Game Freak has confirmed that Pokemon games moving forward will feature a reduced Pokedex.
Fans were rather unhappy when Game Freak confirmed that they will be limiting the amount of catchable pocket monsters in the upcoming Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. The decision was made to cut the national Pokedex, which encompasses every single Pokemon discovered in previous games, leaving the regional Pokedex of the Galar region, which houses the Pokemon native to that specific region.
In an interview with Inside Gamer, producer Junichi Masuda, stated, “We currently have no plans to make the Pokemon that are missing from the Galar Pokedex available in-game. This is an approach that we want to continue with in future Pokemon games”.
Players can still trade Pokemon using the still-in-development Pokemon Home system, but only for those already native to the Galar region.
The Pokemon Home app is currently in development, in which players can collect their various Pokemon, and only Pokemon in the Galar Pokedex can be transferred from there to Sword and Shield. But the way of playing is actually not very different from before with Pokemon Bank: up until now you have always only been able to meet Pokemon from a certain region.
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