Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Player Characters Look Like the Blankest Slates Yet
Many fans of thePokemon franchise tempered their expectations for the Pokemon Presents event hosted to celebrate Pokemon Day 2022. After all, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl released on November 19, 2021, followed soon after by Pokemon Legends: Arceus on January 28, 2022; it would make sense for the franchise to take an off-year for Generation 9. Yet Game Freak came out swinging with the reveal of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, schedule to release for Switch in late 2022.
The reveal teaser put a fair amount of information out there. Fans are confident Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's region is inspired by Spain thanks to architecture referencing Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, as well as its starters; the Grass-type Sprigatito, Fire-type Fuecoco, and Water-type Quaxly; utilizing Spanish puns. This generation is also confirmed to be wholly open world. Scarlet and Violet's player characters drew attention for their new art direction and matching outfits, but the most notable thing about them may be the suggestion that Game Freak is leaning into customization more than ever.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's New Fire Starter Breaks a Series Long Tradition
Since the earliest days of Pokemon Red and Green, the series has centered youngsters going on adventures to meet new Pokemon, fill out a regional Pokedex, and train to become Champion of that region's Pokemon League. The original Pokemon protagonist Red had a design set in stone, which carried through to Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 protagonists Nate and Rosa (albeit with some unique outfits for activities like Contests). Starting with X and Y on Nintendo 3DS, players could choose between a very limited set of trainer templates and then buy outfits to
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