の詰めの段階で鼻の下にラインを加えた Line below the nose was added in the final minutes )

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Given the line below it's nose, due to Sugimori's desire to achieve a distinct look. Cream-colored fur on the smaller ear appears more "indented" than the final design, with slightly higher positioning reminiscent of Buneary's earliest known sprite found in leaked milestone builds.

Purugly
ブニャット (Bunyatto)

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With Glameow created very early on, this is likely the earliest design for Purugly, especially given that its motif of a coiled tail functioning as a collar is present here. Obviously far more Glameow than Purugly at this stage with different markings, while lacking a scowled expression and bent whiskers seen in the final. With ears that almost resemble horns, it's possible that this two-stage cat Pokémon could've been a counterpart to Houndoom.

Hippopotas
ヒポポタス (Hipopotasu)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23.

(Japanese: ヒーポ - みず Hīpo - Water-type )

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Originally a blue Water-type Hippo Pokémon with a light orange back drawn by Kaneko Eo, dated January 25th, 2006. While initially appears a completely separate Pokémon also based on a hippo, a leaked sheet of Pokémon from GFDocs just four months later (世界共通名称リスト060525.xls) lists BOTH Hippopotas its evolution with a shared early Pokédex category, (Japanese: ドロカバ Swamp hippo ) instead of Hippo and Heavyweight as in the final. An early leaked milestone build of Hippopotas, (dated 2006-06-30) depicts an incredibly rudimentary, generic hippo, with eye placement on the front of the face much like this hippo. Very clear the final design combines the ears of both, where the taller ears from the blue hippo became the eventual spot for its eyes. Both Hippopotas and its evolution appear to have taken design cues from the cut sandcastle Pokémon, with two concepts seemingly merged into one.

(Japanese: ヒーポ - みず Hīpo - Water-type )

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Originally a blue Water-type Hippo Pokémon with a light orange back drawn by Kaneko Eo, dated January 25th, 2006. While initially appears a completely separate Pokémon also based on a hippo, a leaked sheet of Pokémon from GFDocs just four months later (世界共通名称リスト060525.xls) lists BOTH Hippopotas its evolution with a shared early Pokédex category, (Japanese: ドロカバ Swamp hippo ) instead of Hippo and Heavyweight as in the final. An early leaked milestone build of Hippopotas, (dated 2006-06-30) depicts an incredibly rudimentary, generic hippo, with eye placement on the front of the face much like this hippo. Very clear the final design combines the ears of both, where the taller ears from the blue hippo became the eventual spot for its eyes. Both Hippopotas and its evolution appear to have taken design cues from the cut sandcastle Pokémon, with two concepts seemingly merged into one.

Hippowdon
カバルドン (Kabarudon)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23.

(Japanese: なかよし Good Friend )

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Assumed evolution of the blue Water-type Hippo Pokémon, drawn by Kaneko Eo and dated January 25th, 2006— eventually replaced by Hippowdon given its aforementioned early Pokédex category. Sheet depicts a bird Pokémon atop the blue hippo, perhaps even being two distinct Pokémon that were unrelated. Regardless, they explore the concept of cleaning symbiosis often seen with birds resting atop crocodile maws— one revisited with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Skeledirge. Also possible the concept of one Pokémon requiring the aid of another to evolve began here, possibly as a precursor to Mantyke's evolution to Mantine requiring a Remoraid— a mechanic that made its debut in these very games.
Fascinatingly, Hippowdon's sprite in leaked milestone builds shows it with a blue and yellow palette that may have once matched the bird and hippo pair, with feet also matching the early hippo design.

(Japanese: なかよし Good Friend )

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Assumed evolution of the blue Water-type Hippo Pokémon, drawn by Kaneko Eo and dated January 25th, 2006— eventually replaced by Hippowdon given its aforementioned early Pokédex category. Sheet depicts a bird Pokémon atop the blue hippo, perhaps even being two distinct Pokémon that were unrelated. Regardless, they explore the concept of cleaning symbiosis often seen with birds resting atop crocodile maws— one revisited with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Skeledirge. Also possible the concept of one Pokémon requiring the aid of another to evolve began here, possibly as a precursor to Mantyke's evolution to Mantine requiring a Remoraid— a mechanic that made its debut in these very games.
Fascinatingly, Hippowdon's sprite in leaked milestone builds shows it with a blue and yellow palette that may have once matched the bird and hippo pair, with feet also matching the early hippo design.

Croagunk
グレッグル (Guregguru)

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(Japanese: どく Poison-type )

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Two early designs for Croagunk, designed and drawn by Takao Unno. First is a more rudimentary design for a frog Pokémon, with three spots that became a single sac on its stomach. Lacks a Fighting-type at this stage, though white belly was seemingly reworked into the sports-tape look of the final. Black band on the arms also managed to persist to that final design. Conversely, the more poisonous-looking aspects, such as the red-colored lips were eventually moved to Toxicroak. Webbed feet are all orange instead of the black color of the final. With an evolution already in the cards (on the sheet below Croagunk's) it's unlikely this was some sort of Baby Pokémon, and is, in-fact, just Croagunk.

Toxicroak
ドクロッグ (Dokuroggu)

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(Japanese: かくとうどく Fighting/Poison-type )

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Found below Croagunk's sheet, albeit difficult to see. Body generally appears bulkier with bigger fists, featuring shoulders placed significantly higher than the final. A large, black wristband marking appears on its arm instead of two bands, which actually continues outwards from its at-the-time Poison-type pre-evolution. While the final has deep red nails atop Toxicroak's knuckles, these appear far more like thick spikes.

(Japanese: かくとうどく Fighting/Poison-type )

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Found below Croagunk's sheet, albeit difficult to see. Body generally appears bulkier with bigger fists, featuring shoulders placed significantly higher than the final. A large, black wristband marking appears on its arm instead of two bands, which actually continues outwards from its at-the-time Poison-type pre-evolution. While the final has deep red nails atop Toxicroak's knuckles, these appear far more like thick spikes.

Finneon
ケイコウオ (Keiko'uo)

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Leaked milestone build sprites dated 2006-06-23.

Somewhat matches the early sprite seen in leaks, with a white underside, bigger, more simplistic eyes, and larger butterfly wings. While Finneon's leaked early front sprite had a single horn, the back sprite from that era always featured two suggesting different revisions— and although this artwork is more in-line with the back sprite due to two very visible horns, it appears to be a later revision regardless due to featuring a darker fin on its side.

Lumineon
ネオラント (Neoranto)

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Leaked milestone build sprites dated 2006-06-23.

Found below the Cotton Mouse Pokémon, albeit difficult to see. Appears to match the early sprite seen in leaks. Elements of what appears to be a two-stage counterpart line to Lumineon were seemingly retrofit to this design shortly thereafter.

Mantyke
タマンタ (Tamanta)

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Leaked milestone build sprites dated 2006-02-17.

(Japanese: ニコニコして見える Smile-like Patterns )

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Early design for Mantyke, which once featured an extremely long, coiled tail. While it sports visible eyebrows on its back, Mantyke doesn't actually feature any "smile-like patterns" as stated in the text on its sheet. Its cephalic fins have a blue stripe not seen in the final, with an underside closer to Mantine, color-wise. Side fins (flippers?) on the underside are completely dark instead of a rounded, lighter color with a dark blue rim, whereas the ligher color around its "forehead" travels far further up when compared to the final. The darker underside can be seen on Mantyke's early sprite from leaked milestone builds, with the back sprite from that era also showing its fins protruding from the back, rather than the forehead.

