Pokémon Sword / Shield at Jump Festa
The Pokémon Company have announced that Pokémon Sword / Shield will appear at Jump Festa ’20 on 21-22 December at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. .
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Pokémon Wild Area Search Coming to PC
Pokémon Wild Area Search web content will be coming to PC, Mac, smartphones, and tablets from early November to 31 December 2019 where the wild area of the Galar region in Pokémon Sword / Shield becomes a diorama allowing users to explore the Wild Area with a 360-degree camera and even enjoy encounters with certain Pokémon in CG. The diorama is under the supervision of Amazing JIRO, and will be available in Japanese, Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Thanks to Famitsu. More images added below…
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Gigantamax Pokémon Confirmed
New Gigantamax Pokémon have been confirmed for Pokémon Sword / Shield. Gigantamax Pikachu is from save data from Let’s Go Pikachu. Gigantamax Eevee is from save data from Let’s Go Eevee. Gigantamax Meowth is an early purchase benefit until 15 January. Gigantamax Charizard and Gigantamax Butterfree are also both confirmed for the game. Official artwork and both Japanese and English trailers added below…
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Gigantamax Pokémon Leaked
The December 2019 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban appears to leak Gigantamax Eevee, Pikachu, Meowth, and Charizard for Pokémon Sword / Shield. The magazine is out on 21 October in Japan. It’s unknown whether this will be part of the Pokémon news due later today. Post to be updated with official images once available. CoroCoro Ichiban cover added below.
Edit: see this post for official artwork and trailer.
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Pokémon Sword / Shield News Tomorrow
There will be new information for Pokémon Sword / Shield tomorrow (16 October) at 22:00 JST (06:00 PT). The Game Freak 30th Anniversary livestream an hour later will also include talk about the latest information. Video below…
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Pokémon Sword / Shield File Size
The file size of the upcoming Pokémon Sword／Shield game(s) are 10.3 GB. This compares with 4.2 GB for Pokémon Let’s Go! Pikachu／Eevee. Pre-order either versiob here and use the code JPNINTENDO for 5% off. Thanks to Naruki and MIN428. Download code packaging added below which also reveals that Turtonator will be in the game…
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Pokémon Sword / Shield Booth Pictures
Pictures of the Pokémon Sword / Shield starter Pokémon Sobble, Grookey, and Scorbunny at Nintendo Live 2019 with Pikachu added below! Images courtesy of みゅ.
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Pokémon in Glimwood Tangle
All the Pokémon discovered in Glimwood Tangle, a strange forest area in the Galar region, will be listed in this post: Pikachu, Morelull, Phantump, Impidimp, Cottonee, Ponyta, Shiinotic, an unidentified Pokémon which maybe Galarian Ponyta, and the sound of what maybe a Galarian Rapidash. Thanks to Serebii for some of the names. The stream has now ended. Please note that Kinopio-kun did not appear – I just added him to make up for the lackluster stream! Video added below…
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Pokémon Sword／Shield Autosave Confirmed
Game Freak’s Shigeru Ohmori has confirmed to Game Informer that Pokémon Sword／Shield will have an autosave feature: “We do have an autosave feature this time, where you can just adventure and it’ll constantly save the game”, although this can be turned off if desired.
In additional news: there will be no HMs in the game, EXP share will be no more with all Pokémon receiving equal experience, it will be made easier to use your favourite Pokémon competitively, and there will be 18 gyms.
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