Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield finally arrived on Switch yesterday. As is tradition at this point, Digital Foundry has examined the games from a technical perspective.

Here are the main points:

More: Game Freak, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword

Pokemon Sword/Shield director elaborates on having all party members automatically gain experience

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

As previously reported, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield do not have an Exp. Share item. The way the system works now is that all members in your party automatically receive experience in battle, and there’s no immediate option to disable it.

While we touched on this subject previously, in an interview with Jeuxvideo, director Shigeru Ohmori explained the decision to not have an Exp. Share item and instead have the functionality turned on. He told the site:

More: Game Freak, interview, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword, Shigeru Ohmori

Pokemon Sword/Shield SD card issues seem to come down to use of exFAT format

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Earlier today, we heard about possible problems with Pokemon Sword/Shield and SD cards. It turns out that the issues do exist, but on the bright side, the situation can be addressed.

As previously reported, save files are unaffected. Data can be deleted by the glitch, but those that are affected may only end up losing screenshots. Games that were stored may also need to be downloaded again.

More: Game Freak, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield show that people actually eat Pokemon

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have shown that people do actually eat Pokemon. In the games, players can make curry from… Slowpoke tails.

An in-game description states:

More: Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield launch celebrated with special art from Game Freak

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 0 comments

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are finally available on Switch today. To celebrate, Game Freak has shared a special piece of art. Find the new image attached above.

Source

More: Game Freak, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword

Photos of the Pokemon Sword/Shield launch event at Nintendo NY

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 0 comments

To celebrate the launch of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, Nintendo NY held a special midnight launch event. The Big N has now passed along a few photos from the festivities. We have the full set of images below, along with their descriptions.

More: Game Freak, Nintendo NY, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield serial codes are region-free

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Just like with past entries, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have serial codes players can redeem in-game. With such codes, players can receive cosmetic items in particular.

There’s good news this time around with how codes are handled. They now work in any region and are not limited to their original place of distribution. That means if a code was originally made available in Japan for instance, it will still work in North America and Europe.

Source

More: Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword, top

Pokemon Sword & Shield: “Your adventure begins” launch trailer

Posted on 5 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are now available worldwide. To celebrate the occasion, Nintendo put together a launch trailer for this newest generation of Pokemon games:

More: Gamefreak, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword

Rumor: Pokemon Sword/Shield full game download causing SD Card corruption

Posted on 5 years ago by Elias in Rumors, Switch | 0 comments

Players are reporting issues with a rather unfortunate problem: The digital release of Pokemon Sword and Shield seems to be corrupting SD card data when the game crashes. So far, it seems that any crash in the game could lead to the issue. While save files for games are stored on the Switch’s hardware, this could result in players needing to reformat their cards and redownload all of their games. Nintendo has not released any statement in regards to the problem, and there may not be enough data to really pinpoint the cause just yet.
If you’ve experienced this issue, leave a comment down below.

Source