(Japanese: ニコニコして見える Smile-like Patterns )

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Early design for Mantyke, which once featured an extremely long, coiled tail. While it sports visible eyebrows on its back, Mantyke doesn't actually feature any "smile-like patterns" as stated in the text on its sheet. Its cephalic fins have a blue stripe not seen in the final, with an underside closer to Mantine, color-wise. Side fins (flippers?) on the underside are completely dark instead of a rounded, lighter color with a dark blue rim, whereas the ligher color around its "forehead" travels far further up when compared to the final. The darker underside can be seen on Mantyke's early sprite from leaked milestone builds, with the back sprite from that era also showing its fins protruding from the back, rather than the forehead.

Electivire
エレキブル (Erekiburu)

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Leaked milestone build sprites dated 2006-02-17.

Believe it or not, an early design of Electivire managed to sneak into a single frame of the video, albeit almost entirely obscured! Proportions appear significantly different with far stubbier legs and bushier fur— featuring completely yellow feet much like Electabuzz, which also matches a menu sprite found in leaked milestone builds. Furthermore, Electivire's close proximity to Froslass in the graphics order alongside a sheet of Froslass on this page— clearly from late-2005 due to predating leaked settei from January 2006— while accounting for GAME FREAK's rolling design approval process for new Pokémon in this era, largely suggests this Electivire sheet is also from that same late-2005 period. Electivire's early back sprite in the aforementioned milestone builds features a different look with its cable-tails placed far further down the back, which also match their lower placement in this artwork— likely being the same design.

Froslass
ユキメノコ (Yukimenoko)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-02-17.

Froslass is the only early design in the whole video that appears largely indistinguishable from the final design, but it does feature an extra spot on the arm that matches a leaked sprite from February 2006. Head proportions are also a lot closer to that sprite than the final, although difficult to make out regardless given the wonky perspective of the camera. Interestingly, Froslass' leaked settei (which this appears to predate a few months given the other 2005 sheets present here) came with a second revision directly revoking the arm spot— the first drawn 2006-01-12 and marked as "VOID" ahead of time— with the second drawn 2006-07-21.

Dialga
ディアルガ (Diaruga)

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Leaked Kyurem sprite from Black and White dated 2010-02-26.

Dialga's earliest iteration, with a sundial-esque head ornament that guards the face. Several thin spikes protrude upwards from the head, whereas the final opts for a single large one instead. The body features much blockier highlights that reach down to Dialga's stomach, which also meet at the diamond embedded in its chest, (much like Palkia) as opposed to the more armored, segmented approach in the final. Dialga's neck is adorned with far more spikes on the back than seen in the final, and sports two large spikes on each heel.

A tail is present here— far lengthier than the final— with a long, sharp plate protruding from its behind instead of the final's upwards-pointing fan. Body is far longer yet generally stubbier with shorter legs, once again lacking an armored chest that houses its diamond, appearing as if conjoined to Dialga's skin. Feet are a little closer to the final, though the three-quarter view in the top right depicts them incomplete from behind. Furthering parity with Palkia are actual wings, with a two-pronged approach reminiscent of Kyurem's leaked early design from Black and White. Head spikes feature a singular, almost Suicune-like steely appendage up front, with a large spike protruding from the back.

Located on the actual disc (and not in the documentary itself) is a third iteration of Dialga, though it's unclear when in the Pokémon's development this was drawn. While largely cropped, the head shape is an in-between of the first and second revisions— leaning closer to the final, albeit hugely distant with the prescence of steely whiskers, eventually replaced by the helmeted-look. Dialga lacks any neck spikes in this revision, with smaller chest armor than the final.

Sheet is identical to the final design and settei, where it's clear Dialga took elements from both iterations (for example, a long tail and a fanned tail) for the its final form.

Palkia
パルキア (Parukia)

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Initially featured design elements that would make their way into Black Kyurem of all things— notably the fanned, upward-facing wings, tri-clawed feet that alternate in color, (almost amphibian/webbed, suggesting the Water-type element was already present) and a hunched posture, almost appearing more gorilla-armed than the final. Notably, Black/White Kyurem were based on a concept Sugimori had been "considering for some time" according to Yusuke Ohmura. Face far more Dialga than Palkia as it lacks a single crest, with markings that travel right up the face and down to the jaw. Markings themselves aren't thin, highlighted strips, but instead serve to indent the main color of the body— though they actively travel to the top of Palkia's tail, rather than just the side. Pearls seem to actively bulge outwards, versus being firmly embedded in the shoulders.

Face and overall proportions now much closer to the final, although the "helmeted" approach from Dialga remains in this stage. Wings have been shortened but not quite the blades as seen in the final, and are still connected to the top of the shoulder-blade rather than the side. Palkia's pearls are now embedded in a gauntlet-like arm, which aren't segmented at the "elbow" as they are in the final. Highlights are differently placed to the final, but now appear like thin strips. Tail is larger, and curves near the very tip.

Located on the actual disc (and not in the documentary itself) is a third iteration of Palkia, which appears far closer to its final design than its Diamond counterpart. While Palkia's pearls now have their final appearance, they seem to be more embedded in the shoulder than the final, possibly indicating this was a fairly late change. Palkia's jaw also features an extra spike facing upwards, once again furthering its parity with Dialga, even at this late a stage. Unlike the final, a single, curved highlight travels up Palkia's neck to the base of the jaw.

Very close to the final design, with the pose matching Palkia's final sheet. Highlights are near identical to the final, though the three ridges on its front stop before reaching its grey chest area. All three also reach to the underside of the tail, instead of curling around the bottom of its thighs. Rayquaza-like markings adorn Palkia's knees and neck, though were revoked for what are (presumably) very obvious reasons.

Arceus
アルセウス (Aruseusu)

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Leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-27.

From the beginning of the documentary— Arceus' torso is based on an Egg, directly stated as the genesis of the Pokémon universe. Somewhat resembles a Liechi Berry. While its overall body shape is the same, its "gate" is way further up and protruding from the back of the neck, with a matching head ornament reworked to be shorter and whiter for the final game. Orange streaks highlight this blocky, more horse-like early design, which balances on the tips of its feet, instead of more defined joints. Sports two pairs of eyes, with the lower pair likely being reworked into its green "cheek" color for the final.

Second revision is more final, as noted by the shaded back leg and gate placement to match Arceus' eventual design. While hard to tell, the design appears to have only a single pair of eyes at this point. The "Egg" torso is far larger, but the design completely ditches the dark gray color, something that would eventually return for the final design. No revisions resemble the shadowy looking figure found in leaked milestone builds of Diamond and Pearl, (beyond the similarity of Arceus standing on its toes) where even its orange-colored eyes are merely leftover from Garchomp's early palette.

New Designs

Previously never-before seen designs that don't appear to have been explicitly redesigned into Pokémon seen in the final release of Diamond and Pearl.

Pokémon

Description

Presumed Relatives

Lapras Pre-Evolution

(Japanese: ラプラス進化前 Lapras Pre-Evolution )

A (somewhat obscured) pre-evolution to Lapras! The second image shows it as far smaller than its evolution with no raised back or shell to speak of. Features sharp fangs last seen on Lapras in artwork by Ken Sugimori for Pokémon Blue, with small black eyes and classic-looking Generation 1-style ears. Appears to be in some sort of riding gear in the lower sketch, with a figure standing atop the design. Unlike Lapras, head features no horn. Incongruencies exist between the two drawings, with the sketch featuring a small Rhydon-like ridge in the lower half of its cream-colored stomach, which doesn't appear to be present on the above drawing— albeit difficult to see regardless due to the video's resolution.

The final major instance where Lapras was depicted with fangs, in artwork for Pokémon Blue by Ken Sugimori.

