Poll: Will You Be Getting Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's DLC?

I still don't have either version, I'm waiting to see if they do a full physical release, like they did with Sword/Shield and their Expansion Pass. If they do, I'll probably go with Scarlet, they had me at Dinosaur Suicune and Dinosaur Raikou.

I bought it a few weeks ago. SV have plenty you can gripe about for sure, but they're still by far the most I've enjoyed a Pokemon game since Gen 5 and I play Scarlet all the time so was a no-brainer for me.

Granted I'm going to play it for like a day then shelf it for now for Mortal Kombat but that's scheduling for you.

I don't know. I got Scarlet as a gift, but I am awaiting to see if they do a DLC bundle like with Sword and Shield. I wasn't super crazy about Sword and Shield, but maybe Scarlet/Violet is better.

Pokemon for me is super hit or miss these days.

HELL no. What a joke.

Oh boy, I can imagine the comments already. Anyway, I will, but not right away. I've had other expenses so I need to wait.

I'm going to wait until Wave 2 and see how it goes. I hope this isn't too silly a question, but can you experience the DLC with friends etc? The one thing Scarlet and Violet had going for it was its multiplayer. Getting to explore the region with my brothers was great fun last year.

Already purchased.

Say what you will about the dodgy AF performance - these are still some supremely enjoyable Pokémon games (probably the best for quite some time) with some excellent map design, world building, narrative and general liveliness.

Having more sandbox areas to freely explore and ‘mons to catch is absolutely fine with me.

We just need that performance patch which is never coming.

@Sonicka This pretty much, but I'm tired of trying to have discussions with people that will keep parroting the same stuff. There shouldn't be these kind of bugs and performance problems on the game, but the people that say that it's "the worst Pokemon game" are downright delusional since it made what most people wanted about an open world Pokemon game and are a really, really big step forward over Sword and Shield. Their loss.

Um I purchased this DLC as soon as I saw the Poltchageist video haha.

Gonna wait on reviews atm it just looks like more sv, if it ends up being significantly better recieved than the main game I'll try it out

I've already purchased it, but I'm addicted to Fae Farm atm

I will whenever I get the base game.

Yes but not at launch. I’m gonna wait for Part 2 to release and then I’ll play both.

I'm just.... Not feeling it? I loved pokémon violet, but I finished it, beat the final boss, then just never picked it up again. I'm at the like "rematch all the gym leaders" quest, and I haven't done it yet. Eventually I'll buy it, but not anytime soon.

I'll trade in Double Dragon Gaiden and Let's Go Pikachu toward it.

I still haven’t beaten either game yet. I got the double pack on clearance at Costco for $70 in January so even though I got a deal, I don’t want to spend any more on this game atm

Already purchased both for the bonuses. The Sword and Shield DLC was great and added a lot of playtime. I expect this DLC for S/V will be similar.

I know the gripes people have about DLC but I’d rather this than what Pokémon did with Sun/Moon and Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon. I’d rather add content onto my save file than have to play through the whole game again with only minor differences lol

I almost never want to play DLC in separate chunks. I'll wait until both parts are out before going back.

I'm gonna get it but only when I'm ready to play it. Kinda busy with some other games at the moment so maybe a couple weeks after launch. We'll see.

My son actually bought this. I purchased the base game for Xmas but he used some eShop cards received as gifts to pre-order this months ago. I hope it's good!

Just bought it earlier today. I already love the base game and the SwSh DLC was great so I'm looking forward to this one, I'm sure it'll be fun.

As a huge pokemon fan, no. These entries lost me with the whole open world. It's just not my thing. =(

I’m a huge Pokémon fan, but this has been the first time I wasn’t sold on a game by the time it came out. There”s just no spark of interest or excitement. The DLC seems to be capitalizing on exploration of the new areas, but the exploration in the main game felt boring and pointless for everything except finding the Pokedex entries.

@Cronodoug that's been the business model for quite some time, yeah.
Oh! You meant the dlc...

Lol. 10000 percent no.

I'm done with buggy, soulles 60 dollar 3ds games from one of the worlds biggest gaming corporations.

Come back when the thing actually launches in a finished state!

I hate to be that guy but honestly I never plan on getting any Pokémon DLC until they prove to me they are invested in making good titles. SV pushed the bar so low to the point I can’t see myself ever playing a Pokémon game again. This is crushing as I have always had a fondness for the series and have stuck through up until this point.

