New Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Reveals Whipped Cream Pokémon, Gigantamax Transformations
Image via The Pokémon Company Games News Pokémon
The Pokémon Company dropped a new Pokémon Sword and Shield trailer Monday that shows off cute new critters, introduces a new battling mechanic and breaks with series tradition on gym leaders.
The inarguable star of the trailer, the crème de la crème, if you will, is Fairy-type strawberry icing ‘mon Alcremie. Unlike other cold treat critter Vanillite, Alcremie has more of a wedding cake theme going on, so don’t get them twisted.
New Pokémon Discovered!
Meet Alcremie, the Cream Pokémon! Alcremie can produce whipped cream, which becomes richer the happier Alcremie is feeling. Many pastry chefs strive to have an Alcremie as their partner.https://t.co/YA5m5xz53p#PokemonSwordShieldpic.twitter.com/bTbPKDljxn
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) July 8, 2019
Also formally introduced for the first time (after being teased at E3) was Electric-type good boy Yamper, the “Puppy Pokémon.”
New Pokémon Discovered!
Meet Yamper, the Puppy Pokémon! Yamper is drawn to things that are moving quickly. It can chase people and Pokémon—or even vehicles!
Some of you may have encountered this Pokémon already… https://t.co/y1Nc3RCJpb#PokemonSwordShieldpic.twitter.com/C3vmVdOfKj
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) July 8, 2019
And then there’s Rolycoly, who is a piece of coal. They continue the long Game Freak tradition of designing Rock-types around, uh, rocks. Slightly cooler than Geodude, we guess? Here’s hoping they evolve into a BBQ grill.
New Pokémon Discovered!
Meet Rolycoly, the Coal Pokémon! Its red eye can illuminate dark areas, while it uses the lump of coal attached to its body like a wheel to travel smoothly, even over rough terrain. https://t.co/5nVlZiLpS3#PokemonSwordShieldpic.twitter.com/OuFwP0jKka
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) July 8, 2019
Finally, there’s Steel/Dragon-type Duraludon, who is probably a reference to Mecha Godzilla, though they look more like a retractable X-Acto knife soldered to the back of a turtle.
New to #PokemonSwordShield, Duraludon is a Steel/Dragon-type Pokémon. It lives in caves and mountainous areas and has a light but sturdy body of metal. It only weighs about 88 lbs.! They share their habitat with Tyranitar and are often seen battling each other in the mountains! pic.twitter.com/wgyLYhOIpS
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 8, 2019
Also revealed by the trailer is the new Gigantamaxing mechanic, where your ‘mon can temporarily attain the proportions of a city-flattening kaiju. It seems absolutely identical to the already-revealed Dynamaxing mechanic, except a Gigantamaxed Pokémon is visually transformed, as well. For example, a Dynamaxed Alcremie just grows in proportion, but a Gigantamaxed Alcremie turns into an enormous, towering wedding cake.
Trainers, our Dynamax research has uncovered a special type of Dynamaxing. Get ready for Gigantamaxing!
Only certain Pokémon can Gigantamax, however—the majority will keep their usual appearance when they Dynamax.https://t.co/rou1oLLwGV#PokemonSwordShieldpic.twitter.com/niqpzxzwFX
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) July 8, 2019
The trailer caps off with a heartbreaker for long-time fans of the series. For the first time ever, some gym leaders will be version-exclusive. The mysterious Ghost-type gym leader Allister, who looks like one of the forest spirits from Princess Mononoke, is exclusive to Shield, while the Fighting-type gym leader Bea is exclusive to Sword. In the first main series Pokémon game where you can’t “catch ‘em all,” it seems like you can’t beat them all, either.
Watch the trailer below.