It’s Not Really Open-World
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The Wild Areas in Pokemon Sword and Shield have been heavily advertised by Game Freak and Nintendo as being these game-changing aspects of these two new mainline games but, while they are a neat inclusion, don’t offer much in terms of an open-world-like experience.
The routes are still the main path that you must follow in order to keep up with the story beats and get to the next city to face off against the gym leaders but if you wanted to take a break and explore a bit, these open areas can be quite fun.
You can go camping with your Pokemon and cook curry with them to increase their stats, you can partake in Raid battles with your friends to try and catch unique Pokemon, or you can just swim/bike around the fields.
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