But before that, we go even FURTHER beyond.
New details have been released for Pokémon Sword and Shield in a trailer released today, which include a returning feature and an increase to a newly announced one.
New Pokémon:
New Characters
Two gym leaders were shown: Fighting specialist Bea and Ghost specialist Allister. For the first time since Black and White, the games will have different leaders, as Bea is a Sword-exclusive leader and Allister is a Shield-exclusive: this is the first time ever that two games of a set will have different types of Gyms.
Chairman Rose and Oleana, the chairman of the Galar Pokémon League and his secretary, will have some role in the game.
Gigantamax
In addition to the Dynamax function, some Pokémon are capable of becoming even bigger through the process of Gigantamax. Along with the growth comes a full appearance change: Alcremie starts to resemble a multi-layer cake, while Corviknight's wing armor turn into their own birds and Drednaw becomes bipedal. Special "G-Max" moves will do massive damage and also affect the field.
Other Version Exclusives
In addition to the version exclusive gyms, two sets of Pokémon were revealed as version exclusives. Sword will get the Deino and Jangmo-o families, while Shield will get the Larvitar and Goomy families. A preorder bonus for the Dual Pack will include the ability to get Jangmo-o and Larvitar regardless of version via a Max Raid Battle.
