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title: "Pokemon Sword & Shield – Unseen Galar town footage"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/pokemon-sword-shield-unseen-galar-town-footage/"
description: "Nintendo UK has uploaded a short message from Shigeru Ohmori from Pokemon Sword & Shield developer, Game Freak."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-08-24 22:11:39"
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Pokemon Sword & Shield - Unseen Galar town footage | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Pokemon Sword & Shield – Unseen Galar town footage](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pokemon-sword-shield-niet-eerder-vertoonde-galar-footage.jpg "Pokemon Sword & Shield – Unseen Galar town footage")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pokemon-sword-shield-niet-eerder-vertoonde-galar-footage.jpg)Nintendo UK has uploaded a short message from Shigeru Ohmori from Pokemon Sword & Shield developer, Game Freak.

> 🇩🇪 [\#gamescom2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/gamescom2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has begun! To kick things off, director of [\#PokemonSwordShield](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonSwordShield?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Shigeru Ohmori takes us on a tour through a previously unseen town in the Galar region. [\#NintendoGC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoGC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/xbJnfEPboh](https://t.co/xbJnfEPboh)
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> — Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) [August 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1163722336740282368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## [](#unseen-galar-town)Unseen Galar town

The two minute video gives us the first look at one of the town’s which are part of the Galar region where the next Pokemon game takes place. It certainly looks fairly impressively detailed which is encouraging.

### [](#about-pokemon-sword-shield)About Pokemon Sword / Shield

A whole new Pokémon RPG adventure awaits in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield coming to Nintendo Switch on November 15th!

**Introducing the Galar region**

Get ready to discover Galar, an expansive region with diverse environments, from a peaceful countryside and contemporary cities to a thick forest and snow-covered mountains. The people and Pokémon who live here work together closely to develop the industries within it.

Throughout your journey, you’ll have the opportunity to visit various Gyms in your quest to become Champion! You won’t be alone though, as Galar is home to newly discovered Pokémon that you can choose to be your very first partner!

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