On January 9th a new Pokemon Direct was held
where we learned that Pokemon Sword and Shield
would be getting DLC in the form of an Expansion
Pass in multiple parts!
This is something that is completely different
for Pokemon fans because we’ve never seen
this before with any other Pokemon game.
Currently we know of two expansions that will
be coming to Sword and Shield called The Isle
of Armor and The Crown Tundra, but who knows
if more will come in the future!
I for one can not wait to explore these new
areas and get to experience the story built
into them.
And with these expansions to the games comes
the possibility of new pokemon being added
to the games.
Both the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra expansions
have a lot to offer when it comes to diverse
environments so there are tons of ideas I
have for new pokemon that could be added to
the Galar region.
Today I want to talk about some designs for
Pokemon that I would love to see in these
expansions for Pokemon Sword and Shield.
Of course all the Pokemon designs featured
in this video are not my own, so be sure to
check out the amazing artist's work which
will be linked in the description down below!
Videos like this would not be possible without
these talented designers, so be sure to give
them some love!
Without further ado, let's dive into my Top
5 New Pokemon for the Pokemon Sword and Shield
Expansion Pass.
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get started.
-5.
The
Isle of Armor Expansion will introduce a wide
variety of new landscapes to Pokemon Sword
and Shield including beaches, bogs, forests
caves, dunes and it’s based off the Isle
of Man which is an island existing in the
Irish Sea between England and Ireland.
So it seems only right to base our first new
Pokemon off of a species that lives on the
Island.
And thanks to DarkandWindie we have this little
furry critter to talk about.
Polecats were a species that were once native
to the Isle of Man, but were lost before being
reintroduced to the island in the 1600's.
With that interesting history behind polecats
I think it would be pretty cool to see a polecat
pokemon show up on the Isle of Armor.
I could see this Pokemon living out in dunes
or caves.
Obviously by the looks of it, this guy would
definitely be a pure fire type, but an interesting
idea could be that dependent on where it is
raised it could change what it evolves into
and what it's secondary typing could possibly
end up being.
When it comes to stats, I could see this Pokemon
being pretty common throughout the Isle of
Armor so I would see it having fairly mild
stats like 50 HP/65 ATK/45 DEF/50 SP ATK/35
SP DEF/55 SPD causing it to 
be a little more of a physical sweeper once
it evolves.
Some moves I could see this new Pokemon learning
would be Flare Blitz, FIre Fang, Superpower,
U-Turn, Rock Slide, or even Earthquake possibly.
I see this Pokemon being very similar to Darmanitan
or Typhlosion, but having possibly a unique
ability that could have it play differently
so it wouldn't just be a clone.
The name for our little fire polecat could
be Charret which is the name DarkandWindie
gave to it, but I'm curious what you guys
would name it, so let me know in the comment
down below!
-4.
Coming up in our #4 spot we move over to our
snowy tundra expansion called The Crown Tundra,
which is said to be based on Scotland.
So of course since this expansion is very
much focused on a winter environment and exploring
deep inside Pokemon dens underground we are
gonna focus on some ice type designs that
could possibly live underground in this environment
and this new Pokemon here fits that to a tee.
This icy gnome would fit perfectly into The
Crown Tundra expansion and it even resembles
kind of like a hedgehog a little bit I don’t
know if you can see it but… *exhales* it’s
somewhere.
And that is actually a native species to Scotland.
This amazing design comes from the team creating
the Pokemon fan game Pokemon Sage and this
concept is called Snogre.
It even has a pre-evo called Snome which is
really adorable in like a miny keemstar kind
of way but you know, to each is own don’t
judge me for what I find cute.
They did an absolutely amazing job designing
this Pokemon and I could definitely see it
being like a gatekeeper in a sense to the
underground portion of the Pokemon dens.
As for typing it is a pure Ice type in Pokemon
Sage, but I could possibly see this getting
the ground typing as well.
When it comes to stats it would make sense
for it to have relatively higher stats so
we are gonna just reference it's stats in
Pokemon Sage with 95 HP/130 ATK/55 DEF/80
SP ATK/90 SP DEF/60 SPD which seems fitting
for this Pokemon.
Moveset wise I can see Snorge rocking Icicle
Crash, Ice Shard, Earthquake, and Hammer Arm
or Stone Edge for coverage.
