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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet - 18th Nov 2022! **OFFICIAL INFO ONLY**
- Thread starter DHR-107
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I agree to some degree but I think Biology makes some sense within the context of Pokémon being a series all about whimsical creatures. So while he doesn't teach the player abt game mechanics, he will probably be relevant for worldbuilding!
Plus, looking back to the Webinar, wild mons have unique interactions. Its possoble he teaches us about those - something like describing how Sandile will swim in sand or how you should be careful approaching Abomasnow since it creates blizzards. Could see Jacq basically being a guide on how some specific Pokémon work in the wild for you to catch them!
Jacq was iirc supposed to be one leading the webinar even.
Also, I heard a theory that, in addition to saving costs & likely not having time to dub, they decided it was alright to simply sub due to, you guessed, the increased popularity of VTubers. While there are English speakers, due to collabs and people just generally interested, many have gotten used to watching clips of the Japanese VTubers which has swathes of loyal fans ready to dub them.
Yes, in-world Iono is a streamer who you physically meet, but her aesthetic is based on VTubers so I don't think it's farfetched of a theory that the Pokemon Company felt okay with just a sub in this specific case. Remember, in addition to the second stream they had a third video of a quick overview of Iono and Bellibolt, they didn't need dub the streams and put them on international channels.
Which is odd considering that presentation WAS in English.
I actually think they're gonna keep the rest secret. Like Iono would have been the perfect time to show the Electric-type, but they didn't.
Yeah, I think if we were going to have unique Teras they would have shown them by now. I'll give them extra credit if something like if do exist and decide to keep it secret, it's not like they didn't have other things to show off with 3 stories.
I think they meant in the way of wanting to see what the other Type's crowns looked like, not how certain Pokemon wore the crowns (though Klawf is a question mark there).
Do I really need to remind you that appearances can be deceiving?
There's also this tidbit:Now what's one of the things Team Star is known for?
And is she "shy", or simply hiding her "true" identity?
Interesting idea, having the super mechanic make the Pokemon stronger in normal & advantageous circumstances but still held down by the same same weaknesses the Pokemon had before. Would certainly put a damper on the power creep, or at the very least make the user of the super mechanic more selective (dare I say strategic). When the game comes out and we know how Tera works, could be something worth theorymoning (possibly see if can be implemented as an experimental mod in Showdown?).
So what I'm getting from this is that Jacq has a secret lab where he performs illegal biological experiments (hey, gotta find some way to give us a Type: Null).
From what I recall, they checked in with either Jacq or his notes when they came across "Paldean Diglett" and learned that it's infact a completely different Pokemon named Wiglett.
the associated website was also based around him iirc
Heck, not just vtubers but some IRL streamers get clipped and translated too so it is definitely not something unheard of.
Edit: Also regarding Penny and Team Star: She could also be picked on/pressured by them in some way that would cause her to skip school. It would also give the Player Character motivation to go after them and make it so that all 3 of the stories involve the three fellow classmates they showed off earlier.
I missed a couple things, which webinar?
My bad, that probably wasn't clear enough. I meant what the Rock or Electric crowns would look like.
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As we are finally a month away from launch I have a small present for a number of you:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/scarlet-violet-leaks-thread.3709515/
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As we are finally a month away from launch I have a small present for a number of you:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/scarlet-violet-leaks-thread.3709515/
The above will be the primary thread for discussing leaked information - Do not click if you do not want to be spoiled!
This thread will continue to be the primary thread for Official Information released by TCPi/Nintendo/GameFreak.
It could be good for worldbuilding.
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Looks like previews are gonna be starting soon
For what its worth, we got the Grafaiai reveal cycle in the last week of August and the Wiglett webimar in the last week of September. I can see them doing another unusual trailer for October. Could even be a Halloween themed reveal for some Ghost mon or something (altho still would find it weird to have an unusual reveal right after Bellibolt)
Early hands om test reviews are coming in, including one from Serebii Joe himself!
I think the October 25th thing is going to be a separate reveal though but still probably SV related as it has the border used in most SV related content. Seems like the preview videos are all releasing right about now though and I'll put whatever I find here for reference before viewing later.
https://www.serebii.net/scarletviolet/preview/
EDIT: I think a lot of these videos may have played the game but just got the same raw footage to talk over so these will be pretty redundant.
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Any new Pokes or regional forms show up in those?
Apparently, review copies have been sent and reviews may start to popping here and there. Serebii got to play the game and posted their preview (including video with new footage).
Joe didn't reveal any new Pokémon/forms but confirmed the following:
Joe didn't reveal any new Pokémon/forms but confirmed the following:
- Shiny Pokémon are visible in the overworld
- Wild Pokémon won't attack the player like in PLA
- Trainer cannot move during the battle (unlike PLA)
- Trainer battles have to be started manually (i.e., talking to them, so no need to avoid trainers)
- Day/night is not tied to real world clock
- There's random weather effects that can affect the player
- When leveling up you will be asked if Pokémon should learn a new move
- Moves can be relearned/forgotten at any time like in PLA
- Pokémon PC is always accessible
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The legendary bikes’ movement looks so smoooooth. PLA rideables were decent but transitioning between them could be clunky. The Raidons look like a very fun movement system.
I'm pretty confident they were explicitly asked to not share anything about new pokemon/forms they encountered.
Also I'm glad to read from the feedbacks that the Tera Raids aren't anywhere as clunky/boring as the Max raids, and don't risk you having to fall asleep waiting for people on 56k internet.
No, Shiny Pokemon were never visible in the overworld in SwSh.
Let's Go had them visible in the overworld, but not SwSh.
They will start a battle with you if they run into you, ala SwSh though.
Also did any of those previews mention anything about Tera Blast's base power or was that something that couldn't be shown.