Game Freak Isn’t Reusing 3DS Models In Pokémon Sword and Shield

It’s fair to say that there are a lot of fans looking forward to upcoming game Pokémon Sword and Shield that comes to Switch later this year. Because it’s the first mainline game since the 3DS-era people are, rightly or wrongly, expecting a fair boost in visual fidelity when it comes to the Pokémon visuals.

Now, an interview with Famitsu has recently caused a stir online with Polygon reporting that Game Freak is indeed creating new models for Pokémon in the latest game (which was also picked up by Eurogamer).

Cue Internet drama. Which for once, isn’t completely unfounded. Looking around the comments on articles on the subject or YouTube videos, the debate seems to stem solely from the initial translation of the interview (via reddit) which is often an issue when people use a computer-based translation, such as Google Translate.

We figured that it would be worthwhile getting a professional human translation service (in this case gengo.com) to translate the quote again and see what we get back.

The excerpt we picked was the one immediately following the answer that explained that not all Pokémon would be included in the new game.
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