{"id":208092,"date":"2020-01-09T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/?guid=86444b28aa86d706e33246b823045270"},"modified":"2020-01-09T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:50:00","slug":"expansion-pass-for-pokmon-sword-shield-to-add-all-new-areas-pokmon-and-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/09\/expansion-pass-for-pokmon-sword-shield-to-add-all-new-areas-pokmon-and-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion Pass For Pokémon Sword & Shield To Add All-New Areas, Pokémon, And Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pok\u00e9mon Sword & Shield have already proven to be massive successes for Nintendo, Game Freak, and The Pok\u00e9mon Company, giving the franchise its highest-grossing launch of all-time and the Switch its fastest-selling titles yet. With more than six million copies sold worldwide, many trainers have been journeying through the Galar region looking for more to do. During today’s Pok\u00e9mon Direct presentation, The Pok\u00e9mon Company and Nintendo announced new DLC for Sword & Shield in the form of two expansions that make up an Expansion Pass.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0two expansions are called The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra. Both expansions bring a new area to explore, new Pok\u00e9mon to catch, new clothes to equip to your trainer, and new features. In addition to more than a hundred new clothing items added across the expansions, new items like the leveling item Exp. Charm and new tutor moves will add new wrinkles never before seen in mainline Pok\u00e9mon games. A new battle type called Restricted Sparring also appears in The Isle of Armor, where trainers can only use certain Pok\u00e9mon types or must battle under specific conditions.<\/p>\n

Each expansion also has its own Pok\u00e9dex to complete, and in turn, expands the\u00a0Galar Pok\u00e9dex with more all-new Pok\u00e9mon, as well as more returning monsters. Additionally, while in the expansion areas, players can complete Max Raid Battles against Pok\u00e9mon not in Galar’s Wild Area. Players can invite up to three friends to battle alongside them; you can even invite friends who don’t own the Expansion Pass to hop into these battles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Isle of Armor\u00a0is described as a giant island with environments unlike what is seen in Galar including beaches, forests, bogs, caves, and sand dunes. As expected, the Isle is home to a ton of Pok\u00e9mon, several of which were not present in Sword & Shield’s base game. While on the Isle of Armor, players find a dojo that specializes in a particular style of training. Trainers become become the apprentice of Mustard, a legendary trainer who held championship for 18 consecutive years \u2013 even reaching back to before Dynamaxing was a part of Pok\u00e9mon League battles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Later in the year, players can travel to the Crown Tundra, a beautiful, mountainous landscape covered in snow. During this adventure, the trainer is appointed the leader of an exploration team to investigate the far corners of this frozen area. In The Crown Tundra expansion, players can even explore the depths of Pok\u00e9mon Dens, which we’ve only seen the outside of in the Wild Area during Max Raid Battles to this point. These Dens not only deliver new gameplay features, but also allow players to encounter Legendary Pok\u00e9mon from past\u00a0generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A major sticking point for some Pok\u00e9mon fans going into Sword & Shield is how the games did not include a chunk of past creatures in the title. Through the new Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra locations, several past Pok\u00e9mon make their way into Sword & Shield. In addition, all players will receive a free update to coincide with the launches of these expansions to enable them to receive these returning Pok\u00e9mon through means such as trading or the Pok\u00e9mon Home cloud service, which is set to launch in February. Pok\u00e9mon Home will also enable players to bring these past Pok\u00e9mon into Pok\u00e9mon Sword & Shield as long as they appear in these expansions.<\/p>\n