Pokémon Sword and Shield beta

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This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Pre-release content and more unused post-release content

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This article lists the unused content of the Generation VIII games Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Post-release

Pokémon

Mega Evolution, Primal Reversion, Bond Phenomenon, and Ultra Burst remain in the code of Sword and Shield. However, those Pokémon can't transform into those forms in the final release.

#   Pokémon Type 0003 Venusaur Mega Venusaur Grass Poison 0006 Charizard Mega Charizard X Fire Dragon 0006 Charizard Mega Charizard Y Fire Flying 0009 Blastoise Mega Blastoise Water 0065 Alakazam Mega Alakazam Psychic 0080 Slowbro Mega Slowbro Water Psychic 0094 Gengar Mega Gengar Ghost Poison 0115 Kangaskhan Mega Kangaskhan Normal 0127 Pinsir Mega Pinsir Bug Flying 0130 Gyarados Mega Gyarados Water Dark 0142 Aerodactyl Mega Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0150 Mewtwo Mega Mewtwo X Psychic Fighting 0150 Mewtwo Mega Charizard X Psychic 0208 Steelix Mega Steelix Steel Ground 0212 Scizor Mega Scizor Bug Steel 0214 Heracross Mega Heracross Bug Fighting 0248 Tyranitar Mega Tyranitar Rock Dark 0254 Sceptile Mega Sceptile Grass Dragon 0257 Blaziken Mega Blaziken Fire Fighting 0260 Swampert Mega Swampert Water Ground 0282 Gardevoir Mega Gardevoir Psychic Fairy 0302 Sableye Mega Sableye Dark Ghost 0303 Mawile Mega Mawile Steel Fairy 0306 Aggron Mega Aggron Steel 0310 Manectric Mega Manectric Electric 0319 Sharpedo Mega Sharpedo Water Dark 0334 Altaria Mega Altaria Dragon Fairy 0359 Absol Mega Absol Dark 0362 Glalie Mega Glalie Ice 0373 Salamence Mega Salamence Dragon Flying 0376 Metagross Mega Metagross Steel Psychic 0380 Latias Mega Latias Dragon Psychic 0381 Latios Mega Latios Dragon Psychic 0382 Kyogre Primal Kyogre Water 0383 Groudon Primal Groudon Ground Fire 0384 Rayquaza Mega Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0428 Lopunny Mega Lopunny Normal Fighting 0445 Garchomp Mega Garchomp Dragon Ground 0448 Lucario Mega Lucario Fighting Steel 0460 Abomasnow Mega Abomasnow Grass Ice 0475 Gallade Mega Gallade Psychic Fighting 0531 Audino Mega Audino Normal Fairy 0658 Greninja Battle Bond/Ash-Greninja Water Dark 0719 Diancie Mega Diancie Rock Fairy 0800 Necrozma Ultra Necrozma Psychic Dragon

Eternamax Eternatus

Eternamax Eternatus exists as an alternate form of Eternatus in the game's data; however, it cannot be obtained in-game and has never been distributed. Outside of its battle, it can only be seen during the move animation for Eternabeam. Its base stats are higher than that of a normal Eternatus and it has a base experience yield of 1125.

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  Eternamax Eternatus

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  Menu sprite

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 255		315 - 362	620 - 714
Attack: 115		108 - 183	211 - 361
Defense: 250		229 - 332	454 - 658
Sp. Atk: 125		117 - 194	229 - 383
Sp. Def: 250		229 - 332	454 - 658
Speed: 130		121 - 200	238 - 394
Total: 1125	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Shiny Pokémon

For the sake of consistency, all Pokémon have a Shiny form but some of them cannot be obtained as they have been locked out of being Shiny outside of the possibility of Shiny variants being distributed via events. As Zarude and Zarude Dada form were only distributed via events, it is currently impossible to have their Shiny forms. Melmetal can be obtained Shiny, but cannot consume Max Soup, so Shiny Melmetal cannot Gigantamax.

The first partner Pokémon the player obtains at the start of the game are also Shiny-locked, but their Shiny forms can be obtained via breeding. The Galarian forms of the legendary birds and the legendary heroes are also not available Shiny in-game, but their Shiny forms have been distributed through events.

All Pikachu in a cap are programmed to not be Shiny, but due to a glitch present in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the Partner Cap Pikachu transferred from these games can be Shiny.

