LogFAQs > #941301895

Short answer, yes. Long answer below

Some people rightfully think the expansion pass is a cash grab that should have been included in the base game, but I personally think it's worth it though I am slightly biased since this is my first Pokemon game in 3 generations so I didn't even think twice about preordering it the day it was announced.

With the expansion pass you already get direct access to almost 200 older generation Pokemon in the first of two DLCs, direct access in that you can catch them yourself instead of hoping that you find someone to trade with or join a raid to obtain them. You also get the ability to farm items to Gigantimax eligible Pokemon. Before this new DLC, you could only get Gigantimax pokemon from catching them in raids and you were stuck with whatever stats they had until they were level 100 and you could change them through bottle caps. Now, if you caught/bred something like a Hatenna and raised to a Hatterene, as soon as it becomes a Hatterene you can feed it a soup to give it the Gigantimax form. Before the DLC, I had zero interest in Gigantimax pokemon because like I said earlier, most of my enjoyment from Pokemon comes from raising a low level Pokemon into something overpowered, and not catching it when it's already at level 60.

https://www.fanbyte.com/guides/pokemon-sword-and-shield-gigantimax-guide-which-pokemon-have-gigantimax-forms/

Also be sure that if you do buy the expansion pass and have Pokemon Sword, make sure the one you buy is for Pokemon Sword and not Shield because they are not interchangeable. Last thing is that if you transfer a Pokemon to Pokemon Home (there's a free version) from your game in the next week you can get a free shiny Legendary later on.

https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/gaming/pokemon-sword-shield-shiny-zeraora-a4479871.html

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