Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor
The first new adventure unlocked by your Expansion Pass will take place on the Isle of Armor, an island of the Galar region. The Isle of Armor is full of environments not seen in Galar before—you’ll find…
Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 17 June 2020 on Nintendo Switch.
What Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor is
Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2020. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The first new adventure unlocked by your Expansion Pass will take place on the Isle of Armor, an island of the Galar region. The Isle of Armor is full of environments not seen in Galar before—you’ll find wave-swept beaches, forests, bogs, caves, and sand dunes! There are also plenty of Pokémon that make this island their home, living freely amid the lush nature. The island is home to a dojo for Pokémon battles. You and your Pokémon will train hard to become even stronger under Mustard, the Trainer who is the master of this dojo.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and open world. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor is the 259th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Café Mix in 2020. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor launched on 17 June 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant and Desperados III. All of them reviewed better. 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: The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant, Desperados III.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Sword: The Isle of Armor yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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