Bug Catcher’s Guide to Galar: Practical Pokémon Hunting!

With Pokémon Sword & Shield’s release two days away, you might be itching to start catching ’em all! Now that the PC is accessible anywhere, you can swap Pokémon in and out on the fly! This flexibility makes using it easier to use of Pokémon abilities to capture and collect! This post may contain names … Read more

Pokémon Sword & Shield Review Round-up

The release of Pokémon Sword and Shield are close—very, very close—and the reviews for the games are now being posted. Here are some highlights: IGN: 9.3/10, Editor’s Choice “…the best Pokemon games I have ever played…” Kotaku: Positive “For the first time in my adult life, I was seriously thinking about strategy in a Pokémon game, and … Read more

Something Old, Something Mew!

7 days until Pokémon Sword & Shield release! Let’s face it. Mew has remained nearly unattainable across all generations. And if you haven’t kept up with the main series games, you still may not have one! For all trainers, Sword & Shield is your next chance to obtain Mew! The New Species Pokémon Mew is the … Read more

Pokémon Sword & Shield: What the leakers didn’t reveal

You may think that Pokémon Sword and Shield have been laid bare after having been leaked a full two weeks before their release. While we do know what Galar’s new Pokémon look like and some of what the story entails, we don’t know everything. In fact, there’s actually quite a bit that remains to be … Read more

They’re Alive! Gold & Silver Beta Mon Are Rising From the Dead!

17 days until Pokémon Sword & Shield release! The Path to Sword & Shield covers new content daily as the November 15th launch approaches. This Halloween Week, we explore the darker elements of the Pokémon series. The scene is Nintendo’s Space World November 15th, 1997. 8-bit monsters light up on-screen now in color and their … Read more

Starting Pokémon of Galar

Which starting Pokémon will you choose in Sword & Shield Part 1

Today we’re looking at the starting Pokémon of Sword & Shield, a trio of creatures we’ve become quite familiar with. What we don’t know is how their evolutions will look. That’s why today we’re asking you to choose what starter you think you’ll be using without knowing what they’ll evolve into. We’re gonna follow this … Read more