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Pokémon Sword and Shield will have a similar amount of Gyms compared to previous games
- Thread starter Atheerios
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From the new Game Informer article posted Today, at least from what i get it looks like there are 18 Gyms, you can find it in the section on how diffirent Pokemon Sword and Shiled are:
I hope this is a second gym quest akin to Kanto in G/S! As in not a full region, but a large area with it's own story!
Does this mean that both games will have access to all gyms, just at different points in the story?
Here's what it seems to be: each gym shown so far is a major league, with it happening in a tournament and being fully featured. What happens in the other version that doesn't have this exclusive gym is that they have a minor league gym of the same type. So each region has 18 gyms with one of each type, but a different repartition of major/minor.
So basically:
-8 Major League Gyms
-10 Minor League Gyms
-The games will likely have 2 entirely different major leagues.
The major league being the main quest feels kinda stupid, they should have had the minor league for the story, and post Champipns League you then gain a chance to battle the Major League, the E4 and finally the Champion. Unless this actually is the case and they haven't told us yet.
-8 Major League Gyms
-10 Minor League Gyms
-The games will likely have 2 entirely different major leagues.
The major league being the main quest feels kinda stupid, they should have had the minor league for the story, and post Champipns League you then gain a chance to battle the Major League, the E4 and finally the Champion. Unless this actually is the case and they haven't told us yet.
Seems like depending on the version it will change which are in the major league and which is in the minor league
Can't wait for the minor league gym to literally just be Dave from down the pub because you live in a no where town that has a football team.
That's cool, still underwhelmed with all the info lol
But what about the Elite 4 though? Is there any?
But what about the Elite 4 though? Is there any?
Let's hope they aren't half assed like the Master Trainers in LGPE and are more than just random people standing around
I don't even know if we have an E4. If I recall they mentioned the league was a tournament this time
Turns out he has too much time on his hands and all his Pokemon have perfect EVs/IVs.
I have never played both Pokemon of a generation. Is there a reason to get both? Or are they essentially the same game with minor changes? If my buddy get sword, and I get shield, can I play with them??
Yeah I was thinking that Dark would finally get to be a gym if all the types are repped.
I don't know about them having entirely different major leagues--the Grass and Water gyms that we've seen appear to be pretty closely tied to their respective towns, for example (and I'd be willing to bet that there'll be a Fire gym to go along with them), and while Bea/Allister were advertised as Sword/Shield exclusives, Milo and Nessa weren't. I definitely think there'll be a 3-4 gym difference between the games, though.
Yeah you can play with them. The reason why we have two versions was born out of the desire to have players socialize between versions. You're not meant to buy both.
I'm concerned these 18 gyms only exist in the "Story" but are not necessarily playable by the character.
As far as I know, Elite Four is gone and now the Pokémon League is an actual tournament.
Essentially the same with minor changes, and always compatible. The exact sceop of differences changes on the version pair but there's almost never a reason for one person to play both.
18?! DUDE!
that's amazing.
loving this info dump, that thread about sw/sh being secretive sure didn't age well, lol.
that's amazing.
loving this info dump, that thread about sw/sh being secretive sure didn't age well, lol.
There's honestly no point at all. In the past, when there wasn't any online trading you needed the other version to have all the Pokémon but it's a trivial task now. Just get which one you find cooler.
