CoroCoro Poster Reveals Full Scale Of The Wild Area In Pokémon Sword And Shield

That's pretty decent. The wild area is one of the biggest draws for me.

Bet people will complain it ain’t as big as BOTW, GTAV, mario odyssey or the witcher 3.

Just in case no one will. Bet people will complain Everyone is complaining about people complaining about the map.

Just in case no one will. Bet people will complain about my comment.

Just in ca... you know the drill.

Now for my actual comment, seems big but I can’t really see it all that well, I’m hyped anyways. Don’t forgot the wild area is just 1 connected area with pokemon in there, there are still towns, forrests, cities, dungeons etc.

Would've been neat if the Pokemon actually interacted with each other and the environment.

I'm really looking forward to the wild area, although it doesnt look all to good graphicalwise im sure it will be fun to discover this different kinds of pokemon that live there

@Octane Probably too much to ask from Game Freak, but that would be great to witness. Could range from cute moments to small Pokemon nuzzling each other, or something like giant Pokemon acting territorial and fighting each other. I can imagine an Onix fighting a Tyranitar on a mountain range.

@Octane @TJWorks Huh. Pokémon interacting in the wild... That would be quite the sight.

Didn’t we get some in-game footage of Wooloo interacting with one another? Granted it wasn’t in the wild area but still...

@darkswabber You sound like a broken record, you know that?

@AlexanderDaniels Lol yeah and ironic he's complaining about criticisms before any on this news article..

The map looks like a leg: The upper part is the pants, the middle is the leg not covered, and the bottom is a shoe. Can't get the image outside my head now.

Still not hyped for this game whatsoever but I do hope this Wild Area will bring some redemption to it for me. It looks to be decently sized, so we'll see how that goes.

I know the common opinion seems to be Pokemon Sword and Shield are supposed to be like, the worst stinking games ever. But I'm very much looking forward to them regardless. I'm very eager to get my hands on these games. Already have them preordered. I ended up getting the double pack with a nice discount, almost 20 dollars off on Amazon.

The Wild Area looks fun. Eager to see the changes made to breeding/making competitive Pokemon. Co-op online raid battles could be real cool. I love a lot of the new Pokemon designs and most of the new human characters we've seen too! The UK/Europe inspired setting looks real neat too!

Pokemon games hold their value - I never see Pokemon games used for cheap for years and years after they come out. I still see the DS and 3DS titles going in most shops for 30-35 dollars even now! So there really isn't much point in waiting and buying the game used.

I'm really looking forward to it. Let's be honest, we've played practically the same game repeatedly since the initial Pokemon. This is the freshest the series has felt in ages. I'm also looking forward to seeing how much stuff they've put into the game based on the UK. I'm impressed with some of the more obscure stuff they've put in so far.

I will miss having multiple areas in between towns rather than one huge area.

How I feel about the Wild Area is contingent on how fun it is to explore. With that said, I like the move away from narrow, linear level design and toward something larger and more organic feeling.

Really looking forward to these games.

Very much looking forward to this game!

Not too big and not too small. Just about right. Hopefully they work more in this concept for the next entry to make it feel like an integral part of the game and no like a side thing.

@Snaplocket I expect the colours look off because it's sunset in the game - note the long shadows.

@Heavyarms55,

A lot of the moaners would complain no matter what, and then there are the moaners on YouTube using older game footage to suggest the visuals are poor, when more recent game footage looks much better, of course all the rest of us will just enjoy the game and get on with it, while being constantly told the game is rubbish and we are just mindless sheep for liking it, and fools for buying anything Pokemon related Nintendo release.

@Xelha I'd rather have a more compact open world system for Pokemon. I wouldn't want a stretched out region where travelling between places feels like a slog.

It's a decently sized area that looks neat to explore, but I'm tired of people claiming the game is 'open-world' because of it.

It's more akin to Twilight Princess's Hyrule Field at most.

@Xelha,

Oh god are you still on here?, we know you don't like the game but surely you have let us know enough times on each and every comment section, you must be bored to death by now, can't you just let us like this game in peace?.

@johnvboy If people want to criticize the game, they have the right to. Just because you happen to be looking forward to the game and disagree with people "moaning" doesn't mean they have to.

@Xelha Oh there is a block button. Thanks. Finally it got its use.

@NCChris,

I have no issues with people complaining, but on every single thread, they must be tired by now.

@Xelha,

But you always seem to suggest that everyone is up in arms about this game, or at least they should be, when in fact it's just your own personal opinion.

In answer to your question, no I will never tire of offering a counter opinion to people who complain on here.

@NINtendo242,

Yes he could always put people on block or ignore, especially from those "Personal attacks", some people really need to get a grip on here me thinks.

I just think this game looks gorgeous. I love the art style and it is a huge improvement over Let's Go. I know not all Pokemon are available, but I do hope that all the event and legendary Pokemon are.

@CupidStunt,

I think there have been some big improvements since we first saw the game, and the later footage looks great, the game just looks l always imagined it would on the Switch, and as you say the art style is just fantastic.

@Octane yeah, would be great to see a Machoke scaling a rock wall! Like little cycles of wild pokèmon following a set path throughout the day, like npc cycles in Elder Scrolls or BotW. Then could have random ones populating a bulk becausw they can't programme them all! Not sure why this wouldn't be in there, we are coming up with these ideas, so why can't they?

Honestly, I don't want a big BotW map, that was a lot of work to explore. However, it should be fairly sizeable, maybe a bit bigger than that of an older Zelda title.

@Jayofmaya,

I would hate this game to turn into a Korok style hunting Pokemon game.

