Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

[Laserman]

The ninth generation of Pokemon coming out late 2022.

[Skull]

Well...that certainly took me by surprise. I was not expecting them to just drop it so casually like that.

Gotta say, not really digging the starters. The Water one looks like Howard the Duck with a hat on, and the Grass one looks a little too close to Litten for my tastes. The Fire one is a crocodile? Does that mean the Chinese Zodiac theory can finally be put to rest?

[DelRey]

I really got some Wii Sports Resort vibes from the trailer, lol

time to wait for the next christmas pokemon bait to keep the franchise alive and well

[BnEl15]

Grass feels like the normie option. Sure hope it doesn't evolve into another furry bait like Incineroar. Fire is... weird. I'mma pick water ironically and see what it evolves into. Hope it keeps that yee-yee ass haircut.

[Skull]

I will say that 2022 definitely feels like too fast of a turnaround in my opinion since we only just got PL:A.

Speaking of, the fact that we're back to Dual Versions again is disappointing but not unexpected.

People are convinced this is PokéSpain but I have no clue, nor do I have much of an positive or negative impression yet.

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[Laserman]

I will say that 2022 definitely feels like too fast of a turnaround in my opinion since we only just got PL:A.

Speaking of, the fact that we're back to Dual Versions again is disappointing but not unexpected.

People are convinced this is PokéSpain but I have no clue, nor do I have much of an positive or negative impression yet.

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I like Fuecoco, I almost always tend to go with the Fire-Type starter first. The other two are pretty cute too.

[Deathhappens]

I will say that 2022 definitely feels like too fast of a turnaround in my opinion since we only just got PL:A.

Speaking of, the fact that we're back to Dual Versions again is disappointing but not unexpected.

People are convinced this is PokéSpain but I have no clue, nor do I have much of an positive or negative impression yet.

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I like the cat, but I'll reserve my opinions until their later versions are revealed.

Fire dino-croc thing is just plain odd-looking, though.

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Same. Legends' catching system was one of the better parts of the game. Still, the catch rates should likely be lowered just because we're back in present-day, with Wild Pokemon more used to trainers trying to catch them.

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Agreed on this front, and actually, I like the PC's design. I just hope they are fully customizable, or at least majorly so. I need to change their skin color, dammit.

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It's totally possible to keep them despite the open world.

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Still, I would like a departure from the competitive league format. Maybe the Spanish region has political reasons for not joining the league?

>political reasons
>Pokemon
lol

IF they decide not to do a Gym circuit for whatever reasons they'll just put it down to culture/traditions just like they did Alola and Galar. I hope they don't, though, it's already been two generations of mainline games with GF trying and failing to reinvent the wheel. Gyms worked just fine in gens 1 through 6, bring them back.

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God I hope Dynamax stays gone forever

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bring back Megas though

thirded.

[pinetree]

Gyms worked just fine in gens 1 through 6, bring them back.

They already did in Galar? Gyms aren't going anywhere with Ohmori directing.
It's still going to be terrible anyway as long as they refuse to add a modicum of challenge.

[Deathhappens]

They already did in Galar? Gyms aren't going anywhere with Ohmori directing.
It's still going to be terrible anyway as long as they refuse to add a modicum of challenge.

Weren't Galar gyms just a single "boss battle" with <4 Pokemon each? I mean a real gym, with trainers and puzzles inside.

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Also, cultural is political.

Fine, I'll bite: How?

[pinetree]

Weren't Galar gyms just a single "boss battle" with <4 Pokemon each? I mean a real gym, with trainers and puzzles inside.

Nope, they're regular gyms.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Weren't Galar gyms just a single "boss battle" with <4 Pokemon each? I mean a real gym, with trainers and puzzles inside.

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Fine, I'll bite: How?

Like, which traditions do we preserve? What actually constitutes our culture? Who is it meant to serve, and who might it be against? All those are political questions, and I think Sun and Moon ask most of them in some way with the Island Challenge.

[DelRey]

scarlet and violet. man, they run out of ideas.
My first bet is about the pokemon of dawn and dusk or something.
Here hoping that they do stuff about planets or something

PokeSpain?
I got Italy vibes, but whatever.

[Skull]

Might be Spain *and* Portugal?



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Open World eh?

[DelRey]

yeah okay the map convinces me it is PokeSpain. The big Church thing invokes the Sagrada Familia too.

[Skull]

Hisuian Zoroark spotted in the trailer, this means the Pokémon from PL:A didn’t go extinct after all.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Hisuian Zoroark spotted in the trailer, this means the Pokémon from PL:A didn’t go extinct after all.

Was it actually there? In that case, thank goodness.

Also, yeah, I am not picking the apple crocodile starter.

In addition, I really, really hope they didn't fuck up the graphics here, and also, we clearly aren't getting Pokemon India.

[Skull]

Also, yeah, I am not picking the apple crocodile starter.

In addition, I really, really hope they didn't fuck up the graphics here, and also, we clearly aren't getting Pokemon India.

I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a Chilli Pepper.

What made you think we'd be going to India?

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a Chilli Pepper.

What made you think we'd be going to India?

It was just a hope. I am Indian-American, after all. That, and we had the dark-skinned Galarians and Copperajah.

Also, yeah, a bell pepper does make more sense now that I think of it.

[Rafflesiac]

Cat cute, salamander cute, duck no.

I wonder if they'll use Arceus's battle system.

[Reign]

It's definitely Spain, the starters have Spanish in their names.

Cat cute, salamander cute, duck no.

I wonder if they'll use Arceus's battle system.

I hope so it was fun. And it's catching system too.

I'm prettyhopeful about these games. I wish they were coming out next year instead though.