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Pokémon Sword and Shield – News, Reviews, Videos, and More
Game Overview:
Pokémon Sword and Shield are turn based role playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.
This is the eighth mainline generation of Pokémon role playing games, and the first full generation to debut on a home console.
Publisher: Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Developer: Game Freak
Platforms: Switch
Release Date: November 15, 2019
Genre: Role Playing
Latest updates for 'Pokémon Sword and Shield'
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Has Sold 13.41 Million Units Worldwide, Pokemon Sword and Shield at 17.37 Million
New Horizons has already become the highest-selling game in the series.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass Trailer Showcases New Gigantamax Pokemon
The Isle of Armor expansion is out in June end.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Reclaim Top Spot In Japanese Charts
The Switch's hardware sales see a bit of a bump, too.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – Next Mythical Pokemon is Zarude, the Rogue Monkey
The Dark/Grass style Pokemon will receive more information "soon."
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – Bulbasaur, Charmander, Mewtwo Max Raid Battles Live Till March 1st
New Max Raid battles offer an easy chance to catch all the Gen 1 starters.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – Gigantamax Toxtricity Arrives on February 7th
It will be available as a Max Raid battle until March 9th.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide – Fossil Pokemon Combinations and Battle Point Farming
Find rare Fossil Pokemon and partake in the Battle Tower for some great rewards.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – New Mythical Pokemon Reveal Coming February 27th
The new Pokemon will also appear in the upcoming Pokemon the Movie: Coco.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Expected to Become “Evergreen Titles”
Nintendo expects the RPG duo to continue selling well for some time to come.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield, Luigi’s Mansion 3 Now Among Top Selling First-Party Switch Games
Updated sales numbers also provided for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Astral Chain and more.
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Debut on Top of Japanese Charts
Pokemon is finally dethroned.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Set New Famitsu Sales Record
The longest a game has been on #1 in the Famitsu sales charts.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Top Japanese Charts Again in Spite of Sales Dip
The Switch is once again the best-selling system.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Top Japanese Charts in First Week of 2020
The top 10 is once again dominated by Switch games.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansions – Kubfu, Urshifu, and Calyrex Legendaries Revealed
Two Legendaries are obtainable in The Isle of Armor, while one awaits in The Crown Tundra.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass Announced
Available for $29.99, the Expansion Pass contains The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra expansions.
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Pokemon Direct January 2020 – Watch All the Announcements Here
Post-launch details on Sword and Shield, new announcements, and more.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield, Nintendo Switch Dominate 2019’s Final Japanese Charts
All games in the top 10 are Switch titles.
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Tomorrow’s Pokemon Direct Will Reveal “New Details” On Pokemon Sword and Shield
Post-launch details for the recently released title are inbound.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide – How to Get Gigantamax Charizard
Here's how to pick up a scorching oversized Charizard of your own with decent effort.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide: How to Get Gigantamax Eevee And Shiny Pokémon
Here's how to net a special Eevee to Gigantamax and also farm Shiny Pokemon.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide – How to Change A Pokemon’s Nature
Looking to raise certain stats higher than others? Nature Mints are the ticket.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Crossed 2.7 Million Digital Sales In First Month
Thoroughly beating other recent Nintendo first party releases.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield and Nintendo Switch Dominate Japanese Charts Once Again
Both see an increase over last week's sales.
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Pokemon, Star Wars, and Call of Duty Are the Big Winners in NPD’s November 2019 Charts
Pokemon Sword and Shield enjoy the series' best ever launch in the US.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Still Dominating Japanese Charts
The Switch also continues to enjoy impressive sales.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide – How to Solo 5-Star Raids
Here's how to take on the toughest Max Raid bosses all on your own.
