Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's New Knight 'Mons Deserve Their Own Brawler Spin-Off

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There’s a new Pokemon Scarlet & Violet trailer out, so like the good little gamer I am, I sat down in front of the big telly and refreshed the YouTube page until a new video appeared. A lot went down in the three and a half minutes of Iberian action, and some big things were revealed. Gyms have challenges again instead of just trainers. The evil team are high schoolers who have apparently commandeered the Rotom-Car (I’m sticking with that theory). Cufant is back. There’s a dopey crab Pokem– wait, Cufant is back?

My favourite Gen 7 Pokemon’s return was a personal highlight, but something else caught my eye in the new trailer. We first glimpsed a new, purple Pokemon with laser swords for arms just fourteen seconds into the trailer, and I immediately thought it was a Paldean Bisharp. That’d be cool, right? With the whole future-dragon as a Legendary, seeing some regional Pokemon also embody that Cyberpunk-esque Miraidon design would be really interesting, with others reverting to their prehistoric pre-evolutions. Ancient Charizard anyone? What about future Blastoise? Anyway, I was wrong about Bisharp, but the Pokemon revealed is even cooler than I ever imagined.

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Ceruledge and Armarouge are two brand new Pokemon for Scarlet & Violet, but I think there’s more to them than meets the eye. Look closely at the humanoid duo and you’ll see distinct similarities to Tapu Fini and Tapu Koko respectively. Now this could just be happenstance, but it was where my mind immediately drifted when seeing the designs. Hearing the names and the monsters’ typings for the first time somewhat dampened my theory, but I still reckon we could see Bulu and Lele represented in