We received yet another trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet today. While on the surface it may have appeared to be nothing more than an elaborate music video for Ed Sheeran's newest track, 'Celestial,' it appears that there was more information bubbling away under the surface than initially met the eye.
Apart from teasing the presence of two new Pokémon, the trailer also provided a closer look at Tera Raid Battles. Now, with the help of the game's official site, The Pokémon Company has confirmed the first Terastalised 'mon who will be up for the catch when the game releases on 18th November.
The first Tera Raid Battle will be titled 'The Eevee Spotlight' and will star, you guessed it, Eevee! Running from 24th-27th November, the event will see the little type-hopping Pokémon appearing more frequently in Tera Raid Battles in a variety of Tera Types. You will be able to team up and take on this Terastalised form to find the perfect type for you.
But wait, there's more! The Pokémon Company has also announced the key player in the second Tera Raid Battle spotlight. Everyone's favourite dragon-boy, Charizard, will be taking the limelight first between 1st-4th December and then again between 15th-16th December in Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles. These will appear different to regular Tera Raid Battles due to them taking place inside a, erm, black crystal.
This Charizard will have the Dragon Tera Type and will come brandishing the Mightiest Mark - a sign of a Pokémon caught in a seven-star Tera Raid Battle. The Pokémon Company has provided a little more info on this limited-time catchable which you can find below.
Charizard cannot normally be encountered in Paldea, and the Charizard appearing during this event has Dragon as its Tera Type, making it a formidable foe and powerful ally! It will use devastatingly powerful moves in battle, so defeating it by yourself will be extremely difficult. Team up with family, friends, and Trainers around the world to take it on together!
In order to access these and any further Tera Raid Battles with online trainers, you will need to have a Nintendo Switch Online membership and have downloaded the latest Poké Portal News (which should come automatically when your device is connected to the internet).
Are you excited to get into Tera Raid Battles? Squad up in the comments and let us know!
[source scarletviolet.pokemon.com]
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Charizard is actually standing, and not just flying eternally? Hopefully that's consistent and not just the battle intro.
Crytalized Pokemons with something like crown on their head doesn't look really good in my opinion after some trailers I watched.
The gimmick was too obvious and it was like they tried too hard to make Pokemon battle have something different.
So, this is Hidden Power, but if it was Dynamaxed/Mega Evolved?
@Elijah_Snow
Yes, Pokémon can now have a "Tera Type" in addition to their regular typing.
When a Pokémon "terastallizes", it changes to its Tera Type, and gives a power boost to that type.
Terastallization can be used to upset a disadvantageous type match-up. For example, a Sudowoodu with the Grass Tera Type will resist water instead of being weak to it.
Can't keep this d***head out no matter how hard you try.
I'm so relieved they're continuing Raid Events though. SwSh is over 3 years old at this point and those events still kept me coming back all those years later so to see them return in SV makes me monumentally happy. And you can get special marks for catching these 7-Star Raids? YES PLEASE!
@Anti-Matter
The base idea is a decent one, but the crystal crowns look so goofy
Pokemon page also mentions that to take on black crystal fights you need to unlock something in the post game. I find this inclusion so early quite annoying as I have less than 1 month to rush the main story. I like to take my time with this kind of game
I'll be putting Scarlet and Violet on hold until the Spring now. I'm fed up of the way we always have to wait months for Home Support to be implemented and please don't go lecture me about oh but they want you to enjoy it they want you to use the new Pokémon blar blar blar because that's my decision to make and mine alone. This feature should be ready at launch end of story.
Say what you want but... c'mon... that crystallised Eevee is hella cute!!!
After how much every aspect of this franchise has spent the past few years drooling over Leon's Charizard I was hoping they'd give that big dumb lizard a rest for once.
Ah...Charizard...I see. Couldn't have Feraligator or Empoleon have a way better choice? Those two are pretty strong themselves too.
Of course it was going to be these two. Oh well, still quite excited. I hope this game has as much fun stuff as Sword/Shield + DLC.
I really hope there is some kind of Tera max adventures. Grinding for legendary shinies is so fun that way.
Enough Charizard. Give it a break!
Having Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles locked to the end game is disappointing. I like to spend a good couple of months playing new Pokémon games at my own pace. Having them occur within a month of release will be too fast for my play style.
Oh, Charizard. Glad they're finally paying attention to such an under-represented Pokemon. Yay.
@RubyCarbuncle Go ahead, more power to you. But don't act like this is a missing feature or an unacceptable act. Its a purposeful design choice that is honestly very good for the online aspects of the game. Much in the same vein as no Voice Acting this choices are made with certain intents, and whether or not you agree with them, do not constitute as missing features.
@AzureP You joined just to say that? lol OK then.
I've gone back on what I said anyway as these games just look too good to ignore. I was just initially irritated with the announcement but I've since gotten over it.
@RubyCarbuncle I think I had an account but I forgot what it was so I just made a new one. But yeah I do agree, the games just look really amazing, glad to see you managed to get past that!
I hope they repeat these raids for people that bought the game to open Christmas Day
Are people enjoying this game despite the bugs? I'm still on the fence because the framerate looks horrible! It's just sad because Nier and Persona 5 run brilliantly and have incredible gameplay and story.
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