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Nintendo Switch Sold 830,000 Units in the US Over Thanksgiving Week
Meanwhile, Pokemon Sword and Shield sales hit 3 million in the Americas.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Still on Top of Japanese Charts, Switch’s Sales Surge Continues
The RPG duo sold over 275,000 copies during the week.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Gets Snow in the Wild Area
Ice type Pokemon are also more common in this celebration to start December.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide – How to Earn Max Cash From Battles
If you have a high-level Gigantamax Meowth, you're on easy street.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide – All 400 Pokemon Locations and How to Catch ‘Em All
Here's how to collect every single Pokemon in the new games.
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Nintendo Switch Reaches A Staggering 95% Marketshare In Japan Last Week, As Pokemon Continues To Dominate
Meanwhile, Shenmue 3 has a disappointing debut.
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Pokémon Sword and Shield Review – A Promising Foundation
Pokemon Sword and Shield are a marvelous foundation for future games in the series to build on.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Sold Over 6 Million Units In Launch Week; Fastest Selling Switch Game Ever
The brand is as strong as ever.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Sells 1.36 Million Units in First Three Days in Japan
It's now the best selling opening week in Japan for a Switch title.
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Nintendo Switch Sales Spike In UK Off Pokemon Launch, Expected To End PS4’s 5 Year Reign As Bestselling Console
The UK liking Pokemon Sword/Shield is like the least surprising thing ever, though.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Is UK’s Biggest Exclusive IP Launch Of 2019
The game is way above Let's Go's launch, but slightly behind Sun and Moon.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide: All G Max Moves And How To Raise Happiness
Manage your Pokemon and unleash their true power in battles.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – 10 Tips and Tricks to Keep in Mind Before Playing
The Galar region can be a scary place. Here's how to make those treks easier.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – Players’ Response to Free Camera Will Determine Its Inclusion in Future Instalments
The Wild Area's free camera control might come back in future Pokemon games.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Possibly Lacks GTS, Per Datamining – Rumor
New code shows a lack of any reference to feature.
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Future Pokemon Games Will Also Come With Pokedex Cuts
The National Dex won't be back anytime soon.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Receives One Last Trailer Before Launch
Take another quick look at the variety of new Pokemon, areas, and mechanics.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Promises the Beginning of a New Era
A brief walk down memory lane.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Reveals New Items and Mechanics
Some of these are pretty significant.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Leaks Lift the Lid on New Pokemon, Including Starter Evolutions – Rumour
This goes without saying, but watch out for spoilers.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Features a Track Composed by Undertale Creator Toby Fox
Toby Fox's partnership with Game Freak continues.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Overview Trailer Covers New Pokemon, Trainers, and More
Everything you need to know about the upcoming Pokemon titles is covered here.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Won’t Support Cloud Saves
Not much of a surprise.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Final File Size Is 9.5 GB
A little less than what was reported earlier.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Length Is “Comparable To Other Pokemon Generations”
Director Shigeru Ohmori feels the Wild Area will add to the game's replay value.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Offers Switch Online Purchase In-Game
Nintendo clarifies the in-game purchase option for those who don't have Switch Online.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Show New Pokemon From The Galar Region
Get an overview of all the new critters to try and collect.
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Pokemon Producer Says There’s No More Let’s Go Games Currently Planned
The experiment seems to have been a one-off for the time being.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Developer Has “No Regrets” About National Dex
The team is "always looking" to make a "more enjoyable, richer experience for fans," as per producer Junichi M...
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Offers In-Game Purchase for Online Features
This is geared towards those without a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – 15 Things You Need To Know Before You Buy
Pokemon makes its mainline debut on consoles- here's what you need to know about it.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Unveils Gigantamax Pikachu, Eevee, Meowth
Charizard and Butterfree also get the Gigantamax treatment.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Will Have Gigantamax Versions Of Some Classic Pokemon
Some of the old school Pokemon will get giant in the new game.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Receiving New Information Tomorrow
Another new Pokemon reveal?
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Pokemon Sword and Shield File Size Is Reportedly Over 10 GB
That would make them the largest Pokemon games to date by a large margin.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Receives Town Exploration Footage; Wild Area Map Revealed
Looks surprisingly large.
