Nintendo has officially announced two new Pokémon games for the Switch during the recent Pokémon Direct: Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.
There's no word on a release date yet, just the usual "coming soon," but preorders are already up across major retailers.
Where To Preorder 'Pokémon Sword' And 'Pokémon Shield'
Pokémon Sword
Amazon - $59.99
Best Buy - $59.99
GameStop - $59.99
Walmart - $59.99
Pokémon Shield
Amazon - $59.99
Best Buy - $59.99
GameStop - $59.99
Walmart - $59.99
For those in the United Kingdom, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are available for £54.99 at GAME.
Pokémon Sword And Pokémon Shield Preorder Bonuses
At the moment, the only preorder bonus for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield is an exclusive to Best Buy. Those who preorder either one of the games are eligible to get $10 of reward credit, but it's for Best Buy members only. That said, it's free to sign up.
Pokémon Sword And Pokémon Shield: Quick Summary
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield will be the first games to introduce a new generation of Pokémon — Generation 8, to be exact — on the Switch, unlike Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee. By the same token, they'll also be the first Pokémon games in the main series that'll be playable on a home console, thanks to the Switch's hybrid nature.
The starter Pokémon this time around include the fire type rabbit Scorbunny, the water type lizard Sobble, and the grass type chimp Grookey. The developers haven't shown off their evolutions yet, though.
Now the new games are set in the Galar region, and from the look of things, it's based on Britain. As evidence to that, there's the Victorian architecture as seen in the trailer and something that resembles Big Ben.
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are expected to hit the shelves sometime later this year.
