For all the happy-go-lucky Pokemon out there, the series has plenty of actual monsters too--Sword & Shield are no exception. These are the darkest Pokedex entries in the series. More Gigantamax forms ...

Here on Exp. Share, Kotaku’s weekly Pokémon column, I look back at various nonsense and cool shit from the series’ long history. But as players and fans, we all experience that history in our own way.