Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Auto Battles Break a Major Tradition and Make The Game Easier

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The Pokemon Company released the next Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer today, and while it didn't show many new Pokemon compared to what one might expect two months from launch, it did go over the three storylines hinted at last month. One of them is about completing the Gym Challenge and heading to the Paldean region's own Victory Road to challenge the Elite Four and the regional Champion, the second is about confronting the new villainous Team Star, and the last one is about battling Titan Pokemon. Because Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players will seemingly be able to choose which path to take first and what their exploration of Paldea will entail, the focus on the open-world map is huge.

With today's trailer, a new way to battle in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was announced, and this ties in perfectly with the open-world setting of Gen 9 Pokemon games. Normally, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet allow players to have their pocket monsters out in the fields exploring with them, and the Auto Battle feature grants them the ability to send that Pokemon in a specific direction to look for items and possibly battle other critters without the trainer's orders. This is a revolutionary addition to be had in mainline Pokemon games, but it could prove controversial for numerous reasons, chief among them the fact that the games could become disproportionately easier.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's New Pokemon Types Are All Over the Place

Battling with one's own Pokemon has always been a core foundation of the franchise, and it is often used both in the games and the TV show as a plot point to argue that trainers can truly develop their bond with pocket monsters by battling with them. Many Pokemon games had limitations to what sort of critters