What Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Tera Raid Battles Should Learn from Sword and Shield's Dynamax Adventures

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Every generation of Pokemon has a unique gimmick that helps that set of games stand out, like Mega Evolution and Z-Moves, while with Pokemon Scarlet andViolet, the Terastal Phenomenon is the next big thing. In Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, Dynamax was the big new feature that many parts of the game revolved around. With the introduction of The Crown Tundra, a new Dynamax-based game mode was introduced: Dynamax Adventures. This game mode combined the strategy of Dynamax with a fun, randomly generated dungeon for players to explore together using rental Pokemon. It was well-received by the community and added a lot of fun gameplay moments that were brand new to the Pokemon series.

In Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, the Terastal Phenomenon allows Pokemon to terastallize, which can change their base typing and give them additional stat benefits. Alongside terastallization, trainers can battle against Tera Pokemon in an attempt to recruit these powerful Pokemon. Players can encounter these special Pokemon in Tera Raids, which seem awfully similar to Pokemon Sword and Shield's Dynamax raids. If Tera Raids are designed to be similar to the Dynamax Raids, then Pokemon Scarlet and Violet should adapt Dynamax Adventures as well to feature Tera Pokemon.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's New Pokemon Types Are All Over the Place

Dynamax Adventures had a lot of features rolled into it that made it a great co-op experience in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. First, players were not allowed to bring their own Pokemon into the Dynamax Adventures, but instead had to pick from a list of randomly selected rental Pokemon. This forced players to try different Pokemon out and not rely on their overpowered Level 100, Perfect IV Zacian to