There is no doubt that these two will get more to do in the future, but in comparison to Henry and Casey’s first impression, the two certainly lack their initial charm. Every leading Pokémon protagonist has a professor to back them up, but Magnolia rarely receives any attention as she mostly tells Henry and Casey where they are going next. In addition to Marvin, who can come off as a placeholder for a new generation of Pokémon fans, it is a shame Professor Magnolia does not get much time to talk. As they introduce concepts that have never been tackled before in prior entries, Henry and Casey largely overshadow Marvin. The two trainers are vastly different in terms of personality and expertise which keeps the manga steadily interesting. Unlike Marvin who reflects an unfamiliar audience and stereotypical “wannabe Pokémon master”, Henry and Casey flaunt more intriguing storytelling potential from the first page where they appear. Henry is a Pokémon expert who spends his time repairing their tools while Casey is a hacker that is concentrated on creating a Daynamax Simulator. POCKET MONSTERS SPECIAL SWORD SHIELD © 2020 Hidenori KUSAKA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO/SHOGAKUKAN While volume one does put a spotlight temporarily on a new young trainer named Marvin - who conveniently just moved to the region and is interested in learning about Pokémon, the manga slowly drifts to focus on Henry Sword and Casey Shield. As it loosely accommodates the game’s core events, the manga is constantly out to further build its known characters and expand upon the source material’s ideas while adding its own.įollowing the events of a group of young aspiring Pokémon trainers, the first volume of the Sword & Shield story arc takes a heavy focus on introducing the main cast and their personalities as they tackle a variety of the Galar region’s local problems. Based on the exclusive Nintendo Switch titles, Pokémon Adventures: Sword & Shield adapts the best-seller video games into a delightfully illustrated format like its predecessors. While the games did debut with a great cast of original trainers and Pokémon, it arguably never put the proper time into utilizing and developing them like previous entries.Īs to be expected by its history, the Pokémon Adventures manga yearns to solve its source material’s recurring narrative problems by strengthening the overall world Game Freak imagined.

Between Pokédex arguments and graphical conundrums, the one aspect all players loved was the designs of the Galar region. Pokémon Sword & Shield became a battle of opinions long before its launch.

In 2019, Pokémon fans hit an unfathomable standstill with the eighth generation’s premiere titles.

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