Catching Meloetta in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is hilariously convoluted

polygon.com:

The method to catch Meloetta in the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk expansion doesn’t seem real.

The first time I saw the process was on TikTok, and according to that video, you have to go a specific spot, twirl around for ten seconds, and then pull out your camera and use the sepia filter to find the Pokémon. It’s so specific that I thought a content creator was trying to take advantage of unsuspecting players; it reminded me of hearing old rumors about Mew hiding under a truck.

But then I saw another similar video… and another. It wasn’t some sort of collective joke. I checked it myself and the convoluted process is very much real.

I — and likely many other fans — delighted in the process. In a world where everything can be crowdsourced and datamined, it’s hard to find a genuine sense of surprise in a Pokémon game anymore. As a kid, I puzzled on how to catch the Regis for weeks. In this case, it took a few days for players to find and tell others about the process. And while this is arguably a short period of time, it feels like an eternity in the scheme of internet video game discoveries. So with that, we’ll explain how to catch Meloetta in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

You can catch Meloetta inThe Indigo Disk DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. To play The Indigo Disk, make sure you have previously purchased the DLC and completed the mainline story forThe Teal Mask. If you’ve finished The Teal Mask, the nice part is you can go catch Meloetta early on in The Indigo Disk mainline story.

You can go catch Meloetta immediately after you unlock the Terrarium at the Blueberry Academy. Once you’re there, go to the Coastal Biome. You’re going to want to head in a region in the southwest part of the biome by a