Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: Is Your Pokémon Hacked?

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Launched in November 2022, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet has been available for a little over two months. Even without a Pokémon Home port, that’s enough time for the hackers to descend upon the Surprise Trade.

Unlike Pokémon Sword & Shield, it’s definitely harder to tell if a Pokémon is hacked or not. Scarlet & Violet removed the ability to rename another Trainer’s Pokémon. This was a very helpful tool in determining if a Pokémon was legit. Name rating would be extra helpful in Scarlet & Violet, especially due to the increased Shiny rates throughout the game and Perfect IV rates in Tera Raids.

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However, after receiving my first hacked Pokémon through a Surprise Trade, the same base rules apply. And considering this was my first hacked Pokémon after well over one hundred Surprise Trades, without the Pokémon Home port, it’s much harder to hack Scarlet & Violet.

Currently, Scarlet & Violet do not have Pokémon HOME support. This means that players cannot transfer Pokémon from past games or from Pokémon GO into Scarlet & Violet. However, this will be temporary as the Pokémon Company confirmed that Scarlet & Violet will receive full HOME support in spring of 2023.

More permanent differences include the lack of a Name Rater. Scarlet & Violet allows you to change your Pokémon’s name through the Summary screen. However, you can no longer change the names of any traded Pokémon. Worse, you lost two ways to tell if a Pokémon is hacked: the nicknames for same-language Pokémon and Pokémon memories.

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