494 Reflecting on Making Sword & Shield

494 Reflecting on Making Sword & Shield

First episode of 2022! We talk about how Game Freak reflects on making Pokémon Sword and Shield. India gets 500K new PokéStops. Pokémon Masters EX celebrates their New Year event. Secret Labs is making two new $400 Pokémon gaming chairs.

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Legendary Version Exclusives for Pokémon Sword and Shield

Legendary Version Exclusives for Pokémon Sword and Shield

The Crown Tundra DLC for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield has a couple of version exclusives, including Legendary Pokémon. Don’t worry! Due to the online play of Sword and Shield, a random player or a friend can help you get the Legendary Pokémon not native to your game. On top of that, you can remember up to three encounters, meaning you can save a Pokémon (even not found in your game normally) and hunt it anytime you want or host it yourself!


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The Odds of Mark Hunting in Pokémon Sword & Shield

The Odds of Mark Hunting in Pokémon Sword & Shield

Pokémon Sword and Shield introduced another thing to collect in the Pokémon World. Marks are like Ribbons, they appear on the Ribbon tab for a Pokémon, but cannot be earned like a Ribbon can. Instead, Marks appear on any Pokémon caught in the wild. These Marks do not appear on Egg Pokémon or Raid Pokémon.

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Chance of Getting an Apricorn Ball in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Chance of Getting an Apricorn Ball in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Everyone loves the Apricorn Balls that were introduced in Johto back in Pokémon Gold & Silver. These unique balls returned to Pokémon Sword/Shield through both Ball Guy and the Champion’s Cup rewards. There is now another way in Sword/Shield to get these Apricorn Balls and that is via the Cram-o-matic. There seems to be a 1% chance of getting the special Poké Balls by putting your Apricorns into it.

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How to Get Hidden Ability Scorbunny, Sobble, Grookey in Pokémon Sword/Shield

How to Get Hidden Ability Scorbunny, Sobble, Grookey in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Starting Tuesday, June 2, 2020, if you transfer one or more Pokémon between Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield and the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME, you'll be able to receive a Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble with Hidden Abilities as Mystery Gifts in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME.

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378 The $10,000 Shiny Charizard Card

378 The $10,000 Shiny Charizard Card

Lots of Pokémon GO stuff happening again! Mobile Mario Kart got more downloads on day 1 of release than Pokémon GO, so does this mean anything? Shiny Charizard is still worth something to someone. A 24-hour looped video will be shown off soon to show some new stuff in Sword/Shield!

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354 Detective Pikachu Talking Toys

354 Detective Pikachu Talking Toys

Wicked Cool Toys released their Detective Pikachu toy line at retailers this past week, SBJ goes over what you should and should not buy. Pokémon GO burnout seems real for some trainers in the community. We talk about the past Community Day and the upcoming egg event this week. Sword & Shield gets a brand new Steel-type move that a fan from Japan will get to name, we compare it to a past move that had a similar contest. Finally, what things bothered us in Pokémon games, like poison outside of battle, that we are happy that Game Freak addressed in future games.

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