New Pokémon, characters announced for Pokémon Sword and Shield

New information announced in a recent trailer

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On July 8th, more Pokémon Sword and Shield news was announced in a new trailer released by Pokémon.

Pokémon Sword and Shield logo

New Pokémon

• The Rock-type Pokémon, Rolycoly was revealed. It has the abilities Steam Engine and Heatproof.

• Alcremie was revealed as a Fairy-type Pokémon which has the ability Sweet Veil.

• Duraludon was revealed as a Steel-type and Dragon-type Pokémon with the abilities Light Metal and Heavy Metal.

• The trailer also showed more gameplay of Yamper.

Characters

• Chairman Rose is the head of the Pokémon League in the Galar region.

• Oleana was revealed as Chairman Rose's secretary.

• Bea and Allister are two new Gym Leaders who will appear. Bea is a Fighting-type trainer and will only appear in Pokémon Sword. Allister is a Ghost-type trainer who will only appear in Pokémon Shield.

Dynamax

Alcremie, Corviknight, and Drednaw were all shown to have Dynamax forms.

Gallery

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  Chairman Rose

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  Oleana

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  Bea

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  Allister

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  Alcremie (Dynamax)

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  Drednaw (Dynamax)

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  Corviknight (Dynamax)

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  Rolycoly

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  Duraludon

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  Alcremie

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  Yamper

Video

By Nintendo