History WMG / PokemonSwordAndShield

** Jossed. They don't appear in the games.

* Poison/Psychic - Confirmed with Galarian Slowbro in the Isle of Armor expansion/Slowking in Crown Tundra

** ...with Chlorophyll ability and high Sp.Att

* '''Electric/Dark''' (Morpeko, the Pika-clone of Galar)

* Poison/Psychic

* '''Poison/Fairy''' (Galar Form of Weezing)

* '''Dark/Fairy''' (Impidimp line)
Used by Mega Evolutions Only

Used by Legendary Pokémon (etc.) Only

** A living rotatory blades

* '''Ghost/Dragon''' - Confirmed with the Dragapult Line.
* '''Dragon/Steel''' (Duraludon)
* '''Electric/Dragon''' - Confirmed with Dracozolt

* [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay A psychotic squirrel]]
* Hell, maybe Grookey's final evolution may reference Franchise/DonkeyKong or one of his companions, since Rare worked extensively on that franchise.

* All jossed, however Carkol wouldnt look out of place in a rare title...

** Jossed.

** Jossed.

** Alternatively, instead of a pre-evo, the incense will cause the affected Plusle to have a chance to produce a Minun egg and vice versa.

*** All jossed. While only Lapras made it to Galar (for now), it didn't gain any new evolutions.

[[WMG: Armoured Mewtwo will be obtainable as a mystery gift.]]
It wouldn't be the first time they put Anime exclusive characters into the games (I.E Jessie and James, Ash-Greninja, and Ash's Pikachu). Seeing as Mewtwo strikes back evolution is in development as well, it ''would'' coincide with the recent trademark (even though it is likely just for merch).
* With the inclusion of Armoured Mewtwo in Pokémon Go (meaning it has a model and animations) it seems even more likely. However, this assumes Mewtwo will make it into the game.

*** Jossed, it gets Grassy Surge.

** Disguise [[note]]This assumes Game Freak is willing to allow a Pokémon other than Mimikyu to have Disguise, which is doubtful, considering that it's a forme-changing Ability and cannot be copied, replaced, or suppressed, nor can it function on a Ditto or Mew transforming into Mimikyu. Even if the Sobble line does get Disguise, it is very possible that only one stage of Sobble's line will get Disguise, and the others will have a different Hidden Ability (like Thick Fat changing to Reckless as Pignite evolves into Emboar).[[/note]]

Rather than growing in size, it gathers way more Wishiwashi while activating Schooling. This might be similar to Totem Wishiwashi in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

... By virtue of ''Pokemon Home'' not being released until a few months after ''Sword and Shield'', meaning this is simply a HistoryRepeats scenario as to [[FranchiseOriginalSin exactly what also happened with]] ''X and Y'' and ''Sun and Moon'' in regards to ''Pokemon Bank''.

** Not necessarily — no Mega Evolutions or Z-Moves don't rule out Kyogre, Groudon, or Necrozma from being in the games. I don't believe you'd be able to store everything in Pokémon Home if they weren't going to let you do anything with them. Which leads us to a compromise...

** Confirmed, as Allister holds a Cursola, a Ghost-type evolution to Corsola.

If it's confirmed that Corviknight is the common bird of this region, it could evolve from something like a rook. Rook and Knight are also chess pieces, and Rooks are shaped like castles; hence Rock typing.

[[WMG: Impidimp gain power from acknowledgement.]]

** Confirmed in the ''Isle of Armor'' expansion pack. Your starter can receive the Gigantamax phenomenon.

* Confirmed! There's items called the Rusted Sword and the Rusted Shield. Zacian is pure Fairy and Zamazenta is pure Fighting, but with the items equipped, they get an additional Steel type.

** Jossed; the Ghost Gym Leader is Alister and the Dark Gym Leader is Piers.

** Jossed; the Grass Gym Leader is Milo and his signature Pokémon is Dynamaxed Eldegoss.

If the rumors about Galar being the nation Kalos fought against 3000 years ago are true, AZ will most likely return in ''SWSH''. Additionally, Eternal Flower Floette received her own unique Pokédex entry in ''USUM'' which mentions how the ancient flower she carries holds “terrible power”, which sounds a lot like foreshadowing the Pokémon returning in a future game. Perhaps the events of the story will involve bringing back this powerful flower to let the player get their own unique Floette, finally putting her unique stats and signature move to use.
* Jossed

** [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* Jossed. The story plays up Leon's achievements and he maintains a healthy relationship with both Hop and the player.

