Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Double Pack - Nintendo Switch

The most beautiful Pokémon game to date. Not a huge fan of quite a few of the new Pokémon designs though.

Great game

This game has yet to disappoint me in any way, though I know there are many who have voiced their disapproval. I got the double pack for my brother-in-law and myself and we enjoy it thoroughly. Playing this together with a friend(s) is the way to do it.

I was a little too old for Pokémon when it first came out, so Ive actually never played one before. Now that my son is just old enough to play games, though, I figured it might be a good way to get him into understanding strategy and give him an incentive to read more words. To this end, yes, Pokémon Sword and Shield have been a huge success. The games are colorful and engaging for a kid, and pleasant enough to make playing and helping out fun for Dad, too. Theyre not technical masterpieces, and the story is very childish for an adult, but the gameplay with catching Pokémon and building teams is fun. The difficulty level is too easy for me, but its just right for a kid. At age 5 my son does need help with it, though I appreciate that hes able to go off and do plenty of things without me constantly intervening, since you can always go back and heal your Pokémon for free and the death penalty isnt that harsh. Were each playing a different version, and we are making different teams and seeing all the differences each of us faces. In this way, the game has me feeling a bit ripped off. The two games are barely different enough to warrant selling the two versions in the first place. Even the things that are supposed to be different arent really. For example, in the 4th gym challenge you face a different leader in each version. But the challenge itself is 100% identical. You just fight a different set of Pokémon. We cant even notice whichever Pokémon are supposed to be unique to each version without looking it up, as 99% of the ones you encounter in the normal course of play are the same. I knew going into it that it wouldnt be the greatest value, but its actually even worse than I thought. I suppose this is what Nintendo does instead of microtransactions. Compare this to Luigis Mansion 3 where my son and I could both have a save file on the same account with one copy of the game. In this game you either need two games or two accounts. Still, Ill give the game 5 stars from the perspective of how my son feels about it and how its made him want to learn to understand complex game menus and things like that. I just have to recommend for gamers on a budget to only get one or the other version.

Great games. Codes are fun

kids loved it - wanted it for Christmas - should have waited and bought somewhere else.

Ive played every single Pokemon game and this one is by far the worst. Its too short with too few features and they didnt make it look as good as I had anticipated. Gamefreak just wants your money so do yourself a favor and dont buy it.

I enjoy it as it my first Pokemon game due to the 3ds one to small of a screen.

Im one of those old school gamers. 20+ years and countless hours devoted to perfecting my pokedex, just to be told it was all pointless. I thought the whole idea was Gotta Catchem All! Just go back to Crystal Version, or Emerald when things were still fun.

Great Pokemon game. Took 40 hours to complete, very fun gyms and nice new area.