Absolutely no way! The games are still a mess and I can't believe these large corporates can get away with releasing a game is such a bad state.

Pokemon fans deserve better.

I've already purchased them both the day they announced them.
What can I say, I like S&V.

with Scarlet and Violette my trust in that company is ruined completely, not gonna buy anything from them anymore until they get it together again...

@Cronodoug Nobody is forcing you.

I purchased the DLC for Scarlet, and I might do so for Violet if it's actually good.

The japanese setting is lovely. I would like to explore it sometime. Too many good games right now and I want to beat the ones I have, before I purchase more.

How are the battles going to work? I have a box of level 100 max IV and EV trained goliaths. Game Freak isn't going to throw a load of level 75's with forgiving AI at me, are they?

Glad to see the "No, I'm not interested" is in front. It means there's a few people out there that wont accept an unfinished game.

I'll probably get it eventually but I'm not in a rush.

To be honest I didn't really like the format of the dlc for Sword/Shield and this seems like it's more of the same.

Bought it some time ago (and I'm glad because right now I have no spare money). I started Eastward yesterday because it's been in my backlog for a while and surely I'll wait to finish it before starting the dlc.

No, I even gave up on finishing the base game. Im done supporting Pokemon for now.

Already got it when CD Keys had it for a good price. Looking forward to see what's instore. The base game was quite fun.

Here to quietly say I really enjoyed Scar/Vi despite it being obviously unfinished and broken as heck but what was there was still fun and i'm looking forward to jumping back in for both DLCs which I pre-purchased as soon as they were available a couple months back

All that said I totally appreciate people's disdain and hatred for the game/s because yeah they are simply poor. I still like them tho... yes I am a Pokemon shill, sorry guys, I disappoint myself LOL

Already bought it. Just waiting for it for drop.

I bought it in the minute it was avaiable, so...

I'll probably get it eventually, but not any time soon. I've already worked the main game to death and have done all I can do, kinda burned out on it for the time being. My eyes are on Mortal Kombat now.

Just here to skip right through the comments and say I've already purchased it, and I'm eagerly anticipating catching my own matcha Pokemon very soon!

The Teal Mask is the perfect DLC for Sprigatito starters, to feature a full Grass and Dark/Ghost/etc team!

I will eventually. Having gotten an Xbox Series S over the summer, it's really divided my gaming attention. So I just started Starfield. So it might be a while before I plunk down for the DLC.

Though if it's proving to be too good to wait for, I might slot it in and go through it sooner rather than later.

I've had it pre-ordered for a good while. Despite the godawful performance of the games, I've still had a mostly enjoyable time shiny hunting in the post-game.

Nope, skipping it. I got Sw and Sh DLC mainly because Urshifu was such a great design and now my favorite. But this feels like the same thing on repeat but with designs I don't care about. But also it's not worth the money in my opinion, especially since Scarlet and Violet runs like crap on the Switch. Legends Arceus is still the best game this gen and that style should be what they move forward with but they are just playing safe once again

Haven’t gotten it yet and probably won’t for awhile. Money is tight. Plus my kids want it too. Maybe next month for my birthday or I might wait until The Indigo Disk comes out.

If they actually finish the game, I might consider it. If it's still the half -baked glitch fest with N64 textures, then, no

@Bluelink45 Same here, I enjoyed the game but haven't got round to most of the post-game stuff and the DLC is expensive so not sure when I'll buy it if at all.

Nope, base game was so unfinished and disappointing this would have to be some incredibly good DLC for me to consider it.

Nah, Spider-Man 2 and Mario Wonder are close to releasing, and I'm finishing up Elden Ring and FF16.

@UmbreonsPapa nngh, as a gamer that's a terrible purchase/gift, both the Xbox and Starfield. Here's hoping you at least purchased the game instead of supporting anti-consumer-pass.

@roy130390 people not wanting to spend their money on a half assed game and give the developers a free pass is a perfectly acceptable stance to take, in fact the problem with the industry is that people like you will reward mediocrity by purchasing the items to be begin with, therefore giving the developers a reason not to try. Why should they when you and others like you will just biy the game and hope and pray for an update 🤣.

