How about that new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer, eh? We've already covered a lot of the big news, which you can read in our separate articles:
- Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Lets You Tackle Gyms In Any Order
- The Internet Is In Loaf With Fidough, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Bread-Dog
- The Terastal Phenomenon Is Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Unique Mechanic
- Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer Unveils Region Name And New Mechanics
- Where To Pre-Order Pokémon Scarlet And Violet On Switch
- All The New And Returning Pokémon In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
(And, of course, we had an "Everything You Missed" for the trailer we saw in June, too, which you can read right here. We already knew about co-op, Toby Fox's music, and the past-vs-future theme!)
But this new trailer was full of tiny details, too — and we don't want them to pass us by, so we've assembled all the wee things we noticed in this new trailer, and the updated Pokémon website, too. You can watch the trailer below, and tell us if you noticed anything new in the comments — we'll keep updating this article!
The motorbike legendaries are... really bad motorbikes
At least, Koraidon is. Miraidon seems to have it figured out, more or less. They have wheels. They are literally shaped like motorbikes. So, why is Koraidon using its legs? Evolution has some questions to answer here.
We've also got more info on Koraidon and Miraidon's various travelling forms right here.
Scarlet & Violet's Pokédifferences
Larvitar and Stonjourner appear exclusively in Pokémon Scarlet, while Bagon and Eiscue appear in Pokémon Violet.
Also, your outfit and your academy will change depending on your version!
Three stories
The trailer spoke about there being three main stories, only one of which is the normal Pokémon thing of beating all the gym leaders (although you can apparently do it in any order). What are the other two stories? Is one of them going to follow some supernatural goings-on, or some maniacal gang leader, like other games in the series? We can but speculate!
Treasure Hunt?
The trailer mentioned a treasure hunt a lot. Like, A LOT. But it never actually said what the treasure hunt was. What's the treasure? Why are they making students look for it?
Some NPCs might have different outfits based on your version
Take a look at Professor Clavell, who seems to run the academy you're attending:
The trademark Pokémon creepiness is back
From Fidough's description:
"Fidough ferments things in its vicinity using the yeast in its breath. Said yeast is useful for cooking, so this Pokémon has been protected by people since long ago."
They could have just said that it was a cute lil bread puppy, but no! It has fermenty breath!!
Can wild Pokémon be poisoned before battle?
The description of the new Paldean form of Wooper says the following:
"Their bodies are heavy and they move slowly, but they can protect themselves by shooting powerful poisonous liquid from their gills. You may see poisoned Pokémon in areas where these Wooper live."
That sounds to us like we may be able to find pre-poisoned Pokémon in the wild, unless this is just flavour text.
Grusha is a shy guy
We love him.
The Terastal forms are all just... hats?
- Grass type = Flower hat
- Water type = Fountain hat
- Fire type = Candelabra hat
- Normal type = Diamond ring hat
- Flying type = Balloons hat
There might be more types and hats, but those are the ones we've seen so far! You can read more about the Terastal mechanic here.
You can get your own Flying Pikachu with pre-orders
...And Flying Pikachu might be a reference to a Pokémon card
This isn't the first time that everyone's favourite electric mouse has been tied to a bunch of balloons — Pikachu has been Up'd before, in the trading card game. It just gives him the ability to use Fly, but with a 50% chance of success (balloons are more unpredictable than wings, after all). Between Surfing Raichu and Flying Pikachu, is there anything the 'chu family can't do?
Poor Wooper
Wooper. But brown. Pooper. Sorry. It also works for Poison + Wooper. Surely, they knew about this?
Wooper's details
Although it's been done before, Poop-- sorry, WOOPER's Poison type is reflected in his whiskers/antenna/sorrywedon'tknowtheofficialterm looking like crossed bones, the symbol for poison.
Cetitan facts
Cetitan is a land whale, and you know what's cool about that? Whales used to have legs, and that makes Cetitan a sort of ancestor to the Pokéwhale, making it yet another allusion to Paldea's past/future theme.
Also, fun fact: The word "cetacean" means "of the whale family"!
Paldea's map is huge
Oh, and Paldea apparently comes from "pal" — friend, obviously — and "aldea", the Spanish for a village.
