 The two-part DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet begins but what can it offer those that have already played through the base game? We're not sure quite how it happened, but we ended up liking Pokémon Scarlet and Violet a lot more than many other fans. This seems to have been because we never experienced nearly as many bugs or performance issues as others did. We can only assume we got lucky somehow, although oddly we found Pokémon Legends: Arceus to be far more bug ridden and graphically incompetent. Nobody seems to complain about that nearly as much though, so we can only assume our Switch console was feeling contrary about the games. The one thing we think everyone can agree on is that both games were better than Sword and Shield and that together they are all a useful step towards that dream, open world Pokémon game that fans have been imagining for years and The Pokémon Company have, for so long, seemed dead set against making. Although perhaps the most important development of recent years is not the games themselves but the acknowledgement that developer Game Freak is being forced to knock them out too quickly and at too hurried a schedule (they're also grossly understaffed, given the significance of the franchise). Hopefully that means they'll have more time to let the next game cook, but unfortunately any change in approach will come too late for this DLC. The Hidden Treasure Of Area Zero is a single (and rather expensive) purchase, with Part 1 available now and Part 2 later this year – probably in December. Although there are some obvious plot threads left daggling by the end of the first story, they both have entirely different settings, both of which are new locations sperate from the main game world. As such, Part 1, entitled The Teal Mask, takes place in the very Japanese-influenced land of Kitakami. The main town you visit is at the base of a large, Mount Fuji style mountain, as you i){kind=link}
The two-part DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet begins but what can it offer those that have already played through the base game?
We’re not sure quite how it happened, but we ended up liking Pokemon Scarlet and Violet a lot more than many other fans. This seems to have been because we never experienced nearly as many bugs or performance issues as others did. We can only assume we got lucky somehow, although oddly we found Pokemon Legends: Arceus to be far more bug ridden and graphically incompetent. Nobody seems to complain about that nearly as much though, so we can only assume our Switch console was feeling contrary about the games.
The one thing we think everyone can agree on is that both games were better than Sword and Shield and that together they are all a useful step towards that dream, open world Pokemon game that fans have been imagining for years and The Pokemon Company have, for so long, seemed dead set against making.
Although perhaps the most important development of recent years is not the games themselves but the acknowledgement that developer Game Freak is being forced to knock them out too quickly and at too hurried a schedule (they’re also grossly understaffed, given the significance of the franchise). Hopefully that means they’ll have more time to let the next game cook, but unfortunately any change in approach will come too late for this DLC.
The Hidden Treasure Of Area Zero is a single (and rather expensive) purchase, with Part 1 available now and Part 2 later this year – probably in December. Although there are some obvious plot threads left daggling by the end of the first story, they both have entirely different settings, both of which are new locations sperate from the main game world. As such, Part 1, entitled The Teal Mask, takes place in the very Japanese-influenced land of Kitakami.