In a recent interview with Gameinformer, the producers of Pokemon Sword/Shield, Ohmori and Masuda explained that players can expect enough content to rival previous Pokemon titles.
Masuda even added that Game Freak spent the last 3 years developing the game, and hoped that players would take their time to enjoy what the games had in store.
GameInformer Pokemon Sword / Shield interview
You spoke earlier about striving to make the “ultimate” Pokémon game with this first new generation on consoles. Do you think the length of this adventure is comparable to other Pokémon games?
Ohmori: I think it’s hard to go into details of that, but in terms of the volume or the amount of content in the main adventure, it’s comparable to other Pokémon generations that we’ve played.
I think there’s a lot of interesting activities that, for example, completing the Pokédex or really going out into the Wild Area and engaging with those mechanics, that’ll add a lot of replay value for players who are looking to get really hardcore into that.
Masuda: I feel like a lot of players these days will typically burn through content and try to go to the ending as fast as they can. From our perspective, we spent three years making it! [Laughs] We do hope that players will take their time through the adventure, but yeah, that’s my perspective.
