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Rules

Pokémon Sword and Shield Rules

bobandbill, Jul 2019: Pokémon Sword and Shield Rules wot’s all this about then mate Welcome to the forum section for the generation eight titles, Pokémon Sword and Shield! They’re short and simple for now; expect more when the game releases. The Global Rules apply...
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Friend Code Sharing Thread

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starseed galaxy auticorn, May 9: I got a new Switch Lite not long ago, so I'm looking for new friends! I play mostly Pokemon, and I currently have Pokemon Shield, ScarVio and Brilliant Diamond. :3 Kimi: 8577-7621-6207
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Guide

Galar Dex: Locations and more! [Now with Isle of Armor!]

bobandbill, Jun 2020: The article has been updated with Isle of Armor locations and their respective Pokemon! \o/ That took a while to figure out and clean up (datamined files would for instance list a species multiple times in the same area and weather condition... was...
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Sword & Shield

Quick Guide to Raid Battles

Cherrim, Nov 2019: I've written a quick guide to doing Max Raid Battles together with friends, as well as what to expect when you join one. :) Let's raid together!
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Legends: Arceus

Legends: Arceus Dank Memes Edition

Nah, May 16: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/306/380/f60.jpeg
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Guide

Shiny Hunting in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Major Agnostic, Jan 22: I think they could increase shiny rates by FAR more before the frequency would make shinies forgettable. I tested 1/256 in my hack and people like it. I think 1/800 is the sweet spot for me.
7   8,381
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Guide

Shiny hunting in Pokémon Legends: Arceus

bobandbill, Feb 2022: Updated with the 1.1.0 info regarding Massive Mass Outbreaks. Important: you can no longer soft reset a specific Mass Outbreak: with the update, saving and reloading the game will make the Outbreak disappear.
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Sinnoh Underground

pardal78, Oct 2021: Sinnoh Underground is nice, but at that time I couldn't go online, so I missed a few things
18   1,661
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Sword & Shield

Shiny Stone?

Devalue, Aug 2021: Para atravessar a água? Rota 9. Deve derrotar Hop em Circhester primeiro (assim como o ginásio Rock ou Ice). English version: To cross water? Route 9. Must defeat Hop in Circhester first (as well as the Rock or Ice gym).
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Legends: Arceus

What role will Arceus play?

PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: Hope it's a catchable pokemon without needing any event
17   1,491
Started by Sheep

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Legends: Arceus

Protagonist Names?

Alex, Mar 2021: It would be fascinating if they opted not to have the player name their character. I don't think it would happen, but I think that would be really cool. I dunno if they would go for Dawn and Dusk since this is meant to be a prequel to DPPt....
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

How would YOU improve the overworld/graphics (personal preference)

pardal78, Oct 2021: I think it's fine, I usually care more about the gameplay rather than the graphics, especially in pokemon where I'm battling most of the time
22   2,405
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

What new QOL features are you hoping for?

Inkwriter, Oct 2021: Definitely seconding the items for getting a Pokemon's Hidden Ability, some of them are really really cool and it would be a massive pain to have to breed/trade/catch a new one with HA. Not everyone looks up abilities on the wiki beforehand and it...
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Battle Tower, or Frontier?

Escther, Nov 2021: Frontier for sure, the Battle Factory in particular has always been one of my favorite parts about finishing the game. I agree with a lot of other people though - I don't think we'll be getting the Battle Frontier, unfortunately.
23   2,017
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Sword & Shield

How would you rate the new Pokémon?

colours, Nov 2021: 7/10 i dock a few points because for the life of me i get constant brainfarts every time i try to remember a galar pokemon (sans the starters). maybe this is a me issue more than an issue of the pokemon but the fact that they haven't left a...
23   9,628
Started by Sheep

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Legends: Arceus

Will you pre-order?

(2 pages)
Inky, Aug 2021: I don’t tend to pre-order games (only recent game I can remember pre-ordering was the Last of Us 2 and that was like a few weeks before lol) so probably not, no. Certainly not this far out anyway
43   2,770
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Will this be your first time experiencing Sinnoh?

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pardal78, Oct 2021: Not my first time, but I'm excited to see the mechanics' improvements
50   2,655
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Sword & Shield

Raids!

