- Greetings Pokefans!
Michael here and oh my God!
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
When the first announced
this Pokemon Direct,
I was like "okay, cool,
"information about Pokemon Home.
"That's fine, we'll get to
see the new features of it
"and probably get a
release date, chill."
But then the Direct
started by announcing
a brand new Mystery Dungeon game
that's a remake
of the originals,
and I honestly couldn't
care less about this.
I've never liked the games,
and I will not play this one.
But then they revealed something
that vasty exceeded
my expectations.
Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC.
This video will be one of my
typical trailer analysis videos
which I was not expecting to
get to do this time of year,
so that's cool.
But before I dive
into the specifics,
I do wanna say up front,
this is better than
enhanced versions.
The DLC looks like
it's gonna have
a hell of a lot more new content
than Ultra Sun and
Ultra Moon did,
and it's only 30
bucks to tack it on
to your existing save file,
rather than buying
a whole new game
and playing through basically
the same story again.
This is vastly superior,
and if you think otherwise,
you are out of your damn mind.
But anyways, don't forget
to subscribe to my channel
so I can hit one
million subs soon,
and let's dive in to
my trailer analysis
for the Pokemon Sword and
Shield expansion pass.
The DLC will have two parts,
the Isle of Armor which will
release in June of this year,
and the Crown Tundra,
or as I like to sometimes
call it, Toondra,
which will release in
the fall of this year.
We don't have any
more specific info
about the release dates,
but we do know that it's
$30 for both DLC packs
for one game version.
So it's $30 for Isle of Armor
and Crown Tundra for Sword,
and $30 for Isle of Armor
and Crown Tundra for Shield.
First I will go over the
Isle of Armor portion,
and apparently the
theme of it is growth,
which is cool, because
the theme of it is me,
because I am Michael Groth.
Yes, they are
spelled differently,
but that doesn't matter.
It adds a brand-new
area to the game
called, of course,
the Isle of Armor.
It's an island off the
coast of the Galar region
which has a large variety
of natural features,
like caves, beaches,
bogs, forests, and more.
This area will be open
world like the wild area is,
and there will be
raid dens all over it.
The island houses a dojo
run by a man named Mustard,
who I sincerely hope has
a brother named Ketchup.
Not Ketchum, Ketchup,
because that's the pun.
He apparently is a
former champion of Galar
back before Dynamaxing
was incorporated,
and he supposedly has
the all-time record
of holding that spot for
a consecutive 18 years.
He even trained Leon
and was actually the first
to recognize his talent.
Mustard is not the only
new character though.
You will also get
a brand new rival
that will depend on which
version you're playing.
In Sword, the rival is Klara,
a poison-type specialist
who is constantly trying
to appear cute, because
she values popularity.
In Shield, your
rival will be Avery,
a psychic-type specialist
who is very gentlemanly
and well mannered.
Both of these rivals
are training in the dojo
alongside you, so that
they can one day have gyms
and stadiums of their own
for their particular types.
Apparently there
will also be other
new interesting characters,
but they haven't been
revealed as of yet.
The Isle of Armor will
feature a lot of older Pokemon
that previously were not
available in Sword and Shield,
like Talonflame, Dedenne,
Volcarona, and many more.
Apparently around 100.
While these Pokemon will only
be directly obtainable in game
by trainers who have
purchased the expansion pass,
they will be able to be obtained
via other methods by everyone.
As each segment of the
expansion pass comes out,
a free update will
go out to all games
allowing any player to
obtain these Pokemon
via Pokemon Home transferring,
or by trading from someone
who does have the
expansion pass.
So if you think these Pokemon
are locked behind a paywall,
they're technically not.
Anyone can get them,
it's just easier for trainers
who have the expansion
pass to get them.
Both the Isle of Armor
and the Crown Tundra
will add new Pokedexes
to your game,
the Isle of Armor Pokedex,
and the Crown Tundra Pokedex.
That way, as you're playing
through these new areas,
and you catch these Pokemon
that you couldn't catch before,
you're getting new 'dex entries
and getting to fill it
out, which is really fun.
Also, these Pokedexes are
still distinctly different
from the Galar Pokedex,
so these aren't going to impact
the VGC 2020 format at all,
if you care about that.
But it's not just old
Pokemon coming back.
First off, there are
new regional variants.
The Isle of Armor is
apparently flooded
with Galarian Slowpoke.
It's a pure psychic type Pokemon
rather than water/psychic,
it's three foot 11, 79.4 pounds,
and has either
Gluttony or Own Tempo
as its two regular abilities.
Apparently Galarian
Slowpoke changed
due to consuming a large
amount of Galarica seeds,
which are used as an
essential spice for cooking.
Apparently particles
of the spice
built up in their bodies,
causing the changes
that we see today.
