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Pokemon: Sword and Shield

Pokémon: Sword and Shield is Nintendo’s set of follow-up games to Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! In Sword and Shield, players attempt to beat Leon, who is the Pokémon League Champion, as they deal with Team Yell as well as a conspiracy inside the League. A total of 81 new Pokémon were introduced in the games, including eight more in the subsequent DLCs.

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Pokemon: Sword and Shield

Franchise
Pokemon
Platform(s)
Nintendo Switch
Released
November 15, 2019
Developer(s)
Game Freak
Publisher(s)
Nintendo , The Pokemon Company
Genre(s)
Adventure , RPG
ESRB
E
How Long To Beat
25Hours

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