Cool new villages
From the Pokémon website:
"You can find lots of people and Pokémon living together in a variety of locations, ranging from a farming village with bountiful harvests to a port town with a bustling marketplace."
Rotom Phone is back
The Pokédex will be an app on your phone, alongside your map, which will give you info on nearby Poké Centers and Pokémon.
The Pokémon Centers are... petrol stations?!
And they're combined with Poké Marts, too! It fits nicely with the motorbike theming of the legendaries, Miraidon and Koraidon.
Mystery car...
No idea what this is or who is belongs to, but it was featured quite prominently in the trailer, so it's probably important.
Cooking and restaurants
Restaurants seem to definitely be on the menu (although don't look too closely at the ingredient list of that ham sandwich) and cooking may well be returning, too. The description of your classmate and friend Arven says that he's "good at cooking and is researching healthy recipes," and we see Fuecoco setting fire to an apple, which is... basically cooking, right?
Special forms for the legendaries?
Towards the end of the trailer, we see Miraidon and Koraidon sporting some fancy feathered headgear. We can only assume this is an exciting new form for the pair. Is it a mechanical one? A tactical one? An aesthetic one? All three??? We'll have to wait and see.
Naturalistic animal behaviour
A fair few of the Pokémon in the trailer were... taking naps. Under trees, mostly. Paldea looks pretty warm, so we don't blame them — and it seems like this may give us Pokémon Legends-style chances to sneak up on a wild sleeping 'mon for greater chances at catching them. They also seem to hang out in groups sometimes, with other Pokémon in their evolutionary line. Aww!
Weather!
Weather in the Pokémon games has been around for a while, but we're not sure we've seen thunderstorms before. It's giving us Breath of the Wild's Thundra Plateau vibes! Will we be able to get special evolutions or unique wild Pokémon if we go out in a storm? Who knows!
Photo mode?
This image, from the trailer, looks a lot like a selfie mode to us. We know Nintendo has the tech! They put it in Animal Crossing: New Horizons relatively recently! We thought it might just be a cutscene, but... this is the co-op mode, so that seems unlikely. Photo mode, baby!!
Outfit customisation
We knew this was possible, but weren't sure how it would interact with the uniform that you seem to be forced to wear. However, it seems like the uniform is changeable. Here:
"Ranging from short sleeves and shorts to warm blazers, the academy has four different kinds of uniforms in total. Additionally, you can collect a wide variety of accessories from boutiques. Wear your favorite items and try out different styles along the way on your adventure!"
"In Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, you can now make changes to your character’s eye shape, mouth shape, and more to look the way you want to look. You can, of course, change your hairstyle, hair color, and eyebrows at salons, too, so look your best when on your Treasure Hunt!"
So, you're not going to look entirely unique, but you'll have a different face, hair, hat, and uniform combo. And honestly? We think that's kinda cute. Finally, our Pokémon protagonists will seem like actual 10-year-olds!
That's all we've noticed in this trailer — and some of it could be (and definitely is) pure speculation for now, but a few of our predictions in July came true, so we're feeling a little confident.
But tell us: Did you notice anything new in these trailers? Do you think you picked up on some tiny, unnoticed detail? Pop it in the comments!
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So what I'm getting is, just stick with Xenoblade 3
For peoples who didn't notice, Fidough design was really similar as Ochaken dog from Ochaken no Heya NDS.
Take a look.
@iLikeUrAttitude
I will get Pokemon Violet instead.
Never like xenoblade games.
I'm still kinda surprised Pokemon pumped out three huge games (Sw/Sh, Legends Arceus, S/V) in the time between Zelda BOTW and BOTW 2 releases.
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Just watched the trailer. Might be having second thoughts.
One of my favourite details in terms of Pokemon living in natural habitats would be the shot of Pineco chilling in the tree whilst a Fletchling tries to peck at it. It's so simple yet so perfectly fitting and a big reason why I love it so much.
Hopefully the region is big because it's full of Pokémon and things to find, not because it's a bunch of empty fields.
-that does seem likely though, it's not like the draw distance is great in recent Pokémon games. And now they've given us a motorcycle Pokémon which won't help....
