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Pokemon Scarlet and Violetrevealed a new trailer that showed past starter Pokemon will be coming in the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC. The trailer was shown at the conclusion ofthe 2023PokemonWorld Championshipsand revealed that these Pokemon can be caught in the wild, which will givePokemon Scarlet and Violetplayers more options for building their teams.
The new trailer forPokemon Scarlet and Violet’s second DLC, The Indigo Disk, went into detail about some of the Pokemon that players will encounter when it goes live in the winter. The trailer also revealed the types for Raging Bolt and Iron Crown, the version-exclusiveParadox forms of Raikou and Cobalion, as Electric/Dragon for the former and Steel/Psychic for the latter. In addition, the trailer revealed new signature moves for those Pokemon, as well as new moves for specific Pokemon. One of these moves is a Psychic-type attack called Psychic Noise that prevents healing and can be used by Pokemon such as Gardevoir. However,Pokemon Scarlet and Violetfans that wanted to catch their favorite starter from past generations will have the chance, as well.
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In The Indigo Disk DLC, all past starter Pokemon that were not previously obtainable in the base game will be catchable in the wild, and not necessarily from Tera Raid dens. From Bulbasaur to Sobble,Pokemon Scarlet and Violetplayers will be able to add all of the starters to their collections when The Indigo Disk launches in Winter 2023. At the time of writing, only the final evolutions of some previous starter Pokemon could be caught from seven-star Tera Raid battles. These Pokemon were Charizard, Typhlosion, Samurott, Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, Decidueye, Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon. Previous forms of these Pokemon could be also obtained via breeding or transferring fromPokemon Home.
The outstanding starter Pokemon will also be added to the growing list of critters that can be transferred fromPokemon HometoPokemon Scarlet and Violetin a future update.Pokemontrainers that have been waiting to use starters such as Totodile and Torchic will soon get their chance, as bothThe Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk will have new Pokemonin addition to the returning ones. It remains to be seen how many more Pokemon from past generations will be available in the wild once the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero is fully released.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetplayers may not yet be done with receiving more information in August. Recently, some influencers receiveda package fromPokemonwith the date of August 22on it. Only time will tell what awaitsPokemonfans on that day.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare available now for Nintendo Switch.
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