A few hours ago, we tried to guess what we could expect from Pokémon Direct this afternoon, but what we could never have imagined is that The Pokémon Company I was going to make history at first announce an expansion pass for a Pokémon game. That's right, Pokémon Sword and Shield will have additional content divided into two parts that will be available throughout 2020: The island of armor and The snows of the crown.
In this way, Game Freak will follow the path of Nintendo and will offer a pass consisting of two parts and reminiscent of the one offered by the Grand N after the release of The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. The first part, The island of armor, will be available sometime next month of June; while the second, The snows of the crown, will do the same throughout the month of October. Those who are interested in acquiring and enjoying these new contents when they are available may do so through the expansion pass, which is already on sale at the Nintendo Switch store for € 29.99.
This will be the expansion pass
Both The Island of Armor and The Snows of the Crown they will have different versions depending on whether we play Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield, although both will offer new adventures in which we will visit unpublished areas of the Galar region, as well as meet new Pokémon and trainers. In the case of The island of armor, we will travel to an island focused on overcoming, which will be full of different natural areas and will have a dojo to fight directed by a new character: Mostaz. As expected, in this part of the expansion pass we will live a story in which it will intervene A new legendary Pokémon. This is Kubfu, a fighting-type creature whose evolution will offer two different styles, each with its own Gigamax shape. As if that were not enough, we can also enjoy new Gigamax forms with Galar's initial Pokémon, as well as new fashion items and bike designs.
Instead, The snows of the crown It will be focused on exploration and will take us to some glacial lands where we will discover Pokémon that had not been seen before in Galar. During the adventure of this content we will meet the legendary Pokémon Calyrex, a species of deer of psychic type and plant that remembers Xerneas. On the other hand, we can play a new cooperative mode with which we will explore Pokémon nests. Undoubtedly, the most interesting in this way will be the possibility of confronting legendary creatures both new and other deliveries. In addition, this content will also add new clothing and fighting items. It is important to note that both parts of the expansion pass are still in development, so they could offer more content when they are available.
Finally, it should be noted that both Armor Island as Crown Snows will add more than 200 species of Pokémon to the region from other generations. In this way, Game Freak will pay attention to all the players who requested that the Sword and Shield Pokédex be increased. Now, if you are not interested in acquiring the expansion pass, but you want to add these Pokémon to your collection, you can do it, since the company will update both deliveries so that the creatures can be transferred by the players who have acquired the new content. And if you are playing Pokémon Sword and Shield right now, you have to know that, in addition to finding you more easily with Coalossal, Lapras, Flapple and Appletun in the dinamax raids; you can get a Slowpoke from Galar at the Par Station.