Delibird Evolution

What is assuredly a Delibird evolution, with line-art seemingly drawn by Ken Sugimori. The design appears to draw together the Santa Claus motif of its pre-evolution with one of elves/gnomes commonly associated with Christmas. Its tail is the exact shape of how the move Present was depicted in all games up until Diamond and Pearl, (besides Pokémon Colosseum) and likely predates the decision to update the move's animation. Interestingly, a leaked sprite of Delibird's entrance animation, (from a Pokémon Platinum scratchpad) features a crudely snowman-shaped bag being thrown by the Pokémon— an curiosity that may relate to this evolution.

Delibird's leaked Platinum scratchpad sprite (dated 2007-05-08) tossing a present shaped like the tail of its evolution, despite Present no longer resembling the sack-shape seen in the core series games.

Stantler Pre-Evolution

(Japanese: オドシシ進化前イトシカ or コイ[…] Stantler pre-evo, Itoshika or Koi[…] )

While barely cut-off from the video, a planned pre-evolution to Stantler was in the works, but ultimately scrapped.

Possible Swellow Evolution

Although largely obscured, this appears to be an armored Swellow evolution, given the 1:1 matching color scheme and pose directly referenced by an early sprite of Taillow found in leaked milestone builds. Said builds also contained early back sprites for both, appearing far more diminutive than before— much like Pidgey/Pidgeotto and Staravia/Staraptor— giving the impression of a larger third and final form. This may imply the concept of a "regional bird" dubbed by fans had not yet been codified by GAME FREAK internally, as the idea of one receiving an evolution in a later Generation was clearly an option as late as Diamond and Pearl.

Taillow's early sprite matching the left-most pose on the sheet, with a back sprite comparison for both it and Swellow, appearing smaller and more "pre-evolved" than the final.

Possible Mawile Relative

A Pokémon wearing a pink-and-yellow patchwork dress, with a small body, eyes and face that resembles Mawile— albeit featuring thick horn-like appendages atop its head instead of a gigantic maw. Most of Mawile's Pokédex entries speak of how its huge jaws were once steel horns that transformed into this shape, lending credence to a possible relation. While the color scheme of this Pokémon matches Mawile's Shiny palette, the pink body also draws comparisons to the flared, pink-colored pants donned by X and Y's Mega Mawile— with small, pointed arms far closer to it than Mawile's three-fingered hands. If related to Mawile, the tattered look to its outfit may suggest the line struggles to grow out or otherwise control its sharp maw as it grows time, often appearing scrappy or cut-up in the process. Plans with gender dimorphism for Mawile were also scrapped from Diamond and Pearl— sporting yellow-tipped hair strands— not dissimilar to this Pokémon's yellow-tipped ears and appendages. As a result, relation to Mawile would be in-line with other Pokémon featuring scrapped gender dimorphism, such as an early male Chimecho sprite with a completely yellow tail, which would match the newly introduced Chingling.

Provided this Pokémon is related to Mawile, any connection to it would be further exacerbated given the wider context of Sableye— which in Diamond and Pearl still served as Mawile's counterpart on Iron Island as version exclusive dual-slot wild Pokémon:

Both would eventually gain a Mega Evolution similar to a scrapped design, with Mega Sableye taking clear inspiration from its November 2001 design for Ruby and Sapphire
Both would share possible pre-evolutions cut from Diamond and Pearl— in Sableye's case, a clear relative (fat/baby look with similar fins and glassy eyes) from leaked Diamond and Pearl scratchpads in the slot of an implied cut Charizard relative (Japanese: リザーガン Rizagan )

from left to right— Mawile's scrapped female variant with yellow-tipped hair; Sableye's sprite (resembling Mega Sableye) from November 2001 of Ruby and Sapphire; Rizagan's sprite from leaked Diamond and Pearl scratchpads found in the Platinum SVN, alongside one with Sableye's palette.

Baby Plusle and Minun

(Japanese: ハート - ??? チアリーダー ??? - Heart - ??? Cheerleader ??? - )

While incredibly low quality and barely visible, two designs related to both Plusle and, (assumedly, given the outline below) Minun are tucked away under several sheets of paper. Given the proportions of what's visible, they're likely Baby Pokémon related to the pair— the left featuring heart shapes alongside the barely legible kana for heart, (Japanese: ハート Haato ) and the right with thin paddle shapes. Unlike Plusle and Minun, their symbols appear to be connected to the body by a thin string rather than a fully cream-colored tail— with the cheek symbols being far larger than their evolutions, as opposed to smaller indented symbols embedded in a red/blue cheek shape.
Possibly scrapped for the overkill of potentially six very similar-looking Pokémon, though it's worth mentioning Plusle and Minun's huge focus in other media at the time— the pair were Starter Pokémon in the original Pokémon Ranger, with Solana having one in an anime episode that aired in December 2005, a time where many of these sheets were drawn. Additionally, Ranger determines the player's starting Pokémon by gender, which lends credence to the idea that two designs per-Pokémon were a double-down on gender dimorphism in relation to the pair— a mechanic which debuted in Diamond and Pearl itself. Both actually had a planned gender difference in leaked milestone builds of Diamond and Pearl, but were ultimately scrapped— although Plusle's differences re-appeared in July before being removed a second time.

Plusle and Minun's scrapped male/female gender differences, from a milestone build dated 2006-02-17.

Kecleon Marking Pokémon

Likely an evolution of Kecleon, as no other Pokémon feature a pattern like this. Long hair drapes from the back of its head, though the front view is almost entirely obscured.

Stunky Relative

While entirely possible that this is an early revision of Stunky, the general proportions point this towards being a relative or baby Pokémon for the family, suggesting it was a three-stage at one point. While appearing significantly cuter and smaller than any known revision of Stunky seen in leaks or the final game, this Pokémon has tiny pink eyes that don't appear to open all the way.

Possible Landshark Pokémon

A largely cropped creature found above the Marimo Pokémon, at the very top of the floor. While largely a shot-in-the-dark— the sharp fin-like appendages, a dark blue color, and the shape of what MIGHT be an earthy/soil mound suggests this largely unintelligible Pokémon could be an iteration of Gible, Gabite or Garchomp. From leaked builds of Diamond and Pearl we know the line was initially both orange and different in shape— with this sheet featuring sharp finned thighs that close to Gabite and Garchomp's earliest known iterations, while sporting a blue color that matches the final.

Gabite and Garchomp's sprites from a milestone build (dated 2006-06-23) next to their final designs— note difference in thigh shapes.

Possible Precursors or Counterparts

Tsutsukuma

(Japanese: クマゲラ → タンチョウ進化 - ツツクマ Black Woodpecker → Red-Crowned Crane Pokémon - Tsutsukuma )

A Woodpecker Pokémon that stood on its tail, almost as if it were constantly adjacent to a tree. Almost assuredly the "regional bird" prior to Starly, but it's even more likely the design just became Starly all-together— given its earliest known menu icon had a significantly longer beak with a white tip.

Starly's leaked milestone menu icon (dated 2006-02-17) compared to the final.

Maichō

(Japanese: クマゲラ → タンチョウ進化 - マイチョウ Black Woodpecker → Red-Crowned Crane Pokémon - Maichō )

A crane Pokémon, evolving from Tsutsukuma. Likely a two-stage evolution much like Noctowl and Swellow before it that eventually became a three-stage, with Sinnoh's "regional bird" Pokémon eventually becoming Staraptor. Scarlet and Violet's Bombirdier would be the first time the series would see a stork/crane Pokémon.

