- Greetings Pokefans, Michael
here, and earlier this week
for the first time
since it was announced,
we got an info dump on the
Pokemon Sword and Shield
expansion pass that
was sizable enough
to warrant an analysis video.
So that's what this video
is: an analysis video.
I'm going to be going over
all of the new information
about the expansion pass,
most of which was
not in the trailer.
It was found on the
Pokemon official site,
so there's a good chance
you missed a lot of it.
I'll also of course be
providing my own opinions
and predictions on some of
the information as well.
The first piece of
info I should mention
that was actually the last
piece of info in the trailer
is that the Isle of Armor
will be released on June 17,
about a week and a half
from the day This
video is being posted.
Once it comes out, I will
of course have some content
about it here on this channel,
but I will also be
having gameplay content
of it on my second
channel MandJTV Plays,
so if you want to see me
experience the Isle of Armor
for the first time,
make sure you subscribe
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I also have a lot of other
fun gameplay content there.
And if you're not
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you should also do that, too.
The first shot of
the new trailer,
which didn't have
any spoken words,
just music, is Galarian Slowbro,
a Pokemon we knew was
coming for a while,
but has now had its full
appearance revealed.
It's still the
Hermit Crab Pokemon
and it has the brand-new type
combination of Poison/Psychic,
is 5'3", weighs 155.4 pounds
and has the new
ability Quick Draw.
As of right now, we don't
know what Quick Draw does,
but my prediction is that
it has something to do
with either increasing priority
or increasing its speed
stat, hence the term "quick."
Galarian Slowbro
has the Poison-type
because the Shellder
biting its arm set off
a chemical reaction
with the spices
in Galarian Slowpoke's body.
The shell on its arm can be used
for both melee
and ranged combat.
When the Shellder
bites down harder,
it drives the Slowbro to start
swinging it around wildly
and smashing stuff.
However, it can also
fire poisonous liquid
from the shell like a
Mega Man arm cannon.
This is the inspiration behind
its signature move:
Shell Side Arm.
It's a Poison-type special move
that may poison the target,
but it also calculates damage
using the targets Physical
or Special Defense
stat, whichever one
will do more damage.
This is sort of similar
to Photon Geyser,
one of Necrozma's
signature moves.
With Photon Geyser, it
checks the users Attack
and Special Attack to
see which is higher
and then determines
whether Photon Geyser
is a physical or special move.
With Shell Side Arm, it's
checking the target's Defense
or Special Defense and goes
for which one is lower,
but I believe it's
always a special move
and always uses Slowbro's
Special Attack stat.
It just functions like
a regular special move,
or one of those "uses the
Defense stat" special moves
like Psyshock,
depending on the target.
One more fun fact
about Galarian Slowbro
is that it seems to be
capable of being fast.
Apparently when it's up
against a tough opponent,
stimulants pour into its body
that sharpen its expression
and allow it to move and
I quote, "With a speed
"that puts even the
quickest reflexes to shame."
It seems Galarian Slowpoke
can move fast, too.
Likely for similar reasons.
The trailer then shows a
montage of various scenes,
including a shot of the player
biking through the water
and Eiscue floating
by their heads.
Oh my god, that is
hilarious and adorable.
Then it moves into shots
from just the Isle of Armor.
Several of these shots
showed more Pokemon
that will be returning that
we hadn't known about before.
I won't be listing all of them,
but you can find full
lists on Serebii.net.
While it's not a new
returning Pokemon,
I personally am excited
to find wild Wailord
in the overworld.
In the main game, you
could only find wild ones
by fishing or in raids.
After several shots
of returning Pokemon,
the trailer showed this
Cramorant-inspired contraption
for only a moment.
According to Pokemon.com,
this is the Cram-o-matic.
By feeding it four items,
it will combine them and
provide you with a new one.
It can give you a
wide variety of items,
some of which are
rarer depending on
the items you put in.
The trailer then show some shots
of this large dish
with Dynamax clouds,
and it turns out to be Max Soup.
The Official Site says,
"If a Pokemon with great hidden
potential drinks Max Soup,
it will become a special Pokemon
capable of Gigantamaxing."
Max Soup seems to
answer the question
about how we get the
Gigantamax Galar starters.
You simply feed your
starter Max Soup.
However, there are still
several questions remaining.
