New Pokémon Sword & Shield Trailer Seemingly Confirms Old Leak
A new trailer for Pokémon Sword & Shield was recently uploaded to The Official Pokémon YouTube Channel and it reveals new details about the games.
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A new trailer for Pokémon Sword & Shield was recently uploaded to The Official Pokémon YouTube Channel and it reveals new details about the games, including unique Dynamax transformations for Galar region Pokémon (which is known as Gigantamaxing) and the return of version-exclusive Gym Leaders.
The information revealed in the latest trailer for Pokémon Sword & Shield is important for another reason, as it seemingly confirms a leak uploaded to 4chan back in May (which has been archived on Resetera.)
The leak was uploaded to 4chan on May 24 by an anonymous user. The leak mentions the concept of Gigantamaxing and how it alters the appearance of the Pokémon. The examples given are from Kanto Pokémon, which include Meowth becoming longer and Pikachu resembling his original design from Pokémon Red & Blue. The only Pokémon confirmed to be able to perform the Gigantamax transformation so far have all come from the Galar region, but it’s possible that Game Freak is holding back the reveals of the Gigantamax versions of the classic Pokémon for a later trailer.
There are some parts of the leak that were confirmed during the Pokémon Day Direct and E3 2019, such as the rival being named Hop and there being an Electric-type corgi Pokémon, but the new trailer has also confirmed the existence of Chairman Rose and his secretary Oleana from the leak.
There is a lot of information in the leak that has yet to be revealed, which includes the following… (SPOILERS AHEAD)
- The player will have two other rivals named Bede and Marnie.
- The villain team is called Team Yell and they are fans of Marnie.
- The player needs to win an endorsement in order to be able to take on the Gym challenge. Bede is given an endorsement by Chairman Rose.
- There is an evil Legendary Pokémon called Eternatus.
- Sonia is a former rival of Leon’s and is researching the Dynamax transformation.
- There will be regional evolutions in Galar, including ones for Farfetch’d (called Sirfetch’d) and Meowth.
- There are chipmunk Pokémon that will attack the player if they shake a berry tree too many times.
- The third Gym Leader is named Kabu. The fourth Gym Leader is a Fairy-type user named Opal.
- Milo’s Gym involves herding Wooloo which involves a Yamper.
- Nessa’s Gym has a maze that blocks the player using water.
- Kabu’s Gym challenge involves catching a Pokémon before another player.
- The player will interact with their Pokémon while camping together, which involves feeding them and playing with toys.
- Scorbunny evolves into a humanoid figure, Sobble turns into a chameleon with a spy theme, and Grooky turns into a gorilla that fights with a drum.
It won’t be long until these leaks are confirmed or proven to be false, as Pokémon Sword & Shield will be released for the Nintendo Switch on November 15, 2019.
Scott has been writing for The Gamer since it launched in 2017 and also regularly contributes to Screen Rant. He has previously written gaming articles for websites like Cracked, Dorkly, Topless Robot, and TopTenz. He has been gaming since the days of the ZX Spectrum, when it used to take 40 minutes to load a game from a tape cassette player to a black and white TV set. Scott thinks Chrono Trigger is the best video game of all time, followed closely by Final Fantasy Tactics and Baldur’s Gate 2. He pretends that sorcerer is his favorite Dungeons & Dragons class in public but he secretly loves bards.
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