Just FYI, my active team is always formed of ALL the Pokemon that you can get by evolution only. As soon as one evolves, I switch it for another (I keep the evolving ones I a separate file). That means that my team is constantly changing, though the starter Pokemon (I always go for the Grass one) usually lasts well into the game. And yeah, I’ve beaten the League with such an unpredictable team setup. Judicious use of TMs + Strategy = The Win.
I’m a little confused here. Is it true that you can collect all 49x of the Pokemon in these two games, or do you need to have access to the GBA games? I’ve heard both, but I’ve got no confirmation.
You can get quite a few in just Diamond and Pearl once you get the National Pokedex, but likewise, once you get said 'Dex, you can transfer in pokes from any of the GBA games, and indeed, some of them can only be gotten that way.
Likewise, a small number of pokes will only appear in the wild if you have a certain version of GBA game in your DS while you’re playing, but you can always trade for those.
On topic, at the moment my main party consists of Torterra, Luxray, Gastrodon, Lucario and Vespiquen, and I hope to get a good Snorlax soon.
My party consists of pause a shiny Muk(its green) a shiny Delibird (its white&purple) a Spiritomb,a Shaymin, a Darkrai, and pause an Arceus.I’ve beaten the Elite Four and all pokemon in my party arew pause level 100.
On GameFAQs theres a file that tells you how many pokemon you can get with a certain combination of games. I don’t know if its been updated to include DP yet, though.