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Pokémon Sword & Shield

Developer Game Freak

Publisher The Pokémon Company, Nintendo

Format Switch

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How fitting for a game set in a fictional version of Britain that the build-up to release has been dominated by endless debates about a controversial split; one which seems destined to rage on long past its due date. You could say it’s an admirable commitment to its setting by Game Freak, though here it’s more than 52 per cent of the national Pokédex that are leaving, and they didn’t have any choice in the matter. Indeed, of the original 151, only 48 remain in their original guises, rising to 54 if we include regional variants. Other popular monsters are

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