Maichō Evolution

Sheet states that it evolved from the Crane Pokémon. While this undoubtedly refers to Maichō, the design being present on a different sheet suggests it was by a different person to the first two stages, or was a later addition to what was originally a two-stage— a theme in-line with all past early-game bird Pokémon (Fearow, Noctowl, Swellow, Pelipper) besides Pidgeot. Regardless, the largely obscured design appears to depict brown feathers with a red breast and clawed yellow talons. While difficult to tell, the design may be looking upwards with an open mouth, with small wings with white tips on the inside. Given Tsutsukuma's possible rework into Starly, all of this suggests the design eventually became Staraptor, given a near-identical color scheme for the final evolution of a three-stage "regional bird" Pokémon.
If anything, the original design appears to be that of a redbreasted European robin, with the Japanese robin— Larvivora akahige— sporting red feathers across it's face, eventually used as the inspiration for X and Y's Tiny Robin Pokémon, Fletchling.

Cricket-1

First of a two-stage Cricket Pokémon— an obvious predecessor to Kricketot— the cricket seen in the final game. Assumedly it didn't replace the design as much as it likely became redundant, as Kricketot and its evolution were designed by Atsuko Nishida, with this sheet not appearing drawn by her. Very notable for being the only Pokémon to have two depictions with different colors on the same sheet. It's possible this indicated one of the earliest examples of gender dimorphism, or were forms analagous to East Sea/West Sea Shellos/Gastrodon.

Cricket-2

Second stage of the Cricket Pokémon family. Appears to have fashioned a second, smaller cricket to its body with a "scarf" or band. While likely completely unrelated, the idea of a Pokémon fashioning itself to another was used as Mantyke's new evolution method into Mantine with Remoraid.

Shinx Precursor

A largely unintelligible, likely Electric-type Mouse Pokémon that appears to have been another attempt at a cutesy "Pikaclone", with traits eventually adopted by Shinx— being the long tail ending in a yellow spark connected to a black lower half. The connection to Shinx is further emphasized when considering the original color scheme of this Pokémon may have become Shinx's shiny palette, as was the case for Shiny Gastrodon's yellow palette found in leaks, as well as Shiny Pachirisu matching a pink-colored Static Electricity Pokémon.

Sphinx

A Sphinx Pokémon with two drawings. While many sheets show the same Pokémon in different stages of movement, (as evidenced by the look of its mouth-guard like face) it's entirely possible the difference in tail positioning, amount of brown fur and spot pattern could point to the two drawings being the same Pokémon, but showcasing gender dimorphism through a male and female variant, a concept introduced in Diamond and Pearl. If true, this concept was (eventually) heavily adopted by a similar-shaped Pokémon from X and Y in Pyroar. Above all else, the proportions and general posing of these designs suggest a direct connection to Luxray— further exacerbated by the split fur color in the back half of their designs.

Static Electricity Pokémon

(Japanese: ☆ 静電気 ☆ Static Electricity )

A pink Electric-type rodent Pokémon. Pachirisu isn't present at all here, and given the Pikachu-like cheeks, as well as the mention of "Static Electricity" as a part of its design, this Pokémon is an obvious precursor to Pachirisu itself— the "Pikaclone" of Sinnoh at this stage. As mentioned with Gastrodon, as well as a later, obvious precursor to Shinx, the color scheme for this design was likely adopted as Pachirisu's Shiny variant.

Finneon Counterpart

(Japanese: トビウオ → 蝶モチーフ Flying-Fish → Butterfly Motif )

Coexisting with Finneon and Lumineon, a second Flying-fish Pokémon is present here, drawn by the same artist. While possible that it's an alternate design for Finneon, it would be the only Pokémon present to do so, with a more likely answer being a counterpart that eventually became redundant.

Lumineon Counterpart

(Japanese: トビウオ → 蝶モチーフミヤマカラスアゲハ ??? Flying-Fish → Butterfly Motif, Alpine Black Swallowtail ??? )

Evolution of the smaller Flying-fish Pokémon, based on the concept of an alpine black swallowtail butterfly. Long and eel-like in shape, the dark blue color scheme here was eventually adopted for the then jet black Lumineon— likely around the time this design became redundant.

Ray-1

Possibly a two-stage counterpart to Mantyke/Mantine, a flying, ray-like creature with a smiling, red face and tail. Bottom right drawing shows a human tugging on its tail, indicating a design by the same artist as the sandcastle Pokémon. Also entirely possible this may be the evolution, and not the pre-evolved form.

Ray-2

(Japanese: コウモリガサ Bat-Winged Umbrella )

What appears to be the evolution of the smiling, red ray Pokémon, a design we never see the face of. Has a large, smiling expression with what appears to be fangs on its back. The phrase for bat (Japanese: コウモリ Kōmori ) was occasionally used to describe traditional Western-shaped umbrellas in the Meiji era. Has a pointed shape it can fold into— much like an umbrella— although likely more analagous to a projectile or torpedo in the context of combat. Also features a small human boy on the sheet looking up at its face where the Pokémon is expelling some sort of particles. Given the context, it's likely that this creature may have been able to hypnotize others in a way the red-faced one could not.

Sandcastle-1

A two-stage sandcastle Pokémon with a gaping mouth and tiny eyes— a concept eventually seen in Pokémon Sun and Moon's Sandygast. A drawing beneath the main artwork appears to depict a person "building" the sandcastle, showing only the very top of its head.

Sandcastle-2

The much larger evolution of the sandcastle Pokémon, with what appears to be several entrances that could be interpreted as a face with mustached by lumps of sand. Diamond and Pearl did introduce a two-stage family of Pokémon with the ability to expel sand out of holes in their bodies with Hippopotas and Hippowdon, so it's likely these Pokémon were reworked into them at some point.

Sabre-Toothed Icicle Jackal

A jackal-like Pokémon with sabre-teeth resembling icicles. While likely a complete coincidence, the design has striking similarities to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Chien-Pao. The concept of a Pokémon with oversized sabre-teeth was attempted in an early revision of Raikou from Gold and Silver by Muneo Saitō— where its teeth were also a crystalline blue in color. It's important to contextualize that Generation 4's eventual fanged Ice-type Pokémon in Weavile was established early on in Diamond and Pearl's development; due to a showcase in the eighth Pokémon movie— meaning the two likely coexisted for a some time regardless.

Starter Pokémon

Bow Tie Pokémon

Likely an early plan for a Grass-type Starter, due to being seen amongst other Starter Pokémon. May be the pre-evolution of a larger, fruit-bat Starter Pokémon that was later rejected. The motif of a Grass-type Starter with a bow tie was revisited with Rowlet for Sun and Moon, as well as Browt for Winds and Waves. Bears a striking resemblance to Snover's earliest known June 2006 design— presumably by Hironobu Yoshida— a (formerly pink-eyed) white-colored Grass-type with a triangle pattern across its bottom half and white-tuffed hair.

Snover's leaked milestone build sprite dated 2006-06-23, and the final design, both sporting a pointed, triangular torso.

Caped Grass-type Starter Pokémon

(Japanese: ひこう (??? 進化目) Flying-type (Stage-??? Evolution) )

Likely an early plan for a Grass-type Starter, due to being seen amongst other Starter Pokémon— a caped creature somewhat resembling a fruit-bat. May include elements of a matador, with the way its cape is held wide-open.

