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2021 games will be a sequel to SwSh, set two years later
>Option to start in any town with level scaling for wild pokemon
>Hop delivers the starter to you
>Gameplay will include two phases
>Phase 1 concerns the minor league where you beat 8 of the minor league gym leaders to get endorsement for the major league
>You can fight the minor league leaders which now includes Klara and Avery in any order
>Bede and Marnie will appear as rival/mentors
>they are minor league gym leaders but you don't have the chance to challenge them
>they will however get promoted to major league gym leaders when you finish Phase 1
>Phase 2 will be the major league which is basically the same thing as the original SwSh fixed sequence and all
>Whoever is in the minor/major league and also the sequence of the major league is randomised with each play through but Bede and Marnie are fixed, along with Kabu and Melony who are version exclusives
>Opal and Piers are retired for obvious reason but Raihan has also retired. He joins Piers and Leon in some secret mission
>New pokemon will be introduced in phase 2 so the routes will feel different
>Working title is Frozen Sword and Burnt Shield