Subject: New Pokémon Sword/Shield info!
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Posted on: 2019-06-05 15:00:00 UTC

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpjVUOJkX-s

To transcribe it to a tl;dr version...
- Gyms are back, yay! And they're now stadiums to make room for the new game mechanic, meaning your humiliating defeat at the hands of the Gym Leader will be in full view of thousands of people!
- The place to explore to find new Pokémon is called the Wild Area (pretty sure there's more than one), and they aren't restricted to simple paths and branching areas like in the previous games. In fact, it seems to be far more open-world like Breath of the Wild is!
- Kalos had Mega Evolution, Alola had Z-Moves, and now Galar has Dynamaxing! You can only do it once per battle but it causes the Pokémon to become giant and make its moves way more powerful. You can also fight in multiplayer against wild Pokémon that are Dynamaxed throughout the match, and hopefully that means you can catch ones that are already ABSOLUTE UNIT to begin with. The Gym Leaders have Dynamaxed Pokémon as well and the video recommends that you do the same with yours. Say it with me now: KAIJU BATTLE!
- The Pokémon professor is called Magnolia, a name which has been used quite a bit for the professor of fanmade regions in the past half-decade. Looks like we predicted the name years in advance! Her granddaughter Sonia meanwhile is lovely but I'm worried that she's gonna get a lot of attention from the... *seedier* side of the Internet. Uh. ._.'
- Leon as the champ is a slight let-down compared to all the memes of Queen Elizabeth or an expy thereof in that role, but he's got a lot of Prince Harry vibes to him and I appreciate him nonetheless. Hop meanwhile looks great and I look forward to seeing him in action... though I honestly think his name could be better, since it doesn't sound like any English name I know of among other reasons.
- And of course, new Pokémon! Wooloo looks like total besties with Mareep, and Gossifleur and Eldegoss are super pretty, but my two favorites have to be Dreadnaw and Corviknight because of how freaking cool and vicious they look. Corviknight had better have a pre-evolution, and if it's the final form of the regional bird then all the better!
- The Legendaries... were slightly underwhelming to me, but that's not saying much to be fair. They have a sort of heraldic beast influence to them, and the shield mane on Zamazenta is really flocking clever in my mind, but Zacian weirded me out upon first seeing it. Poor thing had better have a good place to store that sword so it can free up its mouth for Arceus' sake! (I'd have made the sword a bladed tail, personally, but oh well.) Still, I'm getting Great Gray Wolf Sif vibes from Zacian, and it looks pretty cool otherwise. Still, I'm siding with Zamazenta just for that inspired and fabulous-looking shield-mane. I hope to learn more about their themes and ties to Galar's history in the future.
- Release date: November 15, 2019

Well, what do you guys think? Which of these new bits of info is your favorite? Feel free to reply with your thoughts and feelings, and squee at all the new Pokémon besides! :D

- SkarmorySilver, still going "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-"

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