Sheep, Mar 2021: Heyo! What raids have you been doing lately? I want to do more dynamax adventures but I've been soo distracted... ; ;
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Legends: Arceus

Pokémon you want to use

Iceshadow3317, Dec 2021: I am not sure why I didn't post this, but I also really want to use Braviary. It is my second favorite pokemon and I haven't used it in a while much like the other pokemon I have chosen in my previous post. While I am not a huge fan of it being...
23   2,628
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Sword & Shield

Don't do this

BoulderSmolder, Aug 2021: I accidentally sent my Wobbuffet out against a NPC trainer's Wobbuffet in my most recent playthrough of Emerald. I just barely managed to finish it off with Struggle.
9   6,707
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Links to Legends: Arceus

pardal78, Oct 2021: I would like to see the alternate forms like Scyther, Braviary, etc. XD
6   1,026
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Soundtrack

Koopa_T, Oct 2021: The GB sounds would be a cool comeback. Instead, change it to DS sounds. Haha I seem to enjoy the wild battle music a lot! Looking forward for any type of battle music.
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Sword & Shield

Badge level caps

Nah, Mar 2021: If it's obeying you in wild battles and trainer battles, it should obey you in other battles too. I'm not sure if I have this right, but the badge level usually affects Pokemon not caught or bred by the player, so that might be the explanation....
1   4,436
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Legends: Arceus

What do you think of the graphics?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jun 2021: idk I'm kinda doubtful; on the framerate thing, they chose to show us that. It's not like these releases aren't meticulously planned events. Someone picked through the footage and included those bad scenes anyway. and if that wasn't just one...
14   1,817
Started by Sheep

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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Farming items

6Damien9, Nov 2021: If there is some kind of item farming, I think it will be related to Sinnoh Underground. This would draw more attention to this feature.
4   1,022
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Legends: Arceus

New Forms

PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: Support Arceus Origin form! That would be cool. Maybe W a off chart stats too. Or mega evolution
18   2,170
Started by Hybrid Trainer

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Legends: Arceus

The Landscape of Ancient Sinnoh

RatataBiker, Oct 2021: I like vast seas and a lot of islands to discover. I would like to see something like this
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

More Old Pokemon?

Sheep, Apr 2021: I honestly don't see it happening. Feels to me like these two games will have their own Pokémon, so BDSP won't have all the mons available in SwSh and vice versa. I just hope we'll get Mareep somewhere at some point, would be really sad if it ends...
4   3,967
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Are you buying BDSP?

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Iceshadow3317, Nov 2021: With the leaks, I am still gonna buy BD. Mostly because I don't have my DP versions anymore and I am pretty sure the Platinum version I bought in 2018/2019 is a fake, so I don't really have a Sinnoh game. If I had a real Platinum version or still...
97   7,695
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Will competitive move to BDSP?

DelibirdTrainer, Oct 2021: Hardly, unless everything from Gen 8 is added to the game. If this was the case, they would have already released some information about it.
8   2,705
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Sword & Shield

Champion Leon

colours, Apr 2021: gotta say, even though my pokemon were overleveled for the champion fight, he still provided a pretty decent challenge. and i think the most touching part of it all is how gracefully he took his loss afterwards. reluctantly, yet proudly at the same...
7   4,723
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Legends: Arceus

What do you want to know more about?

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Major Agnostic, Dec 2021: I want to know how expansive the routes will be, if there will even be a linear route format for navigation. Do we have info on this yet?
25   2,084
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

How will we get Manaphy?

pardal78, Oct 2021: Manaphy egg from pokemon ranger was a really nice interaction with Diamond and Pearl. It is sad that we are not having something like this again.
17   1,456
Started by Palamon

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Article

Masuda is back directing - but has he ever left?

ZeoStar, Oct 2021: I didn't even realize Pokemon X/Y are turning 8 years old in a few days
10   4,722
Started by bobandbill

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Sword & Shield

Not catching shinies in Max Raids

AcBR, Apr 2021: So, today alone I have tried and, ended up failing, to catch 4 shiny pokemon during another person's Max Raid. (1 garchomp, 2 steelix, and 1 orbeetle) Using repeat balls for all except a heavy ball for one of the steelix which I really thought...
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Sword & Shield

is it worth to buy pokémon sword now (with dlc obviously)?

Palamon, Apr 2021: Yeah, it's still worth it, I'd say, the raids still get rotated regularly, and the games are still supported. There's no reason not to buy them. Honestly, it's better to buy them now rather than when they're no longer being sold new because people...
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Sword & Shield

have u heard about a third dlc leak?

_confused_piplup_, Apr 2021: indeed. i just think we are gonna have a cut dex in the remakes as well, unfortunately...
7   4,177
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Legends: Arceus

You think these new games will introduce any new creatures?

moon, Aug 2021: What did I say hehe. The Hisui region got some awesome new evos! The new forms of existing pokemon looked pretty cute too c:
17   1,625
Started by PageEmp

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Sword & Shield

LF: Aprimons

Sheep, May 2021: Hi, you've already posted in the Trade Corner forum, which is the best place for trading requests here. No need to post twice across the forum. I'll go ahead and lock this!
1   2,784
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Sword & Shield

Would you buy now Pokémon swo/shi or wait and buy gen 4 remakes?

