Pokémon Sword and Shield Exclusive Coverage

We traveled to Game Freak’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan to get the behind-the-scenes story of these games.

We learn more about the new battles from Game Freak.

If you don't want to stop the action to save, you no longer need to.

Game Freak producer Junichi Masuda explains why cutting Pokémon from the National Pokédex was necessary for Sword and Shield.

Game Freak explains why this change from Sun and Moon carried into Sword and Shield.

You no longer have an item to divvy the experience throughout your party of Pokémon.

The Pokémon studio teased new mechanics that will help you use your favorite Pokémon in high-level matches.

Watch Game Freak's Ohmori and Masuda answer as many questions as possible about the Nintendo Switch RPG.

Watch or listen to us share impressions from our visit to Game Freak, talk about our travels with Yu Suzuki, and then interview three developers about their experience with Apple Arcade.

According to The Pokémon Company International, the true meaning of the original quote may have been lost in translation between Japanese and English.

Get a look at concept art from the early days of Pokémon Sword and Shield's development.

Watch Pokémon's director, producer, and art director break down the grass starter for the new game.

The lead developers for the upcoming RPG on the Nintendo Switch talk about the new fire starter.

Watch Pokémon's lead developers talk about where the new, sad sack starter Sobble came from.

Go behind the scenes with art director James Taylor as he discusses what inspired Pokémon's newest world.

Watch Pokémon's art director draw his favorite Pokémon while talking about his unexpected journey to work at Game Freak.

Watch us tour Tokyo, a new town in Pokémon Sword and Shield, and show the full creation of a league card.

We play through roughly the first hour and a half of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

We also dig into the Pokémon timeline and when the games become two distinct titles.

We press Game Freak's Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for answers to the questions other people won't ask.