The announcement of new Pokémon can be controversial, friendship-threatening news. Allegiances to specific Pokémon are sworn and lines in the sand drawn. There are many hills, that many will die on, that involve their favorite starter Pokémon of choice.

However, while Twitter freaks out about the new Pokémon Wooloo (which let’s be real—we should be freaking out about Wooloo), we got a bunch more information on Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield from Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. If you haven’t caught either of the two Nintendo Directs on the games, or you don’t spend your free time browsing the annals of the Official Pokémon website for some reason, here is a comprehensive guide to everything we now know about Pokémon Sword and Shield.

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GENERAL OVERVIEW

To start, the titles are called Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. The games use turn based combat to battle Pokémon with different powers. Catch and train Pokémon to win battles with the ultimate goal of becoming the best Pokémon trainer. The game has a new title theme, that for the first time in Pokémon video game, has lyrics. It goes, “There’s nothing we can’t do if we make it together and look around you. You’re not alone.” The lyrics are cheesy, but if you aren’t getting a sappy song about friendship and achieving goals together, is it really Pokémon?

THE GALAR REGION

The site for the next Pokémon adventure is the U.K.-inspired Galar region. The distinguishing characteristic of Galarian culture is that Pokémon battles are regarded as the most popular form of entertainment. Think of Europe and soccer, except now, its Pokémon battles and Galar. Battle in a massive stadium in front of thousands of NPCs on Galarian television. It’s no CIA World Fact Book, but at least we know something about the people of the new region.

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