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Development Timeline#
2016
September 2016 - Pokémon Sword & Shield enters development
2017
June 13th, 2017 - A new mainline Pokémon game confirmed to be in development for Nintendo Switch at that year’s E3 presentation.
September 2017 - Full scale development begins.
2018
May 29th 2018 - Confirmation that the next mainline Pokémon game will be releasing for the second half of 2019.
2019
February 27th 2019 - Game was properly unveiled during that years Pokémon Direct.
June 5th 2019 - Game was shown off in Pokémon Direct and unveiled Dynamax.
June 11th 2019 - The announcement that not every Pokémon would be available to be transferred into Gen 8.
November 15th, 2019 - Pokémon Sword & Shield releases worldwide.
2020
February 27th 2020 - Expansion Pass DLC Announced
June 17th 2020 - The Isle of Armor Releases
October 23rd 2020 - The Crown Tundra Releases
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Late Development#
Uniqlo Contest Winner Shirt#
In early 2019, a contest was held in Japan as a collaboration with the clothing design brand Uniqlo. This contest involved creating Pokémon-themed designs for shirts, with the Grand Prize-winning design being included in Sword and Shield as a customization option. The winners were announced in May 2019 with the screenshot at right (showing the Grand Prize winner's design in gameplay, worn by Gloria) being released, though whether this is a mockup or was actually taken in-game is unknown.
Eventually, it was discovered that the winning design (as well as another winner's design) had been sold by its creator before the contest, which breached the contest's rules. The design was disqualified, but no other Grand Prize winner was declared and the contest was officially abandoned aside from some lesser winners whose prizes didn't include anything related to the game.
Interestingly, there is an unused shirt in the released game, but it's not this design or any of the other winning entries.