Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield[a] are upcoming role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. They are the first installments in the eighth generation of the Pokémon video game series and the second in the series to be released on a home game console, after Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. Announced in February 2019, Pokémon Sword and Shield will be released on November 15, 2019.

Sword and Shield's development began immediately following the completion of Pokémon Sun and Moon in 2016. As with most other main series Pokémon games, they chronicle the main character's journey in the Galar region, based on Great Britain, alongside rivals Hop, Bede and Marnie aiming to dethrone the Pokémon League Champion Leon and defeat Team Yell, a group of fans obsessed over Marnie. Sword and Shield introduce several new features such as Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing, functions that increase size and change forms of certain Pokémon; the Wild Area, a large open world with free camera movement; and raids with co-op battling. They also reintroduce features previously seen in Sun and Moon and Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, such as regional variants and roaming Pokémon depicted in the overworld.

A new mechanic called "Poké Jobs" tasks the player's Pokémon with completing requests, such as assisting in construction or cooking, to gain experience or rare items. In addition, Pokémon native to the game's region will be able to be transferred to the games from the Nintendo 3DS app Pokémon Bank, Pokémon Go, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! via the Pokémon Home service.

💎  Developer: Game Freak
💎  Publisher: The Pokémon Company - Nintendo
💎  Director: Shigeru Ohmori
💎  Producer: Junichi Masuda - Hitoshi Yamagami - Takanori Sowa
💎  Composer: Minako Adachi - Go Ichinose
💎  Genre: Role-playing
💎  Platform: Nintendo
💎  Mode: Single-player - Multiplayer