New Pokémon Alcremie looks like a cake, attacks by squirting whipped cream
A fresh trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield has revealed several new Pokémon, including the eye-catching Alcremie.
Known as the Cream Pokémon, Alcremie fires whipped cream as an attack. According to a description from The Pokémon Company, this cream “becomes richer the happier Alcremie is feeling”.
This cream is edible, its description reveals – and is “invariably delicious, so many pastry chefs strive to have an Alcremie as their partner”.
But Alcremie’s cream is intended first and foremost as a defense mechanism. “When attacked by an opponent,” The Pokémon Company continues, “Alcremie will throw sweet-scented cream to distract them or temporarily blind them, giving itself time to escape.”
Why the big focus on Alcremie? Well, it is an example of another new mechanic for the games – Gigantamax. We’ve already seen how stadium-sized gym battles are possible by Dynamaxing Pokémon into enormous versions of themselves. Gigantamax takes this a step further, and allows specific Pokémon to change appearance when they do so. It all sounds a lot like Mega Evolution – although that mechanic has now been officially retired, and won’t return in Sword and Shield.
To add further complication – Gigantamax is not only limited to certain species of Pokémon, but certain of that species. So, presumably, you’ll need to go hunting for specimens which this applies to.
Anyway, back to Alcremie. In a Dynamax battle, it can become… Gigantamax Alcremie. Here’s our first look:
And here’s its description, which I’m just going to go ahead and present in full:
“The cream pouring out of its body hardens when subjected to impacts-the stronger the impact, the harder it becomes-giving Alcremie an impressive resistance to physical attacks. Additionally, the giant ‘Berry’ decorations on Alcremie’s body are as hard as diamonds, and it’s said that most attacks won’t even be able to leave a scratch. Alcremie will launch high-calorie cream missiles around itself to attack its opponents.