* Jossed. Milo is first, Nessa is second, and Kabu, the Fire Gym Leader, is third.

** [[spoiler:Jossed, as a collectible card from the post-game shows his face.]]

[[WMG: For the most part, the gyms will not be faced in a set order, and teams and levels will adjust based on the order in which they're fought]]

* Jossed.

[[WMG: Ryuki is one of the Gym Leaders]]
* In terms of importance, Ryuki seemed to have practically nothing outside of being a trainer you could fight in Gen 7, showing up randomly as a challenger for the champion title with little indication of his existance prior. It is also said he is from another region, so it is possible he was {{foreshadowing}} to gen 8.

* Jossed. No tennis player trainer classes are in Galar.

* A MaryPoppins based Gym Leader who uses fairy types
* A Gym Leader based off of Creator/GordonRamsay and he uses Fire-type Pokémon.

Assuming that Galar is the U.K., it makes sense that the gang of this game would make the region afraid of the rest of the world for their own evil purposes.

* Jossed: the stadium is just Galar's example of a Gym.

[[WMG: The entire Gym system in Galar is based on sporting arenas]]

[[WMG: Galar has an active royal family]]

** Jossed, the gym challenges can't be redone once they're cleared and the Gym Leader is beaten.

[[WMG: There will be steam engines for the most part]]
Even though there is at least one sight of an electrical train in the trailer. Given how industrial and steam punk some cities look, it would perhaps add to the feel with Steam Engines powered by Fire-type Pokémon or even Pokémon like Klink.

* Jossed.

*** Fully jossed, as Wooloo's evolution is Dubwool, a pure Normal-type.

* Yanmega - Yanma could evolve into an actual Dragon-fly (Dragon/Bug)
** Jossed. They don't appear in the games.

For each side, for the two, one trainer can only use Mega Evolution, while their partner can only use Dynamax.

* This and all other villain team WMGs are Jossed. The villain team looks like (and, in a sense, are) hooligans.

* Jossed. Pokémon following you does not return as a mechanic.

* Jossed. Zacian is pure Fairy and Zamazenta is pure Fighting.

*** Confirmed. Grookey's final evolution, Rillaboom, carries a drumstick and has a section of tree stump that resembles a drum.

** Jossed. They don't appear in the games.

[[WMG: We'll finally get a fifth Regi.]]
Regirock represents the Stone Age, Regice represents the Ice Age, Registeel represents the Iron Age, and Regigigas, the former three's creator, represents Pangaea, the earliest-recorded continent in the world. In this case, we might get a Dark Ages golem, we'll call him Regidark, since a majority of the recorded events of the Dark Ages took place in Britain.
* It could be Regigigas's antithesis, and the people locked it away and removed all records of its existence to prevent it being uncovered again and causing another Dark Age.
** Bonus points if it takes inspiration from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}''.
** Jossed in the original game, but gone past confirmed for the DLC as artwork for The Crown Tundra shows ''two'' more Regis.

[[WMG: There are two more new Pokemon based on the Knight Chess Piece]]

Recently, Dataminers have found among the code added in preparation for the Crown Tundra that the Pokedex will reach 898, [[https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/1273679578934808576 Two codenames have been found]] Before Calyrex while another two unidentified slots are also present, possibly for Regileki and Regidrago, the two Code names are stated to be Hakuba and Kokuba which translated to White Horse and Black Horse respectively, with Calyrex being established as the crown, it would of course stand in for both the King and Queen, if these Pokemon are indeed horses, they could possibly be based on the knight playing piece which protect the King/Queen pieces, much like knights are generally depicted to do.

* Jossed, no such in-game trade exists. At most, you can trade in Galarian Meowth and Yamask for their original counterparts.

[[WMG:Appearance-wise Gigantamax Forms will override Mega forms.]]

** Psychic/Flying or Ghost/Flying: It's appearance could point towards either, and either typing would complete a trio of effective types with Dark and Fighting if the other two are those types (more likley Psychic, since Ghost isn't super effective against Fighting).

He is cited to have trained Leon and to have once been galar's champion himself. Perhaps there will be an oppertunity to battle his best Pokemon, possibly around the Level 80-90s range.

Similar sounding name aside, Galarian Slowbro is noted to have a "speed that puts even the quickest reflexes to shame" under the infleunces of stimulants in its system.