Gallery: Check Out Some New Pokémon In These Sword And Shield Screenshots

Looking pretty good.

But but the trees
And National Dex
And things to complain about

There are some pros and cons, but I've been playing for long enough to enjoy a shake-up, as long as the end product turns out fun. Seems fun so far

Looks nothing like what we’ve seen so far.

But i thought Rose was for female's name.... 🤨
And we got almost identic hair style for both Chairman Rose and Rose from Street Fighter Alpha series.

@RupeeClock Version differences. One exclusive to Shield, the other exclusive to Sword.

@RupeeClock Basically, Same Location, different Leaders.

@RupeeClock The website has confirmed the Fighting-type Gym appears only in Sword, while the Ghost-type Gym is a Shield exclusive.

@PikaPhantom
Interesting...
Fighting type Gym leader is Offensive type (Sword) while Ghost type Gym leader is Defensive type (Shield) since ghost cannot be attacked by normal type.

Attack on Titan spoilers: the manga and season 4 end with a battle against a Dynamax Alcremie.

On a serious note, all eyes on Allister. Has there been an android trainer in the franchise before?

@RupeeClock I think they want you to think more strategically since if both games shared the same Gym Leaders then the same tactics would work every time.

@graysoncharles Hard to say, maybe they decided this to change the formula up a bit.

I already fear what the internet will do to poor Alcreamie.

Also, Rose is the bad guy. He looks too nice to be trusted.

@Nekonokatzen
He's not a businessman, He's a business, man.

@Nekonokatzen It's Bea i fear for, given what the Rule34-crowd did to Nessa within hours of her reveal, Bea's in serious trouble... >_<

So gigantamax is like Mega evolutions.......... ?

Why not just keep megas?

Looks interesting but Still not buying it but I'll wait to see. I have my opinions on it, but I won't be biting till I see more. 😐

@RupeeClock Both of those seem to be version exclusive. In the video they show the icon for which version the gym leader is on. I haven't found a good reason to choose either version this time around. Guess I'll choose the one with the ghost type gym leader.

I hope the pokemon that change form for gigantamaxing have evolutions outside of gigantamaxing. Otherwise I'll be disappointed. I really like drednaw and some of the others. I don't want their only chance at new forms to be locked behind a battle mechanic that probably won't return next gen.

The graphics are looking very snazzy! It’s shaping up to be a really good game so far.

@Nekonokatzen I don't trust that comb over either.

Also Yamper is my new favorite pokemon, even though I might be biased since he reminds me a lot of my actual real life dog.

I'm trying my best to get excited about this Pokemon release, but it just looks so similar to everything that's come before, but not in a good way because it's not 3DS anymore, but Switch.

I'm not saying I needed BotW-style Pokemon in order to be happy... (though that would obviously be awesome), but as someone that's dipped in and out of the franchise from day one, this is shaping up to just be a bit too safe and same-y.

I hope I'm wrong, and there are some genuinely cool surprises in store. I'm just really not seeing it so far.

(And I know this is a minority view - I just hoped for something more, that's all).

@nocdaes Maybe in this site, there's a lot that think this way, including me. I love Pokemon games since Red and Blue, but what I'm seeing here does feel underwhelming, specially with the stupid excuses about not being able to transfer many Pokemon.

Hmmmm, I’m in the mood for ice cream

@liljmoore LOL

As we see more and more of just how flat out gorgeous this is for a Pokemon game (the art style is quite vibrant, I think), concern trolls are going to be working harder and harder to magnify the importance of that one crappy looking tree.

@Ralizah agree, I think it looks dope

@nintendolife you did so well not spoiling the new Pokemon in the thumbnail for the article announcing them and then you just threw one into the thumbnail for the very next article!?!? What the flip!?!

@MysticX - The weird thing is, the more responsive Rule 34 artists are, the likelier the games success. Not cause the lewdity, but because the impact it has to stir up such artists to do such a thing to begin with. I remember how Splatoon's announcement at E3 gathered 3 pages before the Direct was even over.

@Anti-Matter - Rose can also be a last name. And many chairman I knew from family's careers, often go by last names.

If they focus on the story and make this game a lot of fun, I will give gamefreak a bit of a pass on the nationaldex bull they are trying to get away with, but if this game ends up being a low effort 'baby's first' Pokemon game like Pokemon x and y, this might be the last Pokemon game I preorder. I'm tired of mechanics vanishing after a couple of games (or introducing mechanics just to ignore them like triple battles, rotation battles, sky battles, ect.) Just to give us something new that they will give up on next gen.

Doesnt do anything for me.

3ds geometry... looks really poor. That’s not how rocks, grass or a tree looks like.

Still holding out hope for this generation's new mechanic. They haven't announced anything that really changes gameplay yet like they usually do, and I hope that this isn't what they consider a "gradual change"

@Paraka While i agree that a lively rule34-scene is good for the game, i’m not sure if it will be much fun for Bea. :3

@PikaPhantom Really? That's unusual.

You replaced National Dex pokemon with....Duraludon. The dessert one looks neat, but that thing looks...rough.

@antdickens no it’s new to sword and shield.

@Damo in a different form.

@liljmoore What about them? Answer carefully; feeling passionate about a series is strictly frowned upon.

@nocdaes it's not a minority view.

@graysoncharles exactly what they want. Milk the cow and many will drink this nonsense up.

@Ralizah meanwhile apologists will continue to defend a half assed game with less content and more fluff.

@Ralizah what makes you think all the other trees will look miles better haha

Well atleast I can hope some of the older mons get better forms as well, why they not just added more Mega Evolutions and used Dynamax for everything else confuses me.

@Mayallyourbaconb I'm not going to stop playing maing line pokemon games probably, but I do wish they would stop with adding new mechanics and being gone next gen especially ones that are popular.

that cake pokemon looks delicious.

My Team so far.
Sobble
Wooloo
Charcoal boi.

The cave looks cool af, and that director dude has to be some slimy bad dude. Also, the screenshot of the arena just looks horrible. The textures are N64 level.