RELATED: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - Which Should You Get? The same holds true for both DLCs and the new regions they take place in, making Sword and Shield the first semi-open-world Pokemon games ever. Pokemon Sword and Shield differ in scope from any other previous title from the Pokemon Company, as they are the first games to feature an open-world zone called the Wild Area, where players are able to encounter Pokemon roaming free and partake in multiplayer online raids. Regardless of the controversies that Pokemon Sword and Shield sparked at launch, like the one regarding the lack of Pokemon in the regional Pokedex despite the games being massive, both titles combined managed to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.

Last year marked the end of the roadmap thus far for Pokemon Sword and Shield, with the addition of two DLCs: the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra. Many kids and young adults were initiated to the video game world precisely by those games, and many more from all the other titles of the franchise. Pokemon games have repeatedly proven to be loved by millions of people, even after 25 years since the release of the first games outside of Japan in the form of Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue.

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