{"id":125332,"date":"2022-06-01T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132320"},"modified":"2022-06-01T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:30:00","slug":"feature-everything-you-might-have-missed-in-the-new-pokemon-scarlet-violet-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/01\/feature-everything-you-might-have-missed-in-the-new-pokemon-scarlet-violet-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Everything You Might Have Missed In The New Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a399f2c6ba73\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a399f2c6ba73\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"mY5g1bJCorM\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So&#8230; How about that new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a> trailer, eh? Lots of new information was secreted away inside that three-minute long peek at the upcoming game, and we&#8217;re going to try to dig all of it up. Come with us on a journey through Pok\u00e9time and Pok\u00e9space&#8230;<\/p>\n<nav id=\"toc\" role=\"navigation\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<h2><span class=\"icon icon-list-bullet\"><\/span> On this page:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/everything-you-might-have-missed-in-the-new-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-trailer#confirmed-details\">Confirmed Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/everything-you-might-have-missed-in-the-new-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-trailer#enter-the-speculation-zone\">Enter The Speculation Zone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"confirmed-details\">Confirmed Details<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"puns-puns-everywhere\">Puns, puns everywhere<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d5352cfa4a15d\/clothes.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Clothes\"><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a Pok\u00e9mon game. Of course there will be puns, wordplay, and little references in the names. Here are just some of the ones we got in the new trailer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lechonk<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A Pok\u00e9mon based on the Iberian pig, which is a black pig used to make jam\u00f3n ib\u00e9rico, the famous (and delicious) Iberian ham. &#8220;Lech\u00f3n&#8221; is the Spanish word for a suckling pig. &#8220;Chonk&#8221; is&#8230; a meme word used to describe chunky animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Smoliv<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Olives are a common Mediterranean food and export, and this grass-type Pok\u00e9mon is small (or &#8220;smol&#8221;), so&#8230; Smoliv.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Miraidon<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Koraidon<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The two legendaries come from the Japanese words for &#8220;future&#8221; and &#8220;ancient&#8221; respectively, mirroring the overall past\/future theme of the two games. There might also be more to this theming, if you read on&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Professors <strong>Tura<\/strong> and <strong>Sada<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Spanish for future is &#8220;fu<strong>tura<\/strong>&#8221; and the feminine version of the Spanish for past is &#8220;pa<strong>sada<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pawmi\n<ul>\n<li>Generation IX has its Pikachu-style electric mouse, and his name is Pawmi. This might be a combination of paw and ami(go)? We&#8217;re not 100% sure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"motorbike-theming\">Motorbike theming<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDk2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"496\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18d4a09f5a3c2\/legendary-1.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Legendary (1)\"><\/figure>\n<p>Did you know that Spain is really into motorbikes? We did not. But motorbikes, and motocross (off-road motorcycle racing) are both big themes in this new region, perhaps like football was in Galar. Here&#8217;s the evidence:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The legendaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Koraidon and Miraidon are both bike-shaped, and even have wheels. They&#8217;ve also got &#8220;ride-on&#8221; in their names, their backs look suspiciously like seats, and their shoulders look like handlebars, so they might be able to turn into bikes, Transformer-style.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey, listen to me: THEY ARE MOTORBIKES<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonScarletViolet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonScarletViolet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lil1UCsWOK\">pic.twitter.com\/lil1UCsWOK<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Agui \ud83d\udcaa Ceres 3 verkami! (@Agui_chART) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Agui_chART\/status\/1531994100064477185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>At least one gym looks like a motocross track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to take this person&#8217;s word for it, but the bottom-right image here is apparently similar to a motocross track \u2014 like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/excitebike\">Excitebike<\/a>, but muddier.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La region de pok\u00e9mon basada en Espa\u00f1ita tiene centros pok\u00e9mon como gasolineras, un gimmasio que luce a estadio de carreras de motocross y los legendarios que tienen forma de moto y de jet. Junichi realmente digo esta es la generacion de las motomamis y motopapis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScarletViolet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScarletViolet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wCotYnquDV\">pic.twitter.com\/wCotYnquDV<\/a><\/span>\u2014 MK8\u225b MOTOPAPI\ud83e\udd6d (@FdezzGarciiia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FdezzGarciiia\/status\/1532009632960495623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>The Pok\u00e9mon Centers look like petrol stations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We checked, and apparently petrol stations in Spain look pretty much exactly like the ones in the UK and US, so we&#8217;re willing to accept that the strange outdoor Pok\u00e9 Centers are modelled after them.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"non-linear-exploration\">Non-linear exploration<\/h3>\n<p>The newly-published Pok\u00e9mon website has this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You can experience a new style of adventure, with a world that you\u2019re free to explore at your leisure and not in an order dictated by the story. You will, of course, journey to hone your skills as a Pok\u00e9mon Trainer, but many more discoveries and stories await you. Meet a variety of people and Pok\u00e9mon, and adventure in the world of Pok\u00e9mon the way you want to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You hear that? That&#8217;s non-linear gameplay, baby! We&#8217;ll look more into what that means in a bit.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-outfits\">The&#8230; outfits?<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/434a11f71b1e1\/clothes.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Clothes\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some people are more interested in the fashion of the Pok\u00e9mon games than anything else, and those people include this writer. The characters seem to be largely dressed in school outfits, but their hats, hairstyles, bags, and glasses change. Also sometimes they wear shorts, and sometimes they wear trousers.