Since they were announced at the end of February of this year, Scarlet Pokemon y pokemon purple They make us lose sleep a bit. Known on Twitter by his code name, "Espanita Pokémon», the ninth generation of pocket monsters will be a different installment. Yesterday at three in the afternoon, The Pokémon Company released a rather generous trailer for the game. And, as usual, we have analyzed each frame of the video to extract as much information as possible.
Pokémon gas stations?
That they make a game based on your country is cool, but you risk that they translate into an audiovisual work a good collection of stereotypes. Scarlet y Purple will be two sets of nonlinear open world, which means that we will be able to explore the region at our leisure. It seems that there will only be one city, so they have had to make a decision so that we can heal our team in the open world. If you are a "mesetarian" of those who say that Spain is nothing more than a network of roads that are used to get to Madrid, you are in luck, because Game Freak has bought the cliché for you.
In these service areas you can see that there is also a store, so we do not discard the idea that we can buy a few Arévalo cassettes, put to feed the topic.
Prepare Permit B
And without leaving this topic, the fact that the stations have the shape of a gas station may be more relevant than it seems at first glance. in one of the frames from the video, you can see an ad at the gas station with a wheel accompanied by a Qwilfish. Are they telling us that we can fix a flat tire? Are we going to be able to explore the map aboard a vehicle? In order not to anticipate, we will expand on this idea when we talk about the legendaries.
Past and future fully confirmed
Much of what we saw in the first trailer was enough to lead to the hypothesis that the plots of these two games would be related to the past and the future. The new trailer makes it quite clear, both with the design of the legendaries and with the two teachers.
the teacher is called dawn, and has a look that reminds us a lot of the Paleolithic era. 'Dawn' means 'beginning', and it's a word that Pokémon translators love. For example, it was already used in Kyogre Primal's 'Sea of Dawn' ability.
On the other hand, her male counterpart is called Turo, and wears a futuristic outfit that looks like it was designed by the Chozo from Metroid. His name could come from 'Future'. In the Anglo-Saxon versions, the name has been maintained.
Tronistas or Pokémon Professors?
With this on the table, we imagine that the events of Pokemon Legends: Arceus they will manage to integrate well in this ninth generation. Will there be some explanation for us to bring back those extinct creatures from the past. What is strange is the use of two teachers. On Twitter, people have quickly turned these two characters into crushes, but what if they are the bad guys in the plot? So far, we haven't been shown any villains.
Lots of Iberian Pokémon
when the first came out teaser, some Pokémon experts calmed the masses saying that we should not get our hopes up with the new Pokémon, because there would be one or two based on our region as much. However, the new pokemon that we have been able to see in this trailer are very Spanish and very much Spanish, which means that many poketubers They have succeeded almost as much as our dearest Fernando Simón.
smolive it will be one of the native Pokémon of this region, a pun on 'small' and 'olive'. A very original design, as it looks something like a combination between an olive recently picked from the tree together with a pitted one that has already been pickled, and that keeps oil in the hole.
The second creature is an Iberian pig, piglet, also quite nice, because it is even covered in mud - whoever has seen a wild one in nature will know that it is not mud, but hey, we better leave it that way. We have also been able to see a small detail of what could be another Pokémon from this region based on Spain. It is seen in the shirt of a boy who frequents the monterías, in the pure Osborne bull style. He is certainly a Tauros. Will it be the one of a lifetime or will we have a regional version?
Finally, the 'Pikachu' of this generation will be pawmi, a mouse that is chonks, and that it will sell thousands of stuffed animals, because the truth is that it is very cute.
Dragons in my Españita?
Image: Reddit
Koraidon and Miraidon are the two legendaries that will appear on the covers of Scarlet y Purple respectively. Korai means 'old' in Japanese, and 'Mirai' means future. Koraidon has a more classic design, while Miraidon has a much more futuristic look, like it's based on an airplane. It is very likely that at some point in the game, we will use them as PokeMounts. In fact, it would not be strange if these two Pokémon could become vehicles to travel the map By land, sea and air. There are many details that indicate that these legendaries have seats, attachment points and that they could transform into various vehicles. Let's hope that refueling them doesn't cost two euros a liter.
Lastly, as the user @chibisake points out on Twitter, Miraidon's design is inspired by Cuélebre, a mythological serpent-shaped dragon that is present in the mythology of Asturias, León and Cantabria.
We confirm that the legendary Pokémon Miraidon de Escarlata/Scarlet y Púrpura/Violet is inspired by the Cuélebre, a mythological serpent-shaped dragon from Asturian, Leonese and Cantabrian mythologies. #pokemon#PokemonScarletPurple #PokemonScarletPurple pic.twitter.com/c1apHXzo5A
— Juan José C. (@chibisake) June 1, 2022
Other interesting details from the trailer
Oranges and grapes?
It was seen repeatedly in February and they are present again in this trailer. Mencía, the rival of the game, also feeds this concept, since its design is based on an orange —hence its green lock—, and its name comes from the variety of grapes that has the same name.
4 player cooperative
There are Pokémon players who have been asking Game Freak for an MMO for years, and to some extent, Scarlet and Purple may somewhat fulfill that wish. Apparently, we will be able to play in teams of 4 players to fight, trade and explore the region as a team.
A new crystal-based mechanic
The trailer ends with a Pokéball passing in front of a background full of crystals. The crystal was already present in the first trailer, specifically as a kind of flash integrated into the Japanese video game logo. Reiterating this detail is no coincidence, which could mean that the new ninth-generation mechanics would be something to do with crystal or diamonds.
For the moment, this is what we know about this game that will be released on November 18. As the release date approaches, Game Freak will release some more details that will confirm or deny some of the hypotheses that we have raised here. In the meantime, it will be time to wait.