Pokémon Sword

Pokémon Sword
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	Ben Mooney
Featuring	Rick Desilets John Selig C/J Haley Sarah Fischer Geoff Hook Kari
Original run	November 18, 2018 - present
No. of episodes	24
Episode length	11-26 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	7:15:22

Pokémon Sword 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 Shield. 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 Ben and Geoff of The D-Pad in 2019. The LP began on November 18, 2019.

Pokémon

A list of all Pokémon obtained by Ben and Geoff during the run. A highlighted name indicates a Pokémon currently in the party.

#	Dex	Name	Species	Location	Ep	Gender	Level	Notes
1	817	Sadmo	Drizzile	Postwick	1	Female	24	Obtained from Leon as a Sobble at level 5. Evolved into a Drizzile in episode 15.
2	821	Borfon	Rookidee	Route 2	3	Male	14	Caught at level 6.
3	824	the worst	Blipbug	Route 2	3	Female	8	Caught at level 5.
4	827	Notflox	Nickit	Route 2	3	Female	10	Caught at level 7.
5	819	Chugga Truck	Skwovet	Route 2	4	Male	12	Caught at level 6.
6	833	Toof	Chewtle	Route 2	4	Female	5	Caught at level 5.
7	835	Stiggy Mox	Yamper	Route 2	4	Female	23	Caught at level 5.
8	052	Meowth	Meowth	Route 2	5		10	Obtained from Mystery Gift at level 5.
9	274	2Nutz	Nuzleaf	Route 2	6	Female	21	Caught as a Seedot at level 5. Evolved into a Nuzleaf in episode 15.
10	831	Wololooooooo	Wooloo	Route 1	6	Male	10	Caught at level 3.
11	582	McFlucky	Vanillite	Rolling Fields	7	Female	7	Caught at level 7.
12	659	Kurt F.	Bunnelby	Rolling Fields	7	Male	11	Caught at level 7.
13	714	Faucet	Noibat	Rolling Fields	8	Female	21	Caught in a Max Raid Battle at level 19. Renamed to Boy Gnat in episode 10, then to Faucet in episode 15.
14	674	Goopadroop	Pancham	Rolling Fields	9	Female	8	Caught at level 8.
15	194	Stunks Alota	Wooper	West Lake Axewell	9	Female	18	Caught in a Max Raid Battle at level 18.
16	361	Dr. Trungles	Snorunt	West Lake Axewell	9	Male	20	Caught at level 13. Renamed to Dr. Trungles in episode 12.
17	129	Destruktiko	Magikarp	Motostoke	12	Male	8	Caught at level 8.
18	434	Buttsack	Stunky	Route 3	14	Female	17	Caught at level 11.
19	568	justin.	Trubbish	Route 3	14	Male	13	Caught at level 13.
20	829	Allergina	Gossifleur	Route 3	14	Female	14	Caught at level 14.
21	037	Wert?	Vulpix	Route 3	14	Male	13	Caught at level 12.
22	838	Rumbledumpin	Carkol	Route 3	15	Male	22	Caught as a Rolycoly at level 11. Evolved into a Carkol in episode 20.
23	532	Plumbo	Timburr	Galar Mine	17	Female	14	Caught at level 14.
24	052	Krum McBalls	Meowth (Galarian)	Route 4	18	Male	14	Caught at level 14.
25	710	D.S.Pumpkins	Pumpkaboo	Route 4	18	Male	15	Caught at level 15. Renamed to D.S.Pumpkins in episode 19.
26	684	Tumpy Nards	Swirlix	Route 5	21	Female	23	Caught at level 21.
27	083	Lt Punchduck	Farfetch'd (Galarian)	Route 5	22	Female	22	Caught at level 20.
28	830	Jim the Wise	Eldegoss	Route 5	24	Male	22	Caught at level 22.

