However, for the upcoming Pokémon Sword and Shield, it looks like the game is taking inspiration from the United Kingdom. For those that aren’t aware of the news, Pokémon Sword and Shield is the upcoming mainline Pokémon game for the Switch that is released later this year. We knew that a mainline Pokémon game was planned for the Switch for a while now, so it’s nice to have that confirmed finally. That means we need an all-new region for the game and that looks to be Galar. Pokémon Sword and Shield are released for the Switch later this year.

Source: Forbes February 28, 2019 03:33 UTC