As promised, The Pokemon Company hosted a newPokemon SwordandShieldpresentation this morning, this time focused on the games' Expansion Pass, particularly the upcoming Crown Tundra DLC. Fans were treated to a slew of new information about what thePokemon SwordandShieldCrown Tundra DLC will entail, including the hotly-anticipated expansion’s release date.
It’s been confirmed that thePokemon SwordandShieldCrown Tundra DLC will launch on Thursday, October 22. The new DLC will let players explore a new snowy region, which will have its own storyline to complete and will give players the opportunity to catch every legendary Pokemon from the past. This is on top of some new mythical Pokemon to catch, as well as Galarian forms of the legendary birds:Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.
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The ability to catch all of the legendary Pokemon from pastPokemongames is the main draw ofSwordandShield’s Crown Tundra DLC, but there are more reasons to get excited as well. ThePokemon SwordandShieldCrown Tundra DLC will also be adding Dynamax Adventures, which is a co-op endgame activity that lets players explore caves filled withDynamax Pokemon.
Another endgame activity coming as part of thePokemon SwordandShieldCrown Tundra DLC is the Galarian Star Tournament. More specific details as to what this will entail exactly aren’t available at this time, but it appears to be a tournament comprised of the top trainers in theGalar region, including the gym leaders that players previously defeated in the base game.
Besides revealing new content for the upcomingPokemon SwordandShieldCrown Tundra DLC, The Pokemon Company also confirmed some new connectivity betweenPokemon GOand Pokemon Home, which will allow players to unlock content inSwordandShield. OncePokemon GOconnectivity with Pokemon Home is active, players will be able to unlock Meltan andMelmetalinSwordandShield. Not only that, but Melmetal will have a special Gigantamax form as well.
And finally,Pokemon SwordandShieldis going to be celebrating theCrown Tundrarelease with special codes that players can redeem for mystery gifts. These newPokemon SwordandShieldmystery gifts include variations of Pikachu wearing Ash’s hats from throughout the anime series. There will be eight of these special Pikachu in total, and fans can get the first one right now by inputting the following mystery gift code: P1KACHUGET.
Pokemon SwordandShieldis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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