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News video games 30 September 2020, 00:22

author: Matt Buckley

Pokemon Sword & Shield DLC Crown Tundra Arrives in October

Nintendo announced more details about their upcoming DLC for Pokemon Sword & Shield, The Crown Tundra, as well as an October release date.

Nintendo revealed new details about the upcoming Pokemon Sword & Shield DLC, The Crown Tundra in an announcement video (below). Perhaps the biggest reveal was that the new DLC would arrive on October 22nd.

The first full images of Galarian Slowking have been revealed, as well as more details about its typing, signature move, and ability, which can all be read about on the official Pokemon site. It is a Psychic and Poison type, much like its counterpart Galarian Slowbro. It has a powerful signature Psychic type move as well as an ability called Curious Medicine that resets stat changes upon entering the field.

There will also be a new way to battle called the Galarian Star Tournament. It will feature double battles where you team up with a trainer of your choice, from among the gym leaders and other significant characters, and face off against other duos.

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Galarian Slowking using its signature attack.

The Crown Tundra will also introduce Dynamax Adventures, a new way to take on wild Dynamax Pokemon. In this mode you can team up with other trainers to take on a gauntlet of dynamax Pokemon as you delve deeper into the den. See how far you can go, but even one defeat will kick you out.

There will also be a physical copy of Pokemon Sword & Shield, complete with all DLC, available November 6th.

Get your warm winter jacket ready because there’s less than a month to prepare. The Crown Tundra arrives on October 22nd.

Matt Buckley

Matt Buckley

After studying creative writing at Emerson College in Boston, Matt published a travel blog based on a two-month solo journey around the world, wrote for SmarterTravel, and worked on an Antarctic documentary series for NOVA, Antarctic Extremes. Today, for Gamepressure, Matt covers Nintendo news and writes reviews for Switch and PC titles. Matt enjoys RPGs like Pokemon and Breath of the Wild, as well as fighting games like Super Smash Bros., and the occasional action game like Ghostwire Tokyo or Gods Will Fall. Outside of video games, Matt is also a huge Dungeons & Dragons nerd, a fan of board games like Wingspan, an avid hiker, and after recently moving to California, an amateur surfer.

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