Pokemon Scarlet & Violet - 18th Nov 2022! **OFFICIAL INFO ONLY**

January's 7 star raid will be a Fighting Type Cinderace, but before that we'll get a Delibird raid for Christmas carrying that tradition from SWSH

Guessing it'll have various goodies to grab, like EV berries and Money items and a chance at other stuff here & there. It's what they did in SWSH.Al so Pokedolls
 
Due to the uncertainty of Twitter, Toby Fox put together a newsletter to give updates on Undertale/Deltarune but also all the other stuff he does, including Pokemon.

I can't remember if he ever said what other songs he did prior to this, beyond the ones he mentioned during pre-release, but
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have released! I had the honor of making a few songs for the game: "Tera Raid Battles", the "Academy Ace Tournament", and of course, "Battle! Zero Lab". I also composed "Area Zero", which was re-arranged by my friend Go Ichinose.

I also composed a majestic theme melody for the song "Academy". Surprisingly, this ended up used as a field theme for the whole game! Though, all songs using the melody were made by other amazing composers. (I love the soft piano version that plays at night.) Anyhow, that's all I did!
Battle! Zero Lab was maybe the most toby toby song i've ever toby'd so that wasn't terribly surprising, but pretty neat anyway
 
An official video was posted a while ago featuring a 4 star sandwich. This can be obtained by making a sandwich with 100 in each flavour and is probably multiplayer exclusive.

For other current information on sandwich mechanics, I suggest checking this WIP sandwich simulator website (and calculations writeup) and reddit thread for comments and examples, like getting level 3 effects in multiplayer without herba mystica (also without the herba-exclusive effects) or two level 1 effects of the same type in singleplayer. There are also 2 hidden hardcoded recipes in the search list with one (Tomato x2) being uncreatable and one (Chorizo/Salt/Pepper) giving you no effects.
 
January's 7 star raid will be a Fighting Type Cinderace, but before that we'll get a Delibird raid for Christmas carrying that tradition from SWSH

Guessing it'll have various goodies to grab, like EV berries and Money items and a chance at other stuff here & there. It's what they did in SWSH.Al so Pokedolls
Lets hope it'll drop a ton of Ability patches. I luckily have a turbo controller to do the whole money grinding tournament thing with specs Chi-Yu, but I'm still forced to hold A on my controller + sometimes it automatically turns off since it thinks I'm going AFK so having a ton of ability patches to sell would be much nicer & convenient way to get a lot of money on hand.
 
The Delibird raid haul was pretty solid and varied for its lack of difficulty with a guaranteed 90,000 EXP that's better than what 6 stars can offer. I maxed out on L candies and hit 191 XL with its guaranteed 2x drop as well as 204 Star Pieces, 111 Nuggets, 17 Pearl Strings, and 864 Delibird Parcels and even got a shiny out of the random online raids. Speaking of which, I did notice the game trying to put you in any matching room of the same raid since whenever I could get in a raid that the timer was within 2:50 and hosted raids always filled up pretty quickly. Unfortunately the bulletin board still specifies game version for lobbies to join, so it's just another factor dividing matchmaking.
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Speaking of raids here's some preliminary info about cheers from Anubis that hasn't been shared yet, most relevant for co-op being their lack of stacking. The raid boss being able to reset cheers is also good to keep in mind since the AI always defense cheers turn 1.

Here are some other miscellaneous things about raids I've noticed, mostly about how the raid boss interacts with actions that affect everyone.

If the raid boss chooses a 2-3 turn move like Thrash or Outrage against anyone, then it will be locked in for everyone and use the move against multiple players for its duration. This makes bringing immunities in solo much safer.

Recharge move/Truant turns/flinches will be delayed into other people's turns and not necessarily the person who sees the move that caused it. From the solo POV this can appear as the boss being able to spam recharge moves or randomly wasting turns.

Status that wears off after an action like sleep/confusion/freeze will be checked for every action against each player. For solo this means that if you outspeed and put a boss to sleep, then it will be awake by your next turn since it gets to take at least 4 actions afterwards for each person, and you can put it to sleep again.

If you bring a slower Ditto into a Ditto raid you can render the boss useless and transform into your allies, but in this case I was faster and couldn't retransform. If the boss Ditto transforms manually then it can target anyone with Transform. I also ended up seeing Ditto use Transform a turn after it actually transformed.
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Attract fails on raids among other hindering status moves listed here from reddit. I also learned that Attract is not a TM anymore.
Even though Disable doesn't work, the boss's moves can still be disabled via Cursed Body.
 

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PIKA#'S SCARLET & VIOLET OVERVIEW:
Sorry took me a while. I didn't forget, just didn't have the time. Especially for this part which is likely going to be the longest as it has the most bosses.

You know the deal. 8 Gym Leaders. Elite Four. Champion. Pretty straight forward. Infact, too straight forward. In trying to make the story more interesting by splitting the Pokemon League and Villain Team story into their own separate quests, they ended showing why it was a bad idea doing so. Victory Road, the story which most players were likely looking forward too, is probably the most dullest story. And not just in Scarlet & Violet, but of all Pokemon games thus far. There's absolutely no story here, it's just a series of boss battles.