I am looking forward to the open area. It will still be the same game but with better, more seamless exploration. I want to wait until it releases before I hold judgement as BotW was sensational. Even though it was massive I never felt lost once

I was immediately hyped for the new wild areas when they first showed it. Size looks good and it looks like a nice variety of lakes/ponds, desert, grassy plains and swamp/marshes.

Nice. It’s actually larger than what I was expecting. Me abs my kids will be getting opposite versions and look forward to trading, Max raids and visiting each other’s camps. Pokémon is always a fun time in our house.

@Xelha but this isn’t an open world game, and this isn’t the entire Region so it isn’t going to be judged comparatively to BotW or Red Dead Redemption

Hopefully the seasons change in the wild area and depending on the season the pokemon change so it doesn't get boring quick

Anyone think legendaries will show up randomly? Like the dragons in BotW but even less?

I cannot wait any longer for these games.

@Octane Curious, how exactly do you know they wont? I mean, I will admit I doubt there will be much if any, but we haven't gotten any sort of confirmation one way or another from what I've seen.

What I like about this is it is fairly large yet the Wild Area is only a part of the game world. The full map shows that not everything connects to the Wild Area. There will be plenty of places to explore.

Contrary to someone's complaint above, this is not an open world game. It is actually similar to Lumiose City from X and Y or Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time. A centralized area with exits to other areas.

@darkswabber Wait a minute, this definitely does look about the same size as Mario Odyssey if you take the levels and lay them out. Man now that I think about it, gtav was tiny if you took out the surrounding county and the underwater bits no one saw and the same with the Witcher 3 with most of the map was either empty or water. And don't get me started on botw. It was a beautiful map and probably had some of the best world design of any game where but it was full of nothing but plant poop and towers. Not that it really matters because all the wild area is is the hub between different areas and not like the entire game world.

@Snaplocket I dont know if I want a giant world really. Like, has fast travel been confirmed? I'm not even sure rideable pokemon or even bikes have been even though I'm sure those are in the game. I mean, the wild area is just the bit in between cities and other areas, right? It's not the whole map like botw map. It's essentially Hyrule field in ocarina of Time, right?

An open area has so much potential in a Pokemon game, but if the draw distance isn't improved from the E3 demo, then it will be nothing but a giant empty space, at least until you get within 20 feet of the Pokemon. I have yet to see any up-to-date footage to put my worries to rest.

@Xelha The weirdest thing I have with the overworld animations is that visually, the overworld doesn't look that different from XBC2. Like, it's really, really similar. It looks fine. It's not great, but hey, it's good enough for me. That's the thing about recent Nintendo games I really like. They're like picking a focus and then soloing everything else to be good enough. Though that depends on whether you think something is acceptable or not. I don't have a problem with the animations. Looks about what you would expect from a recent Nintendo game. Though, astral chain was amazing.

@Xelha It's not an open world, though. It's basically a what the Safari zone was transplanted into a the middle of the map as a Pokemon catching hub. It's an open area, but it's not the whole world. It's connects to other bits like cities and dungeons and junk. It's basically how pokemon always worked except there's a spine of routes going through it instead of the normal North and East progression pokemon usually goes with. In my mind it's to make areas more easily revisitable without fly and so you don't have to pass through everything to get anywhere and so the focus is on the cities and dungeons and battling instead of spending half the game walking to a gym.

Here's the world map. The wild area is just the middle part without any of the towns and dungeons. Looks like it's a little less than half the world map. Maybe a third.

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/galar.shtml

@Xansies
Speaking of Astral Chain, that's the kind of overworld interaction I want to see in a Pokemon game: spontaneously summoning your Pokemon and having them move objects and carry you over obstacles in a 3D space. Too bad we're still at Ocarina of Time levels of game design, settling for Hyrule Field 3 console generations later.

@Heavyarms55 Honestly, yeah. Though I think that actually would be an animation issue. I'm not saying I know anything about this stuff, but getting five things to do a thing seems easier than getting 300 things to do five things. Though, essentially that was what HMs were. Different times. Those were mostly sound effects and visual swoops. I wonder if ridable pokemon are back? I mean of they just ripped the animations from sun and moon, you think they would be.

EDIT: I mean, that's map design. Basically there are only so many ways to make things take time to get to without being annoying to get to. There's really only maybe 5 ways to do it. Having a central area link everything is pretty much the most convenient way if the game is structure around revisiting only a few areas. that's why a lot of games use it. Also, architecture. It's the same concept behind malls.

@darkswabber Gamers complain. It's what they do on the internet. It's pretty much what people do about most topics on the internet. I wouldn't take it too hard.

The map kind of reminds me of Grookey

@Xansies bikes are confirmed, you can even ride it on water now. Also, there are Corviknight taxis that will fly you around the game world.

Omg...so pumped for this one, I’m absolutely adoring all the British stuff that they’ve put in..brings a tear to my eye🤩so far we’ve seen Cotswolds, Lake District and County Durham inspired locations but I suspect they’ll be some Welsh valleys and some pebbly beaches ahoy too😉
In the meantime, I’m just completing my National Pokédex in Pokémon Y and falling in love with the series again (Pokémon Moon left me a bit cold overall) while I breed mareeps for my Pokémon Bank account....🐑🐑🐑

@XCWarrior.

People who don't like things also tend to be a lot more vocal, it's far easier to complain than it is to praise things, the main reason is you tend to be angry when you get bad service or don't like things, the masses that love these games and will buy them will just get on with it, without the need to post on internet forums about it.