There really is something undeniably charming about Pokémon Sword and Shield. While the plot itself is rather short, these games do a decent job of shaking up some of the tried-and-true mechanics in all the right ways.

The Wild Area; an open-world area with dynamic weather; Tons of diverse Pokémon to encounter throughout the game; Team up with other players in Max Raid battles; Trading and battling without having to exchange friend codes; Shakes up the gym challenge/Pokémon champion system

No National Dex; No touch screen controls; Dropped frames; especially when online in the Wild Area; Instancing issues with lobbies for Max Raid battles

i was pleased by the effort put in but the thought that the pokémon were getting a little more stupid in design

Tie those sneakers and hug your mum goodbye because adventure awaits in the Galar region! Yes, Pokemon is back in full swing in Sword and Shield with a number of new features that enhance and streamline the core gameplay, despite its rather public outlash at the lack of a national Pokedex.

Immersive Features; Pokemon In The Wild; Expansive Wild Areas; More Strategic Gameplay

Shoe-horned British Dialogue; Difficulty Drops Mid-Game; Pokemon Camp Is Boring

Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.

this game is one of my favourite pokemon games! great to shiny hunt and catch the whole Pokédex. I was mad at first with the national dex being cut but when i play the game it feels like it did better off without all the other pokemon and it still has a bunch of pokemon to catch and train and make a team that can shred the gyms and help you win the game!

I thought pokemon shield was a pretty average game, the story was quite short and disappointing, it would be a good idea on paper but the execution was lacklustre and rather life-less. better than let's go but worse than sun and moon.

Very short, bland and low quality Pokemon game. It is definitely not worth $60. It uses graphics from the 3DS and has many bugs in gameplay, it can even fry your Switch and all other games save files. It only has about 40% of existing Pokemon available.

This game has been greta for the most part, problems being the story being a bit lackluster, and the post-game feeling empty. If you like pokemon you'll like this game.

The gane was very good and i enjoyed playing it so did my kids

Have you seen the streams I did of Pokemon Shield? If not please click here . I really like a lot of things that are done in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. I love being able to see the Pokemon. That way I can see what I will fight.