JFrombaugh
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One thing that gameFreak seems to be doing more and more in recent Gens is having characters from previous Gens make reappearances. Some of them have played a surprising role in the story (Anabel in the original SM), others have been battleable (Mina in Let's Go?? Who'da thunk it???), and still others just talk to you for 30 seconds, give you a semi-essential item, then leave (cough Colress cough). It's probably a fair bet given GameFreak's recent history that we will see at least a couple cameos of this type in Sword & Shield.
Regardless of your opinions on these cameos, I just thought this might be an interesting thing to speculate about now that we know a fair bit about Sword & Shield from just today's teaser alone. So...what NPcs from past games do you think could potentially be making a reappearance in some form in Galar?
For starters, I think it's possible if not likely that Sina & Dexio will return, since Kalos is theoretically just a short train ride away anyway. I could definitely see them being in Galar to do research on some new gimmick of the games.
I'm also going to go out on a limb and predict that Lillie will appear in SS & will be a battleable side boss similar to Mina in LGPE. She'll mention to you about how "a Trainer who moved to Alola from Kanto" inspired her to get over her dislike of seeing Pokémon get hurt.
Beyond that, it's anybody's guess. I do think we will see, much like in Sun & Moon, one or two shorter cameos of NPCs from Gens 5-7 appear that are totally unexpected. It could be Shauntal, it could be Wikstrom, it could be Bianca of all people...
But one character that I am personally hoping does NOT make a reappearance, is Looker. As funny as the whole Ultra Beast mission from the original SM was, I feel like this story of you joining the International Police and solving detective cases in the postgame has worn out its welcome by now.
Regardless of your opinions on these cameos, I just thought this might be an interesting thing to speculate about now that we know a fair bit about Sword & Shield from just today's teaser alone. So...what NPcs from past games do you think could potentially be making a reappearance in some form in Galar?
For starters, I think it's possible if not likely that Sina & Dexio will return, since Kalos is theoretically just a short train ride away anyway. I could definitely see them being in Galar to do research on some new gimmick of the games.
I'm also going to go out on a limb and predict that Lillie will appear in SS & will be a battleable side boss similar to Mina in LGPE. She'll mention to you about how "a Trainer who moved to Alola from Kanto" inspired her to get over her dislike of seeing Pokémon get hurt.
Beyond that, it's anybody's guess. I do think we will see, much like in Sun & Moon, one or two shorter cameos of NPCs from Gens 5-7 appear that are totally unexpected. It could be Shauntal, it could be Wikstrom, it could be Bianca of all people...
But one character that I am personally hoping does NOT make a reappearance, is Looker. As funny as the whole Ultra Beast mission from the original SM was, I feel like this story of you joining the International Police and solving detective cases in the postgame has worn out its welcome by now.