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 5, 2019 Nintendo Direct presentation, focusing exclusively on Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

Main LP

Episode	Title	Length	Players	Commentators	Release date
1	"A Massive Capitalist Enterprise"	25:06	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 18, 2019 (2019-11-18)
Postwick; Route 1; Wedgehurst; Sadmo the Sobble; Hop
2	"You're Pants with Directions"	16:32	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)
Postwick; Slumbering Weald; Route 1; Wedgehurst
3	"Let's All Have a Champion Time"	15:05	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)
Wedgehurst; Route 2; Borfon the Rookidee; the worst the Blipbug; Notflox the Nickit
4	"Hang in the Worst"	16:53	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 23, 2019 (2019-11-23)
Wedgehurst; Route 2; Chugga Truck the Skwovet; Toof the Chewtle; Stiggy Mox the Yamper
5	"The Strongest Pokémon in the Game"	23:14	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 25, 2019 (2019-11-25)
Route 2; Meowth the Meowth; Hop
6	"A Wet Shart"	24:03	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 26, 2019 (2019-11-26)
Route 2; 2Nutz the Seedot; Wedgehurst; Route 1; Wololooooooo the Wooloo; Meetup Spot; Rolling Fields
7	"Sadmomasochism"	13:38	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 27, 2019 (2019-11-27)
Rolling Fields; McFlucky the Vanillite; Kurt F. the Bunnelby
8	"I Love Eating Your Waste"	16:16	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 28, 2019 (2019-11-28)
Rolling Fields; Noibat the Noibat
9	"This Was Not Difficult"	18:46	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 28, 2019 (2019-11-28)
Rolling Fields; Goopadroop the Pancham; West Lake Axewell; Stunks Alota the Wooper; Snorunt the Snorunt
10	"Ball Guy"	18:39	Ben	Rick, Geoff	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)
East Lake Axewell; Motostoke; Noibat renamed to Boy Gnat
11	"Too Cut"	15:48	Ben	Rick, Geoff	December 2, 2019 (2019-12-02)
Motostoke Stadium; Motostoke
12	"It's Upside-Down Ass"	15:26	Ben	Rick, Geoff	December 3, 2019 (2019-12-03)
Motostoke; Motostoke Stadium; Snorunt renamed to Dr. Trungles; Destruktiko the Magikarp
13	"Dr. Trungles to the Fuck Ward"	13:56	Ben	Rick, Geoff	December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04)
Motostoke; Hop; Route 3
14	"Buttsack"	19:44	Ben	Rick, Geoff	December 5, 2019 (2019-12-05)
Route 3; Buttsack the Stunky; justin. the Trubbish; Motostoke; Allergina the Gossifleur; Wert? the Vulpix
15	"I Fucked Myself, Foster"	24:22	Ben	Rick, Geoff	December 10, 2019 (2019-12-10)
Motostoke; Boy Gnat renamed to Faucet; Route 3; 2Nutz evolves into Nuzleaf; Sadmo evolves into Drizzile; Rumbledumpin the Rolycoly
16	"He Pounds It with His Tongue"	11:51	Ben	Rick, Geoff	December 11, 2019 (2019-12-11)
Route 3
17	"Getting My Rocks Off"	17:34	Ben	Rick, Sarah, Geoff, Kari	December 12, 2019 (2019-12-12)
Galar Mine; Route 3; Plumbo the Timburr
18	"The First Non-Eight-Year-Old"	25:13	Ben	Rick, Sarah, Geoff, Kari	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Galar Mine; Bede; Route 4; Krum McBalls the Galarian Meowth; Pumpkaboo the Pumpkaboo
19	"Cooee Cooee Cumdrop"	16:08	Ben	Rick, Sarah, Geoff, Kari	December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16)
Route 4; Turffield; Pumpkaboo renamed to D.S.Pumpkins; Turffield Stadium
20	"GOAT IN"	19:49	Ben	Rick, Geoff, Kari	December 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)
Turffield Stadium; Milo; Rumbledumpin evolves into Carkol; Turffield
21	"Blue Balls"	14:22	Ben	Rick, John, Geoff	December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18)
Turffield; Route 5; Tumpy Nards the Swirlix
22	"Sir, This Is a Pokémon Battle"	18:00	Ben	Rick, John, Geoff	December 19, 2019 (2019-12-19)
Route 5; Lt Punchduck the Galarian Farfetch'd
23	"The Band Geek Seduces the Jock"	16:40	Ben	Rick, John, Geoff	December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)
Route 5
24	"The Ears Are the Mustache of the Head"	18:17	Ben	Rick, John, C/J, Geoff	December 25, 2019 (2019-12-25)
Route 5; Turffield; Hop; Jim the Wise the Eldegoss