Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are nearly four months away from release, but The Pokemon Company hasn’t revealed much about what the games are all about. There have only been two trailers so far, and in terms of the new Gen 9 Pokemon, fans only know about the three starters, three early Route Pokemon, and the two version-exclusive Legendaries, Koraidon and Miraidon for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, respectively. Most of the information available online about Generation 9 games currently comes from leakers, with the most reliable being Riddler Khu, who has a proven track record stretching back a long way. Still, it’s worth remembering that this is all unofficial information and should therefore be taken with a grain of salt for now.
Riddler Khu recently shared the type combinations for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet‘s startups, and they’ve also confirmed that there will be a new concept ostensibly called “Regional Fakes.” As of now, very little is known about what kind of new Pokemon will appear in Generation 9 and also what critters will be making a comeback from previous games. However, Khu shared new information that could set expectations about the new number of pocket samples in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
In a new tweet, Khu stated that Regional Fakes are brand new types of Pokemon with their own Pokedex numbers, and that players would expect something similar to Generation 6 if Mega Evolutions were new forms rather than a gimmick. Pokemon X and Y had a very low number of new Pokemon, with only 72 critters making up the Pokedex, but the games introduced 30 Mega Evolutions for 28 different Pokemon, as both Charizard and Mewtwo got version-exclusive Megas. As such, the alleged new number of Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet could be in the margin of 100 to 110 critters.
This is still higher than that of Pokemon Sword and Shieldwhich featured 89 new Pokemon at release and a total of 96 in Gen 8 as a whole, which would mean Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have the highest number of new species since Generation 5. This information is particularly interesting because Khu also confirmed that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will have DLC, meaning even more species may be added in the long run.
Recently, a leaker called PokemonLEAKS also shared details about Pokemon Scarlet and Violetcombat gimmick, which was later partially confirmed by Khu. Because it apparently doesn’t consist of mechanics tied to evolutions, which would justify the alleged number of new Pokemon in Generation 9, as Game Freak would no longer have to create critters that only appear during combat.
Pokemon Scarlet and purple release for Nintendo Switch on November 18, 2022.
Source: Twitter
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