All Pokémon can not be imported into the sword and shield

Pokémon fans eager to see the previous seven generations of pocket monsters popping up in Pokemon Sword and Shield Producer Junichi Masuda announced yesterday that his news was disappointing. Only Pokémon in the new Galar region, Pokédex, can be imported into the next Switch games.

Pokemon Sword and Shield Nintendo Treehouse Live's live presentation took place yesterday at E3, with producer Junichi Masuda and game director Shigeru Ohmori exploring the game's extensive gameplay and its range of outdoor Pokemon battles. The presentation ended with a breathtaking four-player battle against a huge Steelix.

After the battle, Masuda announced the bad news. Although the recently announced replacement of the Pokémon Bank, Pokémon Home, was designed to collect all players' pocket monsters at the same location, all Pokémon Home pocket monster stores will not be able to be moved to another location. Pokemon Sword and Shield. Unlike previous entries in the long-running Monster RPG series, which allowed multi-generation Pokémon to be traded and imported, Pokemon Sword and Shield trace the line at Pokémon appearing in the Galar Pokedex area.

"In previous games that worked with the Pokémon Bank service, you could, for example in Sun and moon, bring all the Pokémon even if they were not to Alola Pokédex, "said Masuda via a translator during the presentation. "With the transition to Nintendo Switch hardware, it is much more powerful and allows us to be much more expressive with each Pokémon, and we now have over 800 species of Pokémon in the games."

According to Masuda, Game Freak developer spent a lot of time thinking about the best way forward, taking into account the balance of combat and development time, and proposed a new direction: limiting imports from Pokémon to those of Sword and shieldThe specific Pokédex.

It is worth mentioning that we have no idea of ​​the size of the Galar region that Pokedex currently occupies, nor of its inclusiveness. We have seen a handful of new Pokemon and a handful of old favorites up to now, but not enough to give an idea of ​​the scale. The director of the game, Shigeru Ohmori, then commented on Masuda's remarks, assuring him that completing the Pokédex in the Galar region would not be a small feat.

"In the Galar region, you will find a lot of Pokémon, including a group of Pokémon that no one has yet discovered, so the games are really packed with content," Ohmori said via a translator. You can see the full exchange in the video below (from 1:40:08).

Masuda basically says that rather than update each of the more than 800 existing Pokémon with new expressions and animations to integrate with the new games, Game Freak has decided to limit the scope to reduce the development time.

This makes sense, but that does not mean that fans have to be satisfied with it. They are not. The Pokémon Reddit is filled with discussions and comments from upset players. Some ask that games be delayed until all pocket monsters can be added. Others think that the limited scope is due to greed and that the number of Pokémon that can be transferred could increase with the downloadable content or later iterations of the game. My favorite thread from Reddit up to. now is Redditor's Saltypuddingmountain titled "Gotta Catch, a limited variety in order to focus very suddenly on the balance of the game". Delicious.

Although I am perfectly happy with Scorbunny and his friends, I understand why the prospect of leaving behind digital pocket monster friends alongside players for decades can be overwhelming. We contacted The Pokémon Company and Nintendo to share their feedback on this new direction.