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Sam Loveridge - 4.5/5

This is a seriously memorable Pokemon adventure. The story delivers enough twists and turns to keep you guessing, steeped in the kinds of myths and legends that you forget the British Isles are chock-full of. It might lack the puzzling areas of previous series' entries like Silph Co, but there's plenty to love about Pokemon Sword and Shield, especially the loveable cast of characters, and the impeccable attention to detail in the Galar region both visually and in terms of the regional dialogue. It's a great way to start the next core generation of Pokemon games.

IGN

Casey DeFreitas - 4.5/5

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are closer to my dream Pokemon RPGs than anything that's come before. I'd still like better cutscenes, companion Pokemon, the complete Pokedex, and a more visually interesting Wild Area, but nitpicks are just not very effective when everything else was such a complete joy to play. The way they respect my time is wonderful, and the removal of monotony from random encounters and other odds and ends distills it down to only the pure and charming fun of capturing, training, and battling wonderful creatures. And hey, if I'm missing any tedious repetition, I can always get back into breeding.

Nintendo Life

Alex Olney - 8/10

What we've got here is an experience full of highs and lows, from the unadulterated wonder and joy of seeing a brand-new Pokémon in a stadium full of cheering crowds, to the monotonous and dragged-out dialogue we just wanted to skip. The wonders of exploring the Wild Area feels like the true evolution of the series, but even this brave stride forward is balanced out by the inclusion of restrictive and boring Routes from games of old. The niggling issues are impossible to ignore, then, but on the whole, Pokémon Sword and Shield are a solid start to the HD generation of Pokémon games, but there's ample room for improvement with the next outing.

Gamespot

Kallie Plagge - 9/10

In collecting, battling, and exploring, Sword and Shield cut out the bloat and focus on what makes these pillars of the Pokemon games so captivating in the first place. You're not held back by overly complicated back-end systems or hoops to jump through; from the outset, you can start wandering the Galar region, seeing its new Pokemon, and trying out its new battle strategies with very little in your way. This leaves you free to enjoy what Pokemon is all about, and that makes for an incredibly strong showing for the series' proper debut on Switch.

[Young]

ack ack ack!!

Im ready to catch'em all n stuff lolz

Im gonna raise a gang of Evee gorls

[Hatsumomo]

ack

[jtwoeleven]

Aye!!!!

[CHOKE]

ack ack ack!!

Im ready to catch's all n stuff lolz

Im gonna raise a gang of Evee gorls

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[Justaway_]

wow the power of payola

but yay and stuff, enjoy less content! 

[CHOKE]

Nobody is trying to catch 800 Pokémon

And if you have caught the other 400 old ones, great u can admire them on your Game Boy

[Justaway_]

girl the game is 15 hours long  u gon have to catch the same pokemon over and over to make it worthy 

[Nine]

girl the game is 15 hours long u gon have to catch the same pokemon over and over to make it worthy

Choke is gonna have to STRETCH the mess out huh?

[CHOKE]

All Pokémon main stories are short

They have always been about the end game content

[Justaway_]

They have always been about the end game content

Yes, and sword and shield have a single 30-minute long postgame quest.

oh and a battle tower like every other game before it which will be flooded with the same pokemon since 400-ish are cut from the system. hooray!

[𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉]

Didn't they also remove the mega evolutions?

[CHOKE]

100 hours and still haven't caught the legendaries