I don't think Blueberry Academy is necessarily in another region, even if we are an exchange student.
Especially since that's in Indigo Disk which has to connect to Area Zero
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Especially since that's in Indigo Disk which has to connect to Area Zero
To be fair what intrigues me the most is that they called the dlc pack "Hidden Treasure of Area Zero", but neither of them seem to have anything to do with it.
My guess is that the first DLC sends us to that area on the right of the Paldea map that is inaccessible but clearly a landmass (and not just ocean), while the other one will be some kind of research institute off the coast.
You're probably right, we did get a little glimpse of a map in the Blueberry Academy section;
Showing that it looks to be more of an island, or at least an extension, rather than a brand new region.
The first one though - those 3 unnamed Pokémon appear at different intervals, looking different at each stage (Although that could just be for the purpose of a statue/mask) Could they be giving us 2 sets of new starters in the same generation?
EDIT - Oh new legend trio based off the description
"These creatures “are beloved by the people of the village as heroes that protected the land of Kitakami in the past, and stone statues were made in their likeness to express the people’s gratitude.”
More detailed info in the press release:
https://press.pokemon.com/en/releases/The-Hidden-Treasure-of-Area-Zero-Announcement
"In Part 1: The Teal Mask and Part 2: The Indigo Disk, players will be able to encounter over 230 familiar Pokémon that have been found living in other regions but had not appeared in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet."
https://press.pokemon.com/en/releases/The-Hidden-Treasure-of-Area-Zero-Announcement
"In Part 1: The Teal Mask and Part 2: The Indigo Disk, players will be able to encounter over 230 familiar Pokémon that have been found living in other regions but had not appeared in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet."
A few examples of the returning mons in the DLC
MY BOY ZEBSTRIKA IS BACK
I REPEAT
ZEBSTRIKA IS BACK
I MISSED YOU SO MUCH ZEBSTRIKA, IT'S BEEN SO LONG
Tbfh by the time Whimsicott is back, it won't be relevant.
It's in DLC2, which assuming fits the same schedule of SwSh, will also be the DLC with the various legendaries.
Which means, Tornadus, a much better prankster tailwind setter in almost every possible scenario, as well as other notable tailwind setters like Kartana
Edit: Oh yeh i forgot Tornadus is coming back anyway with Home compatibility in Spring so...
That kinda looks like Southern France NGL; that river inlet is making me think of Bordeaux.
Two more Raid puzzles to spec for and solve, and significantly more important to get right as high power Legendaries/Legend-Likes than novelty Pikachu or Popularity-Contest starters. Compared to the others these will be interesting to work out, though I dread the Cover-Legend noobs because I doubt Walking Wake is going to be fun with ProtoSynthesis boosted Dragon Pulses or such.
Off the bat I imagine Walking Wake has a decent shot at UU or OU, since offensive Special Waters are in demand, Bulky Water is hard to do wrong, and in either scenario its typing is really good in a gen where Ferrothorn isn't (confirmed) back.
Off the bat I imagine Walking Wake has a decent shot at UU or OU, since offensive Special Waters are in demand, Bulky Water is hard to do wrong, and in either scenario its typing is really good in a gen where Ferrothorn isn't (confirmed) back.
I dunno about that. Even in the restricted format, Whimsicott was a still on par with Tornadus as Tailwind setter still thanks to higher speed tier.
That Presents was... honestly kind of mid if I'm being completely honest. I got a lot of these right, but naturally it's not like I was going to get every single thing right knowing how much I included on this list. Even if I would, you just can't cover all of that in 20-25 minutes.
I'll be the first to get this opinion out there... I really don't like the Suicune Paradox form so far. I was already feeling a bit iffy about the missed potential here (they could have used the Burned Tower legends as inspiration for a Past form), but somehow they managed to do even worse than that. Virizion's "Iron Leaves" variant looks a bit better to me personally, but it's still not my favorite thing ever.
Other than that, what else is there to say? No Mystery Dungeon news is honestly acceptable, knowing SPIKE Chunsoft just had a game anncounced during the February 7th Nintendo Direct, they spent a little too much time on Pokémon Sleep for my liking, and no Nintendo Switch Online updates is quite annoying. 4/10, wouldn't watch again.
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Guess these two are more connected than the SWSH ones. Neat
These guys are out now btw
Eagerly awaiting stats~
Could have been a few more interesting reveals I feel but still happy with the DLC so far. As for the new Pokemon: really like Walking Wake, Terapagos looks beautiful, the teal mask Pokemon are interesting though a bit more cartoony than expected and as for Iron Leaves that's pretty underwhelming. It's Iron Jugulis levels of you barely changed anything.
They’re five star raids so they probably shouldn’t be too difficult.
Thanks lord to be fair, I was so NOT looking forward to the idea of having to deal with your average joe locking in Miraidon against Pikachu...
Over 230 Pokémon (so I'm assuming like. 239 at most), which is about the same as SwSh's DLC additions