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New Pokemon Scarlet & Violet competitive play trailer, plus a look at a new Pokemon

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The Pokemon Company has produced a new video for their upcoming Pokemon open world adventure Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. The newly released trailer gives players a look at the game’s competitive play, which admittedly looks a better than previous games and seems to be a fair bit quicker than Pokemon Sword & Shield. We also get a look at the new phenomena which is called Terastallizing, which makes Pokemon shine like a gem and invokes Tera Type which changes your Pokemon’s type giving you new moves with which you can surprise your opponents in battles. Plus we also get to see Tera Blast which are super powerful moves when used by any Terastallized Pokemon, plus a look at a new Pokemon called Cyclizar. Check it all out in the tweet below.

11 thoughts on “New Pokemon Scarlet & Violet competitive play trailer, plus a look at a new Pokemon”

    1. You’re an entertaining user, Church of Sasori. Even more so than that guy who hates Avery, Allister and Hop.

  1. I hope Terraforming isn’t another gimmick that acts like a panic button. I like how Mega Evolution was something that you had to plan for ahead of time, like which of my Pokémon can Mega Evolve and do I want to give them a Mega Stone or would this hold Item work better with my strategy. All the other gimmicks they introduced seemed like a panic button, instead of adding a layer of strategy they always seem to be a safe option that gets you out of a jam giving casual players a handicap rather than reward those that actually know how to play the game.

    If Terraforming allows you to pick a type during battle to allow the player to get out of a pickle, it’ll only be the latest panic button once again softening the experience. On the other hand, if Pokémon can only Terraform into one type it’ll add a layer of strategy for the one building team and will give the opponent the strategical information on how to counter the transformation which would be an excellent new concept to add to the series. I can only hope its the ladder as I’m tired of seeing these gimmicks ruin what was once a beloved franchise.

    1. Mega evolving was perfect, it is good enough for casuals to get out of a pickle, but also stuff like gigamax and teraform just look stupid.

    2. They specifically say you need to obtain ones with certain types (which can be others), so it wont be picked in the moment, but its quite possible you’ll be able to pick which fo your 6 does it

  2. I really wish they’d stop shoehorning “worse Mega Evolutions” and actually just do more proper Mega Evolutions. But I suppose those are a lot less lazy than slapping some effects and ridiculous Kirby hats on Pokemon.

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