Can this be used a
limitless number of times
or is it just once
for your starter?
Can it be used on any
species of Pokemon
that is capable
of Gigantamaxing?
Even those that normally
would not be able to evolve
if they can Gigantamax, like
Pikachu, Meowth or Eevee?
Also, what does "great
hidden potential" even mean?
Does the Pokemon have
to have good enough IVs
to be capable of
eating Max Soup?
I hope it's limitless,
and I hope it can be used
on any of Gigantamax-capable
Pokemon normally,
but I guess we'll just
have to wait and see.
The trailer then showed some
shots of Klara and Avery,
and while Avery's main
Dynamax Pokemon was shown
to be Galarian Slowbro, the
trailer didn't show Klara's.
I am still holding
out just a bit of hope
that her signature Pokemon
is Galarian Dustox.
I talked about it in my previous
DLC trailer analysis video
that I thought that was possible
because of the bow on her head
looking like Dustox's wings
but a different color.
Although the more
likely situation
is that her signature Pokemon
is also Galarian Slowbro.
She's a poison specialist and
Avery is a psychic specialist
and Galarian Slowbro
is Poison/Psychic-type.
Also, these two trainers
are version exclusive.
Klara's only in Sword and
Avery's only in Shield,
so it wouldn't be
that weird for them
to have the same
signature Pokemon,
since no player is going
to fight both of them
in the same game.
Next, we finally got
some in-game footage
of Gigantamax Venusaur
and Blastoise,
and finally got some info about
their exclusive G-Max moves.
Originally, I predicted
that their G-max moves would
have the secondary effects of
Water Pledge and Grass Pledge
when used with one
of the other pledges
since that's what
Charizard's is.
G-Max Wildfire has
the secondary effect
if Grass and Fire Pledge
are used together.
I thought Venusaur's
would be the effect
of Water and Grass
Pledge together,
creating a swamp that quarters
the enemy side's Speed
for four turns.
I thought Blastoise's would be
when Fire and Water
are used together,
creating a rainbow
on the user's side
that essentially gives
the Pokemon Serene Grace,
boosting the chances
of secondary effects.
But nope, they do the
same thing as Charizard's,
just with different types.
Venusaur's move,
G-Max Vine Lash,
continues to damage
all non-Grass-types
for several turns
and Blastoise's
G-Max, Cannonade,
keeps damaging all
non-Water-types
for the next several turns.
Side note, I love
the name Cannonade.
Apparently it's a real word
that I learned
for the first time
when finding out
all this information
and it means "to assault
with heavy artillery fire."
That's not the reason
I like it, though.
I like it because it sounds
like cannon lemonade.
As for the fun facts about
the new Kanto starter G-Maxes,
Venusaur uses its
thick flower petals
to defend against attacks
and it also spreads
out a ton of pollen
that can cause fainting,
but also heavily
promotes plant growth.
Gigantamax Blastoise
has precisely 31 cannons
and it doesn't bother to
aim them during battle,
aside from its main
cannon in the center.
I quite like these G-Max forms.
They look so good in-game.
Oh, by the way, I never
discussed this in a video
since the trailer was so short,
but a little while
ago we learned what
the Gigantamax moves
for Rillaboom, Cinderace
and Inteleon are.
They're called G-Max Drum Solo,
Fireball and Hydrosnipe
respectively,
and all of them have
the same effect.
They do more damage than
normal Max or G-Max moves,
in addition to ignoring
opponent's abilities.
So for example, Hydrosnipe
can still hit a Pokemon
with Storm Drain.
We then got some more
footage of Kubfu,
but no new information,
since a previous trailer
revealed that you pick
which Urshifu form
it evolves into
by picking which of two towers
you take on a challenge with:
a challenge you must
complete only using Kubfu.
We then saw Urshifu's
G-Max forms in-game
and that was it for
the Isle of Armor.
Well, that was it for the
Isle of Armor in the trailer.
There was some more information
about it on the site.
The site had some more
information about Urshifu,
such as Single Strike
Style's signature move
being Wicked blow, a
physical Dark-type move
which always results
in a critical hit.
Rapid Strike Style's signature
move is Surging Strike,
a physical Water move
that hits three times,
also critical hitting each time.
Their ability Unseen
Fist is now explained
and it lets Urshifu do
damage through Protect
if the move makes contact.
