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Pokemon Co. talks about the decision to create story-based DLC for Pokemon Sword and Shield

A new venture
by rawmeatcowboy
18 June 2020
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The Pokemon Sword and Shield 'Isle of Armor' Expansion Pass DLC is now live, giving players a whole new round of content to explore. This kind of approach to a mainline Pokemon game is quite different from what Pokemon Co. has done before, and in an interview with GamesIndustry, Pokémon Company's Peter Murphy explains the move.

"Previously we released boxed 'upper versions' of the core series games, the most recent being the 3DS titles Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon, as this was the best way for us to deliver additional content. Pokémon Sword and Shield saw us take the core series onto Nintendo Switch, enabling us to take advantage of the platform's ability to easily deliver additional content digitally. By expanding the gameplay experience this way players can continue their journey with save data from the main games without the need to replay content from the base games.

...we've had a lot of experience with releasing content on eShop, so that's not new. And we've previously released extensions to a core series, such as Black and White 2. So, while it will be exciting and interesting to see how combining those together goes, the launch is similar to a physical release in many respects. We still promote it in a similar way, work with retail to ensure the download cards are available for those who prefer to buy in-store, review pre-order sales data, and work with media to generate editorial coverage."

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