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Pokemon Shield Will Have Galarian Ponyta As Version Exclusive
Giddy up, trainers.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Considered Shaking Up Battle System Early In Development
The game once looked to change up the classic battle system.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Won’t Have 18 Gyms
The Pokemon Company clarifies that each version will have eight Gyms.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Will Have 18 Gyms In Total
That's a lot of gyms.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Won’t Have HM Moves
Like Pokemon Sun and Moon, Sword and Shield won't feature Hidden Machines.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Have Had Roughly 1000 People Working on Them
Truly the biggest games in the series so far.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Will Feature Autosaves
The feature will make its way to a Pokemon title for the first time.
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Pokemon Cut From The National Pokedex In Sword And Shield Will Return Eventually
The National Pokedex will fill again... one day.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield in Line for Mysterious 24-Hour Livestream Next Week
This better be good.
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Switch Lite Gets Off to a Slow Start in the UK, but Retailers Expect Improved Sales “Come Pokemon”
The handheld-only Switch variant sells 13.5k units in debut week.
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Pokemon Sword Will Feature Farfetch’d Evolution Sirfetch’d As Version Exclusive
Did you suddenly lose interest in Pokemon Shield as well?
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Revealing New Pokemon Soon
Everything thinks its a Farfetch'd evolution, which means it's probably not.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Might Be the First Games in the Series to Feature Auto-Saves
Let's just hope it's optional.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Introduce Camping, Deeper Customization, New Pokemon, and More
A Pokemon that looks like a teapot. And we thought we hit rock bottom with the keychain Pokemon.
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Nintendo Direct Officially Announced For Tomorrow
A 40 minute-long presentation on Switch's upcoming 2019 releases.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Gameplay Video Explores One of the Game’s Towns
And it looks better than what you'd expect.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Showcases New Abilities, Ranked and Casual Battles Explained
Max Moves can cause secondary conditions to boost allied Pokemon among other things.
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Pokémon Sword and Shield Wiki – Everything You Need To Know About The Game
Everything you need to know about Pokemon Sword and Shield.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Leads Latest Famitsu Most Wanted Charts With Over 1100 Votes
A sizeable lead over the second-placed game.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Reveal New Team, New Rivals, Galar Forms, and More
Surrender now, prepare to fight (with hooligans).
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Receiving New Info On August 7th
Fingers crossed for something substantial.
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What Is Going On With Pokemon Sword and Shield?
Mired in a controversy about its Pokedex, Pokemon seems to be in hot water right now- what the hell is going o...
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Nintendo Bringing Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Luigi’s Mansion 3, and More To San Diego Comic-Con
The Big N is also bringing The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Maker 2.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield to Receive “The Latest Information” Next Week
Japanese Variety Show Pokénchi might be revealing some new stuff for the upcoming RPGs.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Developers Feel Cutting Down the Roster of Pokemon Was Inevitable
"Of course I wanted to be able to bring every Pokemon if I could, but it was also a decision that I had to mak...
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Pokemon Sword and Shield’s New Japanese Trailer Shows New Gameplay Footage
Take a look at various different environments from the Galar region.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield-Themed Special Edition Nintendo Switch Lite Unveiled
It'll be out November 8 of this year.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – Version-Exclusive Gyms Confirmed
You may travel to the same town but fight, say, Bea instead of Allister.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Introduces Gigantamaxing With New Trailer
Along with new characters, Pokemon, and more.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Look Like They’re Reusing Animations From the 3DS Games
Previously cited "higher quality animations" don't seem to be in the game at all.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Developer Responds To Pokedex Controversy Without Really Saying Anything
Junichi Masuda writes over 150 words that ultimately mean nothing.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Won’t Support All Pokemon Species Because There’s Literally Too Many of Them
"We knew at some point we weren't going to be able to indefinitely keep supporting all of the Pokemon," says g...
