Pokemon Fan Finds Scarlet and Violet Hints in Sword and Shield, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

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Game Freak is always planning for the next Pokemon games, and so it sometimes likes to hide hints in its games about what fans can expect from future releases. Sometimes these hints aren't obvious until after the new games are announced, and with the reveal of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, one Pokemon fan has seemingly discovered hints for the new games in more recent entries of the series.

Reddit user DDD-Hero has found potential clues hinting at Pokemon Scarlet and Violet hiding in Pokemon Sword and Shield as well as Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. In Pokemon Sword and Shield, players can visit Hotel Ionia in Circhester. On the left-side of the lobby, players can see that there is a room that's roped off and is inaccessible to them. As pointed out by DDD-Hero, the wallpaper in this roped-off room features blood oranges and grapes, which are fruits that were featured in the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet reveal trailer, and are associated with Spain, the country where the new region is likely based on.

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While this could certainly be nothing more than a coincidence, Game Freak does have a history of hiding things like this in the games, and so it's entirely possible that this is a genuine tease for Scarlet and Violet. However, DDD-Hero perhaps even more compelling evidence of The Pokemon Company teasing Pokemon Scarlet and Violet before the games' reveal in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

In Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, DDD-Hero found that the flowers near Route 201 in Twinleaf Town have been changed when compared to the original versions of the games. In the remakes, the flowers have bright scarlet and violet petals, whereas they are much