twenty seventh February is quick approaching, and what which means? Pokémon Day is sort of right here!
Each single 12 months since 2016, which occurred to be the franchise’s twentieth anniversary, The Pokémon Firm has shared quite a few bulletins on today to rejoice Pokémon, often within the type of a Nintendo Direct-style Pokémon Presents presentation. And this 12 months is not any completely different, as we’ll be getting one on twenty seventh at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT / twenty eighth Feb 12am AET.
Final 12 months gave us the announcement of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and Technology 9, and whereas we’re not anticipating a model new mainline recreation as such, there’s loads of stuff for The Pokémon Firm may do to rejoice in 2023. After only a handful of months, Scarlet & Violet are already the fourth best-selling video games within the franchise, so Trainers world wide already anticipate the builders so as to add to the sport, however there are additionally another bulletins and tasks that we have not heard from shortly. Plus, just a few out-there goals — do not go utilizing Dream Eater on us, TPC.
We all know Pokémon Unite and Masters EX will doubtless get stuff, and we’ll additionally get a somewhat heartwarming video specializing in the #PokémonTogether marketing campaign, however we wish to have a bit of little bit of enjoyable right here.
So, take a look and see what we suppose TPC may be sharing with us on Pokémon Day 2023, after which vote in our ballot beneath and inform us what you wish to see within the feedback. Let’s get the mundane stuff out of the best way first…
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Patch Releases
It is a given, is not it? Except it drops earlier than twenty seventh, we reckon Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s long-awaited model 1.2 patch will lastly drop. The Pokémon Firm shared the patch notes for this final week, which incorporates a hefty listing of tweaks, fixes, and updates which can be coming to the Paldea area someday this month. However these notes do not inform us the whole lot.
We all know in regards to the bug fixes — these are the main target of these notes, in any case — however somewhat than dwell on what Gen 9 is being criticised for, we think about this shall be a easy “Hey, the replace is now stay” form of assertion. Possibly it will come proper on the finish.
If there’s one thing we predict these patch notes are intentionally omitting, nonetheless, then… learn on.
Pokémon HOME Scarlet & Violet integration
Plenty of us have been ready for this since Scarlet & Violet dropped, and Pokémon Day is admittedly the right time to announce HOME compatibility for the latest mainline video games.
To this point, all we all know is that HOME integration is deliberate for “Spring 2023”, which we’re principally in at this level. It’d shadow-drop and be slotted into the patch notes for model 1.2 of Scarlet & Violet, nevertheless it additionally may simply get a launch date in March. No matter, it is a pretty secure guess, we reckon, and one thing we have been itching to make use of to get a few of our Sword & Defend and Legends: Arceus Pokémon into Paldea.
New Tera Raid and/or Thriller Present Occasions
One other secure guess is the announcement of some new Tera Raid Battle Occasions or Thriller Present Occasions. Or each, if TPC is feeling actually beneficiant.
On the time of penning this, there are presently no energetic Tera Raid Battle Occasions and there are not any deliberate both. There’s an opportunity one may be introduced earlier than Monday, however a particular anniversary one would not go amiss. There may be two bulletins, anyway — one for a 7-Star raid, and one other for these twin occasions which can be rather more frequent. (Editor’s be aware: Nicely, The Pokémon Firm has simply gone forward and introduced its subsequent 7-Star Raid occasion, and it is taking place the weekend earlier than the Pokémon Presents. What timing, hey?)
On the opposite facet, we have not had a ton of Thriller Present occasions for the reason that recreation’s launch in November. The Flying Tera-Kind Pikachu occasion shall be ending on twenty eighth February, so there’s absolutely no higher time to catch Trainers’ curiosity by revealing a brand new occasion Pokémon.
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC
Nothing’s been confirmed, however absolutely — absolutely — there’s scope to develop the Paldea area.
Rumours have been circling the web ever for the reason that launch of Scarlet & Violet (and even earlier than that) that we’ll be getting DLC for technology 9’s flagship video games, and we predict it will shut out the Pokémon Presents.
There are many hints in-game that time in direction of a hidden Pokémon, in some way associated to Space Zero, the large space that sits in the midst of the crater on the centre of Paldea. The books within the Academy even have diagrams of some unrecognisable Pokémon that we have not seen within the recreation but. We can’t share the photographs right here, however we have finished some digging on this earlier than.