I hope that the weather feels more natural than the nonsensical jibber jabber of SwSh's wild area. Hey it's a sandstorm in this grassy plain overlooking a lake! Two steps over it's now a howling blizzard in an equally grassy, verdant plain with fully leaved deciduous trees. Madness.
some of the images seem misplaced in that list
Also I'd like to believe the name might be a bit inspired by the dish Paella
Please let Crystal onix be a real thing now with the new gimmick
@Eel I've already had dinner today, please stop making me hungry again (especially when there's a dog made of literal bread staring right at me with it's puppy eyes).
Has some Pokemon legends mechanics like flying, swimming, adventuring. Wondering the map size compared to Zelda breath of the wild. Well here's 🍀
Honestly, I absolutely loved the trailer, the four-player mode alone would've been enough to sell it to me personally.
Despite that, I can't help but feel somewhat skeptical about it. I don't know why, this actually looks amazing.
The presentation failed to hype me up. I don't know; the whole time I was thinking,
"Am I being spoiled right now because of how great Xenoblade Chronicles 3 turned out?"
Even when the presentation repeated OPEN WORLD at least 3 times, I couldn't help but think, "The graphics look awful for a Nintendo Switch game in 2022. The story will lean toward simplistic rather than gripping."
Maybe I'm too old.
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@KateGray Not sure if it’s just the formatting on my phone, but the Grusha tweet is posted twice, the second time under the ‘Flying Pikachu might be a reference’ heading, instead of what I assume is meant to go there.
In regards to Wooper, I believe its dex entry is probably just flavour text, but if not, it actually wouldn’t be the first time Pokémon can be encountered with a status condition; headbutting trees at night in Gen II can sometimes produce sleeping Pokémon.
If the battle mechanics are the same as in PLA, I’m gonna cancel my pre-order on one or both of the games..
@Axecon I think Pearl/Diamond on Switch was in there, too
@Cineologist yea hard same lol, after coming from XC3 even just listening to how bad the voiceover quality is in the trailer compared to XC3 cutscenes is off-putting, even if that won't be in the actual game.
At least this looks visually like a step-up from legends arceus, tho that's not saying much
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@Xiovanni Kids probably shouldn’t be forcing animals to fight each other either but here we are. Not sure it’s going to result in a resurgence of cockfighting.
Everything looks great, except for the legendaries design and the Terastal forms, but still not sure if I would get it. I think I had my Pokemon fix from Arceus, Scarlet/Violet look great but I dunno, something is missing that makes me want the game.
Every pokemon game always gets its haters, yet evey Pokémon always sells exceedingly well so it doesn't really matter.
For me though every new release is steadily getting better and better and can't wait for this one, map looks huge and those new crystal formes look good
Fidough is wine dog now
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I wish the Mega forms come back.
@TheBigK Galar's terrible weather phenomenon is attributed to global warming, duuuuh. Lol
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@Markiemania95 Then I'll just repeat my first comment: I didn't ask 😜
@iLikeUrAttitude I honestly didn’t expect that response, genuinely made me laugh 😂
Oh my god I love Grusha HE’S SO CUTE
I love that there seems to be some structure to the story instead of just rando kid goes out to fight and win money.
@iLikeUrAttitude suit yourself, I’m getting both
Pokemon shouldn’t have wheels.
@H8erade I wasn't really counting remakes and spinoffs (BDSP, Let's Go, Pokemon Snap, etc) because we've had several Zelda remakes/spinoffs release too in the same time window (Link's Awakening, Skyward Sword, Hyrule Warriors, etc).
I don't expect the motorbike lizards to handle like the bike in Zelda. Which would be grand.
Why can Digimon evolve and grow with its audience to bring us more mature titles like Digimon Survive, while Pokemon keeps sticking to kiddie cutesy titles. Why is it so afraid to evolve? I've evolved so many times. I may be 45 and lonely (no boyfriend or husband), but at least I've adapted to the world. Can't say the same about the Pokemon franchise.
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@Ham-n-jam it's 2022 and Gamefreak STILL can't afford to put voiceovers in their games. My gosh!
Huh, I thought the name was a play on pal and Pangea, which the map kinda reminded me of for some reason.
> The Pokédex will be an app on your phone
I hope it means an actual app on an actual phone, which syncs to the game.
@Jiorl Rolycoly and Carkol are already a thing
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