Pokmon Scarlet and Violet arrives later this year, keeping a fan-favorite feature from Arceus

Date:
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:54:20 +0000

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Pokmon will go fully open-world in Scarlet and Violet later this year.

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Pokmon Scarlet and Violet is the next mainline game to release in the pocket monster series and will be making its way to Nintendo Switch later this year.

Announced during Februarys Pokmon Presents , Scarlet and Violet will
introduce the ninth Generation of Pokmon, three new starters, and a new
region to explore across an open-world map. Its under development at Game Freak, the same studio that released Pokmon Legends: Arceus in late January earlier this year.

Nintendo is framing Pokmon Scarlet and Violet as a big advancement in the Pokmon series, describing it as a new evolutionary step that will allow you
to explore freely in a richly expressed open world.

Towns will blend seamlessly into the wilderness with no borders, and youll
get to see the Pokmon of this region in the skies, in the seas, in the forests, on the streets.

The games three starter Pokmon include the Grass Cat Sprigatito, who has the Overgrow ability and is described as capricious and attention-seeking; the Duckling Quaxly, which Nintendo says is earnest and has the Torrent ability; and the Fire Croc Fuecoco whos laid back and has the Blaze ability.

You can watch them in all of their incredibly cute glory in the announcement trailer below.

As is tradition with the Pokmon video games, Scarlet and Violet will be largely identical, although the outfit of your Trainer will change depending on which game youre playing. Analysis: building on the foundations of Pokmon Legends: Arceus

There are a couple of big takeaways from Nintendos reveal of Pokmon Scarlet and Violet. The first is just how adorable the three new starters are. Quaxly might well take the mantle for the cutest cartoon duck to ever exist, and thats really saying something given the numerous Disney competitors its
having to contend with.

But the bigger news is that Pokmon Scarlet and Violet will be the first fully open-world mainline Pokmon game. No more loading towns or wilderness each
time you reach a new area; the wilds of this new region will be seamless and fully explorable, better implementing the feeling of wide-eyed discovery that the Pokmon video games have always tried to capture.

Game Freak already showed just how well Pokmon games can translate to an open-world formula with Pokmon Legends: Arceus . That spin-off title has been repeatedly praised for its level of freedom, which encourages you to explore the world at your pace, and rewards you for curiosity. (Image credit: Nintendo)

But Arceus wasnt fully open-world. Although its areas were vast and open,
they weren't interconnected, and its town served more as a central hub out of which you could explore the segmented areas.

From what Nintendo has said so far, Pokmon Scarlet and Violet will go
further, giving you an entirely connected world that you can run across from one end to the other. That will open the door to potentially a whole new host of gameplay mechanics, as well as radically changing the pacing of the game. Being able to explore any direction of the map that you choose, rather than being funneled through a linear progression of areas, might introduce a whole new feeling to catching those pocket monsters.

If you can't wait for Scarlet and Violet to hit shelves, get your Pokmon fill with Arceus now. Best Pokmon games : Check out our list of the best games featuring the beloved pocket monsters out there.



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