Pokemon Sword and Shield let players have access to brand new Pokemon world with lots of new gyms, new maps, new gameplay, as well as new and old Pokemon. It is the latest generation of the franchise, which offers its unique kinds of Pokemon exclusive only to the Galar region.
The franchise of Sword and Shield has version exclusive based on pokemon and gyms in the Galar region.
The game packs with a whole new generation of ample pokemon, gyms, maps, raid battles as well as legendaries alongside with new and old pokemon that are only available in the Galar region.
Pokemon Sword And Shield Starters And Pokedex
Pokemon Sword and Shield is the on-going newest installment of the Pokemon game franchise, which made its debut worldwide on 15 November 2019 on Nintendo Switch.
Picking the starter Pokemon is one of the most significant options that can be made in a Pokemon game, and Sword and Shield is no exemption. There are three types of starter Pokemon for the Sword and Shield.
Scorbunny- the fire type, Sobble- the water type, and Grookey- the grass type. Each of them further evolves into their second and third forms along with their base stats.
Scorbunny evolves into Raboot at level 16 and Cinderace at level 35. Sobble evolves into Drizzle at level 16 and Inteleon at level 35. Similarly, Grookey evolves into Thwackey at level 16 and Rillaboom at level 35.
Scorbunny has an advantage against grass, bug, steel, and ice type. Sobble has a type advantage against fire, steel, ground, and rock. Grookey has an advantage against water, ground, and rock type.
Pokemon Sword and Shield starters Grookey, Scorbunney, and Sobble (©: Nintendo)
While the starters pokemon are common in both Sword and Shield, there are some pokemon that are based exclusively. The number of Pokedex that are available in the Pokemon Sword and Shield franchise is 402, including both exclusive pokemon and as well as legendary pokemon.
The Sword franchise has Zacian (Steel/Fairy) holding a rusted sword while the Shield franchise has Zamazenta (Fighting/Steel), who has a rusted shield as well. The elusive legendary pokemon is called Eternatus (Poison/Dragon).
Pokemon Sword Exclusive
- Flapple (Grass/Dragon)
- Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle (Psychic)
- Deino, Zweilous, and Hydriegon (Dark/Dragon)
- Galarain Darumaka and Darmanitan (Ice)
- Galarian Fatrfetch’d, and Sirfecth’d (Fighting) Exclusive to the Sword Franchise
- Mawile (Steel/Fairy)
- Jangmo-o (Dragon), Hakamo-o and Kommo-o (Dragon/Fighting)
- Passimian (Fighting)
- Rufflet and Braviary (Normal/Flying)
- Solrock (Rock/Psychic)
- Zacian (Fairy/Steel) Exclusive to the Sword Franchise
Pokemon Shield Exclusive
- Appletun (Grass/Dragon)
- Drampa (Normal/Dragon)
- Galarian Corsola and Cursola (Ghost)
- Galarian Ponyta (Psychic) and Galarain Rapidash (Psychic/Fairy)
- Goomy, Sligoo, and Goodra (Dragon)
- Larvitar, Pupitar, and Tyranitar (Rock/Dark)
- Lunatone (Rock/Psychic)
- Oranguru (Normal/Psychic)
- Sableye (Dark/Ghost)
- Solosis, Duosion, and Reuniclus (Psychic)
- Vullaby and Mandibuzz (Dark/ Flying)
- Zamazenta (Fighting/Steel) Exclusive to the Shield Franchise
Pokemon Sword and Shield exclusives: Zamazenta and Zacian (©: Nintendo)
Gym Leaders, Exclusive Gym Based On Sword And Shield
Gyms are typical in the Pokemon game, where the trainer battle with the leaders, showing off their strength. After a defeat of the gym leaders, they give badges in return as proof of being a worthy trainer. If the players earn eight badges, they will be allowed to face the elite trainers to become champions.
Pokemon Sword and Shield have multiple gyms spread all across the Galar region. After the defeat of the eighth gym leaders, players can participate in the champion cup, a competition held every year for all trainers.
Also, when a trainer goes to a gym, they wear unique costumes for the tournament and can select the three-digit-number to adjust their outfits.
There are many gyms with their unique leaders in Pokemon Sword and Shield. The gyms vary based on cities with their unique missions as well as battles to fight against the leaders. In addition to the Pokemon varieties found in each franchise, Pokemon Sword and Shield hike up things further with raid battles as well as version exclusive gym battles.
Each version comprises of three exclusive gyms, which occurs beginning from the fourth gym and finishing with the sixth gym. While the battles fought at these gyms are different compared to previous games released, they are more realistic, adding Gigantamax features where the Pokemon can Gigantamax itself.
Pokemon Sword and Sword Exclusive Gyms
1) Milo is the first gym leader who is an expert in grass type pokemon. The gym is located in the Turf Field.
2) Nessa is the second gym leader who is an expert in water type pokemon. The gym is located at Hulbury.
3) Kabu is the third gym leader who is an expert in fire type pokemon. The gym is located at Motostoke.
4) Bea, a fourth gym leader, is an expert in fighting type pokemon and is exclusive to Pokemon Sword only. On the other hand, Allister, a ghost type expert, appears as a fourth gym leader in Pokemon Shield only. This gym is located in the Stow-on-Side.
5) Opal is the fifth gym leader who is an expert in fairy type pokemon. The gym is located at Ballonlea.
6) Gordie and Melony are the sixth gym leaders who are experts in rock and ice type pokemon, respectively. Gordie is exclusive only to Pokemon Sword, while Melony is in Pokemon Shield. The gym is located at Circhester.
7) Piers is the seventh gym leader who is an expert in dark type pokemon. The gym is located at Spikemuth.
8) Raihan is the eighth and final gym leader who is an expert in dragon-type pokemon. The gym is located at Hammerlocke.
Price for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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According to Nintendo, Pokemon Sword and Shield double pack can be purchased for $119.99. If you want to buy either Pokemon Shield or Pokemon Sword, it is priced for $59.99 on the Nintendo online store.