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During today’s Pokemon Direct, it was announced that Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield will be receiving a double pack. However, the European presentation included something not in the North American broadcast.

Europe’s double pack will include a golden steelbook, pictured above. On top of that, you’ll naturally receive both games in the package.

We’ll let you know if we receive any news about the steelbook in North America.

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Update 2: You can pre-order the game on Amazon here.

Update: We’ve made a separate post with first screenshots and more details here.

Original: THQ Nordic has announced SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, a remake of the original game. A release is planned for 2020. Purple Lamp Studios is working on the project.

The Heavy Iron Studios-developed SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom landed on the GameCube way back in 2003, and was generally well-received. A separate version was also created for the Game Boy Advance.

Here’s a teaser trailer for the remake:

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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The Pokemon Company has passed along a ton of screenshots and art from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. View the full set below.

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The Pokemon Company has put out an official announcement recapping all of the new Pokemon Sword/Shield news from today’s Pokemon Direct. We also have more concrete details on the new Pokemon shown and more.

Here’s the complete announcement:

New game features, Pokémon native to the Galar region, and the launch date for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, the newest additions to the main series of the Pokémon video game franchise, were announced today during a Pokémon Direct online presentation. Developers at GAME FREAK inc. also provided a closer look at newly discovered Pokémon from the Galar region, the setting of the highly anticipated games. The Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games will be launching November 15, 2019, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch system.

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The full presentation for today’s Pokemon Direct featuring Pokemon Sword/Shield has now been posted online. If you missed it, you can watch it below.

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Pokemon Sword/Shield has received its new “Get Ready for Dynamax” trailer from today’s Pokemon Direct. You can watch it below.

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During today’s Pokemon Direct, a final release date for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield was announced. The two titles will be launching on November 15.

Legendary Pokemon Zacian and Zamazenta will star on the boxart, as shown above. A double pack containing both versions is also planned.

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A couple of new features for Pokemon Sword/Shield were introduced during today’s Pokemon Direct.

First up is Dynamax where Pokemon turn into much bigger versions of themselves with more powerful moves. However, they only work once per battle and it lasts three turns.

Max Raid Battles are also in Pokemon Sword/Shield. This multiplayer feature will let players battle together in taking on Dynamax Pokemon.

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Pokemon Sword/Shield has revealed new Wild Area. Different Pokemon can appear depending on where you are and what the weather is like.

While adventuring in this area, players will have control over the camera. This will allow players to better search for Pokemon and items.