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Pokémon Switch Games icon

Pokémon Switch Games

Come discuss Pokémon games for the Nintendo Switch, from Let's Go all the way to Legends: Arceus! Scarlet and Violet discussion goes in the Scarlet & Violet forum.

Section Staff: bobandbill, _confused_piplup_, NipahRika

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 8,213

Started by bobandbill

Friend Code Sharing Thread

(6 pages)

emmastoneviral23, Jan 21: I'm sorry, I'm not sure how to respond to that information. It appears to be a code and some personal information about yourself and your preferences for playing a video game. Is there anything specific you would like me to help you with?

147 32,118

Started by bobandbill

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.

1 1,946

Started by bobandbill

Legends: Arceus

Legends: Arceus Dank Memes Edition

2 1,445

Started by NipahRika

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...

8 22,791

Started by Sheep

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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Started by Cherrim

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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Started by bobandbill

Other

Which Switch Game Should I Get?

SquirmyWorm064, Mar 20: My two recommendations being Scarlet and Violet or Legends Arceus Scarlet/violet if you want a deep story line Legends Arceus if you want more adventure and different play styles

3 134

Started by HollowMoth

Sword & Shield

The best teams and most unusual teams you have used in Galar

Corveone, Mar 14: I actually missed the Fighting gym because Shield has Ghost gym instead. Bewear also had Fluffy, almost neutralizing its Fighting weakness since non-contact Fighting moves are rare to see, although that meant more trouble dealing with Fire on a team...

7 234

Started by Adamabbafan

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

lower affection

Amore, Mar 14: Its worth noting as well that since Friendship and Affection were merged, if you lower it too much you won’t be able to make any evolutions that depend on Friendship i.e. Eevee into Espeon / Umbreon, or Buneary into Lopunny.

2 83

Started by eishiba

Sword & Shield

shiny hunting in sword and shield

Devalue, Mar 8: Recommends knocking out 100 Rolycolys, then fighting all the Brilliant Aura Rolycolys that you see. Seems more time-efficient. Offers a fair shiny rate at that KO count (1 in 683 with the Shiny Charm) with the same rate of seeing Brilliant Aura...

3 144

Started by eishiba

Legends: Arceus

What shinies have you gotten?

(4 pages)

Sandslash Fan, Mar 6: Just caught a male Combee, Dustox, and Shinx over the weekend, but I didn't hear the shiny sound of any of them! The only thing I can think of is that I was getting on the mount and the flute sound was still playing (sounds similar to the shiny...

81 6,562

Started by Caite-chan

Legends: Arceus

Would you like more Legends games?

Shiny, Mar 3: The world of pokemon is so expansive and I feel like more Legends games really helps give depth to all the lore we've gotten over the past 20 something years of the franchise. I'd love for a Zygarde legends, Celebi, maybe more Regi's stuff....

16 679

Started by Duck

Let's Go

More Let's Go games, yes or no?

Harmonie, Feb 18: My opinion on this is NO. LG/PE were the very first pair of Pokemon games I never purchased. The 2.5D style simply did not justify a $60 purchase. On top of that, first Gen had already been remade. If they were going to remake it again, the very...

21 1,292

Started by Sheep

Sword & Shield

Now that Generation VIII is rolling to a close, what are your thoughts on these games?

(2 pages)

Harmonie, Feb 18: Lets see if I can remember my thoughts: 1. The Region - I'm always a sucker for European regions, and it was nice to get one based of England. I didn't love the region as much as Kalos, but it's still neat. 2. The new Pokemon - The generation...

33 3,564

Started by HeroLinik

Sword & Shield

Might restart lol. :P Wait......how do I do that?

tokyodrift, Feb 7: With a quick search, this came up: "The save data for the game must belong to the same Nintendo account that Pokemon HOME is registered to.", another quick search about multiple profiles being compatible seems to be ok.

8 256

Started by Neon Pink

Sword & Shield

Are the cries in Pokémon Sword and Shield glitched or something?

Devalue, Feb 5: An interesting data point: - Silvally with a Fire Memory on the main island: Thud (no whoosh) - Silvally with a Flying Memory on the main island: Whoosh - Silvally with a Flying Memory on the Isle of Armor (leading): No whoosh or thud. ...

7 377

Started by Sweet Serenity

Article

Dude, where’s my Game Corner?

