Game Rant

  • A new leak reveals more information about GTS trading in Sword and Shield. 1 / 7

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  • Or rather, the lack of it. The Global Trade Station appears to be missing for the new titles. 2 / 7

  • The GTS has been available since the Gen IV titles for players to trade Pokemon online. 3 / 7

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  • In its place, players can trade in a similar fashion to the Pokemon Let's Go titles. 4 / 7

  • In those games, players needed to have codes to link up with friends to trade. 5 / 7

  • This made trading with strangers difficult, so players needed to join special communities. 6 / 7

  • The removal of the GTS seems like an odd mood on Game Freak's part. 7 / 7