If the next Pokemon game sells less than 2 million copies, the game after would be the best pokemon game we'll ever get, but nope, people are definitely gonna kiss the boot and buy whatever crap this company farts out.

The wife and I have already purchased it, we're just waiting for it to go live, so we can play it.

@Reztobi isn't it weird that there are people that insist this game isn't unfinished? There's so much evidence that they had more planned! But even if they didn't, what's there is so barebones.
Or they tell you how you're a fool for dismissing a game for being so buggy it breaks because of things like 'it's so big it's bound to have issues' whilst TotK sat there feature complete for an entire year to fix and polish bugs before releasing. I have never had to shut down and restart a game with the Nintendo name on it before because a bug crashed or froze the game. I had to do this multiple times in Violet.

Honestly the biggest proof that this game is unfinished to me is the cutscenes. And how there is one in the game that is really well done - when you go to catch a terastalized pokemon. It has VFX, dynamic camera angles, special animations. Then you look at the cutscene when you defeat the Bombirdier titan and there is absolutely no way they intended that to be final in comparison. There is even a long pause (long enough to think it had crashed again) between Bombirdier flying towards the rocks and them breaking, where there clearly is meant to be an attack animation of some kind inserted later that they never got around too.

Some people need to accept that even if they liked this game for what it was, it's unacceptable output from the biggest video-game franchise in the world. It was, by their own admission, pushed out quickly to match the anime's release.

@Reztobi Literally explained why it isn't the case and how I haven't bought all Pokemon games. Hell, I've veen a user of this site for many years and you can see my comments criticizing previous entries. But sure, you just ignored that, didn't adress anything I said and proceeded to try to insult me.

Also, if you are gonna criticize how I write, at least adress the comment correctly and have a proper discussion with me. If not, please don't waste my time. Fanboys are bad, but so are ignorant haters. I find it ironic that you talk about being "rabid" while behaving like this.

@Ogbert

1. I understand if you aren't happy with the game and you agree with the person in general, but at least look at the discussion. The person made it too personal and didn't really adress anything that I said. Please don't support that kind of behavior just because you agree about the game. Many of us are users from this site for many years and should be supporting proper behavior with others first and foremost.

2. I'm not saying that people are fools for dismissing it. If it doesn't fit your interest and standards, by all means do. To begin with, it's more people attacking the ones that bought it than viceversa. If you bought this, you are a "Pokemon Fanboy" according to them, regardless of your reasons and how many times you voted with your wallet with previous entries. You can't be simply satisfied and genuinely enjoying them.

3. As I have mentioned now and in the past, poor optimization and performance aren't excused. It definitely shouldn't be this way. However, experiences vary from person to person and not everyone had game breaking bugs, even after hundreds of hours of gaming. It's also a reality that others games are given a pass in this area and even celebrated so it's kinda annoying to see those double standards. That being said, yeah, it's a perfect reason to avoid them even if I didn't affect me as much.

4. All games have resources and other things left out from them , some more than others. By that standard most if not every game is unfinished. Having said that, I do agree that these games were definitely rushed. We know how they handle Pokemon games. Personally I think that this attitude should have been taken with Sword and Shield though, as those games were also a buggy mess with a way smaller scale, way worse Pokemon animations, characters and story. Of course that shouldn't save these ones from criticism, but they are definitely an improvement in most regards.

I'm all up for civilized discussion. If you disagree it's understandable, after all it's just different perspectives. Also, just to clarify, when I talked about people "parroting" it was directed to haters that have no interest in the franchise and just follow what whatever mob or YouTuber they see. There's a lot here that, more than disappointed with this entry, just come here to bash the games and mock people enjoying them without even being properly informed about them. I do disagree ( a lot) with people saying that these are the worst Pokemon games and I'm willing to defend my perspective, but that's not the people I'm referring to.

@roy130390 all 3 of us have been to varying degrees a little too pointed and personal in our replies, whether the intention or not. For that, on my part, I do apologise. I do not wish to offend you or insult you.

I don't however agree with many of your points. I have bought every mainline Pokémon entry since Blue, it's fair to label me a 'fanboy'. I have always been excited to explore the next region and see the new Pokémon, but no more.

