SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

[Elkos]

datamine seems to have started over at vp

 

[Blitzamirin]

^ This. I guess the wait is over.

Datamined Sprite Sheet

Notable things.

- Many Legends and Mythicals seem to be back?
- Gigantamax Melmetal
- Gigantamax Orbeetle
- Gigantamax Snorlax
- Gigantamax Toxtricity
- Gigantamax Sandaconda? (the thing next to Tox)
- Galarian Darm has a Zen Mode?

 

[Elkos]

There's an Ice/Fire Galarian Darmanitan Zen Mode?

 

[Siggu]

If you can't see the previously linked mini spritesheet due to network restrictions, here's another link:

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So the final dex is actually a little larger than 400, with several legendaries and mythicals being present.

The non-Kanto/Alola starters are still missing though.

 

[BlueRay]

^ This. I guess the wait is over.

Datamined Sprite Sheet

Notable things.

- Many Legends and Mythicals seem to be back?
- Gigantamax Melmetal
- Gigantamax Orbeetle
- Gigantamax Snorlax
- Gigantamax Toxtricity
- Gigantamax Sandaconda? (the thing next to Tox)

So, Darmanitan's alternative form DOES have a Galarian form. Could this be Ice/Fire?

 

[Dakress]

^ This. I guess the wait is over.

Datamined Sprite Sheet

Notable things.

- Many Legends and Mythicals seem to be back?
- Gigantamax Melmetal
- Gigantamax Orbeetle
- Gigantamax Snorlax
- Gigantamax Toxtricity
- Gigantamax Sandaconda? (the thing next to Tox)

Oh cool, Melmetal did actually make it! (and has its own dynamax form apparently?) I was hoping they wouldn't leave him in Let's Go hell.

Edit: Also Primarina. I guess I'll still spam the Specs set for one more gen.

 

[Yung Dramps]

^ This. I guess the wait is over.

Datamined Sprite Sheet

Notable things.

- Many Legends and Mythicals seem to be back?
- Gigantamax Melmetal
- Gigantamax Orbeetle
- Gigantamax Snorlax
- Gigantamax Toxtricity
- Gigantamax Sandaconda? (the thing next to Tox)

So many legendaries are back... And yet...

LANDORUS-THERIAN IS GONE!!!!!!!

 

[Siggu]

The mini-sprites of the Squirtle, Bulbasaur and the Alolan starter lines are also present.

Also, Necrozma and its fused formes are present but Ultra Necrozma is completely absent. While it makes sense as it needed a Z-Crystal, it's notable as it doesn't have a workaround.

 

[Chanderule]

And we did get another non-Gen 1/8 Gigantamax, yay?

 

[Worldie]

All I need to know is that after seeing that GigaSnorlax sprite I want to carve my eyes

 

[carlucio7]

In : Mew, Celebii, keldeo, Marshadow, Zeraora.


Missing: Manaphy, Jirachi, Victini, genesect, Diancie, Magearna.

 

[Kami42]

Can we ... can we talk? So are there more Pokémon sprites then in the actual Dex?
So either post-game or/and events, right?

 

[Steel With It]

The broken-ass tea ghosts seem to have gender differences (two sprites each on the sheet).

 

[Siggu]

Didn't some people Mew would be back? But I can't seem to find it and Mewtwo.

That's right! Dunno about Mewtwo, but we KNOW Mew is going to be in the game, but it's not present in that sheet.

 

[Worldie]

That's right! Dunno about Mewtwo, but we KNOW Mew is going to be in the game, but it's not present in that sheet.

They're both in it, look better.

Pic

 

[RocketSurgery]

^ This. I guess the wait is over.

Datamined Sprite Sheet

Notable things.

- Many Legends and Mythicals seem to be back?
- Gigantamax Melmetal
- Gigantamax Orbeetle
- Gigantamax Snorlax
- Gigantamax Toxtricity
- Gigantamax Sandaconda? (the thing next to Tox)
- Galarian Darm has a Zen Mode?

Marshadow made it?! Praise Arceus! Or Eternatus? Whichever works, I was holding out hope for precisely this outcome!

Now when home comes out I can do another mono-ghost run. Yesssss.

 

[658Greninja]

Yes!!! My favorite archer owl has returned

 

[Siggu]

They're both in it, look better.

Pic

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Did not zoom in :P

Either way, we now have the final dex size.

 

[Worldie]

At least Dragapult won't feel alone in Ubers

 

[Halcyon.]

Incineroar is back...RIP VGC. Hopefully he wont be around until later, maybe after VGC 20

 

[Elkos]

Apparently it's just those sprites that are in, not the data(?). So it might be DLC?

 

[Jespoke]

Oh no, is that an Incineroar i see?? I thought we would get to have VGC without for a while

 

[Worldie]

Apparently it's just those sprites that are in, not the data(?). So it might be DLC?

They've stated multiple times the game is not having any DLC. Which (even with GF's lately inconsistent announcements) would still both match GF's policy of no patches, and Nintendo's policy of no DLC for those games.

Oh no, is that an Incineroar i see?? I thought we would get to have VGC without for a while

Allow me to introduce you my friend, lord and savior Corvik... oh wait, weak to fire

 

[Siggu]

At least Incineroar being back means we won't see Arcanine's ugly face everywhere. I can live with that.

 

[Bribery]

Apparently Movexit is a thing.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1193893434555133957