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Luigi’s Mansion 3, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and More Playable at E3 2019
Pokemon Sword and Shield, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, and other titles will also be available.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Max Raid Battles Will Be Playable Locally, Online, and Solo
Breaking news: A Nintendo game seems to be doing online right.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – Story Focuses on Pokemon Battles, New Pokemon Revealed
Form a rivalry with Hop en route to besting Galar Champion Leon.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Releasing on November 15th, Dynamax Pokemon Revealed
The two new Legendary Pokemon - Zacian and Zamazenta - have also been revealed.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Information and Release Date May Have Leaked Ahead of Today’s Direct
Grain of salt and all that, but there's some interesting stuff here.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Information Blowout Coming With Nintendo Direct On June 5
Prepare for roughly fifteen minutes of information about the upcoming Pokemon titles.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield – New Information Will Be Shared By CoroCoro Next Month
Prepare for trouble, make it double.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Pokemon Sword and Shield Top Famitsu Most Wanted Charts
The latest Famitsu charts see quite a few changes.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Will Emphasize Gameplay in Switch’s Handheld Mode, Says Nintendo
While last year's Let's Go titles emphasized gameplay in console mode, this year Pokemon will once again go ba...
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Will Let Players Name The Strongest Steel Type Move In The Game
I assume this will be the trademark move for the Legendary Pokemon for both games.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Announced, Coming To Nintendo Switch Later This Year
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have pulled back the curtain on the eighth generation of the series.
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Pokemon Direct Announced for Tomorrow, 6 AM PT
Nintendo will present "roughly 7 minutes" of new information for Pokemon.
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Pokemon Gen 8 Announcement May Be Coming Next Week – Rumor
The next Pokemon game may be getting announced far sooner than many expected.
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Pokemon 2019 – 15 Things We Want To See
Here's hoping Pokemon's proper console debut will an ambitious one.
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Pokemon Switch Development Was Harder Than Expected, Says The Pokemon Company CEO
The Switch’s hybrid nature poses some unique challenges for Game Freak.
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Pokemon Developer Ramping Up Development for Pokemon 2019 Game
Game Freak seeking out talent to help development on Pokemon for Switch.
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Pokemon Gen 8 Release Date Is Now Officially “Late 2019”
To the surprise of no one, Pokemon Gen 8 will be launching, seemingly, in the final quarter of its year.
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Pokemon 2019 Will Be Like Handheld Games, Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee May Be Forward Compatible- Developer
"It’ll have the same kind of feeling as the previous games on handheld systems."
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Pokemon “Core Series RPGs” Announced for Nintendo Switch For Late 2019
So more Pokemon will come!
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Nintendo Allowing People To “Register Interest” For Pokemon on Nintendo Switch
Is the time to catch them all drawing near?
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Pokemon on Switch Will be a New Generation, According to Official Nintendo Magazine
With, apparently, substantially rethought mechanics as well.
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Pokemon Switch is Already Being Localized- Rumor
Could the game actually be on track for a 2018 release?
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Pokemon Switch Scheduled For “2018 or Later” – Nintendo
Nintendo also has Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4's release dates as "TBA."
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Pokemon Switch and Bayonetta 3 Listed for 2018 Release in Nintendo Survey
Well, that's one way to have a great 2018 lineup...
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Pokemon Switch Version Is Not A System Seller For A $300 Console, says Michael Pachter
Not that the Switch is in need of a system seller...
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Pokemon Might Rocket Nintendo Switch To 40% Market Share If It Hits 2018 Launch, Says NPD Analyst.
Will Switch become the very best, like no one ever was?
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Pokemon UltraSun and UltraMoon’s Development Is Helping Pokemon Switch’s Development Too, Game Freak Says
"All of our projects have a positive effect on one another."
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‘I Hope People Don’t Expect Too Much’, Says Pokemon Director On Pokemon Switch
Well, that doesn't sound all that encouraging...
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Pokemon RPG For Switch Releasing in “2018 or Later”
Recent Nintendo financials indicate the game is a ways off.
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