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Video Game Review: Pokemon Shield


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This post is overdue but here it is. I am a long time Pokemon fan going all the way back to Red and Blue for Gameboy. However Yellow would be the first one I would own fore Gameboy Color. Anyways I couldn't wait to get my hands on a new Pokemon game for Nintendo Switch.

The game is set in the Galar region which is like the Great Britain of the Pokemon world. I really thought the game looked great....from the NPCs, the environments, and of course the Pokemon. I found the battle animations to be decent.....I mean they looked better than Pokemon Stadium's animations.

One of the major beefs many of the fans had with the game is they cut out like half of the known Pokemon from the other games. I mean that didn't really bother me that much as I'm more of a original 151 guy. Throughout my journey I was constantly trying to figure out what type an enemy Pokemon was. The great thing about this game is that it reminds you what the enemy type is and what moves are Super effective, non effective, effective, or just not very effective.

I really love the fact that they streamlined the battle system basically eliminating the need to grind. Thats' right; all your Pokemon that don't faint get some experience points whether they battled or not. Also they got rid of random battles. You can now typically see wild Pokemon. There are spots where an exclamation point will pop up signifying a rare Pokemon occurrence.

Overall I loved the idea of taking on the gym leaders in huge stadiums after a specialized gym challenge. They range from easy to fairly challenging. There were only a few fights in the game that I almost lost...but that's because I'm a veteran with Pokemon and understand what to do at most times. The fight against the champion was no joke....he was certainly the hardest fight.

I really enjoyed this game...although I understand the criticism of it, I think it was one of the best Pokemon games I've played. Sure it holds your hand a lot early on....and it always tells you where to go next. However this is a great experience.


Verdict: 9/10

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