The first Pokémon I saw when I entered Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield’s new Wild Area was an Onix, a big, bulky string of rocks slithering around an open field. With Sobble by my side — one of three ...

Shortly after you get your starter Pokémon and join the Galarian gym challenge in Pokémon Sword and Shield, you are tossed into the Wild Area. The Wild Area is huge and it can be pretty overwhelming ...

The Pokémon series has had a solid formula since the beginning. Game Freak manages to keep players, both new and old, coming back to check out their latest Pokémon installment. One of the ways the ...

For years people have wanted Game Freak to mix things up with Pokemon and with Pokemon Sword and Shield it’s clear that that was an attempt to drive the series forward into a new direction while still ...

Renri has been playing the Pokemon series as far back as Ruby/Sapphire and as such, her primary topics for strategy guides and lists usually involve Pokemon. She's also an avid Legend of Zelda fan, ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. One of the big new features in Pokemon Sword and Shield is Dynamaxing, which increases a Pokemon's size and powers up its stats for three turns during ...

It's probably not much of a spoiler to tell you that Pokemon Sword & Shield will see the protagonist character become the champion, as in every other Pokemon game. But what else is there to do in the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Pokemon Sword and Shield, the next wave of Pokemon games from Nintendo, are out now on Nintendo Switch. The pair of RPGs mark the first time the ...

It would be unfair to suggest that the Pokémon games have stagnated. The last generation, which began with 2016's Sun and Moon, genuinely mixed things up, discarding the gyms and formulaic ...

"Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield," the latest entries in Nintendo's massively popular franchise, had the highest grossing launch of any Pokémon game to date. Nintendo of America announced that the ...

Patrick has been a gamer most of his life, first really diving into the hobby with Pokemon Blue and Pokemon SIlver on the GameBoy. While Nintendo holds a special place in his heart, Patrick now spends ...