The Pokémon Firm simply dropped a bombshell of a brand new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, displaying off tonnes of recent options, characters, and a launch date.
The primary massive change from earlier generations is the introduction of two new professors — one for every sport. Scarlet gamers will get to hang around with Professor Sada, whereas Violet gamers will get to fulfill the extremely good-looking Professor Turo, each of whom we’re certain are already the topic of mountains of fan artwork. We had been additionally launched to the participant’s buddy and rival, Nemona, who wears a mysterious glove on her proper hand… who is aware of what that’s about.
After all, there’s additionally a bunch of recent Pokémon to take a look at, with three lovely new mates revealed alongside the field legendaries. These are the electric-type mouse Pokémon Pawmi, the grass/normal-type olive Pokémon Smoliv, and the instant fan favorite normal-type hog Pokémon Lechonk. Sure, its identify is Lechonk, and it’s superb.
These field legends I discussed are fairly fascinating too, with fascinating designs fairly in contrast to the rest within the sequence thus far. Scarlet gamers will encounter the mysterious, regal Koraidon, whereas Violet gamers will go face-to-face with Miraidon, a futuristic electrical dragon with large jets for legs. Bizarre, however cool!
Maybe essentially the most fascinating reveal of the trailer, nevertheless, was the announcement of four-player on-line multiplayer. That’s 4 gamers, in the identical world, on the similar time, interacting with the world at giant — not the multiplayer-lite present in Sword and Defend’s Wild Space. It’s not presently identified if your complete sport world will be performed multiplayer like this, although The Pokémon Firm is at pains to remind you this can be a absolutely open world sport on its web site, the place the next description of its multiplayer can also be current:
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet enable multiplayer gameplay with as much as 4 gamers. Together with sequence staples, resembling buying and selling and battling Pokémon, it is possible for you to to discover the assorted areas of the area in these video games with different gamers. You’ll be able to uncover new Pokémon and discover unfamiliar areas together with your family and friends, opening the door to an journey extra treasured and enjoyable than ever!
And naturally, we come to the discharge date. To no one’s shock, it’ll be releasing fairly late within the 12 months, proper across the time most individuals might be shopping for vacation presents. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are scheduled to launch on the 18th of November this 12 months, and you may “preorder” the video games on the eShop proper now. We think about it gained’t take lengthy for retailers to open preorders up, too.
Preorder Pokémon Scarlet right here, Pokémon Violet right here.
We’ll deliver you extra info because it turns into out there.
