Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Could Feature Story Choices With Branching Paths

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In many ways,Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are breaking away from the norms of the franchise. Fuecoco doesn’t seem to follow the Fire starter Zodiac pattern, as one example, but its open-world design, non-linear story, co-op, and more are all major advancements for the franchise formula. Indeed, it seems that all the innovations fans wanted out of Pokemon Sword and Shield could be coming in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

That said, there are still a lot of unconfirmed variables regarding the game, with known and reliable leaker Riddler Khu currently being the only real source of information. Anyone who follows them know, however, that everything is coming in the form of a cryptic tease, such as recent hints toward time travel in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Now, they’ve posted another teaser, potentially hinting at another RPG advancement for the game.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Leaker Teases New Systems and Gimmicks

Khu recently posted an image of Detroit: Become Human, the choice-based Quantic Dream game, and suggest fans would see similar in Titan (the code name for Gen 9). It’s unlikely Khu is pointing toward any Android-like elements in the game, though admittedly that isn’t impossible, but it seems more likely that Khu is suggesting Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will feature story-based choices that impact how players go through the game.

Given the aforementioned open design and non-linear story progression, it would make sense if players could make different choices that take them down different paths. How exactly remains to be seen; it could be as simple as facing different gym leaders based on choice, impacting relationships with NPCs based on dialogue choices, and so on. It doesn’t seem likely that choices would have major