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Pokémon Sword and Shield anime speculation thread

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Now I finally know how Nessa looks. But she is was too old to become a companion. She looks younger than Olivia, but still not young enough to be a travel companion for Ash. Unless this generation Ash will really get two older companions with her and Milo.
I don't think that's happening unless they age up Ash.
 
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I don't get the "she's too old!!!1!" criticisms regarding Nessa (or any character in Galar tbh since y'all say that about literally every Gen 8 character) since we don't know her age, but even if she's way older than 10 she could be animated to look shorter/younger in the anime if the showrunners decide to have her join Ash's group. My only gripe with the idea of her being Ash's female buddy is that she's yet another Water-type specialist and I'm kinda over that since we had Misty and Lana already.
 
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Grookey's new move is called Branch Poke

You can ride across lakes on your bike as it switches between functionality. Doubt this will impact the anime much as the bike has never been a prominent thing aside from being a running gag, but who knows?
 
So predicting the casts in Pokemon Sword and Shield Anime...

Ash, Gloria (Female Player) and Milo (Gym Leader)
 
Nessa doesn't look that old to me, especially compared to Milo. She looks more like a teenager than an adult, which still might be a bit much if they don't want to age her down. Design wise, I think she looks fantastic. Her hair and eyes are absolutely gorgeous. I don't think I'd want her to become part of the main cast simply because she'd be another Water Pokemon specialist. Granted, I don't think Lana quite qualifies for that when she never was interested in catching Water Pokemon and was more into the ocean in general, but given their track record of characters who focus primarily on one type of Pokemon has been in the anime, I think Nessa is better off just being the Gym Leader.
 
Yeah Nessa is out. Female pc being the protagonist got more likely.
Yeah, I think you are right. Unless one of the gym leaders will be the same age as Ash, the new female companion will be the playable character. But... the last movie featured also stories of characters with different ages. I still say it is a likely chance that Ash's new companions could be older this time.
 
Briefly discussing leaks here so open spoilers at own risk...

It's kinda crazy how all these leaks are slowly turning out to be true. They got Nessa right, and mentioned her Gym having a puzzle of water blocking the way. Well, new screenshots from E3 gameplay show that to be correct as well.
 
I'm thinking that Ash will just travel with two Gym Leaders again. I don't think that the female PC will be a companion.
 
Gen 8 is so weird to me. I only like two of the currently known Pokemon and both of them are starters. Usually Nintendo reveals the most appealing Pokemon of each generation first, but if this is the best batch of Pokemon that Gamefreak designed, then I really fear for the games.
 
I'm thinking today's devastating news might impact the series a bit. Since late BW the Pokemon that show up in the series have been fairly restriction free (not to say the regional dex isn't the main focus, but that we could get random appearances from just about any Pokemon), but with the new info that seems to imply only regional dex Pokemon will be playable in SwS, I would imagine that Pokemon shown in the anime would essentially be limited to that, because they aren't going to want to remind people of the Pokemon they can't use, considering people are already really upset about not being able to use them in the games. So, that on its own is a bit of shame, it was an aspect of early BW series that I certainly didn't prefer. It wouldn't be as devastating as it is to the games, but still a bit of a disappointment, because it is fun when any Pokemon can possibly appear.
 
Since a Gen 4 Remake is possible, they could go the same route as Diamond and Pearl, just swap the starters like XY did with Advance.

Ash: Scorbunny, Sobble.
Gloria: Grookey.

From what I can see is a combination of DP, BW and XY. More Battle Focus and less BW, SM. I hate the idea of two Gym Leaders, as I feel is too soon, and should be reserved for Gen 9 or 10.
 
After seen Nessa's full body design, I do not think she is fitting to be a companion. Not only because she is tall, but also because she is a very sexualized character. Unless they can cover her a bit more up as they did with Olivia in S&M. Nessa looks really cool. I really want to have another dark skinned / African beauty in Ash's friendship circle. Most black woman characters have in my eyes really cool designs or funny personalities.

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