Pokémon Sword & Shield

Pokémon Sword & Shield are the newest main-series games for the Nintendo Switch. They mark the beginning of Generation VIII (8) of Pokémon, are set in a new region — the Galar Region — and will include a number of new Pokémon in addition to old Pokémon.

These two games are released worldwide on November 15, 2019.

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New Pokémon

There are a total of 81 new Pokémon that have been introduced into Pokémon Sword & Shield, in addition to 13 new Galarian forms of older Pokémon.

You can find a full listing of all of the 400+ Pokémon available in the Galar region by checking out the site’s Pokédex listing:

There’s also the older pre-release pages for 20 of the new Pokémon in Pokémon Sword & Shield over at the New Pokémon section. These pages contain primarily information revealed before the games were released and may have more flavor and information than the Pokédex, although information may be outdated.

Walkthrough

If you’re looking to get through the game, Marriland’s Pokémon Sword & Shield Walkthrough will help guide you through the Galar region and show helpful things like where to find certain items, TMs, and more, show encounter tables of all of the Pokémon you can find in any area, and also list all of the Trainers available to battle.

Keep in mind that this is a massive project, equivalent to writing a book, so coverage for the entire game may take a few weeks, but check back often to see as new pages are added.

New Characters

As with most Pokémon games, Pokémon Sword & Shield introduce many new characters, with the possibility of some older characters returning.

You can see a few characters in the images above, but you can continue through the link below to see all of the revealed characters and a lot more information about them.

Galar Region

Pokémon Sword & Shield take place in the Galar Region. Not much is known about this region yet, but it is almost certainly based off of Great Britain.

Miscellaneous Information

There’s a lot of assorted information that has been revealed for Pokémon Sword & Shield, so below is a list of a few various points that don’t have their own page or section.

• Pokémon HOME, a cloud-based service for collecting, transferring, and trading your Pokémon will not work with Pokémon that aren’t present in the Galar region’s Pokédex, meaning every Pokémon will not be available in Sword & Shield.
• The Poké Ball Plus will work with Sword & Shield as an accessory that you can use to take a Pokémon from the game along with you, which will cause its cry to be heard every now and then while it’s with you. This may have other benefits as well.
  • It cannot be used as a controller like it can in Let’s Go, Pikachu & Eevee.
  • If the Mew inside of the Poké Ball Plus has not already been claimed (in Let’s Go, Pikachu & Eevee), it can be sent to Sword & Shield and received in the linked game.
• Rotom returns in the form of a Rotom Phone, which can be used for a variety of features.
  • Instead of traditional Pokédexes, the Rotom Phone is used as your Pokédex to catalog all of your Pokémon.
  • It can also power up your Bicycle, which is confirmed to return, to allow it to traverse on the water after it is modified at some point in the game.
• The Y-Comm feature is a feature that handles trades, battles, and other connected activity. Notifications will be shown on the left-hand side of the screen when friends want to trade or battle, or when they catch Pokémon (possibly only in the Wild Area).
• You will be able to catch Pokémon either as random encounters in shaking spots in the tall grass with an “!” above it or by encountering them roaming around in the overworld, similar to Let’s Go, Pikachu & Eevee. Both methods of encountering Pokémon are available to players, even outside of the Wild Area.
• You will face off against different Gym Leaders depending on which version you play. In Pokémon Sword, you fight against a Fighting-type Gym, while in Pokémon Shield, you fight against a Ghost-type Gym instead.

Screenshots

Here are a few screenshots of Pokémon Sword & Shield.

News Updates

If you’d like to keep track of all of the site’s updates about Pokémon Sword & Shield, you can check out the news category that will filter only those posts for you.