The Gym Badges are named after the types in this region.Both Legendary Pokémon are also wielding their represented objects. The wolf heads on top of the sword and shield represent Zacian, Pokémon Sword, and Zamazenta, Pokémon Shield, respectively.To not introduce a new Pokémon that gains the Fighting type upon evolution.To introduce only one new Mythical Pokémon.To not introduce any dual-typed evolved forms of starter Pokémon.Generation VIII is the first generation since Generation II:.To feature a game that returns to a region featured in a previous generation without being a remake.To add new Legendary Pokémon to an already existing trio.To introduce no new Mythical Pokémon at the time of the game's release.To have no Pokémon that appear in the anime before their debut in a game.Where Pokémon can no longer lose access to moves by evolving.To lower the base stat total of a pre-existing Pokémon.To introduce a Gym Leader specializing in Dark-type Pokémon.To not introduce a Pokémon with Flying as its secondary type.To introduce a non-Legendary pure Flying-type Pokémon.Due to this, it is also the first generation to not introduce a new Normal/ Flying-type Pokémon and the first to introduce a Normal/ Psychic-type Pokémon with Psychic as its primary type.To not introduce a dual Normal-type Pokémon with Normal as its primary type.Unlike other Fossil Pokémon, they can be restored using two different fossils.To introduce Fossil Pokémon that are genderless, cannot breed, and are not Rock-type.To not have its main paired releases compatible with the entirety of the Pokémon species and moves existing as of its release.
To have a Pokémon Professor be a colleague to one from a spinoff game.The choosing of the player's gender and appearance as soon as you start up the game, rather than having the Pokémon Professor ask for it.To not have the region's Pokémon Professor introduce the world of Pokémon to the player.To have paid additional content for the core Pokémon series, replacing the usual enhanced versions.
The phone can be attached to objects, such as bikes, to upgrade them. Similarly to Pokémon Sun and Moon, there is also a Rotom Pokédex, but it instead possesses a phone. Like the Galarian forms, some of the Hisuian forms have evolutions that their original forms do not. In Pokémon Legends Arceus, which takes place in feudal times when the Sinnoh region was known as the Hisui region, there are several Hisuian forms. Galarian Forms even have the evolutions that are exclusive to the previous Generations' regional variant counterparts. Unlike Alolan Forms, which are exclusive to Generation I's normal counterparts, Galarian Forms also have their normal counterparts from beyond Generation I. Similarly to the Alolan Forms in Sun and Moon, Galar has its own regional form known as Galarian Forms. It is only seen during the climax of the story, and cannot be achieved by the player. Features New Pokémon Dynamax, Gigantamax, & Eternamaxĭynamax and Gigantamax are special phenomenon that can be used by a Pokémon if its Trainer is equipped with a Dynamax Band.Įternamax is a phenomenon exclusive to the Legendary Pokémon Eternatus.