Pokémon Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield General Discussion

[xSuperMario64x]

I like that little, ruffle collared jellyfish thing that showed up next to gyarados in the lake in the wilds. It's pretty darn cute.

I'm also really feeling Sword, so watch this pok?mon be exclusive to Shield.

Is it just me or is Gyarados with its mouth closed a cursed image?

 

[Chouchou]

Woolo is cool, the overworld park thing with the roaming Pokemon looks cool..
Region itself looks ok.. not really a change from Sun/Moon graphics, only a different vibe.
I'm not sure if I'm buying it. I've been a Pokemon player for 15+ years (now I feel old) but I'm just not hyped.
The whole Dynamax thing is not my cup of tea.

 

[Raayzx]

Is it just me or is Gyarados with its mouth closed a cursed image?

Omg the lips! Gyarados coming for Jambette I see.

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Btw I know wooloo is cute but why is no-one talking about gossifluer? I'm not a big fan of its evolution but the 1st stage is adorable. I might add gossifluer to my galar region team.

 

[Biyaya]

Black and White Pok?mon are great aren?t they?

OH SNAP. I've been absent since after Johto, so most everything is super new to me. Hahah. My mistake! >//<;
I've now realised that I'm pretty silly and that the new pok?mon are only the ones they highlighted. Thanks for the correction!

Is it just me or is Gyarados with its mouth closed a cursed image?

Haha! He just looks grumpy and wholly dissatisfied in life.

Pretty sure that's Frillish. c:

Thanks! I should have done a quick search. But it's still adorable.

 

[Tao]

Looks alright, but I'm still not sold after Sun/Moon. Still the only Pokemon games I've yet to finish because I just didn't like them, but these do seem to be looking better than that.

And my party will always have room for Wooloo.

All that said, I really am not sold on the Dynamaxing features as of right now. Compared to Mega Evolution and Z-Moves, Dynamaxing is just too out there for me. It's so ludicrous and immersion-breaking and, honestly, it just seems really creatively lazy. It might have been all right if it was just limited to the multiplayer raid encounters, but that it's tied into the Gyms is frankly worrying. The best thing I can say about it at the moment is that a Pok?mon only stays Dynamaxed for three turns before reverting back to its standard form. I hope that it's not as bad as it looks right now because it would be a shame if this dragged down the enjoyment of the rest of the game for me.

It looks ridiculous, and not in a good way. Feels like they were just desperate to include some sort of gimmick and this "thing" is what they came up with.


I would rather they just continue increasing the amount of mega evolutions and Z moves since they felt more like a natural extension of Pokemons existing mechanics. Of course they were gimmicky too, but they weren't out of place...Meanwhile this just feels like Miyamoto got into the office and screamed at the devs until they shoehorned in any old crap for the sake of having a gimmick.


Maybe if they just limited it to specific Pokemon or encounters (and removed the 3 turn thing). Like, a giant Gyrados or Tyrannitar, maybe as some sort of myth the NPC's talk about that you can actually find and battle/catch? I can see that working in that situation and being out of place, Pokemon (games and anime) have had variations like that INCLUDING giant versions before. A giant Raichu though? Literally the most stupid thing I've seen this week.

 

[Paperboy012305]

Jeez, everyone loves wooloo.

I mean, it is nice we have another sheep Pokemon since Mareep, what’s also great is that you have no trouble with making clothing out of wooloo’s wool than compared to Mareep.

I don’t know, perhaps if I see it’s evolutions I may like it. As of now, I find it ok.

 

[Dim]

OH SNAP. I've been absent since after Johto, so most everything is super new to me. Hahah. My mistake! >//<;
I've now realised that I'm pretty silly and that the new pok?mon are only the ones they highlighted. Thanks for the correction!

No problem, I didn’t intend to act like smart though. I think it’s great someone’s actually saying something good about black/white pokemon

 

[Chouchou]

Omg the lips! Gyarados coming for Jambette I see.

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Btw I know wooloo is cute but why is no-one talking about gossifluer? I'm not a big fan of its evolution but the 1st stage is adorable. I might add gossifluer to my galar region team.

The evolution looks like Roselia but bland.

 

[Lancelot]

I think it shouldve gone

Gossifleur ---> Eldefleur (Like elderflower)

Instead of

Gossifleur --> Eldegoss

Dissapoint.

 

[vel]

someone posted a good idea on a Reddit thread i was reading. maybe as you go into your first couple gyms, which are now stadiums, there aren't many people rooting for you. as the game progresses and you get more badges, more and more people will root for you to win. the stadiums won't be empty; the fans there will be cheering on their favorite gym leader.

i think it's a cool idea, since it gives you this sense of accomplishment as more and more people start recognizing you, much like the movie theaters in black and white 2, the plays in black and white, pokemon contests in oras, etc. it might not happen, but i'd be down if it was a thing. i'll link the thread here if you'd like to read it yourself.

 

[lars708]

God I love the new Pok?mon so far, ALL of them! Gossifleur is probably my fave so far.

I hope we're getting a lot of them this gen, I'm so excited to finally play a real Pok?mon game on Switch!

People are prolly gonna moan that Let's Go is a real game but I don't rly like gen 1 at all so that kind of ruined it for me.

 

[Soot Sprite]

So far I've liked all of the pokemon, and I don't hate the legendaries. The game looks amazing and I've loved what I've seen from the Galar region.

 

[pinkfawn]

Did anyone else hear on Treehouse the bit about only Pokemon in the Galar region pokedex can come into the games from Pokemon Home? That's so disappointing, my favorite part of Pokemon is collecting all 800+ of them :<

 

[Dim]

I like that new dog pokemon. Glad they didn’t give as another freaking electric rodent. They are more played out than fire/fighting starter types. Hopefully little sparky will evolve into an Electric/Dark. That devil pokemon though... looks FREAKY! Dark/fairy though. :0

 

[Pellie]

For those who didn't saw it yet: Two new Pokemon got spotted at the E3 demo of the games.

Spoiler: New Pokemon

Name: Yamper - Type: Electric



Name: Impidimp - Types: Dark / Fairy

 

[Chouchou]

BAD news

 

[DubiousDelphine]

BAD news

i know right!
I hate it so bad.
That only you are allowed to transfer pokemon that is in the galar region pokedex
NO national completion pokedex. They did that for the old games like diamond/pearl, Why not sword and shield?
All the livingdex for nothing...
Talk about catch 'em all Nintendo, more like catch some of them

 

[Pellie]

BAD news

When the slogan is "Gotta catch 'em all!" but you're not able to even catch 'em all...

What a fail. That kinda kills my hype for these games tbh.

 

[Golden_Purrl]

I don?t think I?ll be buying Pok?mon Sword and Shield now. I wasn?t that impressed or even the least bit hyped anyways.
I?m still hoping for the Diamond and Pearl remakes next year.

 

[SensaiGallade]

Given how massive the Alola and Kalos dex were in their games, I have hope that a lot of Pokemon will make it into the game.

BUT

I do seriously hope Gamefreak also plans to add the rest into the game via updates or something. Maybe they could do Monthly online Raid Battles or something which adds the Pokemon to the game.