Pokémon Sword
A turn-based role-playing game set in the Galar region, a fictional land inspired by the United Kingdom. Players catch, train, and battle creatures called Pokémon while traveling across the region to collect…
Pokémon Sword is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 15 November 2019 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 39.1 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon Sword is
Pokémon Sword 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
A young trainer in the Galar region receives their first Pokémon from Leon, the undefeated Champion of the Galar League and older brother to their best friend Hop. Endorsed to take on the Gym Challenge, the player and Hop set out across Galar to earn eight badges and prove themselves worthy of facing Leon in the Champion Cup. Along the way, they encounter rival challengers, the rowdy fan group Team Yell, and the powerful chairman Rose, who oversees both the League and the region's energy corporation. While pursuing the Gym Challenge, the player uncovers a deeper mystery tied to an ancient catastrophe known as the Darkest Day and two legendary Pokémon said to have saved Galar from it long…
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 Sword is the 246th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Shield in 2019. Its critic score of 82 is 8 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Sword holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 321 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 39.1 hrs.
What it launched against
Pokémon Sword 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 Sword yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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