Alex_Among_Foxes, Feb 4: I never minded the Game Corner personally. (I actually got really good at stopping the slot machines on triple 7's, I even managed to get a Porygon that way once) But I'd prefer nothing to that dumpster fire garbage tier Minesweeper-at-home...

15 5,231

Started by bobandbill

Legends: Arceus

Easiest pokedex?

Sweet Serenity, Feb 4: It seems really difficult for me to complete the Pokédex in this game because the game is hard to sit through. To complete a Pokédex entry for a Pokémon, you have to catch multiple versions of the same Pokémon, which is stupid. I had a much easier...

5 282

Started by Squirtkipfan01

Legends: Arceus

What are you doing in the game now?

(5 pages)

Amore, Jan 24: I fed 20 berries to an invisible Teddiursa instead of finally going to the 3rd area haha. Caught him after, think I should call him ‘Beary Potter'

102 7,342

Started by Sheep

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

If you could take one thing from the original DP game and put it into BDSP what would it be?

Doctor, Jan 20: This for sure. It was such a sweet thing. (DP)P really did so many things right.

7 694

Started by Cameron1407

Let's Go

Evolution Trading

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Started by Gayrth_Pikachu

Other

Dock or handheld?

(2 pages)

Solez, Jan 12: I almost always use my Switch in docked/TV mode. Playing in handheld is cool too, but when it's a console game, I tend to want to play it through the TV.

32 1,438

Started by Sweet Serenity

Legends: Arceus

Does legends of Arceus have terrible graphics?

CoolKid575, Jan 6: They don't look TERRIBLE, but they don't look great either. I'd give them like a 4/10 in the graphics department. Haven't played them so I can't comment on the gameplay but apparently it's pretty good.

17 1,120

Started by tetrahedronX900

Sword & Shield

Anyone else disappointed with Rolycoly's evolutions?

Sandslash Fan, Jan 5: I like all of this Pokémons evolution stages. Could definitely see them being super popular as mobile heat sources in a RL Pokémon world.

16 2,001

Started by Sheep

Let's Go

Looking for Lets Go Eevee Exclusives

Shiasu-sama, Jan 4: @AshJacko Unless I've got it backwards... Let's trade ^-^ My Nintendo Switch Friend Code : SW-1645-9996-3969 I've played Let's Go Pikachu so I want to trade for these : Ekans - Arbok (Or another Ekans) - Vulpix - Ninetales (Or...

1 187

Started by AshJacko

Sword & Shield

Looking for Ability Patches

Sweet Serenity, Dec 20: I can definitely help you out. However, you are better off sending me a private message when you're back on to get in contact with me.

2 397

Started by chiachia

Legends: Arceus

should i buy the new scarlet or buy legends

95talon07, Nov 29: Thank you very much for the replies. I think we are gonna go for the new scarlet version. Cant wait to see his excitement that I experienced when I was his age.

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Started by 95talon07

Legends: Arceus

current hair / outfit?

Adamabbafan, Nov 16: Character name: Dawn Hair style: Long (Standard Dawn Hairstyle) Outfits: Team Galactic outfit, Shaymin Kimono, Giratina Kimono (when I battled Arceus) and Ursaluna Kimono (when I battled Volo) and Survey Corps Outfit for a few massive mass...

24 2,404

Started by professor plum

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Having no luck with sun stones

WillowHallows666, Nov 15: So i’m currently trying to get as much as the national dex done for BDSP and i am trying to go for the easiest ones first (dont worry about a few traded ones i have a trick for that) and currently need sunstones for a few Pokémon but i haven't found...

0 300

Started by WillowHallows666

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Best moveset for a Modest staraptor?

WillowHallows666, Nov 12: true - its a good thing the staraptors like friendship is maxed cause it dodged a move so that i can land a crucial hit!! (Currently trying to finish national dex atm sort of - working on eeveelutions so that their out of the way)

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Started by WillowHallows666

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

What’s the best item for Luxray

WillowHallows666, Nov 10: To be honest - i don’t know what the best tactic is because like i just wanna beat them and Cynthia so that i dont have to go through the torment xD Plus mismagius technically has both hex and shadow ball whilst froslass only has shadow ball i...

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Started by WillowHallows666

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Getting Boomburst to BDSP for Taillow

22sa, Nov 9: Horrible! They better fix this in Violet

5 1,377

Started by Yoshi808

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Will you replay at some point?

