Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Leaker Sets Expectations on Number of New Pokemon

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are nearly four months away from release, but The Pokemon Company has not revealed much about what the games entail. There have been only two trailers so far, and in terms of the new Gen 9 Pokemon, fans only know something about the three starters, three early Route Pokemon, and the two version-exclusive Legendaries, Koraidon and Miraidon for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, respectively. Most of the information available online about Generation 9 games currently comes from leakers, with the most trustworthy of them being Riddler Khu, who has a proven track record that goes way back. Still, it is worth remembering that this is all unofficial information and therefore should be taken with a grain of salt for now.

Riddler Khu recently shared the type combinations for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's starters, and they also confirmed that there will be a new concept that's seemingly called «Regional Fakes.» As of now, very little is known about what sort of new Pokemon will make an appearance in Generation 9, and also which critters will come back from past games. However, Khu shared new information that might set expectations on the new pocket monster count in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

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With a new tweet, Khu stated that Regional Fakes are entirely new species of Pokemon that have their own Pokedex numbers, and that players should expect something similar to Generation 6 if Mega Evolutions were new forms rather than a gimmick. Pokemon X and Y had a very low amount of new Pokemon, with only 72 critters being part of the Pokedex, but the games did introduce 30 Mega Evolutions for 28 different Pokemon, as both