Pokemon Sword And Shield Are Heading To The Nintendo Switch In 2019

Jenni Lada

Published: Feb 27, 2019 06:12 am

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During the 2019 Pokemon Direct, Tsunekazu Ishihara, President and CEO of The Pokemon Company, revealed Pokemon Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch. It will be released simultaneously worldwide. Junichi Masuda will be the producer on Pokeon Sword and Shield, while Shigeru Ohmori will be the director.

The Pokemon Sword and Shield starters were revealed. People can choose the fire rabbit Scorbunny, grass chimp Grookey, or water lizard Sobble. After you choose one, you get to go on a quest around the new Galar region.

Pokemon Sword and Shield will be released in late 2019 for the Nintendo Switch.

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Jenni Lada

Jenni is Editor-in-Chief at Siliconera and has been playing games since getting access to her parents' Intellivision as a toddler. She continues to play on every possible platform and loves all of the systems she owns. (These include a PS4, Switch, Xbox One, WonderSwan Color and even a Vectrex!) You may have also seen her work at GamerTell, Cheat Code Central, Michibiku and PlayStation LifeStyle.