{"id":682,"date":"2025-08-28T07:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/why_pokemon_sword_and_shield_got_dlc_instead_of_a_standalone_follow-up"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:16:41","slug":"why-pokemon-sword-and-shield-got-dlc-instead-of-a-standalone-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/why-pokemon-sword-and-shield-got-dlc-instead-of-a-standalone-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Got DLC Instead Of A Standalone Follow-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"The Crown Tundra.original\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8b54f414c0dbf\/the-crown-tundra-original.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/why-pokemon-sword-and-shield-got-dlc-instead-of-a-standalone-follow-up.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"527\" alt=\"The Crown Tundra.original\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The current generation of Pok\u00e9mon games on Nintendo Switch has potentially changed the way we&#8217;ll get our regular pocket monster fix moving forward. Based on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong>, it looks like the new model could be to release paid DLC expansion content, rather than make fans buy standalone follow-ups.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the reason behind this decision, though? The Pok\u00e9mon Company recently explained why during a chat with Game Informer. Rather than making players start from scratch, it felt it would be better if players could continue their journey throughout the Galar region with the same party. Here is The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s full response:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>&#8220;There was an element of apprehension in moving to a downloadable model, but we were confident that players would enjoy exploring the new environments, uncovering new storylines, and meeting new human characters and Pok\u00e9mon in both The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra. With past titles, players generally had to collect and raise their Pok\u00e9mon completely from scratch, so with a DLC we thought players would enjoy being able to use their favorite Pok\u00e9mon right out of the gate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you feel about DLC in Sword and Shield instead of a seperate game? <em>Share your thoughts below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/why_pokemon_sword_and_shield_got_dlc_instead_of_a_standalone_follow-up\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current generation of Pok\u00e9mon games on Nintendo Switch has potentially changed the way we&#8217;ll get our regular pocket monster fix moving forward. Based on Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield, it looks like the new model could be to release paid DLC expansion content, rather than make fans buy standalone follow-ups. What&#8217;s the reason behind this decision, though? The Pok\u00e9mon Company recently explained why during a chat with Game Informer. Rather than making players start from scratch, it felt it would be better if players could continue their journey throughout the Galar region with the same party. 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