Root Wolf

Early plan for a Grass-type Starter, seen amongst other Starter Pokémon. May be drawn by Sugimori given the sketchier style, which matches both his Key Art and several design sheets for the Pokémon Movies from this era— with the look of its eye and overall build resembling Lycanroc from Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Foam Dog-1

(Japanese: 最初の3体: みずタイプあわいぬポケモン Water Starter, Foam Dog Pokémon )

Early plan for a Water-type Starter, drawn and designed by Yusuke Ohmura, seen amongst other Starter Pokémon. Would eventually be replaced by Piplup, also designed by Ohmura. Was originally far more teal-colored, with the second revision appearing in a direct feed scan earlier in the documentary.

Foam Dog-2

(Japanese: 最初の3体: みずタイプあわいぬポケモン Water Starter, Foam Dog Pokémon )

Early plan for a Water-type Starter, drawn and designed by Yusuke Ohmura, seen amongst other Starter Pokémon, evolving from its much tinier pre-evolution. Would eventually be replaced by the Piplup family, also designed by Ohmura. Was originally far more teal-colored, with the second revision appearing in a direct feed scan earlier in the documentary. The design serves as a fascinating precursor to Samurott, a Water-type Starter Pokémon with a large horn designed by Ohmura for Pokémon Black and White.

Amphibious Pokémon-1

Found alongside a redesign of its evolution, which was one of the original plans for a Water-type Starter Pokémon. It's unknown if this design was around prior to the redesign of its evolution, but it appears to be a small blue Man-o-War Pokémon with a white underside.

Amphibious Pokémon-2

Early plan for a Water-type Starter, seen amongst other Starter Pokémon. Appears to be drawn and/or designed by Takao Unno given the pencil look to the drawing, as well as the inclusion of yellow highlights that appeared on other designs of his from Ruby and Sapphire— namely the Whismur line. This swampy, amphibious monster was redesigned (presumably by Sugimori, going off their established redesign process in Generation 3 and the general look to the second drawing) to appear far bulkier and generally more non-threatening with more natural-looking eyes— and the toxic, purple color having been removed from the design all-together. Its webbed feet were partially recolored to become yellow, with the vines draped behind its back losing their white tips. Also had a pre-evolution at this stage.

Presumed Pokémon Families

Plant Lion-1

First of a three-stage plant-based lion Pokémon. May have been an early Grass-type Starter Pokémon, given the rarity of other three-stage Pokémon present here— although the design sheet itself is VERY alien in general due to featuring all three members of a family with no other poses or angles to speak of.

Plant Lion-2

Second of the three-stage plant-based lion Pokémon. Again, the very awkward-looking middle-stage is reminiscent of most Starter Pokémon, though this isn't an indication to anything concrete.

Plant Lion-3

Final evolution of the three-stage plant-based lion Pokémon, where its full build can be seen beneath the sheet above. Shape of the tail is reminiscent of the Shinx line, albeit a flower petal.

Spiral Mollusk-1

First of a blue-colored three-stage mollusk Pokémon with a shelled body, a concept initially revisited for Pokémon Black and White, but later scrapped. Was originally the first of a two-stage line with no middle evolution, where it had two horns and a grey shell on its back. Redesigned to be bipedal, with a more complex shell shape and a single, cone-shaped spiral horn. Both sheets show a back view where it appears to be crawling like a baby.

The blue-colored three-stage shelled Pokémon cut from Black and White— Tanisu, Tanino and Taniking.

Spiral Mollusk-2

Second of the three-stage mollusk Pokémon, being retroactively added between the first and final stages. Also had two revisions— with the first looking like a more mature version of the first stage's original design. The second one gains smaller eyes, a small, yellow tuft of hair, white spots on its arms, and a more traditional duck-shaped bill. Much like the pre-evolution, the design of the shell on its back was made far more complex, but managed to maintain those dual-spiral horns.

Spiral Mollusk-3

Final of the three-stage mollusk Pokémon, and also the final evolution of the original two-stage. Had three revisions to varying degrees of visibility, but the first revision appears to have no yellow hair next to its nose. Second revision is notable for featuring more complex feet and implementing the textured look to its spiral shells. Third revision reveals the design in full, with the sheet showcasing some Lugia-esque hands beneath the spiral shells— a design element dating back to its very first revision.

White Goat

(Japanese: 白やぎ/黒やぎ (馬寄り)モチーフ - チョーロー White/Black Goat (Horse-inspired) Motif - Chōrō )

Barely visible under an early design sheet for Croagunk, and a pre-evolution to the Black Goat Pokémon next to it. Features long horns and what appears to be a body that is completely on fire, with a shaggy-looking mane reaching down to the floor. Smaller wisps of flame can be seen above its hooves. May be based on a Japanese children song, "Goat's Mail," (Japanese: やぎさんゆうびん yagi-san yūbin ) about a pair of white and black goats who write to each other, but eat the letters before they can read them.

Black Goat

(Japanese: 白やぎ/黒やぎ (馬寄り)モチーフ White/Black Goat (Horse-inspired) Motif )

Evolution of the barely visible White Goat, a brown-colored goat with a light stomach and dark flames across its back and legs. Sporting a smug expression, the head has even larger horns than its pre-evolution. Due to their overall shape, it appears more like a ram than a goat or horse, a physical attacker that seems in-line with wispy flames as it charges forward. It's entirely possible that Flare Blitz was intended to be this Pokémon's signature move, which debuted in Diamond and Pearl. Notably, one of the very few Fire-types present in the entire documentary.

Melolyri

(Japanese: メロリリ Meroriri )

First of two dancing flower-girl Pokémon. The kana (メロ/Mero, literally for Melody) suggests the design was indeed music oriented. Name also shares kana with the move Attract (Japanese: メロメロ Meromero ) in Japanese. Highly doubtful they were related to similar Grass-type Pokémon from Diamond and Pearl, like Budew or Roserade.

Harmolyri

(Japanese: ハモリリ Hamoriri )

The evolution of Melolyri, literally ハモ/Hamo for Harmony. Design gains two large hands that appear to be Bluebells, furthering a connection to music and dance as a core aspect of the family. Important to note that we did eventually get a new two-stage flower girl Pokémon with a focus on dance in Pokémon Black and White with Petilil and Lilligant, although they were conceptualized as a three-stage early in development.

Brown Mouse

A brown mouse being chased by another brown mouse, with wider eyes. The chaser has a color scheme not dissimilar to Lechonk's segmented brown-and-black body from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet— though the concept of a mouse Pokémon with separate bodies also appeared in those games, under Tandemaus and Maushold.

Gray Mice

Possible Evolution to the prior concept, or perhaps just another pass— three grey mice, chasing one small mouse— with the idea of multiple independent mouse Pokémon resurfacing with Tandemaus and Maushold in Scarlet and Violet.

Grass Dinosaur-1

(Japanese: 2進化目 Stage-2 Evolution )

First of a two-stage Pokémon that appears to be a grassy dinosaur of some kind. Evolves into another Pokémon, which is laying atop it in the artwork. Lacks body detailing and large tail found on its evolution.

Grass Dinosaur-2

(Japanese: 2進化目 Stage-2 Evolution )

Second stage of the dinosaur-looking Pokémon. Artwork of the design standing up appears to show it as very short with a cream-colored stomach, much like the color of its pre-evolution.

Bean-Shaped Pokémon

A bean-shaped Pokémon with rosy red cheeks and boots, and a sprout on each side— which may be in the shape of a brush and painter's beret. Notably, Diamond and Pearl marked the debut of an Artist Trainer Class with a green-colored brush and beret— though a leaked spreadsheet on Trainer Classes dated October 2005, (HaveSomeFun__RandomFromBoxEnt\DP\DP仕様\マップ関連資料\人物グラフィック一覧051025.xls) describes the Artist class as a painter based on Smeargle, (literally writing ドーブル) which does somewhat lessen the connection to this Pokémon. Sheet shows a small, almost Kabuto-looking pose, where it appears like a traditional bean facing-down. Likely evolved.

