How To Get Mew In Pokemon Shield

Pokémon Sword and Shield Mew explained - how to get Mew using the Poké Ball Plus

Bring a classic legendary Pokémon into Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Using the Poké Ball Plus, y'all can bring Mew, the original mythical Pokémon, into Pokémon Sword and Shield.

While y'all can't use the Poké Ball Plus every bit a controller when playing Pokémon Sword and Shield, yous tin can still transfer Pokémon within and take them for walks. Being able to receive Mew from a new Poké Ball Plus is an added fiddling extra to encourage people to buy the accessory.

The inclusion of Mew brings the total of legendary and mythical Pokémon in Sword and Shield upward to 4.

On this page:

What you demand to know earlier you transfer Mew into Pokémon Sword and Shield
How to receive Mew in Pokémon Sword and Shield
How useful is Mew in Pokémon Sword and Shield?

What you need to know before you transfer Mew into Pokémon Sword and Shield

If you want to transfer Mew into Pokémon Sword and Shield, you must outset think if your Poké Brawl Plus actually contains a Mew.

Each Poké Brawl Plus merely ever contains one Mew. This ways that if you lot've already transferred it to either Pokémon: Allow's Go Pikachu! or Allow'southward Go Eevee!, and then you won't be able to transfer it to Sword or Shield.

Even if y'all've deleted the saved game that contained the Mew, it's impossible for yous to receive another one, without buying a new Poké Ball Plus.

For this reason, consider very carefully which game you want to transfer Mew into.

How to receive Mew in Pokémon Sword and Shield

Since you can't use the Poké Ball Plus as a controller in Pokémon Sword and Shield, connecting to it is a lot simpler.

Beneath you'll find the following steps that will allow you to connect to the Poké Ball Plus in either Pokémon Sword or Shield:

Plow on Pokémon Sword or Shield.
Brainstorm playing the game and open the X menu.
From the X menu, select the choice for 'Mystery Gift.'
In this new menu select 'Take a Stroll with Poké Ball Plus.'
Connect with to the Poké Ball Plus by either pressing on the elevation button or control stick. This may take a few seconds.

You'll find the Poké Ball Plus option in the Mystery Gift menu.

If you take never used your Poké Ball Plus before, you will then receive your Mew.

Afterwards, y'all can apply this feature to take your favourite Pokémon from either Sword or Shield on walks in the real world.

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How useful is Mew in Pokémon Sword and Shield?

The obvious reason for bringing Mew in Pokémon Sword and Shield is that it will help yous complete your Pokédex.

Though, since it is a mythical Pokémon, Mew'southward entry in the Pokedex will just testify up if you either catch it yourself or if you lot battle a friend who has it in their party.

Due to its status every bit a mythical Pokémon, three random stats of Mew's vi will exist maxed out, which means these three stats will be at the 'all-time' level. Cheers to this, yous can railroad train Mew to become a very powerful psychic Pokémon, especially if ane of these chosen stats is its Special Attack.

Yet, yous do only get ane Mew per Poké Ball Plus and there are some heady new psychic Pokémon in Pokémon Sword and Shield for you to train.