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Pokémon Shield

Critic score2 critics
First release
Nov 15, 2019
Developer
Game Freak

Pokémon Shield is a role-playing game set in the Galar region, a fictional land inspired by the United Kingdom. Players control a young Pokémon Trainer who catches and trains creatures called Pokémon, battling other trainers in turn-based combat. The game introduces the Dynamax and Gigantamax mechanics, which temporarily transform Pokémon into giant forms with enhanced abilities. Progression follows the traditional Gym Challenge structure, requiring players to defeat eight Gym Leaders before competing for the League Championship. The game features an open Wild Area with free-roaming Pokémon, cooperative raid battles for up to four players, and camping activities. Pokémon Shield is the companion title to Pokémon Sword, with certain Pokémon and Gym Leaders exclusive to each version.

Also known as Pokémon Bouclier, Pokémon Schild, Pokémon Scudo, Pokémon Escudo
… See more, Pokemon Shield, 寶可夢盾, Pocket Monsters Shield, 포켓몬 실드, 포켓몬 소실

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Storyline
In the Galar region, a young trainer and their best friend Hop receive their first Pokémon from Hop's older brother Leon, the undefeated Champion of the Galar League. Endorsed to take on the Gym Challenge, the two set out across the region, competing against rival challengers and contending with Team Yell, a rowdy group of hooligans devoted to fellow challenger Marnie. Along the way, the trainer encounters Chairman Rose, the powerful head of both the Galar League and the region's primary energy corporation, who seems to have plans that extend beyond the tournament itself. After a mysterious encounter with an unknown Pokémon in a fog-shrouded forest called the Slumbering Weald, the trainer begins uncovering connections between ancient legends of a catastrophic event known as the Darkest Day and two heroic Pokémon said to have saved the region long ago. As the Gym Challenge reaches its climax and the Champion Cup draws near, Rose's true ambitions threaten to plunge Galar into a crisis that only the trainer and the legendary Pokémon can resolve.Read more

In the Galar region, a young trainer and their best friend Hop receive their first Pokémon from Hop's older brother Leon, the undefeated Champion of the Galar League. Endorsed to take on the Gym Challenge, the two set out across the region, competing against rival challengers and contending with Team Yell, a rowdy group of hooligans devoted to fellow challenger Marnie. Along the way, the trainer encounters Chairman Rose, the powerful head of both the Galar League and the region's primary energy corporation, who seems to have plans that extend beyond the tournament itself. After a mysterious encounter with an unknown Pokémon in a fog-shrouded forest called the Slumbering Weald, the trainer begins uncovering connections between ancient legends of a catastrophic event known as the Darkest Day and two heroic Pokémon said to have saved the region long ago. As the Gym Challenge reaches its climax and the Champion Cup draws near, Rose's true ambitions threaten to plunge Galar into a crisis that only the trainer and the legendary Pokémon can resolve.

Release dates
Nintendo Switch
Nov 15, 2019
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
30h
Main + Extras
55h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
creature compendium, creature collector

At a Glance

Critic Score
68
Main Story (IGDB)
30h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
55h

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • Deutschinterface
IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026
Also in 8 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026