An animated web series based on the games titled Pokémon: Twilight Wings premiered on YouTube on January 15th, 2020. The announcement trailer can be viewed here, the dedicated Nintendo Directs here and here, and the Dynamax trailer here. Over eighty moves, not counting the aforementioned Z-Moves, were also made unusable. These are also the first games in the series to have version exclusive Gyms, with Sword having Fighting- and Rock-type Gyms, and Shield having Ghost- and Ice-type Gyms.įor the first time in the series, there was a strict restriction on the Pokémon available for use: over 450 Pokémon could not be caught or traded into Sword and Shield at the time of release, with the available creatures solely consisting of the 400 Pokémon within the Galar Regional Pokédex. Taking a cue from the Let's Go games, Sword and Shield feature an extensive 'Wild Area' in conjunction with normal Routes, where players encounter wild Pokémon via ' symbol encounters' in various sub-areas. In addition, some wild Pokémon can be encountered in a permanent Dynamax state and fought in a Max Raid Battle with up to four players. Mega Evolution and Z-Moves have been removed and replaced by a new battle mechanic known as 'Dynamaxing', wherein a Pokémon temporarily appears to grow to giant size, granting increased HP and more powerful variants of its usual moves some Pokémon receive unique 'Gigantamax' forms with unique moves. The games are set in the Galar region, based on the United Kingdom. And while Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! were the first mainline entries on a home console, released the previous year, they were just remakes of Pokémon Yellow with elements from Pokémon GO, rather than an original adventure.

note Pokémon Colosseum was the first console RPG in the series, but it and its sequel were Spin-Offs.

Released for the Nintendo Switch on November 15th, 2019, they are the first original mainline Pokémon RPGs created for home consoles. Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are the first set of Generation VIII games in the main Pokémon series.

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