Diamond and Pearl's newly debuted Artist Trainer Class based on Smeargle, with a color scheme also reminiscent of this Bean-Shaped Pokémon.

Unidentified Large Plant Pokémon

Seemingly the evolution for the aforementioned bean-shaped Pokémon, given the small eyes and large cheeks. Has a dark red set of lips.

Kokemaru

(Japanese: コケマル Kokemaru )

A Pokémon based on a ball of moss in the shape of a small shrub, featuring a blue mushroom growing atop its head.

Kokemaru Evolution

(Japanese: コケマル Kokemaru )

An obvious evolution to Kokemaru with an even bigger mushroom, this time being far longer and with tiny feet. Has a pair of arms tucked into small moss "pockets" and a more defined expression with a visible 'moss-stache' likely obscuring a mouth.

Small Light-Bulb Bird

(Japanese: まめ電球とり Mini Light-Bulb Bird )

First of a two-stage peacock line of Pokémon, drawn by Kaneko Eo on January 12th, 2006. Resembles a small light bulb with lightning bolt wings, implying the Pokémon was Electric/Flying-type.

Illuminating Bird

(Japanese: 電飾とり Illuminating Bird )

Second of a two-stage peacock line of Pokémon, also drawn by Kaneko Eo on January 12th, 2006. Left side of the body is largely obscured. Various leaks demonstrate the concept of a peafowl Pokémon was scrapped from Gold and Silver, as a peacock-like evolution in-between Natu and Xatu— as well as Ruby and Sapphire, with Kujatta criticized internally for being "just a peafowl" with "unintricate feathers". At the time of writing, a peacock Pokémon does not yet exist, despite being scrapped in three consecutive Generations.

The Natu mid-stage found in the Korean backup of Gold and Silver, as well as Kujatta from November 2001 of Ruby and Sapphire.

Green Platypus-1

First stage of a family of rodent Pokémon, albeit hugely unintelligible.

Green Platypus-2

Second stage of a likely Grass-type rodent Pokémon line, now featuring a hat. Although it shares features with bears and pandas, it seems to share most similarities with a platypus or a otter, given its overall posture and tail shape. Diamond and Pearl's actual otter Pokémon, Buizel, has a sheet for the ninth Pokémon movie from as far back as October 2005, so it's possible this may have been a Grass-type counterpart.

Three Leaf Clover Motif

(Japanese: 進化後の三ツ葉モチーフ Evolved Three-leaf Clover Pokémon )

A drooling three-leaf clover Pokémon. Unclear if the "evolved" caption refers to this three-leaf creature below it or the cut-off one above it. May be intended to gain petals as it evolves, or have a Two-Leaf Clover pre-evolution and a Four-Leaf Clover evolution.

Presumed Single-stage Pokémon

Frilled Cabbage Lizard

(Japanese: キャベツ + エリマキトカゲ Cabbage + Frilled Lizard )

A (likely Grass-type) cabbage lizard with giant ears and tiny arms, drawn by Kaneko Eo. The sheet features a drawing in the top right where its tiny arms are touching a surface, but the rest of the body is missing— which could be indicative of another revision or unknown aspect of the design. Regardless, said drawing shows the ears in a different position, suggesting they may have been able to rotate. A very blurry zoom-out at the end of the video also shows a solitary cabbage shape on the left side of this Pokémon's sheet. It's likely this is a pre-evolution, but since it's difficult to ascertain how this Pokémon's biology even functions, whether it can fold/rotate its ears, etc. we can't be sure. Date at the bottom is hard to make out, but seemingly reads 2005.

Masked Pokémon

Barely visible between several sheets, a large blue and yellow Pokémon wearing a mask can be seen. Very few new Pokémon sport this bulky body type in the final game besides Rhyperior or Magmortar— suggesting this may have served a similar role in the roster. May have been a Fighting-type due to the emphasis on large fists. The Pokémon's face features a rounded hook at the top, with round, small-holed ears only ever seen on a Pokémon like Hariyama. May have a possible relation to new moves introduced in Diamond and Pearl, such as Wake-Up Slap or Hammer Arm.

Marimo Pokémon

(Japanese: 水・草マリモとてもふくらむ Water/Grass: Marimo. Expands significantly. )

A Water/Grass type Pokémon based on Marimo, a small moss ball often found at the bottom of lakes, designed by Kaneko Eo. Features eyes and feet not dissimilar to Tangela, and may have been a counterpart of the line, especially given Tangrowth's introduction in Diamond and Pearl. May also be a counterpart to the other scrapped moss Pokémon, Kokemaru. Lake Akan, a real-world place in the Japanese prefecture that inspired Sinnoh— being Hokkaido— is known for marimo that grow at an exceptionally fast rate.

While Akan is presumably represented by Lake Valor in the final game, November 2005 map files of Sinnoh from leaks (DP仕様マップ関連資料仕様配置案_051107.xls) also note Lake Verity as a place where the player could Dive, (HM08) removed from the final game in place of Rock Climb. All of this, alongside the underwater image on its sheet suggests that you would've obtained this Pokémon by diving in one of Sinnoh's lakes— especially given that many of the sheets present here are dated from late 2005 to early 2006. While the bottom-right text is impossible discern, it's likely a date that reflects such a time period.

Petal Mantis

A large Mantis Pokémon with flower petal appendages; wings; hands, ears, etc. drawn by Kaneko Eo on September 21st, 2005. Despite its designer no longer working for the company following Ruby and Sapphire, this bears a striking resemblance to Flygon, both in color scheme and overall body shape. Notably, the concept of a green mantis with a petal/flowering motif was revisited with Lurantis in Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Yasuraguma

(Japanese: ヤスラグマ, 冬眠ポケモン • さむいのでいつも冬眠状態寝ボケたかんじで行動する • ???冬眠 🐻 ???おそわれないために眠っているのがバレないよう目???もようがある Yasuraguma, the Hibernation Pokémon • Always hibernating due to cold weather— acting half-asleep. • ??? Hibernating 🐻, has markings around the eyes to hide its sleeping status, in order to deter attackers. )

Yasuraguma, literally "restful bear" is a bear Pokémon that appears as if it were sleeping. Astoundingly, despite Hokkaido's infamously aggressive local bear population, Sinnoh's final roster lacked a bear Pokémon in any capacity. The concept of a Pokémon that constantly looks asleep, (Komala, with its ability Comatose) and another of an unassuming yet comically angry bear (in Bewear) made their way into Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Cotton Mouse

(Japanese: ワタネズミ • ノーマル, じめん Watanezumi • Normal/Ground-type )

A Normal/Ground-type pink mouse Pokémon, seemingly made of cotton candy. Drawn by the same artist behind Finneon and its apparent counterpart.

Stacking Pokémon

(Japanese: 案1 かさねポケモン案2 きのみずきポケモン Plan #1: Stacking Pokémon; Plan #2: Berry Loving Pokémon )

A very small Pokémon carrying various items, assumedly with the ability to stack many things at once. While partially obscured, "Plan #2" shows shows it stacking a large Berry atop its head.

Fiddlehead Snail-1

(Japanese: ゼンマイ + マイマイ(かたつむり)モチーフ Fiddlehead + Snail Motif )

A cute snail Pokémon with a fiddlehead sprouting atop its literal head. Name appears to be wordplay on a fiddlehead fern (Japanese: ゼンマイ Zenmai ) plus the term for a snail, (Japanese: マイマイ Maimai ) ultimately cut from the final game.

