Pokemon: Sword and Shield is bursting with rivals ... Retiring Gym Leader Opal tricks Bede into taking over for her, and the writing does a fine job showcasing Bede’s character development ...

But not all Pokemon rivals are created equal, and fans have big opinions about their in-game opponents. Calem and Serena are somewhat interchangeable characters as the main rivals in Pokemon X & Y.

Head over to the first house on the left and speak to the person outside, insistent on becoming a Pokemon ... and find Bede in the middle of the road. When the cutscene is done and Opal has ...

Valerie was the one who first introduced the OP Fairy typing to us in X ... Pokemon with Weezing, Mawile, Togekiss, and Alcremie. Bede is her successor; he was previously a Psychic type specialist, ...

Pokemon Sword and Shield brings in a whole new generation ... gym leaders with Poison-type Pokemon like Allister, Piers, and Opal. Since it's the final evolution of the Generation VIII starter ...

Route 7 is a small connecting route east of Hammerlocke, and follows on from Ballonlea and Opal's Gym in your quest through Pokémon Sword and Shield's ... you'll find Bede hanging out in front ...

Opal will also appear again, and give you the Gym Leader's League Card - Bea's in Sword or Allister's in Shield. After that ... and you'll find Bede has smashed the entire wall to pieces!

Z-A seemingly features a returning X and Y character who has fans going feral after spotting her in the RPG's cover art Pokemon Legends: Z-A just got an October release date, and we can look ...

What had these Poketrainers apoplectic? Sword and Shield are the first games in the series not to feature every Pokemon. Traditionally, after beating a Pokemon game's final bosses -- think the ...

Don’t miss out on these 12 incredibly useful Pokémon in Sword and Shield. All Pokémon are special, but there are a handful of Pokémon that are just too useful to pass up. Pokémon Sword and ...

See everything you can do after beating Pokemon Sword & Shield. Here are all the postgame ... and can fight unique new Gym Trainers like Marnie and Bede. Find a few secrets in Hotel Ionia in ...