_confused_piplup_, May 2021: so, btw. a lil update: i bought sword hehe
7   4,122
Started by _confused_piplup_

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Sword & Shield

Did you complete the dex?

ShyRayq, Jun 2021: I've completed all three dexes and obtained every legendary + UB from Dynamax Adventures. I'd like to get a few more things in the Adventures like the Hoenn starters but I can't be bothered going through them again.
17   4,794
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Sword & Shield

how do you catch articuno?

Devalue, May 2021: Start at the Fly point on the east side hill connecting grass and snow. Chase Articuno far north. Follow it left into a grassy area (rather than right towards the caves). Quick map: Advises saving beforehand. Could faint to Hail. Edit:...
1   3,007
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Sword & Shield

Hop is actually a sad character

Jumps7yl3r, Oct 2021: The moment Nintendo/Gamefreak or whoever has the ability to decide the plot, takes action and stops resetting characters, I believe we'll have the opportunity to see higher levels of character development. Having continuous resets of characters ends...
15   8,153
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Sword & Shield

Pokemon Sword - First 30 minutes FULLY VOICED (text-to-speech)

TheClassyHerddIer, Aug 2021: Haven't watched it yet but by the title and text to speach. I don't know whether to go oh yes, or oh no
6   5,049
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Sword & Shield

People who have stopped playing..

Momoro, Jul 2021: I don't know, I haven't even completed the main story yet, and I've already stopped playing- or at least, stopped playing as frequently as I used to. I'll get back into Pokémon when Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl are released, they just look...
19   5,593
Started by Fairy

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Sword & Shield

has anyone not completed the game yet??

LayzieLapraS, Jul 2021: i $old my nintendo before i could ;(
4   3,350
Started by Waterbourne69

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Sword & Shield

does anybody know how to get the fossil pokemon in sword

ReKoil, May 2021: if you mean the new gen 8 ones, you need 2 fossils to end up with 1 of the 4 new horribly ugly abominations they dared introduce. Dracozolt: https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/dracozolt/ Arctozolt:...
1   2,316
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Sword & Shield

what do we do here??

Figure, May 2021: You discuss Sword and Shield 😐
2   2,593
Started by Waterbourne69

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Sword & Shield

Did you get the expansion pass?

Waterbourne69, May 2021: nice yeah i'm the same don't really like the isle of armor but didn't mind the crown tundra
2   2,306
Started by Waterbourne69

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News

Release dates for upcoming Sinnoh Pokémon titles revealed

_pheebee, May 2021: Woo! I'm super excite for the remakes!!
13   2,104
Started by bobandbill

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News

Release dates for upcoming Sinnoh Pokémon titles revealed

Fritz, Jun 2021: I'll wait until I've played the game myself before deciding if I think it's being released too soon. The game could potentially look much better in a new trailer should one be released in the near future.
12   1,443
Started by bobandbill

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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Choices on which of the two games to get when they come out this fall 2021!

Poll
Daveslab2022, Oct 2021: If you know you’re getting both you might as well just bite the bullet and do it initially. Then you can let us all know here how you feel about the differences! Lol
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Started by Ultra Guardian DJ James

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News

New music shared for Pokémon Legends: Arceus

NipahRika, Aug 2021: I think the original trailer music was a bit...ehh myself too. Dunno what they'll finalize as the official in-game music, but either way I hope it'll be decent.
12   4,259
Started by bobandbill

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Sword & Shield

Breeding rolycoly

Devalue, Aug 2021: Is that math correct? Calculated the odds below. Same 5 IVs Copies 5 of 6 IVs. Randomizes the imperfect stat with a 1/6 chance. Ranges from 0 to 31 from there. So: (1/6) * (1/32) = 1/192, or 0.52%. Different 5 IVs Breaks this into three...
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Will you reset for a specific nature or shiny starter?

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TwilightBlade, Nov 2021: I'll reset a few times if I get my starter with a -atk, -spatk, or -speed nature so it might take a few tries. I plan on using Infernape like I did in the original. No to soft resetting for a shiny starter. Never got one in other games. I don't...
31   4,542
Started by Sheep

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Sword & Shield

How hard was SwSh for you?

BoulderSmolder, Jul 2021: Without experience candies, the level curve is pretty good until the 6th gym, at which point the levels slow down. It's pretty hard not to over level the 6th, 7th, and 8th gyms, as well as the first few major battles in the Champion's Cup. Then...
17   4,140
Started by bobandbill

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Legends: Arceus

mega evolution

PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: Think every pokemon should get a mega form since this is based on the closeness of the pokemon W the trainer (or at least the pokemon story is about this)
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