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Pokémon Sword and Shield–New Pokémon revealed, Surprise Trades detailed and a Curry Dex added to the Galar adventure

By Darryn Bonthuys
September 5, 2019
in :  Gaming
7

During last night’s Nintendo Direct, two more of the Galar region’s Pokémon were revealed. I never thought I’d say this before, but never in my life have I ever wanted to drink a Pokémon so bad.

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Gamescom Hands-on: Commence battle with your Pokémon Sword and Shield

By Sam Spiller
August 28, 2019
in :  Gaming
0

In some ways, Pokémon is a lot like FIFA. Come the end of days or when Half-Life 3 is made, it will still be with us. And we’ll have pocket monsters based off of garden furniture. In all seriousness, Pokémon Sword and Shield has something big to show off in terms of gameplay development. More on that in a sec. …

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Pokémon Sword and Shield won’t use the Pokémon Global Link Service

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 21, 2019
in :  Gaming
19

Pokémon Sword and Shield will be axing the Global Link website, folding the core functionality of that service into the Battle Stadium feature instead.

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Pokémon Sword and Shield – A new trailer shows off Team Yell and dapper Galarian forms

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 7, 2019
in :  Gaming
3

Pokémon Sword and Shield may be seeing the return of many series traditions after the Sun and Moon games introduced some radical overhauls, but no Pokémon game would feel complete without the introduction of a team of ne’er-do-wells to harass players. After the likes of Team Rocket and Team Skull, the next Pokémon game has its primary antagonists: Football hooligans. …

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Pokémon Sword and Shield are NOT reusing animations from older games

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 15, 2019
in :  Gaming
5

According to the same fans who presumably want to know why Game Freak can’t just do their job properly and create custom animations for each Pokémon and the attacks they can use which would result in literally thousands of unique animations, the models for this generation’s pocket monsters are lifted straight from the previous 3DS games. Not so!

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Pokémon Sword and Shield has version exclusive gym leaders

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 9, 2019
in :  Gaming
3

When it comes to Pokémon game, having certain features which are unique to one of the two versions sold has been an age-old practice that only Nintendo can get away with. Most of the time, each new Pokémon game features a selection of wildlife that are exclusive to a particular cart, resulting in players socialising and trading amongst each other so that they can fill up their Pokedex. This year, Pokémon Sword and Shield is taking that idea a step further with version exclusive gym leaders.

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Here’s a closer and more detailed look at Alcremie, Rolycoly and Duraludon in Pokémon Sword and Shield

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 8, 2019
in :  Gaming
6

New Pokémon! Get ‘em while they’re hot, dazed and have no idea how their entire being has been compressed to fit inside of a pokeball! A new trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield has just dropped, and with it comes a ton of new info on the new pocket monsters that you can find inside the game. So enough bantering, on to the main event!

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Duraludon, Alcremie and Rolycoly debut in this latest trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 8, 2019
in :  Gaming
3

Here’s the newest look at what creatures you can expect to encounter, in the latest trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield.

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