Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Shows Off Gigantamax Charizard, More

Pokemon SwordandShieldwill launch next week, and there’s quite a bit of fanfare for the games, along with a healthy dose of controversy. One of the more popular new features forPokemon SwordandShieldis the addition of Gigantamax Pokemon, which give some of the franchise’s most popular creatures a brand new look, including Pikachu and Charizard.

A new Japanese trailer has been released forPokemon SwordandShieldthat showsGigantamax Charizardin action. We’ve seen Gigantamax Charizard before, but this cinematic trailer may be our best look at the Pokemon yet. It also shows a CG battle between it and what appears to be Corviknight. However, that’s not all that the trailer shows.

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This newPokemon SwordandShieldcinematic trailer also gives fans a quick look at some of theGalar region Gym Leaders. Defeating these Gym Leaders is one of the primary goals of the games, and their large, open-air arenas will be where Gigantamax Pokemon will be used most often. ThePokemon SwordandShieldtrailer does a good job of hyping these battles up, so it will be interesting to see if it all lives up to the hype come November 15.

The newPokemon SwordandShieldtrailer ends with a look at the games’legendary Pokemon Zacian and Zamazenta, though some of the unannounced legendaries are nowhere to be seen. Nintendo and Game Freak have kept some cards close to their chest when it comes to the legendary Pokemon inPokemon SwordandShield, though a bunch of leaks have rendered their efforts more or less futile.

Thanks to thePokemon SwordandShieldleaks, we know that the games will also have an"evil" legendary Pokemon named Eternatus. We’ve seen Eternatus in blurry snapshots of thePokemon SwordandShieldofficial strategy guide, but otherwise the Pokemon has been kept secret. At this point, it’s likely that fans will have to wait until launch to really get a good look at him and some of the other Pokemon in the games.

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