I know it’s worded odd, but I wasn’t sure how else to put it. Let me clarify, in depth.
It seems like a lot of the exclusive dex in Sw/Sh isn’t exclusive. I was den hunting last night (to fill my dex) and I came across a Gigantamax Appletun….in Sword. Also successfully caught it. (I thought maybe it’d just escape at the end of battle!) Then I realized I had a “Shield only” Gigantamax Lapras that I’ve caught. In addition to this, Throh/Sawk are easily obtained in opposing versions. I’ve also read somewhere here on the database that someone caught a Kyogre on Sword!
So I suppose my question is multi-pronged. Which version exclusive Pokemon are obtainable in opposite versions and why? Which aren’t truly version exclusives? (Meaning, which can I get without trading.) Seems like they did a patch to allow a lot of them across versions. Could I fill my dex without trading if I just den hop enough?
It just caught me off guard and surprised me to find Appletun, then I realized that she wasn’t the only exclusive I’d found. And everything I’ve read suggested that I HAD TO get a sweet apple into Sword in order to have one, which is obviously wrong. Help me make sense of this, y’all!
