Marnie is the only Gym Leader in Sword and Shield who doesn't use the Trainer class "Gym Leader" when battled at a Gym . Sword and Shield released on Nov '19. So she's like a month old, same like every character on the series. She has many passionate fans, thanks to her sense of style and calm, calculated battle strategies. Marnie (Japanese: マリィ Mary) is one of the rival characters in Pokémon Sword and Shield, the others being Hop and Bede, and specializes in Dark-type Pokémon. Together with her partner Morpeko, she aims to become the Champion of the Galar region in order to accomplish a certain goal. Marnie's uniform number is "960", which can be read in Japanese as goroawase for 苦労 kurō, meaning "hardship", or 黒 kuro, meaning "black". Anyway, here's to Marnie's eighteenth birthday in like seven years lol But other characters in the series have been 14, 16 and 17 in their respective games. Marnie is the older sibling, while Paige is the youngest. She eventually replaces her older brother Piers as the Gym Leader of her hometown Spikemuth. The two girls have four Drifloon between them, which they use as their personal transport, often to deliver lunch to their father at the Valley Windworks . Both aspire to become qualified Nurse Joy, often helping their mother at home and in the Pokémon Center . Bede (Japanese: ビート Beet) is one of the rival characters in Pokémon Sword and Shield, the others being Hop and Marnie. Marnie is one of your rivals who has a competitive side. For Pokemon Sword on the Nintendo Switch, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "How old is Marnie? He initially specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon , but is eventually scouted by Opal to succeed her as a Fairy-type Gym Leader , and thus changes his specialty type accordingly. ".