POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD: 22 NEW DETAILS WE LEARNED - E3 2019
During Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct and Nintendo Treehouse Live, Nintendo divulged more information about the Nintendo Switch gamesPokemon Sword
and Shield, including the identity of a new gym leader, details on how Dynamax Raids work, and gave an extensive look at the free-roaming Wild Area.
All-in-all, there were 22 details we learned about Pokemon Sword and Shield this morning.
Pokemon Sword and Shield: Wild Area
1 - Weather in the Wild Area not only impacts battles, it also changes which wild Pokemon can appear.
2 - Thunderstorms increase the power of Electric- and Water-type Pokemon.
3 - Trainers can whistle while in the Wild area - this makes some Pokemon stop, some run towards the trainer and some run away.
4 - Some flying Pokemon may be out of reach, and whistling may be the only way to get them to come closer.
5 - Some super strong Pokemon (like a Machop twice the level of the demo trainer’s Pokemon) can appear in the Wild Area.
6 - You can fish in the wild area, with one spot on a lake indicating a Pokemon was there.
7 - Players return to the Wild Area multiple times throughout the game.
8 - The Y-Com system trainers use indicate if other trainers in the Wild Area want to trade, battle or join up for a Max Raid Battle.
9 - Red pillars of light indicate that a Dynamax Pokemon is ready to fight in a Pokemon den.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield: Dynamax Raids
10 - Max Raid Battles occur when four players join together to an inhabited den in the Wild Area.
11 - Dynamax Pokemon can use multiple moves in one turn.
12 - They can also neutralize trainer’s Pokemon abilities, or remove all stat changes made in the battle.
13 - Dynamax Pokemon can create barriers that prevent almost all damage.
14 - Any attack can knock a segment of this gauge down, and if your team has a Pokemon Dynamaxed, these attacks take down two gauges.
15 - When a player’s Pokemon is knocked out in a Raid battle, they can still assist the rest of the trainers by cheering them on.
16 - If a trainer wins a Max Raid Battle, all participating trainers will have a chance to catch the defeated Dynamax Pokemon, and will be rewarded with useful items.
Pokemon Sword and Shield: Gym Leader Nessa, Extra Details
17 - Nessa is a Water-type gym leader.
18 - Her “calm and collected attitude hides a competitive spirit and indomitable will that become apparent when she overwhelms opponents with powerful Water-type moves."
18 - Nessa uses a Drednaw that can be Dynamaxed.
19 - Only Pokemon available in the Galar Region Pokedex can be transferred to Sword and Shield from the recently announced Pokemon Home.
20 - The game’s producers suggested this is because the team wouldn’t have time to properly render and animate all 800+ Pokemon for Sword and Shield.
21 - If true, that means not all Pokemon are within the games at launch.
22 - Poke Ball Plus can be used to transfer Pokemon from Sword and Shield, and walked around with in the real world, but can’t be used as a controller.
Pokemon Sword and Shield Direct Trailer Breakdown10+ IMAGES
Last week, prior to E3 2019, a special Pokemon Sword and Shield Nintendo Direct gave us a closer look at the game, and revealed a concrete release date: November 15, 2019.
For more on IGN's E3 coverage, stay tuned to IGN's E3 2019 hub. Be sure to also check out the list of confirmed E3 2019 games, as well as the list of games that won't be at E3 2019.
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Jun-22-2019
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