Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Should Revisit Past Evolutionary Lines like Legends: Arceus Did

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ThePokemon franchise has always done well when it comes to playing around with past ideas in new titles. When Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet release, they likely won’t be any different. Gen 9 will be a great opportunity to try new things, butPokemon Scarletand Violet are likely to rehash some past ideas as well. This is generally the case with Pokemon games, and has become more prominent in recent titles by introducing regional forms, allowing a past generation’s Pokemon to have a new feel. Pokemon Legends: Arceus did something similar by revisiting past evolutionary lines for Pokemon, and introducing new evolutions to them alongside regional forms as well.

This isn’t necessarily anything new in itself, as Pokemon Gold and Silver introduced Scyther’s original evolution, Scizor, as well as a handful of other evolutions for different Pokemon. Being as thorough as it felt when Pokemon Legends: Arceus did this is what Pokemon Scarlet and Violet should pay attention to. The new evolutions in Pokemon: Legends Arceus for Scyther, Ursaring, Stantler, and other all feel and look like feasible and sensible ways to add to these Pokemon. With how fast different Pokemon can become obsolete in the competitive scene, finding ways to fit older Pokemon and their evolutions into the spotlight can be incredibly important.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet could target some older Pokemon that might fit well into the Iberian Peninsula-inspired region of Gen 9. Pokemon like Girafarig, Kecleon, and Sudowoodo could all receive evolutions that play into the region’s aesthetic style and overall strengths. Girafarig, for instance, would complement the fractured mosaic art style that was