Pokemon Direct : new Pokemon games! Sword / Shield

[Sora]

@sd_dreamcrystal
I've decided I'll aim for the Shiny Charm first. Had a small attempt at Swirlix while trying to catch another Farfetch'd, didn't have any luck.

@Harmonie
If I've got the full list, this is what I can trade to you then?

Deino
Jangmo-o
Farfetch'd
Gothita
Turtonator
Seedot
Mawile
Solrock
Darumaka
Scraggy
Rufflet
Swirlix
Passimian
Stonjourner

If you'd like these ones:
Male Indeedee
Shellos
Sobble (not sure what starter you chose!)

[Harmonie]

Hm... Let me think. Right now I think I want Farfetch'd and Darumaka. Let me know what you might want from Shield.

[Sora]

I'm interested in pretty much any exclusive, be it new or old

[Harmonie]

Off the top of my head I have...

Tyranitar
Lotad/Lombre
Lunatone
Croagunk/Toxicroak (or at least I see them all of the time)
Vullaby/Mandibuzz
Spritzee
Oranguru
Eiscue
Indeedee female
Galarian Ponyta

I don't even have Zamazenta yet, I am taking my time with the game. Although I'm pretty sure I'm right on the cusp of doing so.

[Sora]

That's fine! There's no rush. Just let me know when you're ready, and I'll activate the free trial

Also... I caught two shinies! Last night I caught a shiny Xatu whilst just trying to get him in my dex - and it's the new purple square version!
Then this morning, I caught a shiny Crustle during training! I've never had this kind of luck in a Pokemon game before.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Hey guys if you also want certain pokemon that are not easily found in your game or at all, have a friend who raids in the opposite game from you. One of mine had a Stonjourner raid and I was able to join in on that one (I have shield so Stonjourner is not one I can find in my game). I don't know if it works all the time though as I haven't been able to join in many of the raids on my feed.

[pawpatrolbab]

When I first heard about the new Pokemon games, I really wasn't impressed, especially with the national dex being cut from the game because that's an important part of Pokemon to me. But since it's released and seeing others play it, it looks really fun and I really want it. My favorite new feature is the Pokemon camps

[Sora]

So apparently even the curry dex needs trades just to complete it. Sheesh...

[Harmonie]

Sora, I have a lot more version exclusives now and have finished the game. So let me know when you want to trade... And how we do that? I haven't done any kind of online stuff with this game aside from Raid battles yet, so I don't know how it works. lol

[Sora]

Are you free tomorrow? I only say that because a load of my Pokemon (including some fodder) are currently tackling some jobs and won't be back until late

I'm not 100% sure, but going off from what I've read, it's a bit cumbersome. Apparently one person initiates the trade and is given a 4-digit code to give to their trader. The only trouble is that some people have reported getting the wrong person because the game makes no effort to check if anyone else has the same code 

By the way, could I trouble you for 7 tins of Bach's Food tins? I can give you 7 Bob's Food Tins in return, in case you ever wanted to finish your own curry dex off. If you need any of the fossils from my game let me know (apparently you -can- get all of them from one game, but two of them are a lot rarer).

[Harmonie]

Sure, I should be free tomorrow.

Do you know how I'm supposed to get Bach's Food tins? I've never heard of that. I haven't explored the curry making stuff much.

[Sora]

In the Wild area, there's a couple of hikers selling ingredients (their locations are marked on the map). They change every day, I'm not sure if the food tins are guaranteed to be there, but they seem to show up more often than not with at least one guy.

[Harmonie]

I'm afraid I've always ignored those guys. I'll try to see what mine has today.

Also, I did a random trade and got a Grookey. If you'd like to have one, I've already bred it!

[Sora]

Oh, yes please! That will just leave me with Scorbunny to finish the starters at least

[Harmonie]

Good news! The ingredients guy was selling the Bach's tins today, so I got those for you! Do I just have the traded Pokemon hold them? (Of course, there probably isn't any other way).