These spice particles
apparently sometimes
will stimulate Slowpoke's brain
into thinking
something tremendous,
but then it
immediately forgets it.
They also confirmed
the existence
of Galarian Slowbro
and Slowking,
but we only got to see
pieces of their designs.
They did confirm though
that Galarian Slowpoke
can evolve into Galarian
Slowbro via the use of an item
found in the Isle of Armor,
and then into Galarian
Slowking via the use of an item
in the Crown Tundra.
In the meantime though,
you can actually get a Galarian
Slowpoke in your game today.
They've released a free patch,
and if you go to
Wedgehurst train station,
you'll get to have a brief
interaction with either Klara
or Avery depending on your game,
and then get to battle and catch
a level 12 Galarian Slowpoke.
You won't be able to evolve it
until the expansion
pass comes out,
but you can have
in the meantime.
Also, while this Galarian
Slowpoke is shiny locked,
you can breed it in the
daycare to get more,
and those can be shiny!
It turns a lovely bright yellow,
so if you are interested in
shiny hunting this Pokemon,
so you can evolve it later
when the DLC comes out,
go for it, you can!
Galarian Slowpoke
and Galarian Slowbro
are the only new
regional variants shown
to be in the Isle of Armor.
There are others that are shown
to be in the Crown Tundra,
but I'll discuss those
later in the video.
However, I still think
we're going to get
more new regional variants
in the Isle of Armor,
and the reason I think that
is because of Klara's bow.
Doesn't it look familiar to you?
I had to think about
it for a while,
but then I realized
that it looks just like
the wings of a Dustox,
but with different colors.
It's a Pokemon not currently
available in Sword and Shield
and therefore a
candidate for getting
an expansion pass Galarian form.
And I think that's
very possible.
Now to be fair,
she could just use
a regular Dustox because
it is a poison type,
if she uses a Dustox at all,
and the color
change could just be
to fit with her outfit better.
But I think that's a pretty
distinct outfit feature,
so I don't want to rule
out the possibility
of a Galarian Dustox just yet.
But I'm still not done with
all of the new things coming
in the Isle of Armor
segment of the DLC.
We're also getting several
new Gigantamax forms
and some totally
new Pokemon species.
First, I'll talk about
the two brand new species
of legendary Pokemon
featured in the story
of the Isle of Armor.
First is Kubfu,
an adorable little angry
fighting teddy bear.
It's a pure fighting
type, is two feet tall,
weighs 26.5 pounds, has
Inner Focus as its ability,
and is the Wushu Pokemon.
If you didn't know,
wushu is the term
for Chinese martial arts.
It's a Pokemon extremely
dedicated to training,
and it even has an organ
that produces fighting
energy in its abdomen,
which it can activate
with breathing techniques
before a battle.
They currently live
in mountainous areas
far away from Galar,
but it once was a species
that was native to Galar.
Apparently historical
texts say this Pokemon
used to explore uncharted lands
alongside explorers of old,
which suggests that Kubfu
currently living in
the far away mountains
may have descended
from the Kubfu
that lived in the Galar region.
I really like Kubfu.
I think it's really cute,
and just a lot of fun.
But it's not the only new
Pokemon in this DLC pass.
There's also its
evolution, Urshifu.
Urshifu has two different forms,
and which form your
Kubfu evolves into
will depend on choices
made during your adventure.
So they're not
version exclusives.
The first form is Urshifu
Single-Strike Style.
It's a Fighting/Dark
type, six foot three,
231.5 pounds, and has a new
ability called Unseen Fist.
But we don't currently
know its effects.
This form favors battling
without holding anything back
and when enraged, it will
mercilessly crush its opponents.
His movements are more direct
and involve rushing
forward in a straight line
after it had kept its
distance at first.
The other Urshifu form
is Rapid-Strike Style.
Its category, height,
weight and ability
are all the same as
Single-Strike Style,
except it's a
Fighting/Water type instead.
This form maintains
a calmer demeanor,
observing and dodging
their opponent
in order to measure
their strength.
It uses flowing
movements in battle
to smoothly parry the
opponent's attacks
and then overwhelm them with
a flurry of quick strikes.
Each Urshifu form
has a new move,
but they also each
have a Gigantamax form,
both of which look kind
of horrifyingly cool,
although I think
Single-Strike Style
looks a bit too much
like shiny Incineroar.
We don't know their
exclusive G-Max moves,
but we know that Single-Strike
Gigantamax Urshifu
is just really
overwhelmingly angry,
while Rapid-Strike
Gigantamax Urshifu
is, still has its calm demeanor,
but people encountering it
either feel really
agitated or relieved.
Which is weird.
Speaking of Gigantamax
forms, the Isle of Armor
will feature several
new Gigantamax forms
other than the ones
I just discussed.
