{"id":85372,"date":"2019-02-27T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_revealed_for_nintendo_switch_new_starters_shown"},"modified":"2019-02-27T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:15:00","slug":"pokemon-sword-and-shield-revealed-for-nintendo-switch-new-starters-shown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/27\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-revealed-for-nintendo-switch-new-starters-shown\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Revealed For Nintendo Switch, New Starters Shown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/352221275ce03\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/352221275ce03\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oOPVBm0sA7Q?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Revealed as part of today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/watch_pokemon_direct_february_2019_live\">Pok\u00e9mon Direct<\/a>, the highly anticipated Generation 8 games of the Pok\u00e9mon series will be called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/strong>.<\/a> You&#8217;ll be able to get your hands on them in &#8220;late 2019&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The games will take place in a brand new region called the Galar region, which is set to feature vast plains and craggy snow-covered mountains. Game Freak director Junichi Masuda said that the games will feature &#8220;never before seen Pok\u00e9mon&#8221; and &#8220;new adventures you&#8217;ve yet to experience&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Also shown in the new trailer were the three new starter Pok\u00e9mon, Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Starters\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ecbbb27b6843a\/starters.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ecbbb27b6843a\/starters.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Starters\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>That&#8217;s not all, though, as the video ends with a cheeky tease stating that there&#8217;s &#8220;plenty&#8221; more in the works for the Pok\u00e9mon brand in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do you think? Feel free to share your thoughts with us in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oOPVBm0sA7Q?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Revealed as part of today&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Direct, the highly anticipated Generation 8 games of the Pok\u00e9mon series will be called Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield. You&#8217;ll be able to get your hands on them in &#8220;late 2019&#8221;. The games will take place in a brand new region called the Galar region, which is set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}