are two of the most highly anticipated games of 2019 and they will be headlining the Nintendo Switch's holiday season, but enthusiasm for the games diminished during E3 when cer🐼tain revelations about them came out.
It was revealed during the Nintendo Treehouse: Live events at E3 2019 that Pokémon Sword & Shield would not feature all of the Pokémon from throughout the series. The only Pokémon that players will be able to catch are those from the Galar region and it won't be possible to trade Pokémon from other games, including through the use of the upcoming Pokémon Home app. The Pokémon Company has yet to reveal exactly how many Pokémon will be in Pokémon Sword & Shield, but we know for sure that it will be impossible to catch them all. Mega Evolutions and Z-Mov✅es will also be missing 🐷from the games.
There has been a significant fan backlash to the decision to not include certain Pokémon in Pokémon Sword & Shield. The backlash has severely diminished the positive press🐻 that the game was receiving, prompting Junichi Masuda of Game Freak to issue an about the is🔯sue.
Thank you to all of our fans for caring so deeply about Pokémon. Recently, I shared the news that some Pokémon cannot be transferred to Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. I've🍸 read all your comments and appreciate your love and passion for Pokémon.
Just like all of you, we are passionate about Pokémon and each and every one of them is very important to us. After so many years of developing the Pokémon video games, this was a very difficult decision for me. I'd like to make one thing clear: even if a specific Pokémon is not available in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, that does not mean it will not appear in future game♔s.
The world of Pokémon continues to evolve. The Galar region offers new Pokémon to encounter, Tr🐲ainers to battle, and adventures to embark on.ꦐ We are pouring our hearts into these games, and we hope you will look forward to joining us on this new journey.
June 28, 2019
Junichi Masuda
Masuda's response seems to suggest that the missing Pokémon in Pokémon Sword & Shield will🌟 stay gone and🥂 won't be added in updates, which is a solution that fans had expected to be proposed.
It's unclear which Pokémon will be cut from Pokémon Sword & Shield, but there are guaranteed to be fans who are disappointed at their exclusion from the game. ♍The question now is whether the backlash will affect sales of the game or if it will prompt G𓂃ame Freak to try and include every Pokémon in future games?
Pokémon Sword & Shield will be released for the Nintendo Sw♛itch on Novemജber 15, 2019.