Continue your Pokémon Shield adventure in The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra, two new areas to explore that will be added to the Galar region as part of the Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass! Each area offers a different adventure, where you’ll be able to visit the far reaches of the Galar region and meet the people and Pokémon that live there. You’ll also see some familiar Pokémon that didn’t appear in the Galar region before, a total of over 200 Pokémon. If you buy the Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass, you’ll be able to enjoy both The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra as they’re released! The Isle of Armor is full of different landscapes, including beaches, bogs, forests, and more. Here you’ll become the student of a former champion and train alongside the new Legendary Pokémon Kubfu. While this area is focused on growing as a trainer, The Crown Tundra is all about exploring uncharted territory! Traverse The Crown Tundra’s blizzard-swept expanse and the depths of Pokémon Dens as you unravel the mystery of the Legendary Pokémon Calyrex. These new areas aren’t just about training and exploring—there are new Gigantamax forms, clothes, items, and more to enjoy. Keep the adventure going with your existing Pokémon Shield save data and jump into this new expansion to Pokémon Shield! It looks like there’s more to the Galar region than meets the eye.
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For starters, the stories take place in two new, bigger Wild Areas that are actually interesting to traverse.
The topography is more engaging and varied and there are actual compelling places to discover that are either tied into the story or provide actual rewards.
Something as simple as the hidden Diglett all over the map or having to chase the legendary Galarian birds gives the environments more purpose and makes use of the potential that 3D Pokémon has.
They also introduced some nice quality of life features, such as Max Soup for Gigantamaxing, the Cram-o-matic for items and being able to reset a Pokémons EVs.
It does seem a bit weird to make these features that are designed to make aspects of the game less tedious a part of paid additional content though.
I'm a big fan of the whole concept of Dynamax Raids, especially when you do them with other people, as they find a way to make Raid battles more thrilling and get you to strategize.
Having the opportunity to shiny hunt for legendary Pokémon is a nice bonus, even though I didn't spend much time on it personally.
I found the new legendaries to be pretty interesting, both ability- and design-wise.
There's definitely an argument to be had about whether this Expansion as a whole or parts of it should've been included in the main game, considering how the DLC makes up for several ways in which the main game is lacking.
As it stands though, I had a fun time with it and I'm glad I played this.