(2 pages)

extraespresso, Nov 8: I've been loving BD as I play through. Been sick at home the past few days and it finally gave me time to sit down and enjoy playing more of the game. That said, I find it hard to restart any of my Pokemon games. I get attached to my Pokemon/the...

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Started by Sheep

What's your favorite of the Switch Pokémon games?

colours, Nov 8: swsh > pla > bdsp is my hot take look, i genuinely like pla, but to this day i still haven't beaten the game yet and i haven't sunk as many hours into the game as i did with swsh so it wouldn't be fair to put it above swsh for me. bdsp is meh,...

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Started by Sheep

Sword & Shield

Do you still play

(2 pages)

Neon Pink, Nov 6: I'm not as disappointed in Sword as I once was. The last time I played, I just updated my look and went on a dynamax adventure. It's also my most played game with 110+ hours poured into it according to my Switch profile. I might replay it someday,...

34 4,335

Started by Louise90

Legends: Arceus

Absence of abilities

edyedy, Nov 5: Having abilities or not didn't really matter to me when I played the game. I didn't really notice it, and it kinda helped me stress out less since I didn't have to worry about catching the "perfect" Pokemon with the right abilities.

11 1,103

Started by _confused_piplup_

Sword & Shield

What was your uniform number?

(2 pages)

edyedy, Nov 5: 111 just cause I didn't care about my uniform number and just wanted to play the darn game lol

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Started by Sheep

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Was Cynthia hard to beat for you?

(2 pages)

PageEmperor, Nov 1: Yes, and every time. Although on my Wonderlocke I managed her without deaths somehow.

33 10,015

Started by Sheep

Sword & Shield

Max Raid Battle Glitch?

EmTheGhost, Nov 1: OHH. That might have been the case - I've never seen this information before, and it doesn't usually come up since the non-legendary battles tend to be easy/fast enough that nobody faints. Thank you!

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Started by EmTheGhost

Sword & Shield

Battle Stadium Season 35 / Ultimate Finale

Sweet Serenity, Oct 31: Congratulations on achieving Master Rank and earning your ribbon. You're a really good player, sweety. 😊 Keep up the good work! It also sounds like you're really enjoying yourself playing this series. It's a great to end it, but unfortunately, I...

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Started by Amore

Legends: Arceus

Anything about the game you didn't like and would improve?

PageEmperor, Oct 12: The move tutor randomly disappears after you get expelled from the village then return after doing the required tasks. First playthrough, I already did almost every change I needed to my team’s movesets so it wasn’t a big deal, but this time, I...

7 636

Started by Sheep

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Which pokemon changes did you dislike/hate?

Sweet Serenity, Oct 2: I really hated how they nerfed Darkrai by making its signature move, Dark Void, become extremely inaccurate, mainly because Smeargle abused the move. They could have just disallowed Smeargle from learning the move and let Darkrai keep everything...

2 511

Started by isahbellah

Sword & Shield

Mystery Gifts

Yoshi808, Sep 29: Okay so I went to GameStop to get my Eternatus code but they were all out. Called almost every store here; first day gone! So resorted to plan B and went to eBay. Found a code for $13 bucks so I bought the code, entered into Switch, and got my...

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Started by Yoshi808

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Lvl 50+ Gabite Evolution

Kpresto, Sep 28: Thank you 😊

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Started by Kpresto

Sword & Shield

Hacked Pokemon with website names

Sweet Serenity, Sep 26: Yeah, they definitely exist there, but I think you see less of them the higher you rank up. You also seem to be one of the few people here that actually battle competitively. I remember one time we were supposed to have battled during that time...

24 33,854

Started by Toastypk

Sword & Shield

How to Easily Farm Watts and quickly look for Gigantamax Raid Battles

Dash31x, Sep 21: Not sure if this thread is dead or what, but the current faster way to farm coins is to reroll the dens and get a bunch of watts, then go to one of the watt traders to buy max amount of luxury balls, then sell to poke center for coins. You can...

7 15,725

Started by bobandbill

Sword & Shield

Need help with a solo run in SW/SH

Amore, Sep 18: This perhaps should be in Trade Corner. If you have the means to produce it yourself but don't have HOME to transfer, I'd happily hold it to trade to your new save.

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Started by StormCrow__

Sword & Shield

Help with egglocke?

isahbellah, Sep 16: does anyone have an egglocke sav file that theyd be willing to share? can be from sword or shield, whichever is fine. i cant use the internet, so i cant do the whole trading for eggs thing :(

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Started by isahbellah

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

So... Teambuilding. How does it work?

