The launch ofPokemon Scarlet and Violethas not been a smooth one thanks to a litany of bugs and performance issues, and it appears another one is cropping up to let players duplicate the games' new legendary Pokemon. While the new legendary Pokemon are front-and-center on the game’s cover art as in past games, Koraidon and Miraidon are also present in the game from the start to help players traverse theregion of Paldea. The new glitch, though, can potentially give players an unfair advantage with duplicates that can be used with more freedom.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetis the ninth generation game release in thePokemonfranchise, bringing with it the new region of Paldea and 103 new Pokemon. As in previous games, players can traverse the region to catch and train Pokemon to defeat the region’s various gym trainers and become the best Pokemon trainer in Paldea. It also offers three storylines for players to complete on their quest to become the best trainer around, with a fourth storyline becoming available after completing the three starting storylines.
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As mentioned above, the latest bug players have discovered in the game is, essentially, an extension of the item duplication bug which allows players to duplicateKoraidon and Miraidon. The bug requires players to have completed the Area Zero quest, allowing them to transform the legendary Pokemon from their ride forms to battle forms. Players can then trick the game into depositing Koraidon and Miraidon into its storage box, though players need to be fast enough in entering the necessary inputs.
It joins the ever-growing list of problems currently plaguingScarlet and Violet, ranging from random performance issues to a potentially mode-ruining bug. There are plenty of examples of the former that players have experienced since launch, ranging from minor problems such as clipping to something more serious including game crashes. As for a mode-ruining bug, it was recently discovered theBattle Stadium’s RNG seed is the same for every battle, which effectively locks ability effectiveness depending on which turn it is.
Despite these problems,Scarlet and Violethave proven to be extremely popular at a gameplay level with the open-world design and non-linear progression system.Scarlet and Violet’s popularity has translated to monetary success as the game is now considered themost successful launch in Nintendo’s historyafter selling roughly 10 million units in the first three days. It would not be surprising to see the popularity of the games grow once these issues are resolved, though it remains to be seen how quickly The Pokemon Company will address all these issues.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare currently available on Nintendo Switch.
