Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Deep Dive Explores Multiple Paths and New Giraffe Pokémon

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and are going to be more open adventures and the newest trailer from The Pokémon Company goes into how those games can play out for different players. The extended video also dug into some new mechanics and one giraffe Pokémon with a palindrome name.

The trailer is broken down into four segments and the first follows a trainer out in the wild, which shows off the game’s new Terastallize system. This lets a Pokémon change types, as shown by a big crystal exterior that hints at its new type. For example, if a creature Terastallizes into a flying type, their crystal will have balloons on it. Glowing wild Pokémon mean they will Terastallize, leading to a potentially harder fight. Any Pokémon can also Terastallize into any type.

This more freeform section also showed the Let’s Go command, which sends a Pokémon out to automatically fight other creatures and gather items. It then transferred to a Team Star base, which was previously shown. The Let’s Go system let the player take out the antagonistic Pokémon that wandered the base more easily since it didn’t have to load a standard turn-based fight for each one. The video then led into a more traditional boss fight with the team’s leader.

The second trainer opened by showing the new TM Machine. This machine can be found at Pokémon Centers and lets players create moves using items they find on their journey. As explained on the game’s website, they take League Points and materials dropped by wild Pokémon. The list of TMs will grow as the game progresses and players can make as many TMs as they have materials for. This trainer then made their way to a giant crab boss, which was a path found in a previous trailer, and then traded a Girafarig so it could evolve into a Farigiraf, a