Compared to the lead up for previousPokemongames, Game Freak, The Pokemon Company, and Nintendo are being a bit more reserved in what they share aboutPokemon Sword and Shieldbefore its release. While there has been a recentdivulgence of informationthanks to Game Informer’s cover story on the game, we still don’t know too much about it just over a month before launch. That’s one of the reasons why some fans, at least the onesnot angry about the National Dex, were looking forward to today’s24-hour “research” livestreamthat is set in a new area called Glimwood Tangle. Unfortunately, it has been pretty boring so far.Slow teaser livestreams like this have been done before, but they have never really been my thing. Back in February, Respawn Entertainment and EA did something similar forApex Legendsbefore it was officially revealed, and in May Kojima Productions did one forDeath Stranding.That being said, even those livestreams were a bit more interesting than this Pokemon Sword and Shield one.Apex Legends’stream consistently switched locations and even spliced in quick gameplay clips, whileDeath Stranding’scovered the screen with a consistently moving substance with the 8-minute trailer playing on loop behind it.Currently, this Pokemon stream has just had fans in Glimwood Tangle listening to the same looped music track while Pokemon pop out or cry out occasionally. Though we have seen the likes of Impidimp, Morelull, Swirlix, Phantump, and some unspecified new Pokemon thus far, they barely have done anything of note and large gaps of time have passed between those appearances. Hopefully, the stream will pick up as we get closer to its conclusion. Until then, we can just appreciate memes like this that are coming from the livestream:
If you want to watch the livestream in case they do end up showing something cool soon, you can watch it below.Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shieldwill release exclusively for Nintendo Switch on November 15 andare currently available to pre-order on Amazon.
