During the new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, it was revealed that the games will once again feature a new villainous team in the form of 'Team Star', which consists of the in-game schools' "most rebellious students" and will be made up of several squads.
Each squad will be headed up by a unique boss character, with the team's bases dotted around the game's Paldea region, so it'll be up to you to determine which one you tackle first. As you head into the bases, Team Star will send out a barrage of Pokémon to stop you in your tracks, but you'll be able to make use of the game's new auto-battling system to dispatch these and head to the big honcho.
When you reach the boss, you'll go face-to-face with them in a battle, but there's a twist - each boss will come equipped with their own 'Starmobile', a huge car that they will use in conjunction with their Pokémon to take you down. One of the characters revealed in the trailer is called Mela, who is the head of Team Star's fire crew, the Schedar Squad. She is described as the team's "best all-rounder" and utilises methods that may be a tad heavy-handed. We can't wait to find out more!
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet itself launch on November 18th and can be pre-ordered right now.
What do you make of Scarlet and Violet's new villainous team? Rocket down into the comments and let us know!
- Further reading: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer Breakdown - Everything You Missed
[source scarletviolet.pokemon.com]
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Also the engine on their bus is clearly a pokemon.
The official artwork in the official e-mail makes it even more clear.
So they're a biker gang with a mod motif?
I LOVE THAT.
@darkswabber I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT
Even though I miss the more evil teams like Rocket and Galactic, I feel Team star fits so well with the Paldea region as also with the story.
I'm excited for this game! I love that the recent teams haven't been interested in taking over the world; the lack of different goals or motivations was boring me. Team Star just wants to have fun on their own terms! I'm here for that Biker Gang aesthetic and over the top style.
90% of that evil team is a joke but I'm digging the leader's design. Also, calling it now Mela is Penny's sister.
We've really gone from "World Ending Villains" to "Mildly Annoying People".
Can't be worse than Team Flare....can they?
@darkswabber
Goo eye. I didn't notice that.
Remember when the team villains were people using Pokemon for evil and part of the fantasy came from kids thwarting their nefarious deeds through the power of friendship and teamwork with their mons? It was juvenile, but inspiring in a way.
Somewhere along the way they became absolute jokes, and any sense of tension from the teams evaporated. Shame.
No wonder they made Mela a Fire specialist, she is hot.
I love these jokers so much. The idea is basically making the evil team rogue students that were kicked out from the school is both brilliant....and hits a bit close to home if I'm honest since I've seen that happen more times than I'd care to talk about at the schools around my area.
Also, that thing on the front of the car is absolutely a Pokemon. The buck's got a bloody tongue.
I hope Pokemon at some point merged the two versions because selling them separately has been stupid....
Another "evil team" of trouble making kids. Well, okay then. Hopefully they're not as embarrassing as teams flare and yell. They're by far the most generic looking team we've ever seen.
@darkswabber I didn't notice that.
@Lady_rosalina Selling them separately is what it's always been about. It's to encourage trading and playing with others, and it's easier then ever to do so. Your statement makes no sense.
Guzma or at least a Team Skull Grunt had better make a cameo somewhere. Seems like a missed opportunity if they don't.
@Tempestryke Pokemon arcueus came out and bundled them together. Nothing stopping them from making the game have selected routes. One game but you can choose which version you want to play.
My comment wasn't that hard to understand if it didn't make sense to you that's your fault
So the villainous teams are gangs? What's this, Tokyo Revengers? Comparisons may be inevitable.
I have to admit the auto-battling part looks even more interesting than before though. It's like a natural evolution of Legends Arceus's battle system
@Browny I can't remember, did it end with Plasma or Flare? But yeah the "Team-Whatever" stuff are barely memorable anymore. Can't even remember what the ones in Sword/Shield were. lol
This is all starting to sound pretty cool. Will be my first true Pokemon game since Emerald.
i have to admit these villian groupie designs is so bad, they should've have the star punk rock theme going for them but instead they look like random bland npc with just hats..- seriously i would confuse them for random NPC that you fight in battle lol
@LXP8 thanks for criticizing the game - seriously, i am glad folks are still going around pointing out some of the issues with this obviously rushed out game.
the only thing that's pretty on the graphics department is half of the stages, to the pokemon some of them and the major eye drool for people are the character model graphics..it just looks pretty which i can see why more people don't want to critique this game at all :/... when it should be.
i legit wanted to replace this new pokemon game with temtem but i found out that the game doesn't allow us to play offline, there is no main story to play offline and get the things that you would normally get from the beta or alpha this game was in, on steam, - no they removed that and make you play force online, while they swapped the prices to be even higher, never added microtransaction until the darn game got pooped asking for money while wanting even more; i was really confused on why nobody talked about this game much, the only youtuber who did was very much making a warning to not touch this game lol.
so if you were interested in that game? best bet is to leave it as well, if you want something that is like pokemon og genre but it's - it's own game, try nexomon, i actually played it and yes it is difficult when it wants to be :3 and i love but i just miss the 3d feeling in my pokemon like games. I have been taking my time with legend arceus, i am also hoping people mod this game :v..i wanna see the fun community mods to ahemfixtheobviousissues
It’s like Team Galactic but smaller.
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