Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Double Pack - Nintendo Switch

I have been a pokemon fan for a long time, some may say too long, I have played almost all core pokemon games (except Black and White and their sequels) and have enjoyed them all. I got the double pack for my brother and myself, there are things I dont really like but arent game breaking or let downs. All in all if you enjoy pokemon youll at least like this new pokemon game. As for the competitive side....well I dont do competitive so I cant speak on that.

Title says it all really. Except unlike the other games theres no sub plot. What little there is youre constantly shoved off of and told to go about the same old gym battle. Theres no sense of exploration. You return to the same central area all the time. Nothing changes anywhere else except there. Graphics arent the greatest and the animations are either non existent or very lackluster. Its blindingly obvious where the corners were cut. To sum it up. This feels like a DS game thats been ported and butchered to do so. No post game even since you can catch almost all evolved forms and you get level candy out the wazoo rendering leveling pointless. Do yourself a favor and buy it used or on sale it isnt worth its full retail price.

Product is great, but like others here, the promo code for the in-game item does not work.

My kids loved the games and it has really good graphics for a Pokémon game. Lots of play time and things to do. On the down side I never received the code for a leather case that was supposed to come. I got an email saying how to redeem it but it didnt do much good without the code.

These Pokemon games are still great & here are my reasons why.. The Pokedex is smaller ( Yes it is! However there is still a good selection of Pokemon to use! The Director even mentioned this so I wonder why this comes as a suprize to everyone??) Its nice to not see so many of the older and overused Pokemon- yes some of my favorites were cut as well but its not that bad. The games do support local LAN play between to Switch consoles for Trading or Battle (not raids). However raids can be completed solo (granted if your lvls meet the requirements) The wild area is a huge area with different weather changing the types of Pokemon that appear. If you link your game online (Nintendo Membership Required) you basically can see other players online and collect items from other players just by talking to them, do vs matches, raids, or trading. I seen a few re-views that say a lot of attacks have been deleted?? (That is not the case- only hidden power has been removed) older attacks have been split into TRs which is a one time use and TMs which are multiple uses. (Pokedex INFO! more reviews are saying pokemon such as Bulbasaur and Squirtle are not in the games..... YES THEY ARE! the games have been data mined and exist! Mew is Obtainable early on if you have the PokeBall controller and Never used the Mew that came with it! Mew just does not have a Pokedex entry. With that said the story is about as long as a normal Pokemons game story would be... however if you take your time doing Poke Jobs, Leveling, catching and exploring the wild area it does feel a lot better than just rushing the game.... BTW yes this game does restrict you as to what lvl Pokemon you can catch based on gym badges you have. This prevents you from just luck catching a super high lvl Pokemon and just clearing everything so fast. Color sensitive people there is no option to change menu colors, just change your tv to black and white if this is an issue. Graphics of the are definitely cleaner than the Pokemon Lets GO games, I feel like more time could have been used to animate attacks better but thats only my small complaint and opinion. The music is ok not the best nor the worst ( I always will like GEN 1 & GEN 2 the best) Pokemon GYM battles are the best in these games and how they should be with fans cheering in the background and also making comments when you win your battles, it made me feel more in-grossed in the games. The difficulty of the games I would rate just slightly a tad notch above easy and only because I didnt look up the new Pokes typing.. the land mass is a lot bigger and I enjoyed the exploring. Menus were real easy to use and didnt feel clunky or to complicated. (If you ordered the double pack from Amazon they will send you an email code for your IN-Game Clothing Items which is basically a Gold-Backpack or Trunk. You must be a little ways through the game and have Mystery Gift unlocked and use the option for online code. That being said this game is not bad in the least, there is some things can be improved on but do not let the negative reviews get to you.

What a great game!! One of my favorites, I loved Sun and Moon, then Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, these games not only play great the first time but you can replay them and see something totally new on the replay. What a fantastic way to entertain yourself, or to share in something one of your kids enjoy. Yes the games are a bit high at 60.00 but in my house they get replayed for a long time. Cant say enough about Sword and Shield, except we love them!!

Product as described, good games

Twice the price for half the crap. I hadnt played a pokemon game since White, and while that game had lost a bit of the whimsy that drew me to the series to begin with, these two just feel like Im taking a long walk through foodstand parking lot, but the only thing theyre serving is milk porridge, without a spoon. I liked the pokemonamee, but how does the camping mechanic feel like a step back from that, and the lack of incentive for your character to have a rival, but forced to hear how that is the main reason to do almost anything gym related is just tedious. I could go on for ages about the downs for the game and rate it a 1, but the only reason I gave it a 2 was because some of the new pokemon I genuinely like, and feel that they should have a chance, however dismal this game has it.

Christmas present for my granddaughter

A lot of people complained about missing Pokemon but I never cared about that. The game is beautiful to look at and the Wild Area is completely addicting! Im 36 hours into the game and I havent pried myself away from the Wild Area long enough to get all the badges. lol. I also like that my friend and I can text each other and join the same raids so we can try and catch the same Pokemon.