Pokémon Shield: The Crown Tundra
The wild adventure continues…. Lead an expedition in the snow-swept realm of the Crown Tundra and unravel the mystery of the Legendary Pokémon Calyrex who once ruled over it.
Pokémon Shield: The Crown Tundra is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 23 October 2020 on Nintendo Switch.
What Pokémon Shield: The Crown Tundra is
Pokémon Shield: The Crown Tundra is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2020. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this frigid area with jagged, snowy mountains, people have settled in a small, tight-knit community. Early in your adventures here, a man named Peony will appoint you as the leader of his exploration team in the Crown Tundra. You’ll be tasked with investigating the reaches of this frozen land—including the depths of a Pokémon Den, something you’ve so far been able to glimpse only during Max Raid Battles! What’s more, it seems many Legendary Pokémon make the Crown Tundra their home
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Shield: The Crown Tundra is the 262nd of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Sword: The Crown Tundra in 2020.
What it launched against
Pokémon Shield: The Crown Tundra launched on 23 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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