Game Freak is always planning for the nextPokemongames, and so it sometimes likes to hide hints in its games about what fans can expect from future releases. Sometimes these hints aren’t obvious until after the new games are announced, and with the reveal ofPokemon Scarlet and Violet, onePokemonfan has seemingly discovered hints for the new games in more recent entries of the series.
Reddit user DDD-Hero has found potential clues hinting atPokemon Scarlet and Violethiding inPokemon Sword and Shieldas well asPokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. InPokemon Sword and Shield, players can visit Hotel Ionia in Circhester. On the left-side of the lobby, players can see that there is a room that’s roped off and is inaccessible to them. As pointed out by DDD-Hero, the wallpaper in this roped-off room features blood oranges and grapes, which are fruits that were featured in thePokemon Scarlet and Violetreveal trailer, and are associated with Spain, the country where the new region is likely based on.
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While this could certainly be nothing more than a coincidence, Game Freak does have a history of hiding things like this in the games, and so it’s entirely possible that this is a genuine tease forScarlet and Violet. However, DDD-Hero perhaps even more compelling evidence of The Pokemon Company teasingPokemon Scarlet and Violetbefore the games' reveal inPokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
InPokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, DDD-Hero found that the flowers near Route 201 in Twinleaf Town have been changed when compared to the original versions of the games. In the remakes, the flowers have bright scarlet and violet petals, whereas they are much smaller, less vibrant, and have an overall different design in the original games. While some could write this off asdeveloper ILCAchanging the flowers across the board (Game Freak was not the lead developer for the games), that doesn’t seem to be the case.
DDD-Hero traveled toPastoria Cityin the originalPokemon Diamond and Pearl. Here are the exact same flowers from Twinleaf Town, but while Twinleaf Town’s flowers have gotten a facelift inBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the Pastoria flowers are left relatively untouched. This suggests that the flower changes weren’t an across-the-board decision, and that the ones in Twinleaf Town were uniquely altered for some unknown reason, though the running theory is that the change was to hint atPokemon Scarlet and Violet.
Of course, there was anotherPokemongame released recently in the form of thecritically-acclaimedPokemon Legends: Arceus. SincePokemon Scarlet and Violetclues were retroactively found inSword and ShieldandBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, it’s entirely possible that there are clues waiting to be found inPokemon Legends: Arceusas well, though that remains to be seen.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetwill launch in late 2022, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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