What is Pokémon Sword and Shield?
{{Infobox video game | title = Pokemon Sword and Shield | developer = Game Freak | publisher = Nintendo | platforms = Nintendo Switch | released = November 15, 2019 | composer = [[Go Ichinose]]<br>Keita Okamoto<br>Minako Adachi<br>[[Toby Fox]] }} '''''Pokémon Sword''''' and '''''Shield''''' are the first set of games in the eighth generation of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series. They released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] on November 15, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pokémon Sword and Shield arrive worldwide on November 15, 2019|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/05/pokemon-sword-and-shield-arrives-worldwide-on-november-15-2019/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> This is the first [[Pokémon]] game to have DLC,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tapsell|first=Chris|date=2020-06-19|title=Pokémon Sword and Shield Isle of Armor walkthrough - how to finish the first DLC's story|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-19-pokemon-sword-and-shield-isle-of-armor-walkthrough-7005|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Eurogamer|language=en}}</ref> being ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor|The Isle Of Armor]]'' (released June 17, 2020) and ''[[Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra|The Crown Tundra]]'' (released October 22, 2020). == Gameplay == ''Main Article: [[Gameplay of Pokémon]]'' Gyms return from previous entries and the combat is the same with new Dynamaxing, which makes the Pokémon larger.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} == References == <references /> {{Pokémon series}} {{video-game-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pokemon Sword and Shield}} [[Category:2019 video games]] [[Category:Pokémon RPGs]] [[Category:Game Freak games]] [[Category:Nintendo Switch games]] [[Category:Nintendo Switch-only games]] [[Category:Video game sequels]] [[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]