General

Just updating this with more recent info. There'll be more to come out very soon too apparently:

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Galarian Weezing is a Poison/Fairy type that sucks in poison and filters out clean fresh air from its smokestacks. Its abilities are Levitate or the new Neutralizing Gas, which shuts off other abilities.


Galarian Zigzagoon and Galarian Linoone are Dark/Normal types, and they have the first revealed Regional Evolution - Obstagoon. It's thought they're based off a cross between a badger and the rock band KISS. Obstagoon itself has the abilities Reckless and Guts.


Morpeko is an Electric/Dark type that switches forms every turn from Full Belly mode to Hangry mode. This also turns its Aura Wheel attack from Electric type to Dark type depending on what form it is in.


Bede and Marnie are your other two rivals besides Hop. Bede is trying to complete the Gym Challenge in Galar, having been sponsored by Chairman Rose, but has other intentions as well. Marnie is another trainer who wishes to become Champion of Galar and has a competitive side, but she has developed a rather unruly fanbase shown below.


Team Yell are the antagonists of the region. They're huge fans of Marnie and will stop at nothing to make her Champion of the Galar region. To obstruct her rivals (including you), they take over hotel lobbies, prevent challengers from accessing transportation, and even shout and distract opponents during battle. They do however listen to her when she asks them to stop, but when she isn't around they keep causing problems.

Another update I forgot to add until now:

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Farfetch'd in the Galar region can evolve into Sirfetch'd. It's a pure Fighting type and learns the moves Retaliate and Meteor Assault, and also has the ability Steadfast. It's exclusive to Sword version.



Cramorant is a Flying/Water type cormorant Pokemon. It has the ability Gulp Missile - when it uses Surf or Dive it will return with a kind of catch in its mouth, possibly a variety of catches such as a fish, which it will spit out at its opponent when it gets damaged.

Polteageist is a Ghost-type tea Pokemon, and has the Weak Armor ability.

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There is also a new feature in these games called Pokemon Camp, which replaces Pokemon Amie/Refresh. You can play with your Pokemon here, and you can also make and feed your Pokemon different types of Curry.



Alcremie has multiple forms called 'Flavors' which change their color and decorations.

Galarian Ponyta has been recently revealed. It is a pure Psychic type and is exclusive to Pokemon Shield. It can have the abilities Run Away or Pastel Veil, which presents itself and its allies from being Poisoned and cures ally Pokemon of Poison when switched in.

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New trailer showing a few Gigantamax forms:



A Gigantamax-capable Pikachu is obtained when you have save data for Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu.
Electric-type attacks used by Gigantamax Pikachu will change to G-Max Volt Crash, which not only deals damage but also paralyses all opponents, including Ground-types. This Pikachu cannot evolve.


A Gigantamax-capable Eevee is obtained when you have save data for Pokémon Let's Go, Eevee.
Its G-Max Move is G-Max Cuddle which turns all Normal-type moves into the move and infatuates any Pokémon of the opposite gender. This Eevee cannot evolve.


Fire-type attacks used by Gigantamax Charizard will change to G-Max Wildfire, which will also continue to deal damage for four turns to any Pokémon that isn’t Fire type.


Bug-type attacks used by Gigantamax Butterfree will change to G-Max Befuddle, which can also inflict poison, paralysis, or sleep.


A Meowth capable of Gigantamaxing is available from launch until January 15th 2020 as a special early bonus gift.
Normal-type attacks used by Gigantamax Meowth will change to G-Max Gold Rush, which inflicts confusion and scatters coins all over the field to give you extra money after battle.

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This one showcases various things like Mints which change a Pokemon's nature, exp candies, how you can feed more vitamins to a Pokemon than before, and access Pokemon boxes anywhere. Pokemon of the same species can also now pass egg moves onto each other in the daycare without breeding, and you can now nickname traded Pokemon that don't already have one.

Plus some more info about raids:

Pokemon Sword and Shield are out!

All the starter evolutions are here:

The Grass types are Grookey -> Thwacky -> Rillaboom, the ape drummers.
The Fire types are Scorbunny -> Raboot -> Cinderace, the rabbit soccer players.
The Water types are Sobble -> Drizzile -> Inteleon, the chameleon spies.

Version exclusives:

Sword Version
Returning Pokemon
-Seedot/Nuzleaf/Shiftry
-Mawile
-Lunatone
-Basculin (Red)
-Scraggy/Scrafty
-Gothita/Gothorita/Gothitelle
-Rufflet/Braviary
-Deino/Zweilous/Hydreigon
-Swirlix/Slurpuff
-Turtonator
-Passimian
-Jangmo-o/Hakamo-o/Kommo-o

New Sword exclusive Pokemon:

Galarian Farfetch'd (Fighting)

Sirfetch'd (Fighting)

Galarian Darumaka (Ice)


Galarian Darmanitan (Ice) & Zen Mode (Ice/Fire)

Flapple (Grass/Dragon) the Tart Apple evolution of Applin

Indeedee male (Psychic)

Stonjourner (Rock)

Zacian (Steel/Fairy in upgraded form)(Fairy in base form)

The fossil Pokemon Arctozolt (Electric/Ice) is easiest to find in this version since you're guaranteed to find both halves of it. Its pieces (Bird fossil and Dino fossil) are more common in Sword too while the others are somewhat rarer.

The Gigantamax Machamp, Coalossal and Flapple raids are exclusive to Sword.
The Gym Leaders Bea (Fighting) and Gordie (Rock) are exclusive to Sword.

Shield Version
Returning Pokemon
-Larvitar/Pupitar/Tyranitar
-Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo
-Sableye
-Solrock
-Croagunk/Toxicroak
-Basculin (Blue)
-Solosis/Duosion/Reuniclus
-Vullaby/Mandibuzz
-Spritzee/Aromatisse
-Goomy/Sliggoo/Goodra
-Oranguru
-Drampa

New Shield exclusive Pokemon:

Galarian Ponyta (Psychic)

Galarian Rapidash (Psychic/Fairy)

Galarian Corsola (Ghost)

Cursola (Ghost)

Appletun (Grass/Dragon) the Sweet Apple evolution of Applin

Indeedee female (Psychic)

Eiscue (Ice)

Zamazenta (Steel/Fighting in upgraded form)(Fighting in base form)

The fossil Pokemon Dracovish (Water/Dragon) is easiest to find in this version since you're guaranteed to find both halves of it. Its pieces (Fish fossil and Drake fossil) are more common in Shield too while the others are somewhat rarer.

The Gigantamax Gengar, Lapras and Appletun raids are exclusive to Shield as well.
The Gym Leaders Allister (Ghost) and Melony (Ice) are exclusive to Shield.

One caveat though for some buyers - the digital version of Sword/Shield has been causing crashes and SD Card corruption on Switch's with bigger SD Cards (ExFAT format) than a basic 32GB one (FAT32 format). This is Nintendo's fault for having a poor driver for ExFAT cards. If you have the physical cart or haven't added a new SD Card to your Switch you're definitely safe.

More on this issue here:
polygon.com/pokemon/2019/11/15/20966487/pokemon-sword-shield-save-file-corruption-nintendo-switch-exfat-sd-card

For those who are considering getting a bigger SD Card, they should make sure to reformat it in FAT32 format first to avoid any games triggering this issue in the future. One can find out here (it's for a dashcam but the instructions are similar): dashcambros.com/pages/format-memory-card-to-fat32