Pokemon Sword Archives

Mega Evolution Making a Comeback?

andrewrodriguez | Oct 10, 2020 | 4

With the advent of the Crown Tundra DLC expansion dropping on October 22nd, many Pokémon from the National PokeDex are returning to the games. Of these returning Pocket Monsters, a significant number are those who had Mega Evolutions in the past two generations of the games (XY and Sun & Moon/U...

Major Pokémon Home Errors Resolved

andrewrodriguez | Feb 17, 2020 | 3

Gamefreak appears to have quietly addressed massive errors for Pokémon Home. The problems have been affecting thousands of players since the Pocket Monster cloud storage and transfer service dropped four days ago. Issues involving players being unable to link their respective Nintendo Network IDs...

Pokémon Home Launch Day Blues

andrewrodriguez | Feb 12, 2020 | 0

In a surprise event, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International released the much anticipated Pokémon Home application for both the Nintendo Switch and mobile (iOS and Android – sorry those of you still holding onto your Blackberry; troglodytes). We’ll have a full write-up of the applicati...

Nintendo Direct – January 2020 Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass and More

andrewrodriguez | Jan 9, 2020 | 0

This morning’s dedicated Pokémon Direct revealed a wealth of new Pokémon information. President and CEO of The Pokémon Company, Tsunekazu Ishihara, kicked off the 20-minute stream with a reveal of a remake of the 2006 games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dunge...

Competitive Pokémon Primer

andrewrodriguez | Jan 8, 2020 | 0

Most gamers are aware that Pokémon is the largest-grossing multimedia franchise out there. Across the trading card game, video games, anime, and numerous toys, Pokémon is a real powerhouse. What many may not be aware of, however, is its budding competitive facet. To be clear, there has been a “c...

REVIEW: Pokémon Sword and Shield

andrewrodriguez | Nov 26, 2019 | 10

How is it that a single development team manages to keep the hits coming with virtually every single release? Pokémon has had its good seasons and “bad” seasons, but even those who have sold less than others are still massively successful on a global scale. Coming to meet controversy head-on af...