Fiddlehead Snail-2

(Japanese: ゼンマイ + マイマイ(かたつむり)モチーフ Fiddlehead + Snail Motif )

An evolution of the Fiddlehead Snail, albeit largely obscured.

Rock Train Pokémon

Components of a train or cart Pokémon with a rocky texture, drawn by Kanako Eo, dated January 25th, 2006. Concept of a craggy/rocky train or motorized Pokémon wasn't revisited until Sword and Shield's Carkoal, or Scarlet and Violet's Varoom. Likely shares Genesect's designer, given the face of this Pokémon is eerily similar. Entirely possible the sheet features a pre-evolution with the tiny wheeled creatures that show it as part of a larger train, but it's difficult to ascertain their context from such a low-resolution screenshot.

Swordfish

A humanoid swordfish Pokémon— undoubtedly some kind of Water-type. Bipedal nature may imply a Starter Pokémon, though it has no visible relatives to speak of.

Blade Dragon

(Japanese: はがね + ドラゴン Steel + Dragon-type )

A large bladed-Pokémon, only known as a Steel/Dragon-type, possibly by Motofumi Fujiwara given the similarities to Bidoof/Bibarel's sheet. Proportionally it bears a resemblance to Arctibax from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet— but given the single-stage nature of this sheet, it reads more of a late-game Druddigon-like Pokémon above all else. May have been made redundant by Diamond and Pearl's existing Dragon/Steel-type elephant in the room.

Hoozukin

(Japanese: ホオズキン Hoozukin / Hooded Alkekengi Girl )

Name appears to be wordplay on the Alkekengi plant (Japanese: ホオズキ Hozuki ) and Little Red Riding Hood, (Japanese: あかずきん Aka-zukin ) yet another obvious Grass-type Pokémon.

Largely Unintelligible

Helmeted Pokémon

A round, fluffy Pokémon that appears to display a crest above its head. While incredibly hard to make out, the insignia may be inspired by those found on traditional Japanese armored samurai helmets, (Japanese: 兜 kabuto ) but given the overall shape of the blue Pokémon and avian look of the object itself, it may be another take or design on the aforementioned blue hippo Pokémon with a bird resting atop its head, which eventually became part of the Hippopotas line.

Unidentified Garlic Pokémon

Albeit very difficult to see, the top right features what appears to be a Garlic-Bulbed creature resting on a rock. Likely another Grass-type Pokémon.

Rice Ball Rabbit

Astoundingly, the team took yet another stab at designing a rabbit Pokémon made of rice, featuring long brown ears with the appearance of tempura. We know one of Atsuko Nishida's earliest designs for Red and Green was described as a round, "daifuku-shaped" Pokémon with little body definition that eventually became Pikachu— and sprites leaked from the Korean backup of Pokémon Gold and Silver also showed a round, unnamed Pokémon with distinctive ears and feet reminiscent of a rabbit. Much like Mikon— a cut pre-evolution for Vulpix— this concept appears to have been scrapped a third time in four Generations.

The unnamed rabbit Pokémon found in the Korean backup of Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Long-Tailed Black Cat

While difficult to make out, a small, presumably floating black Pokémon with white-tipped ears and a long tail can be seen near the aforementioned rice ball rabbit Pokémon. The red-tipped shapes may be whiskers or even thin wings to facilitate flight— an element that was used for Yanmega in the final game.

Water Spout Pokémon

Seen at the top right, a white, almost Pikmin-shaped Pokémon shown constantly spouting water out its head in the shape of a flower. Topmost drawing is largely unintelligible, but may depict the Pokémon's water spout facing downwards.

Grey Pokémon

A largely unintelligble grey Pokémon, seemingly in the shape of a traditional UFO.

Unintelligible Serpent

An unintelligible yellow serpent Pokémon with black markings.

Unintelligible Mosquito

A fat, unintelligble green mosquito Pokémon, given the straw-like appendage on its face. While clearly a very different approach, we wouldn't actually get a mosquito Pokémon until Sun and Moon's Buzzwole.

Unintelligible Clam

An unintelligble purple clam Pokémon, with the same rough shape as Shellder. Possibly a baby? Could also be a crab with tiny visible legs up front.

Unintelligible Top-Left Pokémon

An unintelligible Pokémon in the top-left of the big zoom-out.

Unintelligible Upper-Left Pokémon

An unintelligible Pokémon in the upper-left of the big zoom-out— possibly yet another attempt at a beaver given the shape of the tail.

Small-Horned Pokémon

A small-horned Pokémon found below Yasuraguma, with what appears to be a large head and bowl-cut hair. Closest point of comparison is some oni creature, with the head shape looking somewhat like Ten from Urusei Yatsura.

Hoofed Pokémon

An unintelligible hoofed Pokémon below Yasuraguma, though appears quite small. With all of the ideas for Baby Pokémon present in Diamond and Pearl that were intitially cut from Pokémon Gold and Silver, there's a non-zero chance this could be yet another attempt at a Baby Ponyta.

Frog Pokémon

A Frog Pokémon, albeit extremely difficult to see. Bulbous eyes appear similar to Slugma's from the Spaceworld 1999 demo of Pokémon Gold and Silver, but the bow-legged pose for a frog is also reminiscent of Politoed's design in an early scratchpad from Gold. Possibly cut due to redundancy with Croagunk, another frog Pokémon.

Slugma from Gold and Silver's Spaceworld 1999 demo, and Politoed's early design from a leaked Gold scratchpad.

Pokémon Below Maichō

A largely unintelligible Pokémon below Maichō. Toad-like in shape and may be related to the cut frog Pokémon, as it also appears to have large, bulbous eyes atop its head with fur near the neck. Back is a grey color with a lighter bottom half. Has a completely unintelligible back view.

Spider Pokémon

(Japanese: ★ ???ぐもポケモン ★ ??? Spider Pokémon )

Below the ray Pokémon is an alleged spider Pokémon, although largely unintelligible. Seemingly a bug with large wings— possibly moth-related— or maybe even a Pokémon with huge ears. Worth mentioning Diamond and Pearl did eventually provide Mothim, although this is probably unrelated.

Pokémon Below Train

An unintelligible Pokémon below the rocky-looking train Pokémon.

OPENING

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Project CAMEX Logo

MAKE ALL's introductory video— parodying the opening sequence of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl— show director Junichi Masuda commuting to GAME FREAK's (at the time) Kashiwa 3rd offices, with appearances from other staff such as Shigeru Ohmori, Hiroki Fuchino and Motofumi Fujiwara.

The opening also features an alternate version of the Project CAMEX logo, although the Blastoise drawing seen here appears to have been repurposed for the one parodying the Twentieth Century Fox logo on MAKE ALL's front cover and disc.

Part I • The Creation of Myth

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The first part of the documentary, (Japanese: 神話の創造 The Creation of Myth ) covers the initial concepts that defined Diamond and Pearl, with a focus on the mythos surrounding the Sinnoh region. As opposed to a focus on deities or religion, director Masuda felt a stronger interest towards myth— especially those he believed helped establish societal norms in harsher times, where food or other necessities of life were scarce. Suguru Nakatsui then researched a variety of myths from across the world to identify recurring themes between them, writing six total— two of which he describes in the documentary: one on the genesis, the birth of Arceus from The Egg; and another on two "villages" under the protection of Dialga and Palkia— the latter of the two being shown on screen. Masuda requested Nakatsui read the myths out-loud to both himself and Emi Yoshida in a pitch-black conference room, in order to recreate the tradition of a tribal chief telling fables to young children.

An artist's rendition (from the documentary) of Masuda and Yoshida being read the Pokémon Myths in a dark conference room, penned by Nakatsui.

