Surprise Trade

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Surprise Trade (Japanese: マジカル交換 Magical Exchange) is a feature of the Generation VIII Nintendo Switch core series games Pokémon Sword and Shield that allows players to trade Pokémon over local wireless or on the internet with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. It is the successor to Wonder Trade in the Generation VI and VII games.

Surprise Trade in the Y-Comm interface
A notification for a completed trade

Surprise Trade is accessed from the Y-Comm and can match the player with a trading partner in the background.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 魔法交換 Mōfaat Gāauwuhn
Mandarin 魔法交換 / 魔法交换 Mófǎ Jiāohuàn
  French Échange Magique
  German Zaubertausch
  Italian Scambio magico
  Korean 매지컬 교환 Magical Gyohwan
  Russian Неожиданный обмен Neozhidannyy obmen
  Spanish Intercambio mágico


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