Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Suprise! Released later this year.

The Japanese site is claiming open world.

Protag key art:

Starters:

Edited by tclittle on Feb 27th 2022 at 8:31:15 AM

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."

English trailer:

Edited by Anura on Feb 27th 2022 at 2:42:17 PM

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

Those starters look really weird. Mostly cause they all look at least partly Grass typed.

Secret Signature

I initially thought, wait they are releasing/announcing new title already?

Then I realized SS came out in 2019.

Holy crap time went so fast.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

I think that new fire starter breaks the chinese zodiac theory at long last.

Honestly, I'm not feeling these ones the same way I instantly did for Gen 7 and 8. The grass one is just "generic anime cat", the water one is "Donald Duck as a basic pokemon" and idk what the fire one is supposed to be.

Edited by Anura on Feb 27th 2022 at 2:29:43 PM

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

The Japanese site is claiming open world.

Protag key art:

Starters:

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."

I dunno, /vp/ told me that male gators are also known as bulls.

Secret Signature

So is the Youtube video. My hype has never been killed/sunk faster. Open world Pokemon is exactly what I don't want.

Goddammit the cat is cute as hell.

...im gonna pick grass again for like the fifth gen in a row

"Have a good day. Have a good week. Have a good month. Have a good year. Have a good life." ~Civia

cat is “Nyaoha” (“Nya” is Japanese onomatopoeia for meowing)

dino is “Hogeeta” (“Honoo” means fire, + “geeta” which is the katakana for gator)

duck is “Kuwass” (quack?)

none have secondary types

player’s shorts and tie are orange or purple depending on version

the website doesn’t name the region

Edited by Fishsticks03 on Feb 28th 2022 at 1:14:26 AM

Huh, I thought the grass one was a fox lol. Wonder if we're finally getting another sabretooth then, what with the extinct theme Grass has.

Secret Signature

The pokemon.com/scarletviolet url resolves, but as of now access is denied.

SoundCloud

Open World Pokemon is exactly where they've been going with the series. Sw Sh's wild areas were test beds for this.

How it goes remains to be seen.

Edited by tclittle on Feb 27th 2022 at 8:41:24 AM

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."

Holy shit, it's already Gen IX... Then I realised Gen VIII was three years ago, and gens nowadays had three years between them... Maybe it's because it's the only one I didn't play or me becoming an adult, but going from VIII to IX wasn't nearly as major of a length of time as VII to VIII. It's surreal. At least the colors picked are interesting. I'll probably pick the duck if I do play this.

Edited by Piterpicher on Feb 27th 2022 at 3:44:44 PM

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)

I'm definitely not an expert but I'd like to throw in my two cents.

Based on the architecture of the town square in the trailer as well as the palm trees and the shape of the region in the map in the protagonist's house at the end of the trailer, I'm guessing this region is going to be based on Iberia (Spain and Portugal).

Which also leads me to believe that the Grass starter in particular could be based on the Iberian lynx, a highly-endangered species native only to Iberia and is a symbol of Spain.

No clue about the other two starters, but again, just my two cents.

I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.

I’m cautiously optimistic. It looks so good, but it feels too soon!

x4

Yeah and I didn't like the Wild Area. I'm going to wait for more info but if the gameplay is anything like Arceus's I think I'm going to have to finally move on and stick with older games. At least until they return to the classic formula, if ever.

Edited by Chariot on Feb 27th 2022 at 9:45:15 AM

Idk, the open world thing looks refreshing to me. Just more incentive for the future.

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)

That's unlikely to happen. Game Freak seems to be making an open world version of the old gym formula, and they're unlikely to go back. Remakes are likely to stick to the old formula and be more like BDSP.

Edited by tclittle on Feb 27th 2022 at 8:49:19 AM

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."

Grass starter is super cute.

see my completed Tangled (Varian) fanfic collection! https://archiveofourown.org/works/24467056/chapters/59049532

According to Serebii the starter's English names are Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly.

I like the Fire starter the most.

Which reminds me, Zodiac theory is officially dead. There's not a crocodile in the Chinese zodiac and we already had a dragon. Unless this represents the snake but that's a huge stretch.

Which lends some credence to my theory that the region is based on Spain. "Gatito" is Spanish for "little cat" while Fuecoco is a combination of the Spanish words for fire (fuego) and crocodile (cocodrilo).

Edited by AllHailThrall on Feb 27th 2022 at 9:52:41 AM

I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.

Grass kitty definitely. SO ADORABLE.

Sprigatito is a super cute name

"Have a good day. Have a good week. Have a good month. Have a good year. Have a good life." ~Civia

According to the Japanese website the colour of your dork-ass necktie and shorts getup depends on which version you're playing.