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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Review – A Braviary New World
While Pokemon Legends: Arceus dipped its toes into what an open-world Pokemon game could be, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fully embrace it. This new approach to the tried-and-true Pokemon formula reinvigorates the mainline series and delivers one of the most challenging and rewarding Pokemon adventures to date. Where they really shine, however, is in non-linear progression. Scarlet and Violet make some subtle efforts to guide you to specific locations, but ultimately, how you forge your own path through the vibrant new region of Paldea is what makes it so memorable.
Scarlet and Violet start off like most mainline Pokemon games: You wake up at home, meet your rival, pick one of three starters, and before long you’re exploring the world and catching a wide range of monsters. While the tutorial might still feel a bit overbearing for longtime fans, it moves at a brisk pace. Before long, Nemona, your peppy, battle-hungry rival, turns you loose, and you’re free to explore a hefty chunk of the map, battle trainers at your discretion, and catch wild Pokemon. It does slow down a bit as it introduces characters and the three main questlines, but soon after that, you are free to explore Paldea in its entirety.
Scarlet and Violet’s strength lies in their freedom, and that freedom extends beyond its open world. At the outset you are given three different paths to follow: The Path of Legends, which has you hunt down and defeat abnormally large Pokemon; Operation Starfall, where you deal with this generation’s Team Rocket; and the familiar Victory Road, in which you take on eight gym leaders. Unlike previous games, there is no predetermined path through the story. Although trainers and wild Pokemon get tougher the further you get from Mesagoza, Paldea’s centermost city, there’s nothing outright stopping you from marching up to one of the toughest gym leaders in the game and challenging them to a battle. In fact, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet doesn’t even tell you how tough a specific area is until you are actually there.
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Video Review
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Scarlet and Violet are a step back for Pokémon’s open-world era
![Male and female Pokémon trainers, riding on the motorcycle forms of Miraidon and Koraidon, respectively, are flanked by classmates and Pokémon starters Sprigatitto, Fuecoco, and Quaxly, and others (Lechonk, Pawmi, Armorouge, and Ceruledge), in artwork from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JnUrHRhGcYIxhl8btlYV2ZkJRd8=/0x0:3840x2160/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71639354/Scarlet_Violet_Artwork.0.jpg)
Good characters, great battle mechanics, poor exploration design
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet review: a super-effective new vision – with painful performance woes
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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet represent a sea change for the Pokemon series – yes, yet again – but arguably this is the most important adjustment to date. This is the template that the series will follow going forward: and I’m thrilled to report that it’s an invigorating, thrilling, and wildly lovable game that meshes together old and new with impressive precision.
I like it just as much as I did Pokemon Legends: Arceus – which I described in that review as the best Pokemon game in 20 years. So let me say it plainly: Scarlet & Violet are now the joint-best Pokemon since the Game Boy era. High praise indeed.
To be honest, I wasn’t entirely convinced that Pokemon Scarlet & Violet would impress me all that much. I’d found the previous generational shift, Sword & Shield, stuffed with interesting ideas, but also too often flawed. I figured this might be similar, a fact not helped by the fact that in the interim we got Legends, a spin-off so thoughtful and so experimental that it quickly made the traditional Pokemon formula feel obsolete. Going into the review period, I was convinced of one thing: no matter how much I liked this game, I’d end up missing some of that spin-off’s changes. But then something magical happened: I didn’t.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer gives you an overview of the world and the game’s features
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Nintendo has released an overview trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet that gives you an idea of what to expect when the game lands on Noveber 18.
The video takes a look at the Paldea Region, some of the characters you will meet while at the academy, your starter Pokemon, traversing the world, the bespoke Legendaries, tracking down herbs, and challenging others in the eight gyms.
It also shows some of the Pokemon in the Paldera region, discusses terastallization, using the campera app, picnics, and more.
What’s the best Pokemon Scarlet and Violet starter Pokemon – an investigation
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Sometimes you use data to make big decisions, other times you take the advice of two middle-aged men who don’t know what they are talking about. In this video Jim Trinca and myself decide on the best Starter Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, with about as much knowledge brought to the table as you might expect.
As is tradition in Pokemon games, you have the choice of three Pokemon to start your adventure with in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. We’ve detailed them for you here so you can see the basic info, such as type and ability.
According to Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, Sprigatito is “Capricious and attention seeking.” It sounds like it gets jealous pretty easily and is prone to sulking if its trainer gives another pokemon some attention.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Everything to Know
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Trailer Teases Two Mysterious Version-Specific Pokemon
Major Pokémon Scarlet and Violet leaks are now a flood
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