Pokemon Sword & Shield: 10 Things The Game DOESN'T TELL YOU

Pokemon Sword/Shield (Nintendo Switch) is filled with new things to learn, as well as some nuances that only hardcore fans will know going in. Here are some things we think you should know.

[Narutalia]

Okay, milcery evolving from spinning is so cute.

It's cream, when you spinn/whip cream it gets fluffy and turns into whipped cream. Which is basically it's Evo.

[ZhadTheRad]

Tip for everyone: do 5 star raids with friends or make sure you bring a very strong Pokémon, because the NPCs are bad

[poptartpoltergeist]

A small thing I thought was adorable:
When you play with and cook for your Pokémon, you'll get more exp and your Pokémon will get closer to you. This said, when you get to a certain point in battle, and the opponent gets a crit or something of the sort, and KO's your Pokémon, sometimes it'll stop at 1. After, a heart will float out from them and text will pop up reading "[Pokémon name] hung in there so you wouldn't feel sad."


Which saved my skin because I'm doing a blind nuzlocke and he was my MVP

[bellapatch]

‘Everyone has stories of struggling against Brock with a charmander’
Pokemon yellow: am I a joke to you?

[diamondzazulirblxandmore]

When you announce that the yellow aura around pokemon is good me In my brain is like : So I skipped some good pokemon thinking they were stinky

[drizzydre]

So how did someone realize that yamask needs to take 49 damage and survive and then walk under a rock to evolve? Lol

[TheLegendarybehemoth]

"First time we've seen version exclusive gym leaders." Black and White would like a word.

[ptrckcjmdn]

What's good about the Free move tutor is you can get a low level Ninetales/Arcanine that knows Flamethrower

[missmarreynolds]

"Pokemon has come to the nintendo switch"
Lets go Eevee and Pikachu: Sad pokemon noises

[heroofmasks]

I'm just happy we FINALLY got a dark type gym

[LollyLab]

Imagine finding a shiny goslisopod and having no quick balls and the goslisopods ability is emergency exit

[LaIniestra]

"Brilliant aura pokemon are something that you definitely want" lmao i didnt know, I just ignored them, i thought they only gave extra Watts

[unreliablegachatuber]

Ah yes Scorebunny



*laughs in pyro ball*

[thecrimsonguy]

Game Freak: Mega evolution was a mistake, an error


*(Almost)Everyone dislike that*

[Smellvin]

Sobble’s actually a wise choice since Drizzile can learn ‘U-turn’ and works perfectly against the first gym leader.

[rocky_danger_buff]

Why is the title called "10 things that the game doesn't tell you" when these are things that you find out as you play the game not any secret things that you cant find out by yourself.

[cortster]

Another weird evolution is inkay. Similar to the DS games, you evolve inkay by turning your switch upside down when it gets to level 30. Yes, really.

[Comica-_-]

Says “let’s talk about shiny Pokémon”
“Shows picture of a normal ditto”

[DragonProtector]

kinda hard to catch when you 1 shot everything :(

[Forever_Zero]

I'm still wondering why Game Freak hates the Battle Frontier