Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Ghost Tera Appears to Be Spooky Gen 1 Throwback

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The Pokemon World Championships took place this past weekend, featuring Pokemon GO for the very first time and seeing the best Pokemon players from around the world battling it out. While the Pokemon World Championships were primarily focused on competitive play, the event also saw a new trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet drop, one focused on the game's competitive battles.

The new Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer gave fans their first look at some of the new moves that will be featured in the games. It also showed the Terastal phenomenon in action. The Terastal phenomenon, for the uninitiated, is the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet gameplay gimmick. It allows Pokemon to power-up specific types or in some cases, change their type completely. Various Tera types are shown off in the latest Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer, with fans getting their first-ever look at the Ghost-type version of the Terastal phenomenon.

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In the trailer, Pokemon fans can see Tyranitar Terastallizing into a Ghost-type. Like other Tera forms, the Ghost-type Tera outfits the Pokemon in gem-like armor, and it also gives them a headdress to indicate the type it represents. The Ghost-type representation of this seems to be a generic image of a ghost at first glance, but it actually appears to be a throwback to the very first generation of Pokemon games.

As pointed out by Reddit user thefirefreezesme, the Ghost-type Tera form is near-identical to the ghosts that Pokemon Red and Blue players once encountered in Lavender Town. In Lavender Town, Pokemon Red and Blue players visit the Pokemon Tower, a burial ground for dead Pokemon that is infested with ghosts.