Pokémon Shield

Pokémon Shield
Franchise	Pokémon
Developed by	Game Freak
Published by	The Pokémon Company Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release date	November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)
Genre	Role-playing
Details
Played by	Rick Desilets
Featuring	Ben Mooney
Original run	April 8, 2020
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	43 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	43:29

Pokémon Shield is a 2019 role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is part of the eighth generation of the Pokémon franchise, and one half of a pair of games with Pokémon Sword. The two games are the first entries in the eighth generation, featuring new Pokémon and a new setting, the Galar region. The Nintendo Direct announcing the game was covered by The D-Pad in an episode of The D-Pad Reacts released on February 27, 2019, and another Direct revealing further details was similarly covered on June 6, 2019. The game was played by Rick on The D-Pad in 2020, as an infrequent series of episodes covering parts of the game which diverge from the equivalent sections in Ben and Geoff's full LP of Pokémon Sword. The LP began on April 8, 2020.

Episodes

Pre-release

TDPR#	Episode	Title	Length	Commentators	Release date
14	*	"LYCANROCS OF GALAR - Rick reacts to the Pokémon Sword & Shield Direct | 2.27.19"	10:46	Rick	February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)
Rick reacts to the February 27, 2019 Nintendo Direct presentation, focusing on the announcement of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.
21	*	"THIS IS HUGE - Rick reacts to the Pokémon Sword & Shield Direct | 6.5.2019"	23:35	Rick	June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06)
Rick reacts to the June 6, 2019 Nintendo Direct presentation, focusing exclusively on Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

Main LP

Episode	Title	Length	Players	Commentators	Release date
*	"Bonus Move"	43:29	Rick	Ben	April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)
Stow-on-Side; Hop; Stow-on-Side Stadium; Allister

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The D-Pad Reacts 

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