Pokemon SwordandShieldcurrently only have 400 Pokemon out of 899 available. However, it looks like the games may have more Pokemon added to them in the future. Dataminers have uncovered assets and code belonging to several different Pokemon that trainers can’t currently interact with or catch.
BeforeSwordandShield’s release, Game Freak announced that not every Pokemon would make it into the games. At first, this didn’t seem like a big deal until days beforeSwordandShield’s release, a leak of the Galar region Pokedex revealed that over500 Pokemon got cut from the games.
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From what dataminers have uncovered, however, some of these cut Pokemon might have made it in after all. There are over 30 different ones, and there are a few surprises among them. For starters, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and their entire evolutionary lines seem to have made it. ThePokemoncommunity found itself in an uproar when it learned thesePokemon were cut because Charmander and its evolutions were added, which could only be explained by Charizard’s popularity. The generation seven starters, Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio, were also found.
The rest of the uncovered Pokemon are all Legendary and Mythical. This group includes Mewtwo, Mew, Celebi, and Jirachi. Along with them are all four members of the Swords of Justice, meaning Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo. Also joining the party are the headliners ofSunandMoon, so Solgaleo, Lunala, their pre-evolved forms Cosmog and Cosmoem, and Necrozma. The Tao Trio of Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem made it too. Last but not least are the Mythical Pokemon Marshadow, Zeraora, and the Meltan evolutionary line.
Starter Pokemon and Legendary Pokemon were themost controversial cuts fromSwordandShield. Fans were understandably livid when they learned that every previous starter Pokemon aside from Charmander and his evolutionary line would not make an appearance. It didn’t help that every Legendary and Mythical Pokemon aside from Silvally, andSwordandShieldoriginals likeZacianand Zamazenta, were also cut from the game.
Fans guess that these Pokemon will officially appear in the game as promotional material later on in its life, if they appear at all. Everything cut fromSwordandShield,likeover 100 different moves, prevented it from receiving and all-around gracious welcome upon release. But if these discovered Pokemon do appear later on, hopefully, they’ll ease tensions over a bit.
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