Upon your first visit to Turffield in Pokémon Sword and Shield, you’ll notice several ancient stones standing about the town with symbols carved into them. Upon interacting with these stones, you’ll notice that each of them has a specific Pokémon typing listed on it. As you play through the story,…

Plenty of Pokémon out there have different forms, some, like Kalos’s Vivillon and Galar’s Alcremie, even have several of them. These forms can sometimes come with stat changes or type changes while others are purely cosmetic. Form changes are usually easy to spot, why have a form change if you…

Alcremie, the sentient stack of whipped cream cuteness, was revealed fairly early on in Pokémon Sword and Shield’s pre-release period. Later on, we caught a glimpse of it with different decor and coloration, and now with the games out in the wild, we know just how to get the Alcremie…

One of the many new features added in Pokémon Sword and Shield is curry-making, which replaces Pokéblocks, Poffins, and other similar mechanics of past Pokémon games. By making curry, you can bestow various benefits upon your Pokémon team, like increasing Happiness, Experience, Hit Points, and more. There are 151 different…

Like past Pokémon games, there are a variety of “gift” Pokémon in Sword and Shield: Pokémon given out to the player through various in-game means. Sometimes, you may run into an NPC who kindly offers you a free Pokémon to take care of, like Pikachu, Eevee, or Toxel. This is…

Shiny Pokémon return in Pokémon Sword and Shield, meaning players have a chance to capture specially-colored (and notably rare!) Pokémon they find in the wild. Shinies (called this due to the “sparkle” effect displayed when they come out of their Poké Balls) have been a mainstay of the series for a…

Pokémon Sword and Shield are finally here, and they’ve brought along with them plenty of new features, new Pokémon, and brand-new moves. All of these new Pokémon have also brought along some new Abilities, switching things up a bit in the battle department. Altogether, Pokémon Sword and Shield have 25…

One of Pokémon Sword and Shield’s biggest additions (literally) are the Dynamax battles, using the Galar regions massive stadiums to good effect to up the scale of battles. As we’ve seen, some Pokémon get an even bigger boost out of the mechanic in the form of Gigantamax forms, and we’re…

Pokémon Sword and Shield are here at last! The latest Pokémon adventure has arrived for Nintendo Switch, and along with a bunch of new Pokémon (some of which are version exclusives or require new methods to evolve) and new Abilities, the games have added 35 new moves/attacks to the series….

With every Pokémon generation comes a new and exciting way to evolve the critters — who could forget holding the Nintendo 3DS upside down to evolve Inkay? Sword and Shield are no different, with more than a few odd methods for getting stronger Pokémon. WARNING: There will be spoilers ahead,…

Like every generation of Pokémon before it, Pokémon Sword and Shield have Pokémon that can only be found in one version or the other. It’s a long-held tradition used to encourage players to trade with owner others of the games. For example, if you own Pokémon Sword, you won’t be able…