I was a little too old for Pokémon when it first came out, so I've actually never played one before. Now that my son is just old enough to play games, though, I figured it might be a good way to get him into understanding strategy and give him an incentive to read more words. To this end, yes, Pokémon Sword and Shield have been a huge success.
The games are colorful and engaging for a kid, and pleasant enough to make playing and helping out fun for Dad, too. They're not technical masterpieces, and the story is very childish for an adult, but the gameplay with catching Pokémon and building teams is fun. The difficulty level is too easy for me, but it's just right for a kid. At age 5 my son does need help with it, though I appreciate that he's able to go off and do plenty of things without me constantly intervening, since you can always go back and heal your Pokémon for free and the death penalty isn't that harsh.
We're each playing a different version, and we are making different teams and seeing all the differences each of us faces. In this way, the game has me feeling a bit ripped off. The two games are barely different enough to warrant selling the two versions in the first place. Even the things that are supposed to be different aren't really. For example, in the 4th gym challenge you face a different leader in each version. But the challenge itself is 100% identical. You just fight a different set of Pokémon. We can't even notice whichever Pokémon are supposed to be unique to each version without looking it up, as 99% of the ones you encounter in the normal course of play are the same. I knew going into it that it wouldn't be the greatest value, but it's actually even worse than I thought. I suppose this is what Nintendo does instead of microtransactions. Compare this to Luigi's Mansion 3 where my son and I could both have a save file on the same account with one copy of the game. In this game you either need two games or two accounts.
Still, I'll give the game 5 stars from the perspective of how my son feels about it and how it's made him want to learn to understand complex game menus and things like that. I just have to recommend for gamers on a budget to only get one or the other version.
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Pokémon become huge with Dynamax & Gigantamax
Dynamaxing!
Dynamax is a phenomenon unique to specific locations in the Galar region, where Pokémon are able to take on gigantic appearances. Dynamax Pokémon become tremendously strong and their stats get a boost but they will return to normal after three turns.
Gigantamaxing!
Only certain species of Pokémon can Gigantamax—and even among such species, only rare specimens will be able to. Gigantamax Pokémon become bigger and it boosts the power of the Pokémon. It also allows each Gigantamax Pokémon to use a unique move known as a G-Max Move!
Pokémon Found in the Region
Gossifleur
Type: Grass
Wooloo
Type: Normal
Alcremie
Type: Fairy
Corviknight
Type: Flying/Steel
Eldegoss
Type: Grass
Yamper
Type: Electric
Sirfetch'd
Pokémon Sword Exclusive!
Type: Fighting
Ponyta
Pokémon Shield Exclusive!
Type: Psychic
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