The Pokémon World Championships kick off this weekend and at the opening ceremony, Junichi Masuda revealed various new gameplay mechanics in Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield. A video has been released of these updates:
, which cancels out the abilities of all Pokémon in battle.
, which hits multiple opponents and lowers their attack.
is listed on a screenshot of the online battle interface. Its presumed to be the English name for a move that was part of a naming competition in Japan. A Pokémon loses 50% of their HP when using this move.
which lowers the Pokémons speed during Trick Room.
which switches out the Pokémon if its stats are lowered.
Neutralizing Gas in action, cancelling out Storm Drain
Also revealed were some new Dynamax mechanics:
Moves that cause flinching such asFake Outwill not cause a Dynamax Pokémon to flinch.
The Protect move cannot full protect the Pokémon from Max moves, however Max Guard (which comes from any status move) does fully protect the Pokémon.
TheMax KnuckleDynamax move deals damage and increases the Attack of all Pokémon on the users side of the field.
Using a Max move also appears to cancel the effects of barrier moves likeAurora Veil.
Pokémon caught in Max Raid Battles may have their Hidden Ability.
Finally, theBattle Stadiumis the new online competition feature, whichrequires a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. There are several different formats such as Ranked Battles, Casual Battles, Rental Teams and Online Competitions.
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