The latest trailer for Nintendo's upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet shows us a little more of the new world, a few new Pokémon, and gives us a release date of November 18.
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Many details surrounding Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are still being kept under wraps, but little bits of information are being revealed with each new trailer and announcement. Of course, since it’s a new Pokémon game, we know about the three new water-, fire-, and grass-type starters (Quaxly, Fuecoco, Sprigatito), and we know there’s a lot to discover as we hunt down elusive creatures, trap them in physics-defying capsules, and battle overzealous high schoolers.
What was a bigger surprise is that Scarlet and Violet appear to build on the open-world exploration approach we saw in the recent Pokemon Legends: Arceus. But unlike that game, Scarlet and Violet promise one big, interconnected world that you can explore at your own pace.
It also seems like Legends: Arceus influenced the game’s new approach to Pokémon in the wild, allowing you to see (and avoid or catch) them much more directly. How similar the gameplay is is hard to say, but encounters with new Pokémon Smoliv and Lechonk shown in the trailer do seem a little familiar.
