Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Shows Pokémon Inside Poké Balls For First Time
Game Freak's second update for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet revealed that the Generation 9 RPGs will finally show what happens when players catch a Pokémon in a Poké Ball. After months of silence, Pokémon fans got a deeper look at Gen 9 with a special Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gameplayer trailer on June 1st. While the footage introduced a handful of features such as the online co-op mode, the trailer also showed off the game's new battle animations which confirm a long-standing mystery about how Poké Balls work in the Nintendo series.
When Pokémon Legends: Arceus launched in January, Pokémon fans around the world were likely stunned when the game revealed Pokémon have the power to physically shrink down in size. According to a scene at the beginning of the game, Professor Laventon explains that Pokémon are able to make themselves smaller to fit inside of a Poké Ball. The second Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer appears to confirm the Legends: Arceus Shrinking Pokémon lore explanation, as various sequences actually show Pokémon inside of their Poké Balls for the first time.
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Eagle-eyed Twitter users CaylaCapsule and SitheachE were the first to spot the major change in the game's animation, as the fans posted several still screenshots from the June gameplay trailer. In one image, the new Gen 9 Pokémon Pawmi can be seen in a tiny, bite-size form before jumping out of its open Poké Ball. The Electric-type then expands to its regular height as it gets ready to battle for Trainer Nemona.
Oh! Amazing! Good finding! So they prepared the field in PLA for it. Now I need them to explain how it is inside the ball, time for a «scientific» explanation. The image: «Look how smol I
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