#   Pokémon Type 0025 Pikachu All Pikachu in a cap forms Electric 0647 Keldeo Water Fighting 0721 Volcanion Fire Water 0789 Cosmog Psychic 0790 Cosmoem Psychic 0801 Magearna Steel Fairy 0802 Marshadow Fighting Ghost 0809 Melmetal Gigantamax Steel 0890 Eternatus Poison Dragon 0891 Kubfu Fighting 0892 Urshifu Single Strike Style Fighting Dark 0892 Urshifu Rapid Strike Style Fighting Water 0893 Zarude Dark Grass 0896 Glastrier Ice 0897 Spectrier Ghost 0898 Calyrex Psychic Grass

Unused Max Raid Battle stats

All Pokémon that can Dynamax have Max Raid battle stats with some of the stat fields being blank, meaning those Dynamaxed Pokémon are most likely not meant to be encountered in any Max Raid Battle encounter.

Moves

Main article: List of moves by availability in Generation VIII

Various moves, as well as Z-Moves, have been removed from Sword and Shield; they all have the same description of, "This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered." Attempting to use a Pokémon in battle that only knows unusable moves will always result in the Pokémon using Struggle instead and acting as if it has no moves available to select.

Items

Main article: List of unobtainable items → Wishing Chip

The Wishing Chip is not normally available as an item. However, it is present in the internal data of the games. The same applies to the Key Stone, Mega Stones, colored orbs, Z-Crystals, and the Band Autograph.

Abilities

As several Pokémon are not available in Pokémon Sword and Shield, their Abilities have been dummied out and are not able to be used in-game.

# Name Effect Pokémon 184 Aerilate Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little. Mega Pinsir, Mega Salamence 123 Bad Dreams Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon. Darkrai 210 Battle Bond Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon's bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful. Ash-Greninja 016 Color Change The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it. Kecleon 213 Comatose It's always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up. Komala 216 Dancer When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed. Oricorio 219 Dazzling Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves. Bruxish 191 Delta Stream The Pokémon changes the weather to eliminate all of the Flying type's weaknesses. Mega Rayquaza 190 Desolate Land The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Water-type attacks. Primal Groudon 059 Forecast The Pokémon transforms with the weather to change its type to Water, Fire, or Ice. Castform 206 Galvanize Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little. Alolan Geodude, Graveler, and Golem 179 Grass Pelt Boosts the Pokémon's Defense stat on Grassy Terrain. Skiddo, Gogoat 040 Magma Armor The Pokémon is covered with hot magma, which prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen. Slugma, Magcargo, and Camerupt 121 Multitype Changes the Pokémon's type to match the Plate or Z-Crystal it holds. Arceus 233 Neuroforce Powers up moves that are super effective. Ultra Necrozma 096 Normalize All the Pokémon's moves become Normal type. The power of those moves is boosted a little. Skitty, Delcatty 185 Parental Bond Parent and child each attacks. Mega Kangaskhan 090 Poison Heal Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned instead of losing HP. Shroomish, Breloom, and Gliscor 223 Power of Alchemy The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally. Alolan Grimer, Muk 189 Primordial Sea The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks. Primal Kyogre 168 Protean Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use. Froakie, Frogadier, Greninja, and Kecleon 074 Pure Power Using its pure power, the Pokémon doubles its Attack stat. Meditite, Medicham 197 Shields Down When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon's shell breaks and it becomes aggressive. Minior 137 Toxic Boost Powers up physical attacks when the Pokémon is poisoned. Zangoose

Pokédex entries

Several Pokémon had Pokédex entries for Pokémon Sword and Shield that were not used in-game until the releases of The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra DLC expansions were released respectively, making all unused Pokédex entries used.

Beta versions of Pokémon games

Generation I Red and Green • Yellow Generation II Gold and Silver (Spaceworld '97 demo) • Crystal Generation III Ruby and Sapphire • FireRed and LeafGreen • Emerald • Colosseum • XD Generation IV Diamond and Pearl • Platinum • HeartGold and SoulSilver Generation V Black and White • Black 2 and White 2 Generation VI X and Y • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Generation VII Sun and Moon • Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Generation VIII Sword and Shield Unreleased Pokémon Picross

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