While the former did emerge as a part of Arceus' Pokédex entry in Pokémon Platinum, the latter myth— one of two villages under the protection of Dialga or Palkia— may have inspired the concept of the opposing Diamond Clan and Pearl Clan in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, set in Sinnoh's distant past. All known myths were found in full alongside leaked documentation for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's development, though the two-village myth shown in the documentary differs slightly from the leaked pmyth06, which refers to them as "forest and village tribes" as opposed to western and eastern villages as in the documentary.

Part II • Into a New Dimension

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The second part of the documentary, (Japanese: 新たな次元へ Into a New Dimension ) covers the team's approach to Sinnoh's overall look, with a focus on the challenges associated with producing a Pokémon game in 3D for the very first time.

Part III • Designing Life

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The third part of the documentary, (Japanese: 生命のデザイン Designing Life ) covers the design process for Sinnoh's roster, featuring over a hundred Pokémon designs cut from the final game. An in-depth breakdown of every scrapped Pokémon design can be found earlier on this page.

Part IV • The Men Digging Underground

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The fourth part of the documentary, (Japanese: 地下を掘る男達 The Men Digging Underground ) covers the development of Diamond and Pearl's Underground, led by Shigeru Ohmori. Two major sources of inspiration were: Nintendo DS's screens, which always looked like above-ground and underground to Junichi Masuda, who grew up hearing about coal-mining jobs from his father; and park sandpits, which grabbed Ohmori's attention with children initially playing at each corner and transitioning to collaborative play at the center. Hardware constraints often caused Katsumi Ohno and other programmers to rebuild their work: for instance, 16-player gameplay was implemented within half a year, but was obviously unstable and soon switched to 8-player; and many mini-games were scrapped, with planning documents shown on screen, such as bringing and interacting with your Pokémon, using their radar skills, digging new passages, and more, but all they kept were mining and Secret Bases, with Spheres added later to encourage frequent Underground gameplays. The team also suffered from dual-office issues: Annex had Ohno's seat and was the site for real-hardware checks including poor-signal tests, but the eight debugger devices were installed in the headquarters. Feeling sorry for the burden, Ohmori often pleaded with Ohno with warm smiles, which magically gave confidence to the programmer. They eventually observed the multiplayer mode of the released version at the 10th anniversary concert, where Ohno felt particularly relieved and rewarded by the seamless operation of the mass flag-chasing, which had been one of their biggest and last issues in debugging.

Part V • Connecting the World

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The fifth part of the documentary, (Japanese: 世界を繋げる Connecting the World ) covers the implementation of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's Wi-Fi capabilities and the introduction of the Global Trade Station, led by Takeshi Kawachimaru.

Part VI • A Message from the President

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The six part of the documentary, (Japanese: 社長からのコメント A Message from the President ) features a message from the creator of Pokémon and GAME FREAK president, Satoshi Tajiri.

ENDING

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Much like the opening, MAKE ALL ends with yet another parody of a sequence from Diamond and Pearl— this time to the game's ending— set to Junichi Masuda cycling home in the sunset.

As the song swells, the documentary shows a montage of snapshots from throughout Diamond and Pearl's development— such as various events attended by GAME FREAK staff, or the celebration of major milestones— like the completion party for Drill Dozer's development. Right before the credits come in, the montage shifts to showing several dozen of the games' staff.

The following are names from MAKE ALL's credits, which erroneously omits Hiroki Fuchino from the list of interviewees:

Video Production ^{[えいぞうせいさく]}

Kitaro Muro
Takashi Nohara
Hiroshi Sugai
Osamu Watanabe
Kei Imabayashi

Development Scene Filming ^{[かいはつげんばさつえい]}

PROJECT CAMEX

Interview Special Thanks ^{[インタビューきょうりょく]}

Satoshi Tajiri
Junichi Masuda
Ken Sugimori
Tetsuya Watanabe
Akito Mori
Takeshi Kawachimaru
Shigeru Ohmori
Takao Unno
Suguru Nakatsui
Nozomu Saito
Emi Yoshida
Katsumi Ohno
Toshinobu Matsumiya

Filming Special Thanks ^{[さつえいきょうりょく]}

GAME FREAK staff

PROJECT CAMEX Staff ^{[プロジェクト・カメックススタッフ]}

Go Ichinose
Kenji Matsushima
Hitomi Sato
Shigeru Ohmori
Yuichiro Mori
Satoshi Ohta
Nozomu Saito
Yuuri Sakurai
Tsubasa Suzuki

PROJECT CAMEX Producer ^{[プロジェクト・カメックスプロデューサー]}

Junichi Masuda

Bonus Videos

Alongside the main documentary, MAKE ALL features several bonus videos from throughout Diamond and Pearl's development.

Time Travel (My First 3D!)

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A bonus video (Japanese: タイムスリップ「はじめての3D!」 Time Travel (My First 3D!) ) showing a very early period of the game's development where Diamond and Pearl's 3D visuals are being tested on real DS hardware. The footage is filmed by Shigeru Ohmori.

Time Travel (We've Got a Poké-Watch, Too!)

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A bonus video (Japanese: タイムスリップ「ポケッチもついたよ!」 Time Travel (We've Got a Poké-Watch, Too!) ) showing Diamond and Pearl in a very early state— played by Hitomi Sato and filmed by Shigeru Ohmori— with a real focus on the new UI elements visible on the DS' bottom screen.

Time Travel (Something Weird Appears!)

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A bonus video (Japanese: タイムスリップ「変なの出てるよ!」 Time Travel (Something Weird Appears!) ) showing one of Diamond and Pearl's earliest field map tests, as the staff react to a strange entity moving around the environment.

Creating the Sinnoh Region

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Mention of the LEGO pic from development being from this documentary

A bonus video (Japanese: シンオウ地方のつくりかた Creating the Sinnoh Region ) showing Sinnoh in various states of construction— with Satoshi Ota literally piecing together the region with graph paper and bricks of LEGO.

Spotlight! Game Developers

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A bonus video (Japanese: シンオウ地方のつくりかた Spotlight! Game Developers ) of the staff messing around the office during work hours— clearly unaware that the crunch period for this one was gonna be really, really rough.

MAKE ALL! A Talk about T-Shirts

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A bonus video (Japanese: MAKE ALL! Tシャツを語る MAKE ALL! A Talk about T-Shirts ) talking about the creation of MAKE ALL shirts for the staff, made to celebrate the production of the documentary.

Is the New Move Name on Fire...?

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A bonus video (Japanese: 新技名は燃えているか...? Is the New Move Name on Fire...? ) where the staff joke about a possible move name for the new Fire-type Starter Pokémon, Infernape.

Annex War Stories

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What is on Ohmori's notes?

A bonus video (Japanese: アネックス戦記 Annex War Stories ) of the staff being filmed during various stressful periods of the game's development.

After the Final Battle

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A bonus video (Japanese: 最後の戦いを終えて After the Final Battle ) of the office filled with development staff completely passed out, sleeping across chairs and under desks. A sole employee remains vigilant.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Development Timeline

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Actual image of the timeline.

The Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Development Timeline (Japanese: ポケットモンスターダイヤモンドパール開発年表 ) is a folded insert that comes alongside the documentary, chronicling the entirety of the game's development. Our translation of the timeline can be seen in the table below, alongside any notes pertinent to a stated period.

References

[1] Masuda's 2007 blog— the only known mention of the documentary prior to appearing on auction sites. (archived)

[2] Post from collector Neos about the documentary in February 2026. (archived)

[3] Post from collector Neos with information on the initial auction. (archived)

[4] Post from collector Neos that another documentary was in his posession. (archived)

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