Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Need to Address Paradox Pokemon Sooner Rather Than Later
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were announced on Pokemon Day, all the way back in February of this year, and ever since there have only been five trailers for the upcoming Gen 9 games. This is a quite low number of trailers for a set of mainline games that are going to be released in just a little over two months from now, but it becomes all the more worrisome when one factors in how many new Pokemon have been revealed thus far. Two months from launch, Game Freak has only showcased 15 new Pokemon Scarlet and Violet critters, with the leaked Paldean Pokedex allegedly including 105 new Pokemon total.
More importantly, with the lack of information about which Pokemon are included in Gen 9, Game Freak is underserving Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans who want to build their teams beforehand. Version-exclusive Pokemon are also mostly left out of the equation despite Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's pre-orders being open for a long time now, which means that many fans won't be able to make an informed decision about which game to pick. And yet, one of the most interesting concepts from Gen 9 seems to be that of Paradox Pokemon, as leakers have called them, but this is something that has yet to be officially revealed.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Team Star Continues a Devolving Trend
Paradox Pokemon are seemingly creatures that shouldn't normally exist in the region of Paldea, but for some reason they do, and they are divided into two main clusters, each making for a subset of version-exclusives for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. These Pokemon are also making up for quite a bit of the number of new pocket monsters, with a total of 16 Paradox Pokemon available on release, divided into two groups of eight each. Because Paradox Pokemon delve even
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