The company admits that the official Pokémon Sword and Shield guide contains 64 errors, although at the moment they only seem to affect the Japanese version.
The company in charge of merchandising and licensing of products in the Pokémon series, The Pokémon Company, has issued a statement in Japan asking for forgiveness for the mistakes of the official guide of Pokémon Sword and Shield. "During the process of editing the guide and the encyclopedia with the Galar pokédex, both published on December 7, the data delivered were incorrect and we recognize that there are multiple errors that arose from that," says the statement. "We offer a Sorry for the inconvenience caused to our readers. ” In it you can also find a list where the 64 faults to be corrected are highlighted, although for the moment it is only in Japanese.
In the beginning, the Japanese guide of the title is different from the one that has been commercialized in the West (Europe and America), where it has a price of 18.99 euros and is called “Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield: Official strategy guide with the route of Galar. " Being slightly different, we await a translation of the list of errors and new information confirming that outside the archipelago the editions are correct. In any case, none of that tarnishes the success of the games, which exceeded 6 million units sold in just three days.
Why did the fat Pikachu die?
In another order of things, The Pokémon Company has taken advantage of the last hours to, in addition to the apology, explain what happened to the famous fat Pikachu with which the saga began. A fun reflection in which they remember how they were influenced by anime and the need for poor Pikachu to make a great variety of movements in him. "We needed a more defined neck and lengthened your spine." And it was not the only surprise that the animated series gave them: “Nor did we know that Pikachu was going to end up screaming Pika-Pika. It's as if a cat said the word cat, ”said Ken Sugimori, artistic director of the saga.