Aainiikkusu, Sep 15: So I gave a dumb try at it and I think it's okay? First thoughts on it would be really nice!

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Started by Aainiikkusu

Sword & Shield

Late to the party!

Devalue, Sep 11: Yes. Requires the DLC. Go to the Isle of Armor. Meets someone looking for Alolan Digletts scattered throughout the area. Must find 100 Alolan Digletts (out of 150) and have chosen the Water starter (Sobble). Supposedly reaches up to 106 Alolan...

1 300

Started by Jay04

Sword & Shield

Traded zam for zacian he didn't send sword

Sweet Serenity, Sep 9: Yes, that's true. If he traded his Zamazenta on HOME with the shield, then that means that the person that he traded with actually didn't get the shield either.

7 917

Started by Metol

Sword & Shield

Extra Marshadow from distribution event?

CyberNoodleSoup, Sep 9: Hello, I'm new to this community and was estatic to learn that there is a distribution for marshadow! I lost mine (along with two years of other event/shiny pokemon) in a botched save file transfer between switches when one of mine was going...

0 249

Started by CyberNoodleSoup

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

I encountered my first main series shiny

Sheep, Sep 7: Congrats!! Shiny Shinx is one of the best-looking ones too, love the yellow! <3

8 1,035

Started by ThePokemonMeister

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Arceus question with BDSP bonuses

Ozerrobzz, Aug 29: Hi all, I'm playing arceus almost finished my pokedex and side quests and noticed that there is a pokemon and quests missing because I haven't played BDSP yet, can I come back to the game after completing diamond and still get the bonuses? ...

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Started by Ozerrobzz

Let's Go

Green and Mewtwo

giradialkia, Aug 29: I mean, Red, Blue and Green are meant to be iconic cameos. Ever since the first generation, there was that famous piece of Sugimori art with Red, Blue and an unnamed female trainer, each with a Starter Pokémon. Red and Blue, we’ve seen since day...

3 1,317

Started by Mintaka☆

Legends: Arceus

Problem with Arceus not appearing

ThePokemonMeister, Aug 28: If you did catch them all, a possible issue is that you haven’t completed the required quests. I don’t remember the exact quest name, but in order to unlock the Arceus fight, you need to have defeated Volo at Spear Pillar. Afterwards, Arceus will...

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Started by Joao Cunha

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Legends: Arceus Dank Memes Edition

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

Quick Guide to Raid Battles

Pokémon Sword and Shield Rules

Which Switch Game Should I Get?

The best teams and most unusual teams you have used in Galar

lower affection

shiny hunting in sword and shield

What shinies have you gotten?

Would you like more Legends games?

More Let's Go games, yes or no?

Now that Generation VIII is rolling to a close, what are your thoughts on these games?

Might restart lol. :P Wait......how do I do that?

Are the cries in Pokémon Sword and Shield glitched or something?

Dude, where’s my Game Corner?

Easiest pokedex?

What are you doing in the game now?

If you could take one thing from the original DP game and put it into BDSP what would it be?

Evolution Trading

Dock or handheld?

Does legends of Arceus have terrible graphics?

Anyone else disappointed with Rolycoly's evolutions?

Looking for Lets Go Eevee Exclusives

Looking for Ability Patches

should i buy the new scarlet or buy legends

current hair / outfit?

Having no luck with sun stones

Best moveset for a Modest staraptor?

What’s the best item for Luxray

Getting Boomburst to BDSP for Taillow

Will you replay at some point?

What's your favorite of the Switch Pokémon games?

Do you still play

Absence of abilities

What was your uniform number?

Was Cynthia hard to beat for you?

Max Raid Battle Glitch?

Battle Stadium Season 35 / Ultimate Finale

Anything about the game you didn't like and would improve?

Which pokemon changes did you dislike/hate?

Mystery Gifts

Lvl 50+ Gabite Evolution

Hacked Pokemon with website names

How to Easily Farm Watts and quickly look for Gigantamax Raid Battles

Need help with a solo run in SW/SH

Help with egglocke?

So... Teambuilding. How does it work?

Late to the party!

Traded zam for zacian he didn't send sword

Extra Marshadow from distribution event?

I encountered my first main series shiny

Arceus question with BDSP bonuses

Green and Mewtwo

Problem with Arceus not appearing