Snorge would be a new Pokemon to not think
lightly off and a possible great candidate
to be added to your team when traveling through
the The Crown Tundra expansion.
-3.
As we head back to the Isle of Armor expansion
for this next Pokemon we have to remember
that we are most likely gonna be traversing
through a large amount of water here.
Hopefully it won't be too much water otherwise
we all know who is gonna be giving this expansion
a bad review (reference to ORAS rating by
IGN)*ahem* But anyways there are a ton of
different species of fish that are native
to the UK region, but what really made this
new fish Pokemon design stick out to me was
it having two different forms.
This is Amprid which was made by my good friend
Smiley and it has a day and night form.
The reason why this design stuck out to me
was because it reminded me a bit of Morpeko
but you know with water.
And It would be awesome to see those two Pokemon
side by side being friends you know... wish
I had one of those.
For the typing of Amprid, I would love to
see the Day form be pure Water while the Night
form be Water/Dark type.
I can see Amprid being a stand alone Pokemon
with no evolution similar to Morpeko even
though Smiley did intend for this Pokemon
to evolve, but for stats I could see it having
70 HP/40 ATK/75 DEF/95 SP ATK/45 SP DEF/85
SPD with the day and night form having different
abilities that differentiate the two more.
A general moveset for the two could be Surf/Scald,
Calm Mind, Ice Beam, Rain Dance, or for the
night form it could exclusively learn Dark
Pulse to work with it's Dark typing.
Amprid would be a great fish pokemon to discover
in the Isle of Armor expansion and I would
just love to see more Pokemon with multiple
forms be added into the games in the future.
-2.
Heading back to The Crown Tundra expansion
we have Crolig and it's evolution Accoligon.
This is another Pokemon designed by Smiley.
Both these Pokemon are super unique looking
and would fit right in to the theme of the
expansion.
I could honestly see Crolig and Accoligon
all over the underground area of the Pokemon
dens.
Overall this design really stands out to me
and would be a very interesting Pokemon to
discover while traveling through The Crown
Tundra.
For it's typing, I think Smiley's choice for
typing is spot on with it being Ground/Ice
even though yes that means I have 2 Ice & Ground
type Pokemon on this list, but hey I don’t
care its my list ok leave me alone.
Plus who wouldn't mind a new Ice/Ground type
Pokemon like we haven’t had one since the
mamoswine line.
When it comes to stats I definitely see Crolig
and Accoligon being a lot more defensive and
not really the aggressive type, so Accoligon
could have 120 HP/60 ATK/110 DEF/85 SP ATK/95
SP DEF/40 SPD.
It would definitely be able to take some decent
damage, but still be able to deal out okay
special damage to its opponents.
Moveset wise Accoligon should have access
to moves like Earth Power, Ice Beam, Rest,
and Toxic.
I could see this Pokemon stalling the heck
out of other trainer's teams and who knows
what type of ability it could get to make
it even stronger.
-1.
Finally in at our #1 spot, this is in my opinion
the most creative Pokemon on this list and
it would blow my mind if something like this
was added into the Isle of Armor expansion.
One of the more interesting species that has
been imported onto the Isle of Man are wallabies.
So coming in at our #1 spot we have Wallaboo
and Kanghast, these Pokemon's designs are
so cool and unique and would be crazy to find
in the Isle of Armor expansion.
Devildman did an absolutely amazing job designing
these Pokemon.
Even though Kanghast may be more based on
a kangaroo it still sorta works considering
how closely kangaroos are to wallabies.
Plus, let's be honest Wallaboo is the most
adorable thing ever so go me the pass here
please.
When it comes to typing Wallaboo would be
pure Ghost and then when it evolves into Kanghast
it could become a Ghost/Fighting type.
Then for stats I would definitely want Kanghast
to be a mixed sweeper with 75 HP/115 ATK/85
DEF/115 SP ATK/80 SP DEF/110 SPD.
Kanghast's moveset would be very diverse being
a mixed sweeper so a physical moveset could
be Close Combat, Shadow Punch, Bulk Up, and
U-Turn and a special moveset could be Focus
Blast, Shadow Ball, Nasty Plot, and Vacuum
Wave.
Wallaboo and Kanghast would be amazing to
find in the Isle of Armor expansion and fits
perfectly into the theme with you starting
off training in a dojo so you know it all
comes together.
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