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title: "Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Gym Leaders are Gym Masters"
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description: "Nintendo of America tweeted something really interesting about gyms in Pokemon Sword and Shield."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-03-11 22:00:09"
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Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Gym Leaders are Gym Masters | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Gym Leaders are Gym Masters](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pokemon-sword-and-shields-gym-leaders-are-gym-masters.jpg "Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Gym Leaders are Gym Masters")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pokemon-sword-and-shields-gym-leaders-are-gym-masters.jpg)Nintendo of America tweeted something really interesting about gyms in Pokemon Sword and Shield.

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## [](#interesting-facts)Interesting facts

First, the company revealed that gyms in the Galar region are “bigger than ever”, so you can expect gyms to be way larger than they were in previous games.

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[Link](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/pokemon-sword-and-shields-gym-leaders-are-gym-masters/)

Also interestingly, Gym Leaders are no longer being called “Gym Leaders” – they have a new title “Gym Master”.It’s unclear whether this is simply a cosmetic change or something way deeper.

The strange fact is the Nintendo of America then also deleted the tweet … did it come out at the wrong time?

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