Official Pokémon Sword and Shield speculation thread (Updated June 5th, 2019)

[Cainhxrst]

I've seen him express disappointment in the trailer.

oof, nevermind then. I didn't realize he'd posted anything about it

 

[Kikugi]

That shoebill "leak" is an obvious fake, because it claims the release date is November, while the Japanese website clearly states it's Winter 2019.

 

[godiego]

That shoebill "leak" is an obvious fake, because it claims the release date is November, while the Japanese website clearly states it's Winter 2019.

already gone over extensively in this thread: culturally, Winter starts in November in East Asian countries (due to the influence of the Chinese solar term calendar).

 

[Kikugi]

already gone over extensively in this thread: culturally, Winter starts in November in East Asian countries (due to the influence of the Chinese solar term calendar).

Oh, I see. So is the consensus that it's believable, or was it debunked for a different reason? I kinda liked some things from this alleged leak.

 

[Knightwolf09]

I wanna know what's up with the sudden Kalos desire. Is it because people really want badly or is it because people do believe it can be connected to it story wise?

 

[Poke Dragon]

I wanna know what's up with the sudden Kalos desire. Is it because people really want badly or is it because people do believe it can be connected to it story wise?

Most likely the former, I have moved on since I beat Sun and Moon. But there are those who still want Kalos to be revisited. However, I don't think it will be revisited before a remake purely for the fact that Game Freak loves making remakes.

 

[Greninjaman]

I guess in my case, I was not disappointed at all since I don't care about graphics that much, and so far we don't know much about anything else. We don't know the professor, the rival(s), the lore of the region, etc. which I find more important than graphics.

I agree 100% with you. Graphics are also not important to me as well. I only really care about the story of the game. The graphics at least are not glaringly bad.

 

[Silktree]

oof, nevermind then. I didn't realize he'd posted anything about it

Well, he did say that the trailer could be misleading, but it's obvious that he doesn't know much.

 

[godiego]

Oh, I see. So is the consensus that it's believable, or was it debunked for a different reason? I kinda liked some things from this alleged leak.

all leaks are in limbo; we don't have anything to be able to really believe in or disprove them beyond red flags.

 

[RileyXY1]

I wanna know what's up with the sudden Kalos desire. Is it because people really want badly or is it because people do believe it can be connected to it story wise?

Mostly because some people think that the story is "unfinished" due to there being no expansion game for Kalos and that the region is based on the UK, which is very closely connected to France.

 

[Poke Dragon]

I'm just neutral about the whole going back to Kalos situation, sure it would be nice, but I don't care whether it happens or not.

 

[Cainhxrst]

I wanna know what's up with the sudden Kalos desire. Is it because people really want badly or is it because people do believe it can be connected to it story wise?

France and England are very close to each other irl and have a deeply intertwined history with each other. If there ever were to be callbacks to Kalos, Sword/Shield is definitely the time to do it as it would make sense

 

[swiftgallade46]

I don’t even know that I care what region it is, I just really would love to have a second region to explore. We (subjectively I guess) haven’t had an extensive postgame since BW2 now. I don’t think we’ve had a new region introduced that is so geographically close to another in a very long time, so now just seems like an appropriate time to do it. And, yes, there’s also the fact that Kalos is pretty underdeveloped comparatively so it would be great to see it given new relevance.

 

[Scruffyjay]

A Dog Pokemon called Pembork

Pembork.
Absolutely incredible.

 

[Freak-Pokemon]

GYM MASTERS


View: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1104087157033951232?s=19

 

[godiego]

France and England are very close to each other irl and have a deeply intertwined history with each other. If there ever were to be callbacks to Kalos, Sword/Shield is definitely the time to do it as it would make sense

i mean.......Unova and Alola never materialized and Hoenn put in callbacks to Kalos for.......whatever reason.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svfdzdW5XJw


Perhaps the Pokemon Movie about Zoroark has a clue to what the gimmick to Gen 8 will be. It's a sport called Baccer, and even though it's Gen 4 before Gen 5 came out, and Crown City in the film is inspired by The Netherlands, it does seem as if GF is recycling the formula for the new games that are being set in the UK.

 

[BlindCaptainDrip]

I know linking Chan is not allowed, but anon posted a video clip of this guy titled simply Bug/Dragon.. looks legit in the clip. Backdrop is the cave showed in trailer...

 

[Knightwolf09]

GYM MASTERS


View: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1104087157033951232?s=19

Yup, they're definitely redesigning gyms this region.

Yeah I can't seem to post the short vid either, especially in no way that I'n't get in trouble

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Yup, they're definitely redesigning gyms this region.

Just hope they're not going to make them too hard, as in Battle Tree hard?