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Compatibility
Bad
Game functions, but with major graphical or audio glitches. Unable to progress in specific areas due to glitches even with workarounds.
Release(s)
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Pokémon Shield
Summary
Pokémon Sword & Shield boots and will go in-game.
Issues that the developers are aware of
- (Major, Unplayable) The game will soft-lock (freeze) every time an event occurs meaning that you will need about 4 dumped save files from a hacked Switch to even get to the second city and an unknown number of save files to finish the game (and it is unknown if the game can even be finished.) You can use a savefile (found below) to bypass the first cutscene that softlocks.
Thus, Pokémon Sword & Shield is completely unplayable. The project developers do not know what the cause of the soft-lock is and they are currently researching it, so it could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years for the game to be fixed.
Known Issues
| Title | Created | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Some games crash seconds after being ingame | November 25, 2019 | November 27, 2019 |
| Wireframe on certain models in Sword/Shield on AMD | November 20, 2019 | November 25, 2019 |
| Pokémon SwSh Box screen not rendering properly | November 16, 2019 | November 23, 2019 |
| Pokemon Sword & Shield - Weird graphical glitch | November 17, 2019 | November 23, 2019 |
| Softlocks in pokemon sword and shield | November 16, 2019 | November 25, 2019 |
| Missing HLE service command 'SetOperationMode' in 'ISystemLocalCommunicationService' (ldn:s) | November 15, 2019 | November 23, 2019 |
| No 3D output in Sword/Shield on AMD | November 16, 2019 | November 23, 2019 |
| Pokemon Sword & Shield - Running in Tall Grass isn't possible | November 15, 2019 | November 28, 2019 |
Compatibility
| Build Date | Tested By | Hardware | Version | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15/2019 | kanelakis on 12/15/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build ac974d2 |
Bad
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| 12/14/2019 | Alexandre_Savard on 12/14/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 2b49309 |
Bad
|
| 12/10/2019 | Yair_Yakobson on 12/12/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz GeForce 840M/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 733d67a |
Bad
|
| 12/9/2019 | Gran_Master on 12/09/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build fd62490 |
Bad
|
| 12/9/2019 | FentyFive on 12/09/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz GeForce RTX 2080/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build fd62490 |
Intro/Menu
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| 12/7/2019 | Aman_Mittal on 12/08/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz Radeon(TM) 520 Windows |
Mainline Build e9e7631 |
Bad
|
| 12/2/2019 | Squall1989 on 12/02/2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build d4881e8 |
Bad
|
| 12/2/2019 | Tulio_Santos1 on 12/02/2019 | AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build d4881e8 |
Bad
|
| 12/1/2019 | FentyFive on 12/01/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz GeForce RTX 2080/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 3e66f31 |
Intro/Menu
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| 12/1/2019 | Tulio_Santos1 on 12/01/2019 | AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build a1351ff |
Bad
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Savefiles
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Boy, John, Start | Beginning of game. Past the unskippable softlock. |
| Girl, Jane, Start | Beginning of game. Past the unskippable softlock. |