The Pokémon Company Will Share More Details On Scarlet & Violet - The Indigo Disk On 7th December

I think at that point I'll rather just wait one week and play it blind

But if I had to guess I'd say they add some feature which allows us to catch (almost) all past legendaries cause that's what they always do like Dynamax Adventure in SwSh Crown Tundra, Ultra Worm Holes in USUM etc

DISCLAIMER: Any improvement in performance as a result of the upcoming software update is purely coincidental.

I honestly haven't bothered to finish Violet. Aside from the performance issues. The lack of challenge has kinda put me off. I wanna try to the dlc but a friend said it's not worth it.

Hopefully the next game they decide to add a challenge for the veterans.

@liljmoore : We're due for a remake in late 2024, which will either be Generation II again or Generation V. They're my top 2 generations, so I'm hoping to be pleased either way (ideally with a Legends game to complement the remake).

In the latter case, I'm really hoping that they bundle both games (Black + Black 2 / White + White 2) instead of treating the sequels like they don't exist like they did with Platinum.

Not holding out much hope but it would be nice if the update which comes with this makes Teal Mask more stable (I gave up in September due to crashes).

I’m super excited for this! I can’t wait to see how SV’s story wraps up soon! Especially with some of the data leaks and theories on how it’ll end

@Sisilly_G Even an accidental performance upgrade for Scarlet/Violet is too much to expect from Game Freak by this point 😂

@liljmoore For all of Scarlet and Violet's faults (and there are plenty of them) I can't fault the final dungeon Area Zero at all. Ok, there's not much of a challenge in the battles, but to be honest there's never been much challenge in the story battles in Pokemon.

But the design, aesthetic and music of Area Zero are just goddamn perfect, gave me chills the first time I got to it. It truly felt like you were exploring somewhere mysterious and dangerous.

@Chinesus : Area Zero left so, so much to be desired. Those first impressions were amazing as the new area was mysterious, atmospheric, the music was great, but there's a grand total of... SEVEN new Pokémon to find per version (not counting the cover legendary), and the novelty wears off far too quickly for its own good.

Pokemon is the definition of unused potential. it could be one of my favourite series if it had:

• art direction that matches system specs
• higher difficulty (or at least the option)
• deeper storylines with better cut scenes (I want more of that first movie's atmosphere and memorable characters you actually care about)
• the option to catch 'em ALL
• quality over quantity (one double game per console generation is enough!)

I get what people love in it. But most of the newer games seem unpolished and lazy to me.

I'd rather them not spoil anything in this presentation. I've gone this long without looking at data mines and leaks.

Looking forward to it.

I was glad we got Vulpix in The Teal Mask along with Clefairy, Chimchar, Jirachi, Piplup, Cutiefly and Turtwig and I am looking forward to seeing what other Pokemon they bring back for The Indigo Disk DLC. They need to spend more time working on creating more new cute Pokemon though because the newest additions we got The Teal Mask and the ones I have seen that are going to debut in The Indigo Disk are pretty disappointing.

I don't feel like I need the info but I'll probably watch it regardless. I do plan to get into the DLC sometime soon but haven't just yet. For me, I'm sure I'll enjoy it overall.

I have a good idea for Nintendo, don’t make all the legendarys shiny locked😭

After my experience with the base game and Teal Mask, I'm still expecting it to run like garbage, but I'll still have some fun with it.

Amazing games, can't wait. I've been an absolute Poke-freak since Day 1 and these games are everything I wanted as a kid: a fun open world teeming with adventure. The more DLC the better in my book. If you haven't finished the first round of DLC by now, what are you even doing? Get your game on!!

I’m just hoping for a discounted package later on down the road.

@FatBeverly Why do you sound like a bot or AI-generated post?

Need to dive back and only do when I need to get those bonus DLC and updates.

Don't care not buying until they fix the performance issues.

@Sisilly_G We definitely aren't "due" for a remake next year. Starting with FRLG on the GBA they've only done 1 remake per hardware cycle (2 on the Switch if you count LGPE, but that's a different kind of remake). It's always possible that GF accelerates the release of remakes so they don't fall behind the main series too much, but the past release schedule suggests we'll get a gen 5 remake sometime between gen 10 and 11 on the Switch 2.

@abbyhitter I don't know, why do you sound like a cynical jacka**? These things are just a mystery I guess.

@FirstEmperor : "Definitely"?

Not that I ever suggested that my hypothesis was by any means "definite", but judging by TPCi's release schedule over the years, there seems to be a fairly consistent pattern (with some outliers, of course)...

Year 1: New Generation games
Year 2: DLC Expansion (previously Revision/Sequel)
Year 3: Remakes

And that pattern has been more or less maintained as far back as Generation III.

In order of international release year:
2003: Ruby/Sapphire [New Generation]
2004: FireRed/Leaf Green [Remake]
2005: Emerald [Revision] (the only "third version" not to have been released directly after the original releases)
2007: Diamond/Pearl [New Generation]
2008: Platinum [Revision]
2010: HeartGold/Soul Silver [Remake]
2011: Black/White [New Generation]
2012: Black 2/White 2 [Sequel] (the only generation, apart from I and II, that did not produce a remake)
2013: X/Y [New Generation] (the only generation so far not to have a Revision/Sequel/DLC release of some form)
2014: Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire [Remake]
2015: Sun/Moon [New Generation]
2016: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon [Revision] (the only generation to have a dual revision release, not counting Japanese Blue and Yellow, which were released over a year apart, and were not complementary with respect to their respective content revisions)
2018: Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee [Remake]
2019: Sword/Shield [New Generation]
2020: Sword/Shield: The Isle of Armor/The Crown Tundra [DLC]
2021: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl [Remake]
2022: Legends Arceus [Subseries Début?] (it remains to be seen whether this concept will be revisited)
2022: Scarlet/Violet [New Generation]
2023: Scarlet/Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero [DLC]

So, in all likelihood, a remake will follow in late 2024 (and hopefully a Legends game too), but I'm less confident about what late 2025 will hold, assuming that the next generation of hardware will released by then, and TPCi will need to weigh up whether it's worth making a new game exclusively for a userbase that will be in its relative infancy versus the Switch's 100+ million userbase (Black 2/White 2 were released 1.5 years into the 3DS's lifespan, so there's a precedent there).

There's also a whole generation of kids who've never experienced Generations II or V (how time flies), so it would make sense for TPCi to take the safe route of a remake while they consider the direction of the next generation of the franchise.