Pokémon Sword and Shield is an adventure, released 15 November 2019.
What Pokémon Sword and Shield is
Pokémon Sword and Shield was released in 2019.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are 2019 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. They are the first instalments in the 8th generation of the Pokémon video game series. First teased at E3 2017 and announced in February 2019, the games were released on 15 November 2019. The games were accompanied by a downloadable content (DLC) expansion pass consisting of Part 1—The Isle of Armor and Part 2—The Crown Tundra ; its launch marked the first ever DLC released as part of the Pokémon video game series instead of an improved version.
How it was received
Pokémon Sword and Shield holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Pokémon Sword and Shield launched on 15 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds and Persona 5 Royal. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds, Persona 5 Royal.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Sword and Shield yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Quick answers
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