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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 | February 21, 2020 |
| Pokemon Sword & Shield - Weird graphical glitch | November 17, 2019 | January 18, 2020 |
| Pokémon SwSh Box screen not rendering properly | November 16, 2019 | January 18, 2020 |
| Softlocks in pokemon sword and shield | November 16, 2019 | January 18, 2020 |
| 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 | January 18, 2020 |
Compatibility
| Build Date | Tested By | Hardware | Version | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20/2020 | Aman_Mittal on 02/21/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz Radeon(TM) 520 Windows |
Mainline Build 450a4bf |
Bad
|
| 02/18/2020 | hansel455 on 02/19/2020 | AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Quad-Core Processor GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build c7dcc1d |
Bad
|
| 02/16/2020 | SNIELSEL on 02/16/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz GeForce GTX 1070 Windows |
Mainline Build b8ce8dd |
Intro/Menu
|
| 02/12/2020 | kanelakis on 02/12/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Windows |
Mainline Build 5f4d5dc |
Bad
|
| 02/8/2020 | lmnjun on 02/08/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build d0d76d0 |
Bad
|
| 02/5/2020 | kanelakis on 02/06/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Windows |
Mainline Build 301dcac |
Won't Boot
|
| 02/4/2020 | kanelakis on 02/04/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Windows |
Mainline Build 4434ddc |
Bad
|
| 02/4/2020 | kanelakis on 02/04/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Windows |
Mainline Build 4434ddc |
Bad
|
| 01/31/2020 | Aman_Mittal on 02/02/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz Radeon(TM) 520 Windows |
Mainline Build 7ee7636 |
Bad
|
| 01/28/2020 | Kcoryz on 01/29/2020 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 9120a71 |
Bad
|
Savefiles
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Boy, John, Start | Beginning of game. Past the unskippable softlock. |
| Girl, Jane, Start | Beginning of game. Past the unskippable softlock. |