The mainline Pokémon series finally heads to the big screen! Childhood friends Max Roberts and Logan Moore hit the gym with their teams for some clanging and banging to become the next undefeated Galar Champion. But has the switch to the telly made the grind too easy or have our hosts outgrown the quest to be the best?

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Pokémon Sword and Shield Developer - Game Freak Platform - Nintendo Switch Release Date - November 15, 2019 June 17, 2020 for The Isle of Armor October 22, 2020 for The Crown Tundra Game Director - Shigeru Ohmori Producers - Junichi Masuda, Hitoshi Yamagami, and Takanori Sowa Composers - Minako Adachi and Go Ichinose

Metacritic - 80/100

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This episode was originally recorded on August 6, 2022.

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Art designed by Max Roberts.

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