Generation VIII added Dynamax and limited each game to a regional list

Galarian and Hisuian forms carried the new typings

• No new types arrived; the chart stayed at 18.
• Galarian forms changed types for several species, such as Galarian Ponyta becoming Psychic and Galarian Weezing Poison and Fairy.

Legends: Arceus kept the 18-type chart under its own rules

• Legends: Arceus used the same chart with its own battle rules.

Terrain fell to 1.3 times and Dynamax doubled HP

• Terrain boosts dropped from 1.5 times to 1.3 times.
• Turn order was recalculated after each action instead of once per turn.
• Dynamax raised HP by 1.5 to 2 times for three turns.

Mints and the Ability Patch made training adjustable

• The Nursery replaced the Day Care name, and two Pokémon of one species could transfer egg moves.
• Mints changed a nature's stat effect without changing the nature.
• The Ability Patch switched a standard ability to the hidden ability.
• Exp. Candy gave fixed experience amounts, and the Exp. Share stayed on for the whole party.

Sword and Shield cut species, moves, Megas and Z-Moves

• Mega Evolution and Z-Moves were unavailable in Sword and Shield.
• Several hundred moves were removed from the games, including Pursuit, Return, Frustration and Hidden Power.
• The friendship threshold for evolution dropped from 220 to 160.

Sword and Shield split two gym leaders by version

• Sword featured Zacian and Shield featured Zamazenta.
• Sword had the gym leaders Bea and Gordie, and Shield had Allister and Melony.
• Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remade Diamond and Pearl closely, including the Grand Underground.
• Legends: Arceus was set in Hisui, an earlier Sinnoh, with Hisuian forms and new evolutions such as Wyrdeer.

Type chart era

18 types in the Generations VI to IX chart

Battles in these games follow that chart, shared with the rest of Generations VI to IX. Open the type chart by era