Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield Double Pack - Nintendo Switch Double Pack Edition

These Pokemon games are still great & here are my reasons why..The Pokedex is smaller ( Yes it is! However there is still a good selection of Pokemon to use! The Director even mentioned this so I wonder why this comes as a suprize to everyone??) Its nice to not see so many of the older and overused Pokemon- yes some of my favorites were cut as well but its not that bad. The games do support local LAN play between to Switch consoles for Trading or Battle (not raids). However raids can be completed solo (granted if your lvls meet the requirements) The wild area is a huge area with different weather changing the types of Pokemon that appear. If you link your game online (Nintendo Membership Required) you basically can see other players online and collect items from other players just by talking to them, do vs matches, raids, or trading. I seen a few re-views that say a lot of attacks have been deleted?? (That is not the case- only hidden power has been removed) older attacks have been split into TR's which is a one time use and TM's which are multiple uses. (Pokedex INFO! more reviews are saying pokemon such as Bulbasaur and Squirtle are not in the games..... YES THEY ARE! the games have been data mined and exist! Mew is Obtainable early on if you have the PokeBall controller and Never used the Mew that came with it! Mew just does not have a Pokedex entry. With that said the story is about as long as a normal Pokemons game story would be... however if you take your time doing Poke Jobs, Leveling, catching and exploring the wild area it does feel a lot better than just rushing the game.... BTW yes this game does restrict you as to what lvl Pokemon you can catch based on gym badges you have. This prevents you from just luck catching a super high lvl Pokemon and just clearing everything so fast. Color sensitive people there is no option to change menu colors, just change your tv to black and white if this is an issue. Graphics of the are definitely cleaner than the Pokemon Lets GO games, I feel like more time could have been used to animate attacks better but thats only my small complaint and opinion. The music is ok not the best nor the worst ( I always will like GEN 1 & GEN 2 the best) Pokemon GYM battles are the best in these games and how they should be with fans cheering in the background and also making comments when you win your battles, it made me feel more in-grossed in the games. The difficulty of the games I would rate just slightly a tad notch above easy and only because I didn't look up the new Poke's typing.. the land mass is a lot bigger and I enjoyed the exploring. Menus were real easy to use and didn't feel clunky or to complicated. (If you ordered the double pack from Amazon they will send you an email code for your IN-Game Clothing Items which is basically a Gold-Backpack or Trunk. You must be a little ways through the game and have Mystery Gift unlocked and use the option for online code. That being said this game is not bad in the least, there is some things can be improved on but do not let the negative reviews get to you.

I was a little too old for Pokémon when it first came out, so I've actually never played one before. Now that my son is just old enough to play games, though, I figured it might be a good way to get him into understanding strategy and give him an incentive to read more words. To this end, yes, Pokémon Sword and Shield have been a huge success.The games are colorful and engaging for a kid, and pleasant enough to make playing and helping out fun for Dad, too. They're not technical masterpieces, and the story is very childish for an adult, but the gameplay with catching Pokémon and building teams is fun. The difficulty level is too easy for me, but it's just right for a kid. At age 5 my son does need help with it, though I appreciate that he's able to go off and do plenty of things without me constantly intervening, since you can always go back and heal your Pokémon for free and the death penalty isn't that harsh.We're each playing a different version, and we are making different teams and seeing all the differences each of us faces. In this way, the game has me feeling a bit ripped off. The two games are barely different enough to warrant selling the two versions in the first place. Even the things that are supposed to be different aren't really. For example, in the 4th gym challenge you face a different leader in each version. But the challenge itself is 100% identical. You just fight a different set of Pokémon. We can't even notice whichever Pokémon are supposed to be unique to each version without looking it up, as 99% of the ones you encounter in the normal course of play are the same. I knew going into it that it wouldn't be the greatest value, but it's actually even worse than I thought. I suppose this is what Nintendo does instead of microtransactions. Compare this to Luigi's Mansion 3 where my son and I could both have a save file on the same account with one copy of the game. In this game you either need two games or two accounts.Still, I'll give the game 5 stars from the perspective of how my son feels about it and how it's made him want to learn to understand complex game menus and things like that. I just have to recommend for gamers on a budget to only get one or the other version.

I got my game code in my email as I expected and got my gold backpack just fine. If other reviewers can't find it check your spam, check your parents emails if they bought it for you etc. It's not a physical card sent with the game, it's an email titled "Here's your promotional credit from your recent Amazon order".Once you find that email with the code, here are the steps sent by Amazon to redeem the bag:1. Launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.2. Select Mystery Gift on the X menu.3. Select Get a Mystery Gift.4. Select Get with Code/Password, then select Yes to save your game and connect to the internet.5. Enter your code.6. Watch as the gift arrives in your game. (The Item will appear in your Bag.) **NOTE** THIS STEP IS WRONG, YOU'LL SEE THE ANIMATION THAT YOU GOT IT BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR IN YOUR BAG.7. Be sure to save your game.Go to a clothing shop that has a change room and equip the bag in there.