[Sword & Shield] Crown Tundra introduces neat features

[bobandbill]

Well, potentially neat anyway, and that's my opinion - but what about yours?

While the focus of the info today was on the Isle of Armor, the 2nd half of the DLC has the following (see recent Daily news article):

In the Crown Tundra (DLC part 2), there is a new Dynamax Adventures mode, where you investigate burrows in a team of 4 Trainers searching for Dynamax Pokémon. You'll be able to battle Legendary Pokemon this way.

Also in the Crown Tundra DLC, there is a Galarian Star Tournament, where you can rematch Galar Gym Leaders and Leon in Double Battles. This is held in Wyndon City. You can pick a teammate to participate with you from the NPCs.

The first could be a nice bit of co-op. I have enjoyed doing Raid Battles with friends, but it is a bit repetitive after a while. Having to explore an area, making choices on the fly with others, etc seems to have some neat exploration potential! But of course, we'll have to see how it's executed. And if in solo/offline mode we're stuck with Solrock and friends...

It is a bit of a shame the Galarian Star tourney is seemingly limited to SwSh characters only. [Really should make that article about the lack of non-Galar people in Galar!] But still, a different take on Double Battles seems neat to explore to me. It'd be neat if it allows us to learn even more about those characters and come with unique dialogue - and if there's good rewards for it too.

So, let's discuss these new aspects of the 2nd part of the DLC! What do you make of them?

 

[Sheep]

Also in the Crown Tundra DLC, there is a Galarian Star Tournament, where you can rematch Galar Gym Leaders and Leon in Double Battles. This is held in Wyndon City. You can pick a teammate to participate with you from the NPCs.

I hope it won't just be Hop and Marnie. C-can I battle with Bede too pls....?

 

[bobandbill]

I hope it won't just be Hop and Marnie. C-can I battle with Bede too pls....?

I think the suggestion is you can pick anyone, but that remains to be seen.

 

[Lunar]

I'm really loving the idea of the Galarian tournament, I'm a sucker for tournament battles with some of the game's characters, makes you feel like you're in the anime and battling out for a big title against the other heavyweight trainers. I agree though, would be so much better with characters from across the regions similar to the PWT, the star tournament sounds like it could have been made so much better, but I guess they wanted to focus their time on other things in the DLC which I can't blame GF too much for :)