That seems kinda broken.
I'm not sure how
I feel about that.
If I'm correct, the
only moves before this
that could hit through Protect
had some kind of drawback.
Faint only hits if the
target uses Protect
and Shadow Force and Phantom
Force are two-turn moves,
so you can switch or do other
things to try and avoid it.
But Urshifu just always being
able to hit through Protect
with any move that makes contact
that are single-turn moves?
That seems really unfair.
The two Urshifu form G-Max
moves were also revealed.
The Dark-type G-Max One
Blow for Single Strike
and the Water-type G-Max
Rapid Flow for Rapid Strike.
Both of these moves deal damage
even if the target
defends itself, including
with Max Guard.
What the hell?
They're just adding more
brokenness to this Pokemon.
I don't understand.
I don't think I'm okay with it.
If Urshifu is allowed
in official formats,
that seems like it's really
gonna over-centralize the meta.
I hope it's a Legendary.
Hopefully it's just banned
and it's just this crazy,
broken Pokemon you
can only use in-game.
One last bit of info
about the Isle of Armor
is that there will be
some new move tutors,
and I'm pretty sure
there will be more moves
than the two that are
mentioned on the site,
but we do know
about two new ones.
The first is Burning Jealousy,
a Fire move that hits
the two opposing Pokemon
and burns any Pokemon that
had any of their stats boosted
in that turn.
Grassy Glide is a new Grass move
that gets increased priority
if Grassy Terrain is active.
These moves, alongside more
that have yet to be revealed,
will be tutorable if
you have Armorite Ore,
a substance that you get in
Max Raids on the Isle of Armor.
Next, the trailer moved on to
discussing the Crown Tundra,
starting with some
lovely scenery shots.
It then showed an up close
shot of the main new character
in the Crown Tundra,
who we now know thanks
to the website is named Peony,
a name which seems to come
from a type of flower.
Look at Pokemon,
teaching me things.
I learned two new words
thanks to this info.
I appreciate you, Pokemon.
Peony supposedly has a daughter,
but we do not see
her in the trailer.
He has brought her
to the Crown Tundra
to take part in the adventure
to discover the truth
behind the stories
about the Legendary
Pokemon in the area.
Next, we see there
are dedicated temples
for the original three Regis,
and I sincerely hope that
the puzzles we have to solve
to get through these places
are egregiously complicated.
Then there were some
more lovely scenic shots
and then it showed off
Dynamax Adventures,
something mentioned in
the initial announcement,
but now has more details.
According to the site,
you and three others
must fight your way
through Pokemon Dens,
taking on multiple Max Raids
that seem to culminate in
a raid against a Legend.
If you lose at any point,
you are kicked out.
Next were some very brief
shots of the two new Regis,
but the site has a
lot more info on them.
The electric one is the
Electron Pokemon Regieleki,
which is how I am currently
choosing to pronounce it.
Who knows if that's right?
The name is a mess.
An Electric-type that's 3'11",
making it the shortest
Regi by a sizable margin,
weighs about 320 pounds and
has the ability Transistor,
which has not yet
been explained.
Regieleki, which is a mess, but
honestly kind of fun to say,
absorbs electrons to live
and the bands on its body
are special insulating
equipment theorized
to have placed upon
it in ancient times
to prevent its power
from going crazy.
The site says its
Electric moves are said
to have the most power of
any Electric-type Pokemon,
which leads me to
theorize that Transistor
has something to do
with boosting the power
of its Electric-type moves.
Maybe increasing the
stat boost they get.
It has a new signature
move called Thunder Cage,
which does damage,
traps the opponent
and keeps doing damage
for four to five turns
like Fire Spin or Whirlpool.
However, I personally
think it'll be stronger
than Fire Spin or
Whirlpool or Infestation
since this is a signature
move for a Legendary.
My prediction is that
its power will be similar
to Magma Storm,
Heatran's signature move,
which also does the trapping
and continuing to hurting thing.
Next was Regidrago,
the Dragon-type Regi,
which is explained by Regigigas,
making it out of
crystallized dragon energy.
Okay?
Regidrago is the
Dragon Orb Pokemon:
a pure Dragon-type, 6'11",
the tallest Regi
besides Regigigas,
weighs 440.9 pounds and has
the new ability Dragon's Maw,
which like Quick
Draw and Transistor,
we don't know what
it does as of now.
