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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 Sword
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/13/2019 | Yair_Yakobson on 12/13/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz GeForce 840M/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 9ae9355 |
Bad
|
| 12/12/2019 | lucab1705 on 12/12/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz GeForce GTX 1080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 4999f76 |
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
|
| 12/8/2019 | tungweimun on 12/09/2019 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build c71b7bc |
Bad
|
| 12/8/2019 | Mihir on 12/09/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build c71b7bc |
Intro/Menu
|
| 12/7/2019 | Trevor223 on 12/08/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M330 Windows |
Mainline Build e9e7631 |
Bad
|
| 12/2/2019 | Gawain on 12/02/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build d4881e8 |
Bad
|
| 12/1/2019 | Gawain on 12/01/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 3e66f31 |
Bad
|
| 12/1/2019 | Daggy1234 on 12/02/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 Windows |
Mainline Build 3e66f31 |
Intro/Menu
|
| 12/1/2019 | jiesebot on 12/01/2019 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz GeForce MX150/PCIe/SSE2 Windows |
Mainline Build 3e66f31 |
Great
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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. |