First, both Venusaur
and Blastoise
are getting Gigantamax
forms, which is great.
I am very glad, and I'm
sure many of you are as well
that Charizard is not
the only Kanto starter
to get a Gigantamax form.
We don't know anything
about Gigantamax Blastoise
and Venusaur right now
other than their appearances,
but I must say that
Gigantamax Blastoise
looks freakin'
awesome, while I think
Gigantamax Venusaur
looks a little silly.
But there is still more!
All three of the Galar starters
are getting Gigantamax forms!
We don't know anything
about the effects
of their exclusive
G-Max moves yet,
but we do know a lot of
fun facts about them.
First is Gigantamax Rillaboom,
whose body has
fused with its drum
and grown into a kind
of forest of its own.
It can manipulate
all of the pieces
like its own body though,
and it focuses completely
on playing the drums
using its new
Doctor-Octopus-like
leaf appendages.
Apparently the drumming beats
can be heard across the sea
and will cause people
to dance uncontrollably.
Next is Gigantamax Cinderace,
whose ears hang low
and wobble to and fro.
It sits atop an
enormous pyro ball
which actually has a face
that is supposed to be eyes
and a little bunny nose
like Cinderace's face,
but it looks like eyes
and a little smiley face,
which makes it look like an
adorable big ball of fire,
and I love it.
This giant pyro ball
can be possessed
by the Cinderace's
fighting spirit,
allowing the ball to pursue
opponents on its own.
Gigantamax Cinderace also
boasts incredible leg strength,
said to be the strongest
of all Pokemon.
So even without the pyro ball,
it can wreck people.
Then finally is
Gigantamax Inteleon,
who is the physical embodiment
of Pokemon Gun Version.
It has an extremely long tail
that's over 130 feet long,
which is uses to hold
itself up like a pillar.
From that vantage point,
it can then become
an incredibly effective sniper.
The membranes on its eyes
now can also allow it
to measure distance,
temperature,
air pressure and even humidity.
Its already existing skill,
plus all of these new factors
allow it to be
such a good sniper
that it can easily
hit a rolling berry
from over nine miles away.
For all of the currently
existing Gigantamax Pokemon,
you have to obtain it already
capable of Gigantamaxing.
You can't pass it
down via breeding,
and if you have one
that can't Gigantamax,
you can't make it
Gigantamax ever.
However, because of the nature
of the Galar starters
specifically,
I think it's possible
that this will make it
so you can have your
original starter
be made capable of Gigantamax,
because they're
really focused on
having your attachment to
your starter be a big thing.
I think, that's a prediction.
I think it's possible, but
we can't know for sure.
The Isle of Armor also features
a ton of new character and
even bike customization options
which is of course a lot of fun,
but there's a few other new
things that are fun as well.
You'll apparently find new
items in the Isle of Armor
that will help you
along your journey,
such as an Experience
Charm, which is a new item
that supposedly
boosts the experience
that your Pokemon gain.
Also, it seems they're
gonna make it possible
to make the Johto
Balls with Apricorns
for the first time in a while.
Also, apparently, there
are new tutoring moves
that have never been available
in a Pokemon game before.
This wording is
somewhat confusing,
but I think it's
saying that these moves
are ones that are
completely brand new,
never been seen before anywhere,
which I would be
very impressed by.
Additionally, there
will be a new way
to do some in-game battles
called Restricted Sparring.
This battle format will limit
what types of
Pokemon you can use
and forces you to battle
under set conditions.
I think this has the
potential to be really fun,
because it says that
you should give a chance
to some Pokemon that you
would normally overlook.
It sounds like it's
gonna be a new type
of Battle Frontier
type facility,
which is obviously great.
Okay, I think that
finally covers
all of the information
about the Isle of Armor,
which means we're
only like half done,
because there's also
the second DLC pack,
The Crown Tundra.
This is another open-world area
that is an icy
mountainous climate,
and it of course has Raid Dens
just like the Isle of Armor.
The theme of this
area is exploration,
so your characters get cool
winter explorer outfits
to go along with it.
Apparently you are teaming
up with this character,
and while we don't have any
more information about this guy,
I am 100% certain that
this is Raihan's dad.
Like with the Isle of Armor,
there will be another
batch of old Pokemon
now obtainable in this new area,
and when this expansion
portion comes out,
there will be another update
allowing people who don't
have the expansion pass
to get these Pokemon.
The Crown Tundra seems to have
a pretty heavy
emphasis on the Regis.
Each seems to have
their own temple,
but it's not just
the original three.
Of course, Regigigas will
probably show up at some point,
but there are also
two brand new Regis.
One of them is clearly
an Electric type,
I'm guessing called Regilectric,
and the other seems
to be a Dragon type,
probably called
Regidrake or Regidraco
or something like that.
