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Pokémon Sword and Shield 2019

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

All-time standing

#1381 of 1,900

By scope

2010s #429 of 613 2019 #37 of 70 Nintendo Switch #263 of 478

Ballots (13)

Decade 1

IGN

The Best Games of the Decade

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
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Year 12

IGN

Game of the Year 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #3
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Esquire

The 10 Best Video Games of 2019 Reshaped the Industry in Remarkable Ways

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #4
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

The 10 best videogames of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #9
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Goomba Stomp

Goomba Stomp

The Best Games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #10
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Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

The 40 Best Video Games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #12
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GamingBolt

GamingBolt

GamingBolt’s Game of the Year – Top 25 Games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #14
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Empire

Empire

The Best Games Of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #17
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Thrillist

Thrillist

The 30 Best Video Games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #17
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Polygon

The 50 best games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #33
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GQ

The Best Video Games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Included, unranked
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Insider

The best video games of 2019, from 'Apex Legends' to the 'Legend of Zelda'

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Included, unranked
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The Verge

The 10 best video games of 2019

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Included, unranked
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