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Galar's giant-sized debutPokémon Sword & Shield
Pokémon's first mainline leap to a home console: the UK-inspired Galar region, stadium gym battles, the open Wild Area, and Dynamax — your Pokémon, but kaiju-sized.
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Galar's giant-sized debut
Open-world Paldea, rough edgesPokémon Scarlet & Violet
The first fully open-world Pokémon: ride a legendary across Paldea, take three story paths in any order — wrapped in the roughest technical package the series ever shipped.
1.8/5 Metacritic
Sinnoh, faithfully rebornPokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
A near-1:1 remake of the 2006 DS classics: Sinnoh rebuilt in chibi 3D, with the Grand Underground blown up into a whole second map under the region.
2.55/5 Metacritic
Real-time battles in LumiosePokémon Legends: Z-A
Pokémon drops turn-based combat: real-time battles, dodging trainers, and Mega Evolution's comeback — all inside one dense city, Lumiose.
2.4/5 Metacritic
Alola's island trialsPokémon Sun & Moon
The generation that broke the formula on purpose: no gyms — island trials, totem battles, Alolan variants of old favourites, and the sun-drenched Alola region.
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