"... you are absolutely delusional if you think that these entries haven't gotten better from a gameplay perspective, animation and story."
I disagree. The open world is a fun new twist in principal. But the reality, for me, added nothing but bloat. Large areas of repeated Pokémon with little variation. Gyms that did not rebalance to your skill level, ending up underwhelming.
The story, attempted something bigger but the non-linear nature breaks all pacing and consistency, with added poor presentation.
Perhaps I simply didn't notice anim improvments, but I did spot all the areas where the animations were just missing entirely.

"Most of you are the kind of people that criticize the franchise for keeping the core gameplay the same when it's what most fans want and what"
I have never stated this, do not assume that because some are contrary, all who complain are.

"If you skip a product for something like bugs after a big change in direction then you are telling them that you don't want them to go that way, not that you aren't buying because of the optimization problems."
I am telling them I will not just buy anything they release simply because of the IP, I still expect a degree of quality. The last entry was not a standard I accept from ANY developer or publisher. Let alone one their size. Yes all previous entries had bugs or performance issues, but none to this degree.

"...others games are given a pass in this area and even celebrated...."
Again, I expect better from ALL devs. This level of unfinished and broken is not acceptable from any studio. I have not given any free passes for this.

"All games have resources and other things left out from them , some more than others. By that standard most if not every game is unfinished."
Yes many games have cut content, but that does not mean they are incomplete in the same way. Many games will have cut content during development yes, sometimes it's cut for time or money reasons. That does not make them incomplete, it's the specifics of what is cut that does. Scarlett and Violet cut back on core functionality and polish, content that previous entries had. Core elements such as story cutscenes were visibly incomplete, its beyond cut content or even lack of polish. It's an unfinished game and that it was is most unacceptable.

They know full well they have lost fan's faith, there is no confusing this for "they didn't like the new direction". They have made statements about it, but no actions. So all we can do is not buy the DLC and entries until they do better.

@Ogbert Hi, sorry for the lat reply, I have a medical situattion here so unfortunately I don't have the time to discuss and participate on the site as much as I used to. First, let me thank you for the polite reply and sorry if I don't adress everything that you mention as I have a limited time to reply.

1. Glad to meet another Red/Blue fan! I don't think that makes any of us fanboys though, since that's directed to people that attack anyone that doesn't enjoy the games and will defend the franchise on every decision, no questions asked.

2. I can't say that Pokemon repetition bothered me or that it's something that just happened with this entry. It makes sense to see certain species in abundance in certain areas and it makes thre world more organic from my perspective. As for the free roaming, for me that's no bloat, as it allows every player to choose it's path and do things their own way. I found myself doing things much different than my brother and friends and sharing hints, information and Pokemon locations in a way that I haven't since the first entries, which, while still linear didn't have the leaks problems and hand holding to the level of last entries. Level balancing didn't really affect me and even offered me some challenge as I went to areas that were above my party level.

2. I think that the story was not only a big step forward because it had enjoyable characters, but also because to me the presentation was much better. I still remember watching in Sword and Shield a literal black screen when a pokemon does an electric attack to give power to something, or the legendary dogs not being able to turn their bodies as a living being would. That without mentioning the enormous amount of things that were happening and you couldn't participate because Leon was taking care of them. There's a big difference between how Pokemon move here and in the previous games and previous games didn't really have Pokemon roaming around the way these games do so I'd say that it's an automatic improvement.

3. Last entries didn't have this degree of bugs, but also where nowehere near this scale, and I'm not only talking about the map's size but as mentioned, the Pokemon animations and quantity of them in the overworld. I can't say that those games had better "quality" when they were just playing it more safe and even so they were far from perfect from a technical standpoint.

4. I honestly can't say why cutscenes or even gameplay elements that were cut make this game more incomplete than others, as many of said elements are common to actually cut from games. I personally perceive these games as completed simply because I don't feel like anything was lacking from the story and playthough. All that they included here made a complete experience for me and wasn't lacking compared to other Pokemon games, rpgs or games in general. To me, fans were lashing out more with this one because of the attention that it got and the accumulation of frustration witht he franchise depite of this being a real step forward and previous ones playing it safe for so long.

5. Yeah, they are aware that some fans were quite angry but if it was linked to poor sales they wouldn't just attribute it to bugs and performance. Developers, specially like GameFreak, who are so out of touch would still associate it with the game being more ambitious that previous ones and returning to smaller scales to avoid these conflicts.