When a newPokemonPresents was announced forPokemonDay, fan speculation became rampant. There were two main things fans wanted to see: anewPokemon Legends: ArceusDLCannouncement and aPokemonGen 9 announcement. And, it seems, thePokemon Presentsdelivered on both fronts.
Pokemon SwordandShieldmay not seem as old as they are, but they were released back in 2019. This means this November will be three years since their release, and the thing is, mostPokemongenerations last about three years. Thus, the announcement of the newPokemon ScarletandVioletcomes in right on time.
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This new game and region was teased near the end of the newPokemon Presents video. It appears in roughly the last two minutes below.
Not too much can be gathered about the region, although there appear to be some coastal areas and a major city with a pretty strong and interesting architecture. Other than the starters, though, no new Pokemon were shown off, but as these are officially the newPokemongen 9 entries, fans can expect new Pokemon to be revealed in the coming weeks and months.
PokemonScarletandViolethave pulled back the curtain on the new starters as well. The Grass starter is a green cat with a leaf on its face, as well as a leaf-shaped tail. The Water starter is a white duck with a blue hat, and it feels like that hat may play into its evolution. Finally, there’s the Fire starter who looks like a crocodile fused with an apple. Now, this may mean the end of thePokemon fire starter zodiac pattern, but it all remains to be seen. This was all that was shown, but fans can at least expect their second forms to be officially revealed prior to release.
While legendaries, gimmicks, and all of that are also up in the air, one thing of note regardingPokemon ScarletandVioletis that they appear to be very open. It’s too early to call them an open-world Pokemon game, but it does seem to takesome open-world design cues fromPokemon Legends: Arceus. That was the subject of some graphic controversy, so it’ll be interesting to see how fans react to this.
Of course, there are two big questions right now: when will fans learn more, and what is the release date? While the former is a coin toss, the presentation does confirmPokemonScarletandViolet’s release window as late 2022. What this makes clear is that, among everything else coming out,Pokemonfans are eating good in 2022.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare in development for Nintendo Switch.
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