The Pokemon Company has passed along a ton of screenshots and art from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. View the full set below.
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.
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.
Pokemon Sword/Shield has received its new “Get Ready for Dynamax” trailer from today’s Pokemon Direct. You can watch it below.
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.
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.
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.
A new batch of Pokemon for Pokemon Sword/Shield was revealed during today’s Pokemon Direct. Wooloo, Gossifleur, Drednaw, Corviknight, and Eldegoss will all be in the game. Eldegoss is an evolution of Gossifleur.
Here’s the rundown of each new creature:
Today’s Pokemon Direct will be beginning in just an hour. Expect it to kick off at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe. Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield will be receiving new information during the 15-minute presentation.
You can watch the Pokemon Direct as it happens below. Campbell will also be handling a live blog for us, placed after the stream. Other than that, new posts will be added to the site during and after the broadcast.
