As detailed in today's Pokémon Direct, there's an update coming today which will give Pokémon Sword and Shield players a sneaky preview of the announced expansions coming later in the year.
Once you've downloaded the update (when it's available later today), you'll be able to head to Wedgehurst Station and meet one of two new trainers who are coming in the Expansion Passes. Pokémon Sword, trainers will meet Klara at the station, while Pokémon Shield people with find Avery waiting for them.
Perhaps more excitingly for Gen I Pokémon fans, you'll also come across a Galarian Slowpoke which has somehow appeared outside its usual habitat located in the Isle of Armor, the first of the two upcoming Expansion Pass areas. You'll be able to catch it and once you find certain items from the Isle of Armor (for Galarian Slowbro) or from the Crown Tundra (for Galarian Slowking) you'll be able to evolve the Pocket Monster.
This freebie Pokémon is just one of over 200 returning monsters coming as part of the two expansions, greatly increasing the Galar Pokédex's current roster of 400 monsters. Players without the expansion will be able to obtain those monsters (after an update) through trades if they don't fancy paying £26.99 / $29.99 for the extra content.
The update isn't live at the time of writing, but Nintendo says it's coming today, so keep an eye out for it on your Switch.
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I like how every Galarian form has some drastic difference to it that makes it unique.
Then we have Galarian Slowpoke and he's just YELLOW.
But it's great. He's awesome. It fits Slowpoke tbh.
Gotta love the trickery of giving players a Pokemon that can only be evolved by purchasing the expansion. Clever marketing or just downright mean. Galarian Slowpoke is now the physical embodiment of a pay wall
If you buy the season pass, the update will come along it! I already have my slowpoke
So 30 bucks for half the ammount of pokemon we got in the full game? Half price for half the pokemon. This is very irritating. They are pretty much just nickle and diming us now,lol. But it will sell like crazy proving to the pokemon company that this is the way to go. Oh well, welcome to the new standard everyone. One thing though, I dont want to see gotta catch em all on any new piece of merchandise because you simply can't now so it's bull.
@whanvee The Pokémon will be added with a free update, you can then trade them with people who have the expansion or older games using Pokémon Home.
@ummyeahnintendo Not 100% true as you can get it's evolved forms, and all the added Pokemon, through trades.
But smart marketing nonetheless!
So, the yellow parts are the edible part for Slowpoke tail curry ?? 😮
I'll take my bro Slowpoke.
New forms have been added mid-gen since ORAS, maybe even before that so I don't have a problem with new Pokemon that weren't in the base game. Even updating the base game for compatibility is beyond anything GF has done before, so this is a welcome change. My bigger problem is how the Expansion Pass is split into two different versions for no other reason than to make more money, it seems.
@Tarkeryan ehm u dont have to buy the season pass to get the slowpoke, its a free update for everyone
@LegendOfPokemon Deoxys got different forms with every major gen 3 release after Ruby and Sapphire.
Since then, every generation has added at least one new form mid-gen.
No matter what people's complaints are about Sword and Shield can we all agree at least that the trainer design has been amazing? Klara is my new favourite for sure.
@mariomaster96
I didn’t say you had to, I was just stating that if you buy the season pass, the free update will come along instead of waiting for later today
@Tarkeryan but u dont have to wait, i downloaded the update and got the slowpoke directly after the direct without buying the season pass
@whanvee You've not been able to "catch 'em all" in a long time, hence why they dropped that slogan a long time ago since "gotta catch a lot of them, trade them to yourself somehow, maybe catch them again over the course of a few weeks due to limitations we impose, trade some more, transfer to yourself via Pokemon bank then trade with yourself a few more times 'em all" didnt roll off the tongue that well.
Seriously, most of the people that bring up that relic of a slogan (which was only ever used in the West) dont actually realise it hasnt been used for longer than it was used.
Theory: Slowpoke was going to be in the original November 15 launch... But Slowpoke being Slowpoke, he didn't arrive until now.
I'm glad they added a new Slowpoke...
(In Snake's voice)
But how's its tail taste?!
@Tao I actually really like your slogan lol
@Tao but I feel like I still see it everywhere though
@KayFiOS it comes pre-dipped in curry
@Tao Incorrect. Slogan has prevalence in Smash Ultimate in Saffron City stage; in Japanese version of the stage too.
Love the new Slowpoke. Can't wait to see all the new forms.
@Eel Tasty!
People ALREADY are shiny breeding him. XD
I think aDrive on YouTube and Twitch already has one.
@mariomaster96 I didn’t have the same luck it seemed, it said “your version is up to date” for at least the following 2 hours
So I caught it and sent it to a box, rather than adding it to my party...and now the silly thing has completely disappeared. I can't find it anywhere.
@ me if you have any suggestions.
Yeah I just encountered Avery entirely on accident lol. Got the Slowpoke though, it's pretty early on my playthrough to be honest. I like her style a lot more than Klara.
@KayFiOS The messed up thing is that now you can feed Slowpoke tails to a Slowpoke.
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