These two seem to share a temple
that is split half and half.
I do wanna say, while I
really like these new Regis,
I also think they're
kind of hilarious,
because the old ones
are like ah yes,
materials from the
stone, ice and iron age,
and now we've got
this electric guy,
and this ball holding the
pieces of a dragon head.
I mean, like I
said, I like them,
but they don't make
a whole lot of sense,
at least as of now.
But then, they showed
off the regional variants
for the Kanto Legendary Birds,
and I about lost my damn mind!
They all look fantastic,
and far superior to
their original forms.
Articuno is now a
lavender masked bird
that shoots off ice shards
from its glowing wings,
and apparently can also blast
laser beams from its eyes?
Are you kidding
me, that's amazing!
Zapdos was turned into some
kind of flightless roadrunner,
which looks way better
than original Zapdos.
It looks blindingly
fast and really fearsome
by fighting with its legs,
and I love it.
And then Moltres went
from looking like
a kinda goofy rubber
chicken on fire
to some epic dark
phoenix-looking bird.
And I don't mean
the X-Men character,
I mean it literally looks like
a phoenix that is like dark,
or somewhat evil,
and it's awesome.
Now let's talk
about their typing.
First off, it's clear to me
that they're all keeping their
original elemental typing.
Moltres is still
very clearly on fire,
Articuno is still using ice,
and Zapdos was shown
sparking a bit.
However, their secondary typing
is harder to nail down.
Moltres and Articuno can
still very clearly fly,
but Zapdos doesn't
seem to be able to.
You can see it on the ground
in the art of the Crown Tundra,
and like I said,
it's a roadrunner,
which is a flightless bird.
What I think is possible
and would be really cool,
is that their secondary
typing formed a type triangle.
So Moltres is Fire/Dark,
Articuno is Ice/Psychic,
and Zapdos is Electric/Fighting,
then Moltres and Articuno
would have Levitate
as their abilities,
to explain the flying part,
and then Zapdos could
have whatever it wants,
other than Levitate,
because that
wouldn't make sense.
Although it's also
possible that they
keep their original typings,
but maybe get some
cool abilities
that make them stab
for a third type each.
You know, like Dhelmise with
Steelworker, I don't know.
It's hard to figure this out,
because Zapdos not
being able to fly
makes it completely
different from the other two,
so it's really
hard to nail down.
But no matter what
their typings are,
what I can say is that
they all look amazing.
So much so, that this is already
my new favorite Legendary Trio,
and I cannot wait to
get my hands on 'em.
They also showed a sneak
peak for Galarian Slowking,
but I mentioned that
earlier in the video,
so I don't really need
to spend time on it.
What they did show was
the new legendary Pokemon
that's the main focus of the
Crown Tundra story, Calyrex.
Which is a name that
sounds a lot cooler
than this Pokemon looks.
It's classified as
the King Pokemon,
is a Psychic/Grass type,
is three foot seven,
weights 17 pounds,
and has the ability Unnerve.
Supposedly in ancient times,
it ruled over all of Galar,
but now resides just
in the Crown Tundra.
Its every move is
graceful and dignified,
and it's also
extremely intelligent,
said to see every past,
present, and future event.
I personally think
Calyrex looks kinda goofy,
but what I can appreciate
is its contrast with Urshifu.
You've got one that's brains,
and one that's brawn.
The Crown Tundra will also
feature a new co-op mode
that is like Max
Raids, but not exactly.
Apparently this will
allow you to enter
and explore Raid Dens,
rather than just getting
a glimpse of them
like in the normal games.
In these special dens,
you can find Dynamax legendary
Pokemon from past games,
which you can then team up with
friends to defeat and catch.
I personally am not
super excited about this,
because while I think
it'll be really cool
to explore the
inside of Raid Dens,
I'm worried these legends
are just gonna be everywhere,
and kinda ruin the
competitive scene
in formats after VGC 2020.
I'm holding out hope
they'll stay banned,
and they can just
be 'dex fillers,
but I'm a little
worried about it.
The Crown Tundra also includes
a heck of a lot of character
customization options as well,
but the Direct also mentions
that once you've completed
your entire game,
there will be new battle
challenges awaiting you.
It doesn't say any
more than that,
and just shows off new
uniforms with a new logo
that looks like two little
people on the emblem
instead of the normal one.
I think we'll get more
information about this later,
but for now, I am very intrigued
as to what these new
battle challenges will be.
Maybe a fleshed out
battle frontier?
I don't know!
All right, I think that wraps up
all of the information
for the brand new
Sword and Shield DLC.
I am extremely frickin'
excited for this,
and it's gonna keep
the game alive longer,
which I think is awesome.
I cannot wait for
these to come out.
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