Breaking down the new Pokemon Scarlet & Violet patch notes
A few weeks ago, The Pokemon Company teased a new patch for Scarlet & Violet, which was slated for “the end of February.” Well now that date has come and gone, and the full patch notes are now live on Nintendo’s official site. Let’s run through a few of the alterations to the previous patch notes.
One obvious addition to the patch notes in this final pass is the existence of DLC. While that was kept under lock and key before the Pokemon Day presentation, the cat is out of the bag now, and we know that there are two DLC expansions (parts 1 and 2) slated for release in the fall and winter of 2023.
To that end, the patch added the ability to buy them in-game, and unlock specific bonuses immediately.
The “Paldea Prologue” competition is underway, as we move further into 2023 and eventually end up at the 2023 Pokemon World Championship in Japan. This addition is only going to impact a small percentage of the fanbase, but it’s worth mentioning nontheless.
“Trainers can now enjoy Online Competitions and Friendly Competitions in the Battle Stadium, and entries are now open for an official Online Competition: Paldea Prologue.”
In another surprise announcement, Pokemon Go support is live now in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.
This support goes both ways, as you can get Vivillon variants in the core games, and a Roaming Form Gimmighoul in Go. Home support is still thankfully slated for “early 2023,” and there are no delays to worry about as of this week.
Thank you for playing the Pokémon series.
On Monday, February 27, we released the version 1.2.0 update for the Nintendo Switch exclusive software titles Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.
With this update, we have added new features, new functionality for Pokémon Boxes, and fixes for
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