Its signature move is Dragon
Energy, where it floats up,
makes itself into a Charizard
head and blasts the enemy.
The more HP the user has, the
more damage the move does,
so it seems to essentially be
a Dragon-type Water
Spout or Eruption.
However, I predict it
will only target one enemy
in a double battle
because it just looks
like one singular beam,
not just a bunch of
stuff being thrown.
As I mentioned,
its body is made of
crystallized dragon energy,
whatever the hell that means.
The energy is
densest in its core,
and it allows it to
use Dragon-type moves
with greater power
than other Pokemon,
again leading me to
theorize that Dragon's Maw
increases the power
of its Dragon moves.
Folktales say that
Regigigas tried
to make a full dragon out of
crystallized dragon energy,
but it ran out of crystals,
which is hilarious,
so just the head is left.
Ancients feared that
if it were completed,
it would destroy everything,
so they locked it up.
The new Regis are goofy as hell
and make very little sense,
far less sense than
the original Regis,
but I kind of love
them for that.
The developers were
like, "You know what?
"This seems fun."
And it is fun, so it's fine.
Next was a very cool shot
of the three Galarian
Legendary Birds
having a three-way battle.
Kind of like how they did in
"Pokemon: The Movie 2000."
The official site provided
a ton of new information
about them though, and honestly,
I love them even
more because of it.
Galarian Articuno is
the Cruel Pokemon,
a Psychic/Flying-type,
5'7", 112.2 pounds
and has the ability Competitive.
It is migratory and only appears
in the Crown Tundra once
every several decades.
And I should say
now this is true
for all three Legendary Birds.
All of them migrate
to the Crown Tundra
once every several decades.
I'm saying that now so I
don't have to repeat myself.
This Pokemon is cruel,
arrogant, cold and callous,
and it actually keeps
itself airborne using
its psychic powers
rather than its wings.
The fantastic eye laser
beams are Psychic energy
and they can also
immobilize opponents.
That's actually the
inspiration behind
its signature move
Freezing Glare,
a Psychic-type special move
that may freeze the opponent.
Galarian Zapdos is the
Strong Legs Pokemon,
a Fighting/Flying-type,
5'3", 128.3 pounds
and has the ability Defiant.
It is belligerent
and eager to fight,
challenging any
Pokemon it thinks might
be stronger than itself.
Its primary combat method
is leaping down cliffs
with its powerful legs and
delivering strong kicks.
Its wings are weak though,
and as a result is a poor flyer.
Its signature move
is Thunderous Kick,
a Fighting-type physical move
that lowers the
target's Defense.
Then finally is
Galarian Moltres,
my favorite design-wise
of the three.
It is the Malevolent Pokemon,
a Dark/Flying-type,
6'7", 145.5 pounds
and has the ability Berserk,
the first non-Drampa
Pokemon to get this ability.
It is haughty and acts calmly,
doing whatever it wants.
The aura it gives off
is like intense fire,
meaning most Pokemon can't
even get close to it.
It can use this wicked aura
to attack its enemies' minds
and fatigue them greatly.
Its signature move
is Fiery Wrath,
a Dark-type special move which
may make the opponent flinch.
My guess is that it's
Dark Pulse, but stronger.
Galarian Moltres
is badass as hell.
Look at this screenshot of it.
That is so cool.
Also, can we talk
about how the three
Galarian Legendary
Birds are described as,
respectively, cruel,
belligerent, and malevolent?
Apparently getting a regional
variant makes you an asshole.
The final thing shown
in the tournament
was the Galarian
Star Tournament.
It's unlocked once you've
gotten through enough
of the Crown Tundra,
and it seems to be another
tourney option in Wyndon.
All the battles
are Multi Battles.
You pick a teammate
then take on teams
of two trainers from the game.
Two example teams
are Nessa and Bea,
then Raihan and Leon.
The final thing announced
that was not in the trailer
is that Hidden Ability Galar
starters are now available.
It seems to get them you just
have to transfer a Pokemon
into Pokemon Home
from Sword and Shield
and then go to mystery gift
and you get them
put into your home
and then you put them
in Sword and Shield.
Get ready for Libero
Cinderace to be everywhere.
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