Will Pokémon Sword and Shield have gym battles?

according to Illustration: RJ Palmer (DeviantArt)This week was a big one for Pokémon fans. Not only did a brand new Detective Pikachu trailer give us a Bonnie-Tyler-powered look at the movie's wild take on the Pokéverse, Nintendo officially revealed the next main games in the beloved franchise, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. AdvertisementImage: NintendoBut what if Sobble wasn't showing up in Sword and Shield, but as part of Detective Pikachu this Summer? AdvertisementThe answer is, like a lot of Detective Pikachu's Pokémon, a heady mix of "kind of petrifying" and "absolutely adorable." Maybe we'll have to wait for Detective Pikachu: Detective Pika-two to see Sobble and its new friends done up like this, but for now this is about as close as we're going to get to seeing what it could look like. You can see more of Palmer's art, including more realistic Pokémon, over on his website.

Pokémon Sword And Shield's Starters Kinda Look Like Powerpuff Girls

Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble are the starters for the newly revealed Pokémon Sword And Shield. Namely, that people think they look like The Powerpuff Girls. As Twitter user Sazanami Salami points out, Scorbunny looks like Blossom, Sobble look Bubbles and Grookey looks like Buttercup. Sazanami Salami drew these Powerpuff images for comparison's sake.

Will Pokémon Sword and Shield have gym battles?

according to Best Answer: Yes, Pokémon Sword and Shield will be bringing back gyms and gym leaders, which were absent from Generation 7 with Pokémon Sun and Moon (and the sequels) since they introduced Trials and Trial Captains. With Pokémon Sword and Shield, we're going back to the good old Pokémon gyms that we know and love. How these gym battles play out though, we don't quite know for sure yet. From what we saw in the announcement, Pokémon gym battles in this game take place in large stadiums that are full of cheering people. There was also a Lucario fighting a Tyranitar in a gym setting during the trailer, suggesting that Tyranitar could be one of the gym leader's Pokémon.

Pokémon Go spurred an amazing era that continues with Sword and Shield

But that's not what happened to Pokémon: instead, Pokémon Go inspired a creative boom for the franchise, leading to some of the best, most approachable Pokémon games to date. And with yesterday's reveal of Pokémon Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch, that trend looks to continue. But with the inspiration of Pokémon Go, Pokémon games became more welcoming, simplifying the formula without ruining what makes it work so well in the first place. Importantly, they're also the first mainline Pokémon games to debut on a home console. That means this will likely be the biggest and most beautiful entry in the series to date — and with that, we could see yet another Pokémon boom.

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