The Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass was revealed during a Pokémon Direct on Januit adds two new areas to the game, The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra. An official trailer was shown, giving information on the region and the starter Pokémon players can choose from. The games were formally announced on Pokémon Day, Februat 11 pm JST during a worldwide announcement through Nintendo Direct hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara, Junichi Masuda, and Shigeru Ohmori. On May 30, 2018, The Pokémon Company gave a press conference and announced that the new core games would have more traditional gameplay, as opposed to that found in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. All copies of the game are playable in nine languages: Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.ĭuring E3 2017, Tsunekazu Ishihara announced that the next core series titles would be available on the Nintendo Switch, but they were not prepared to release any more information at the time. The games were released on the Nintendo Switch worldwide on Novemfor both retail sale and download.

Pokémon Sword (Japanese: ポケットモンスターソード Pocket Monsters Sword) and Pokémon Shield (Japanese: ポケットモンスターシールド Pocket Monsters Shield) are the primary paired versions of Generation VIII. Pokémon Shield's boxart, featuring Zamazenta in its Crowned Shield form Pokémon Sword's boxart, featuring Zacian in its Crowned Sword form For the Pokémon Adventures chapter, see Sword & Shield chapter (Adventures).

For the TCG expansion, see Sword & Shield (TCG).

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