Check out our explainers on some of the new features that are coming to Pokemon Sword and Shield like Gigantamaxing and Dynamax Raids. Also, Sword and Shield is the first main console Pokmon game not to be released as a hand-held title and should not feel like it should be for a hand-held gaming device One more thing, Game Freak is a huge company that took all this time in hyping Sword and Shield, only to take massive sts in loyal Pokmon fans. Pokemon Sword and Shield are Nintendo Switch games and have a release date of November 15, 2019. Pokemon Sword and Shield Release Date, Gigantamaxing
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Some have argued that not having a National Dex for Pokemon Sword and Shield is contradictory to Pokemon’s motto of “Gotta Catch ‘Em All.” Others are saddened by the fact that they might not be able to transfer over Pokemon they may have caught years ago in an older Pokemon game to the newest title on the Switch. Masuda hinted that even if a Pokemon from past games is not immediately available in Sword and Shield, “that does not mean it will not appear in future games.” But Masuda’s statement has done little to quell the frustration some longtime Pokemon fans feel about the lack of a National Dex. The criticism regarding the lack of a National Dex has been such that Masuda issued a public statement on about its absence. “My National Pokedex died for this animation,” syndication editor Armando Torres said. “It’s really more of a shuffle,” IGN’s Brian Altano noted after seeing Yamper’s butt movement. Videos are being created comparing Yamper’s Tail Whip in Sword and Shield to Flareon’s animation from Pokemon Colosseum, a game that was released on the Nintendo 64 back in 1994 and seemingly has better Pokemon butt animations.Īnd to be fair, Yamper’s butt shake could use some work. Online, Pokemon fans are already making memes about Yamper’s Tail Whip. But the criticism over Yamper’s Tail Whip is really part of a much larger pushback against Game Freak’s decision to not add a National Pokedex, which players used to earn at the end of past Pokemon games. It might be unfair to judge Pokemon Sword and Shield’s animation quality based on a single attack, performed by a single Pokemon. But fans who saw Yamper’s Tail Whip are asking: Where exactly is that higher quality animation? This was a specific reason Pokemon Sword and Shield producer Junichi Masuda gave to USGamer during an interview at E3 2019. That’s enough to criticize considering one of the reasons why Game Freak said it was unable to add the National Pokedex for Sword and Shield was because the developers needed to focus on the higher quality animations for the Pokemon actually appearing on the Nintendo Switch. Instead it just looks like Yamper is being moved left to right a bit. The problem with Yamper’s butt whip is that it’s not so much of a whip at all.