Version-exclusive Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Like all the paired games in the Pokémon series, Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl each include Pokémon that cannot be obtained in the alternate version. To obtain Pokémon missing from your version you need to trade with someone who has the opposite version.

As BD/SP are faithful remakes of the originals, the version-exclusive Pokémon are mostly the same as the original Diamond/Pearl games.