Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Double Pack - Nintendo Switch

The new games start off strong with fun and interesting Pokemon designs and a new take on gyms. However, the game quality rapidly deteriorates as the story progresses: towns and gyms start off as complex and fun to explore, but become completely empty in the second half of the game. While the first couple gyms have large puzzles to solve, later gyms become simply fighting three other trainers in dark rooms with no details whatsoever. The wild are is an incredible addition to the game, but it, too, feels empty and unfinished. The other new game mechanic, Max Raid Battles, while fun, are plagued by poor NPC artificial intelligence and very unfair advantages to the opponent Pokemon, making them very frustrating and quite frankly not fun at all. Despite plenty of time passing since the release of these games, there has been no effort to rectify any of these problems that are obvious to anyone who has played. While the games have some interesting new ideas, Sword and Shield fall short of being good or even fun. Pokemon deserves better than this.

Decent game but does the same thing as other Pokemon games. The story isnt super exciting but the addition of dens is a fun concept.

Shipped quickly. Nephue loves them

I have not fully beaten the game but i did make it to the third gym and a route beyond that and i was not expecting it to be this good :) with past games, u just simply go in the gyms and beat some trainers to get to the gym leader. This game still holds true to that but they added a gym challenge to spice things up. Gym challenges are certain objectives u have to do while youre also beating the trainers and its just so much fun and the scenery as u walk in is so breathtaking :) once u complete the challenge, the doors open and tons of people r cheering making u feel like actual pokemon trainer :D When the first gym leader dynamxed his pokemon, it makes things a bit tougher as it did way more damage than what i expected it to even though his pokemon isnt super effective against mine. That forced me to dynamax and set up defensive moves such as light screen and reflect and held up just in time for the 3 turns to be over and his pokemon reversed back to being tiny. I ended up beating the gym with red hp. The second gym was easy to beat since i had an electric type corgi and the 3rd gym gave me a bit of a challenge since i didnt have any pokemon with type advantages but still managed to win my second time around :) This game has more freedom to roam around when ur done interacting with the main characters and theres lots of hidden stuff on the roads that shine as ur passing through. The diversity of old and new pokemon is outstanding as well. Theres lots of pokemon to choose from in every route. Even in the beginning of ur journey, u can start fishing with ur fiahing rod so u can mix and match the perfect team from the start :) i would also advise being very careful in the wild area because i got my butt kicked with a level 45 Galvantula while i was just level 12. I was lucky to escape with my last pokemon still unfainted xD i was dumb enough to interact with it since i thought i would be lucky enough to catch it but found out u have to beat a certain amount of gyms in order to catch high level pokemon or else itll just tell u that it wont let its guard down. Its the same concept as having a certain amount of gym badges to make high level pokemon from trades obey u. I had to find out the hard way lol Now for the designs of the new pokemon and graphics of the games. Everyone has their own opinions on this ever since it was announced that there was gonna be no national dex. Personally, i avoided the leaks so idk what im expecting to get. So far, i love every single pokemon i have come across. Some r weird and funny looking but they do grow on u as u figure out they are really good in battles :) when they evolved, i still love the designs and was so surprised of the typings that were added and became even more useful to keep in ur team. It is true that many battle move animations and models r reused from past games but it really shouldnt matter all that much as alot of old moves have new animations and the pokemons colors and textures look way better than the previous generations. The graphics in the wild area is the best ive seen except for the trees. The weird part is, the berry trees in the wild area look completely fine and fit well with the good graphics so my guess is that the company didnt really bother making those normal trees look as good since u cant interact with them at all and in my opinion thats completely fine. The graphics in the towns, caves, and routes are completely breathtaking so theres nothing negative i can say there :) Despite lack of national dex i will say this. Overall, this game deserves its 5 stars and worth every penny. The variety of pokemon, the fun battles, and both ur awesome and jerk rivals make it a really fun experience for both oldschool and new trainers to enjoy. As i stated, i avoided every single thing about this game besides the announcement trailers from pokemon and nintendo so i was nervous since so many people were stating that the animations were garbage. Playing this game, i just dont see anything wrong with how it looks and how the pokemon move. The game and its scenery looks absolutely beautiful. I really recommend this game to at least be given a chance. I know it will be worth the gameplay :)

Gamefreak and pokemon company are both well funded yet they insist on putting out mediocre games. I love Pokemon, but they need to up their game on the next installment.

I didnt receive my code for the gold back pack which was the whole reason I bought it off this platform

Great console edition to the Pokemon series. I wish I could transfer pokemon from my poke bank though. Little less than I expected for their 1st console try at traditional Pokemon.

This game is NOT worth $60. To compare a $60 game like Breath of the Wild against Pokemon sword & shield is a complete slap in the face to people playing Nintendo games. This new pokemon game has poor art visuals, poor animation, and a terrible story. Nothing about this game is redeemable other than it being a Pokemon game...which sucks because people will buy it no matter how bad it is. This game could have been so much more, but the developers clearly ran into issues with it and pushed it out the door anyway. Im an adult that grew up on Pokemon red/blue. The earlier pokemon games had so much more to them.

Daughter requested for 16th birthday and she and her 10 yr old brother love it

Half the amount of Pokemon, over 144 moves removed. Might as well be a prettier version of Gen 4.