<\/p>\n<p>So, there will probably be an element of fashion, like in Sword &amp; Shield&#8230; but we&#8217;re intrigued about how it&#8217;ll interact with the uniforms.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"accurately-sized-pokemon\"><strong>Accurately sized Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">dude<\/p>\n<p>pokemon that are their actual size<\/p>\n<p>dude <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dcArHebLaa\">pic.twitter.com\/dcArHebLaa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 TAHK0 \u2615\ufe0f (@TAHK0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TAHK0\/status\/1531997366038851584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Look at these Flab\u00e9b\u00e9s! They&#8217;re tiny!!! 10cm, to be exact! And it looks like they&#8217;ll be roughly size-accurate. Does this mean that we&#8217;ll be seeing giant Pok\u00e9mon, too? Hard to say, but we hope so.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"co-op\">CO-OP?!<\/h3>\n<p>Yep! From the website:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/em> and <em>Pok\u00e9mon Violet<\/em> allow multiplayer gameplay with up to four players.\u200b Along with series staples, such as trading and battling Pok\u00e9mon, you will be able to explore the various locations of the region in these games with other players. You can discover new Pok\u00e9mon and explore unfamiliar areas with your friends and family, opening the door to an adventure more precious and fun than ever!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"first-open-world-pokemon-game\">First open-world Pok\u00e9mon game<\/h3>\n<p>Double yep! From the website:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Pok\u00e9mon Violet are the first open-world RPGs in the Pok\u00e9mon series.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"past-vs-future\">Past vs Future<\/h3>\n<p>It looks like Scarlet &amp; Violet will be based on the past and the future, although it&#8217;s not really clear what that <em>means<\/em>. Read more about it here:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"new-ui\">New UI<\/h3>\n<p>We love an upgrade to the interface, and this one looks nice and minimalist:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f66e421eca518\/ui.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ui\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"toby-fox-is-back-baby\">Toby Fox is back, baby<\/h3>\n<p>Toby Fox has announced that he&#8217;s doing music for the games again, but this time he&#8217;s the composer for the field theme, saying &#8220;this time, my music is not optional!&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I had the honor of composing the field music for Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet! After creating a concept sketch, Game Freak arranged it into many versions that you&#8217;ll hear throughout the game. You can hear a bit of it in this trailer&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dhjv4e9fQN\">https:\/\/t.co\/dhjv4e9fQN<\/a><\/span>\u2014 tobyfox (@tobyfox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tobyfox\/status\/1532038920183205888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"enter-the-speculation-zone\">Enter The Speculation Zone<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"a-third-legendary\">A third legendary?<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Iceball\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1520b54267f42\/iceball.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgMjUzIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1520b54267f42\/iceball.450x.jpg\" alt=\"Iceball\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ice\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6d33995ee00fd\/ice.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgMjUzIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6d33995ee00fd\/ice.450x.jpg\" alt=\"Ice\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Right at the end of the trailer, there&#8217;s a strange bit of footage, which is a sort of scaly, sort of glass-like, moving texture&#8230; and then an icy Pok\u00e9 Ball flies past. Could this be a hint at a third legendary?<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"dynamic-pokemon-levelling\">Dynamic Pok\u00e9mon levelling<\/h3>\n<p>This is absolutely speculation, but&#8230; if the Scarlet &amp; Violet world is non-linear and open, does that mean we can expect dynamic levelling, where wild Pok\u00e9mon match your abilities? This seems unlikely, but what&#8217;s more likely is that the gyms dynamically match your own level, since it would be really boring to accidentally take on a low-level gym with massively beefy Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"regional-variants\">Regional variants<\/h3>\n<p>We haven&#8217;t seen any regional variants yet, so we can only speculate. But based on what we know (Spain! Portugal! Food!) we can take a few educated guesses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tauros, but more like a toreador<\/li>\n<li>More Eevee evolutions<\/li>\n<li>Snorlax but siesta-themed<\/li>\n<li>Exeggcute but a frittata<\/li>\n<li>Palossand, but he looks like the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/li>\n<li>Oricorio but, like&#8230; more&#8230; flamenco<\/li>\n<li>A rapier version of Aegislash<\/li>\n<li>An evolution of Mudbray called Donkixote<\/li>\n<li>What if Vanillite was sangria instead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"bulls\">Bulls<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s gotta be bulls. Bullrings. Bullfighting. etc. A bull-themed gym? Who knows!!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"more-food\">More food<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone loves Spanish and Portuguese dishes! Custard tarts! Paella! Tapas! Galar represented the UK with Sinistea and Polteageist, so let&#8217;s see a patatas bravas Pok\u00e9mon. And then we should eat it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What are your predictions and hopes? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-which-version-are-you-getting1\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_version_are_you_getting1\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which version are you getting?\" id=\"which-version-are-you-getting\">Which version are you getting? (842 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Scarlet!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"182 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"22\"><span class=\"val\">22<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Violet!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"271 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"32\"><span class=\"val\">32<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Both!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"145 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"17\"><span class=\"val\">17<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Neither! Bah!!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"27 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">I&#8217;m going to wait to find out more before I decide!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"217 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"26\"><span class=\"val\">26<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Further Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube So&#8230; How about that new Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet trailer, eh? Lots of new information was secreted away inside that three-minute long peek at the upcoming game, and we&#8217;re going to try to dig all of it up. 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