Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 6th, 2019. Today we’ve got a look at some of the details from the Pokemon Direct, some news about a couple of upcoming games, summaries of all the hot new releases like Slay the Spire, and of course, sales information. It’s an action-packed thriller filled with suspense and drama in the Mighty… sorry, that’s not my script. Ah, here we go. There’s plenty to look through today, friends, so let’s get going!
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The ‘Pokemon Direct’ Revealed Many New Things About ‘Pokemon Sword/Shield’

Yesterday’s Pokemon Direct may have been short, but it certainly brought a lot of tantalizing details with it. In addition to showing us a few more of the Galar region’s Pokemon (Wooloo seems to be going over well), we also got to see one of the big new features of the game: the Wild Area. It’s a large, open area where you can hunt wild Pokemon, meet up with other trainers, participate in raid battles, and more. With free camera control, this almost comes off like the overworld areas from other JRPGs like Dragon Quest 11 or Final Fantasy 12. It’s just, you know, more limited. But baby steps, friends. Another new feature is Dynamaxing, which allows a Pokemon to grow to gigantic proportions for a short time in battle. Those aforementioned raid battles" Yeah, you’ll be battling these big fellows. Anyway, it all looks pretty gre...