New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC Trailer Reveals Past-Gen Starters & Much More

Will the news be "We're finally going to patch the god-awful performance issues in the base game?"

@Chinesus I think you and I both know it'll just be a new Pokémon or two.

@Chinesus Noooo, silly, it’s going to be a new event raid!

August 22nd is when Gamescom Opening Night Live happens but a standalone announcement feels more likely than appearing at that event. While there was the Pikachu car one time, Geoff would be more likely to show off more from the Pokemon with guns game.

If they couldn't add that to the 35 minute presentation, it's most likely nothing that'll make you spill your tea.

@Grumblevolcano it's already being done, though not by The Pokemon Company of course. Check out PALWORLD.

@Erigen I'd say it's probably just a new pokemon or two. They usually do those tiny reveals at these events.

@AlexOlney Can you count? Because I wouldn't count on it

@Erigen I know (it was showed off at Summer Game Fest), my point was that's more likely to appear at Gamescom Opening Night Live than the teased Scarlet/Violet DLC info for the same day.

@Chinesus Ha ha ha. Keep thinking as though they care about the customers!

PWC new trailer usually only focuses on combat and 1+- new Pokémon if Pokémon has new move or ability or hold item!

@Snatcher @CharlieGirl Yeah to be fair I'm clearly expecting way too much from Gamefreak here.

It better be another face expression matching gym challenge, or a spin-off game based on that minigame. Best part of the game hands down although the slope race and olive maze are a close second and third.

I really don't get why they would limit the news to the PWC instead of just including it in the Presents.

Either way, I can't expect whatever they're gonna announce is gonna be too exciting as long as the games are still running as poorly as they are

I’m not expecting this because they could have just revealed it at the presents but my crackpot Hope would be a release date for the second part of the DLC. It’ll probably be at a Nintendo direct in September like I think the the crown tundra was for Sword and Shield but I just wanna know when both parts are already.

@Chinesus @Burning_Spear Even though you're right to some extent, there's no need to sound so smug.

@Chinesus Leave the small company alone! 😡

@BrazillianCara There's absolutely nothing smug about expecting a company to fix a broken product they've released.

@Chinesus It already hurts enough without people making light of the problem.

Was rock ever viable? Because if not, now it is.

My boy Sawk is still not present in Scarlet / Violet. 😟

Blastoise, Infernape, Feraligatr, and Emboar???

Yes, please.

Subtle indication that they might be doing the Dexless legendaries / Ultra Beasts returning thing like in SwSh; Shaymin wasn't in the datamine but is in the trailer.

POPPLIO SQUAD LETS GOOOOOO

Art style, textures and geometry in this game are so poor. These look like fanmade models in generic 3D environments. It almost unbelievable this is the real Pokémon and a product with the Nintendo logo on it.

Really, what the heck has happened.

when they fix the main game then i might be interested...

@BrazillianCara
For me i at least find it better than when you get cases where people dismiss those critical of the issues as "whining" or other such situations (its fine for someone to enjoy the game despite the issues or even not notice them but for some it feels like they insist that because they don't notice said issues that they are not there despite things like framerate drops and other such issues being able to be measured)

but yeah i feel the entire situation with the game is frustrating especially considering how it feels there's a good game under all the technical problems, though i do at least imagine that quite a few people joking about the situation are also doing so more out of frustration or annoyance (its what i was getting from @Chinesus and such regarding their comments)

but yeah, its one of those games i really wanted to love but for me it just felt bad to play, even things like just exploring the world felt "off" for lack of a better term.

How is this game doing?
Hade doubts from day one, when reading how bad it performed etc. Did they do anything about that? Or is it still the same? Lol.

I like good rpg, so i was thinking buying this (eventho i'm not really a Pokemon fan)

What are the biggest complaints when you play this game? (Serious question)

This is good news. A few of those are from the 15 missing Pokémon still not in a switch game

@Chinesus Not updating the performance was a mistake. This game is an abomination.

Huh. Pokémon sure knows their marketing. No doubt this will convince MANY people to buy the DLC... and the base game for those who haven't purchased it yet.

Awesome, mah boi Inteleon is back.

@JohnnyMind it's 19th Tera Type and not exclusive for Terapagos, because Pokémon Scarlet & Violet websites shows how Baxcalibur uses it aka shows that it can use it!

See, now that was an actually decent trailer. I feel like that would have made a far better impact at the Pokemon presents than what they showed. I just want more concrete details on what we're actually doing in the stories.

They're bribing us with Piplup

I hope you all continue enjoying Pokemon.

I don’t anymore, grew out of it, and the performance of gen 9 totally ripped me out of my hypnotized state. Genuinely asked myself why I was playing that game after falling through the floor for a second time.

So no dlc or gen 10 for me unless they do something completely new which surprises me.

@mikegamer I agree with you

@mauzuri might I suggest to play some other current gen games to see what is current standard nowadays? The pokemon franchise is at least a decade behind that. And they’re the biggest grossing media franchise in the world, bigger than Star Wars, Harry Potter or whatnot. There’s no defending that.

@Friendly He's just upset that people are getting sick of the same substandard crap GF keeps crapping out each year lol

@SViper Oh wow, that's exciting! The new Pokemon show might showcase this with the new main character!

@The-Chosen-one Scarlet/Violet are genuinely very fun catch-a-thon RPG's for the Switch, haters be damned. It's designed to go at your own pace, and you're able to have fun exploring and run into content randomly, or you can choose to race through each of the three main branches of content.

Music is amazing, with even more catchy tunes than Sword/Shield! Story is also the best it's been since 5th gen. The game's lighting actually is a highlight, with sunrises across the ocean looking very lovely.

An obvious complaint is performance; after the latest patch, the frame rate actually isn't bad, but you will have to deal with a bunch of little issues like pop-in throughout your experience.

I would still definitely recommend it! Legends Arceus is also a great Pokemon game, but the game structure is more mission-based like Monster Hunter. Still, it offers arguably even more compelling turn-based combat with the unique scroll system. Watch out though, the Pokemon will attack you until you initiate a battle. Scarlet/Violet never has any danger in the overworld, more like a traditional turn-based RPG.

@Ulysses

Thanks for the reply! Will try this game out, thanks.

@Mgalens I'm not really frustrated or annoyed, I actually enjoyed playing through Scarlet. I'm just taking the piss out of the fact that they've been announcing all this new stuff for S/V when they've completely ignored the elephant in the room.

@Chinesus
ah my mistake.

for me it can feel like a frustrating situation since i really wanted to like the games and could see the good parts but just found the technical aspects to the point where they were really impacting my enjoyment of the game, not so much the visuals but more the framerate issues.

@Chinesus way too much.