Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Shield is a role-playing game set in the Galar region, a fictional land inspired by the United Kingdom. Players control a young Pokémon Trainer who catches and trains creatures called Pokémon, battling…
Pokémon Shield is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 15 November 2019 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 55.1 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon Shield is
Pokémon Shield is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2019. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the Galar region, a young trainer and their best friend Hop receive their first Pokémon from Hop's older brother Leon, the undefeated Champion of the Galar League. Endorsed to take on the Gym Challenge, the two set out across the region, competing against rival challengers and contending with Team Yell, a rowdy group of hooligans devoted to fellow challenger Marnie. Along the way, the trainer encounters Chairman Rose, the powerful head of both the Galar League and the region's primary energy corporation, who seems to have plans that extend beyond the tournament itself. After a mysterious encounter with an unknown Pokémon in a fog-shrouded forest called the Slumbering Weald, the trainer…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Shield is the 248th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Medallion Battle in 2019. Its critic score of 68 is 6 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Shield holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 67, across 237 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 55.1 hrs.
What it launched against
Pokémon 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. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
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 Shield yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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