This Week In Pokemon: Lots Of Scarlet & Violet News
At long last, we got a bunch of new updates about Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. Better yet, they were actually from official sources this time, with Nintendo able to reveal a few things that the leakers hadn’t got to first.
From new Pokemon forms to a good look at the Paldea region, here are the most important things we learned about Scarlet & Violet this week.
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The region we’ll be running around in Scarlet & Violet finally has a name: Paldea. Sticking with the Spanish theme, Paldea looks like a sun-drenched paradise, and sports a mysterious crater in the very centre of the region. It will be completely open world, and you can do its Gyms in any order. The Legendary Pokemon will be used for transportation, so don’t worry about traversing the whole island on foot.
Oh, and that means you’re getting access to the Legendaries from the very start of the game. This might be the biggest departure from previous games in the series in some time, and suggests that we’ll really need them to help us get around. Miraidon and Koraidon will help us explore Paldea by land, sea, and sky, making them incredibly versatile. While this isn’t too surprising (they’re both literally shaped like motorcycles), it is a little weird that Koraidon gallops on foot, rather than use the huge wheels coming out of his chest and butt. Oh well.
Scarlet & Violet will be introducing another evolution gimmick - teratralising. This will turn Pokemon into a crystal form, charging up their moves and ‘boosting’ their type. It’s not clear what the whole boosting thing means, but it’s possible that it means your ‘mon will be even more effective against types it is strong
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