Pokémon Sword and Shield review: A big adventure with a small Pokédex arstechnica.com

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Pokémon Sword and Shield, on the other hand, are "real" mainline Pokémon games, serving as direct sequels to 2016’s Sun and Moon and continuing the franchise that began with Red and Blue in 1998 (1996 for Japanese players).
That means Sword and Shield feature the same basic skeleton that has grown into a Pokémon tradition over the past 20+ years.
Every Pokémon game has a “regional” Pokédex that blends the region’s new creatures with a cross-section of monsters from older games.
I've been importing certain individual Pokémon from game to game since 2003, and I always appreciated that Game Freak encouraged this kind of sentimental attachment.