"Well, you're supposed to be doing the Path of Legends and Starfall Street stories along side it"

Yes, those are certainly a distraction for those looking for some more substance, but here's the problem with that: the stories don't mix. After our initial run-in with Team Star at the Academy, they're out of the picture unless you go to their bases for Starfall Street. There is no Team Star grunts causing trouble in the other stories. You don't find another student in the overworld being hassled to join them, they're not messing with the Wild Pokemon around their bases which could upset a nearby Titan.

So, does Victory Road have anything to fill in this story void? Sorta. Before or after (sometimes both) each Gym there's usually a quick scene in the Gym Building pertaining to something about the Pokemon League. At first its just Nemona being a battle freak, but eventually you meet three members of the Elite Four and one instance of Geeta watching a battle between you and Nemona. It's... not all that interesting. Especially in the case of one of the Elite Four members whose story IS IN A SIDE QUEST! Yeah, don't try to make the Elite Four interesting or anything in the main story they're involved in, don't try building them up by having interactions outside the quick scenes in the Gym Building (don't have them ask the player to do a task for them, don't want to avert from all that Gym battling). Heck, the same can be said about Geeta who makes Diantha look more involved in XY's main story.

Guess it's time to start specifically talking about the characters in this story. I'll go in order I did the Gyms because there's an interesting case where I went out of order and I think I kind of messed with the level progression. Yes, level progression, because very boss is a set Level which means there's an intended order (in this game that was widely advertised to be open world and you can go anywhere; and, yes, Wild Pokemon too have set Levels) but the game won't stop you from going to later intended areas if you have a means of getting there (or the right 'Raidon power-up).

Nemona: I'm not quite sure what direction they were going with Nemona, if they had one at all. She's presented as essentially the ideal student of the Academy: She's an upper classman, president of the student council (BTW this play NO part at all, the student council has no presence whatsoever aside maybe the reason why Nemona was able to get you a Tera Orb), friends with the Top Champion and Chairwoman of the Pokemon League, and is the ONLY student to have passed the Champion assessment. Now this makes it sound like she would be a mentor figure... BUT instead she's a rival as, after you pick your Starter, she decides she also wants to do a "start over" so she can be our rival. Yup, she's just allowed to pick one of the Starters and start training it despite being a Champion. Then there's the infamous red warning flag moment where, after you defeat the two Star grunts bothering Penny, Nemona gets upset you were battling someone else and says SHE'LL be the only trainer you'll ever need to battle. But afterwards that she's less tsundere, which only continues not being sure where her character direction is going. At one moment she's super supportive like congratulating you for winning a Gym Battle or battling to help you train, but the next moment she's super competitive like challenging you to see how strong you gotten or running out to catch more Pokemon to train because she saw how strong you gotten. I don't like diagnosing characters with serious mental ailments but it feels like Nemona has a minor case of ADHD.
Spoiler time, Nemona is the final boss of Victory Road. While you defeated Geeta and given the Champion title, in order for the story to be considered complete (and access the final story) you need to defeat Nemona. Alright, TWO Champion battles instead of one, honestly a bit predictable but adds a little more challenge which I won't argue against. Though, what I will argue about is her team. We know Nemona is a Champion which means she should have a strong team already. You'd think, for this finale battle, she'll use the team that got her the Champion title, at most swapping out one for the Starter (BTW, she picks the one weak to yours, though this does end up giving a good payoff for the Starter that wasn't picked that's strong against yours). But no, Nemona's team is the four she used previously plus two others. And I guess her team isn't bad, but I was expecting an entirely different team of high BST Pokemon or heavy hitters. You're not really convincing me she's a Champion, especially when you KEEP HAVING HER PRAISE ME FOR USING SUPER EFFECTIVE HITS! We'll talk more about Nemona after the final story part.

Katy - Cortondo's Bug Gym Leader:

With the Gym Leaders I'm going to talk about both them and the town/city they're in as in this generation the two I feel have a stronger connection. While there isn't anything impressive about Cortondo itself, it's notable feature is actually the huge olive field around it. They're such a huge producer of olives that during harvest season they have a a festival creatively called the Olive Harvest Festival where they force warriors into a labyrinth to convoy the giant unruly olive into its pen for the honor to combat the butterfly empres... um, sorry, I got bored in the middle of writing this. Um, yeah, so let's just go to the Gym.

I guess I should take a moment to talk about the whole Gym Building concept. The Gyms no longer house the battle fields but are now just a few story tall office building. I don't know why they're a few stories tall, what business is done in them they need multiple floors? We only ever see the first floor where we register to challenge the Gym Leader. I'm okay with them splitting the Gym and battlefield, it makes sense in this context, I just feel they're trying too hard to make the Pokemon League feel impressive by making the Gym Building multi-floors. I would rather have the Gym Building match the surrounding buildings with a bit more of a fancy design, maybe have a statue in front of each representing the Paldea Pokemon League at the thing to lookout for.

After you register you do a Gym Test. For this Gym you need to guide a giant plush olive through a "maze" and into a goal as part of the Olive Harvest Festival. Or rather, you hop onto your 'Raidon, push the plush olive over the barriers in front of the goal, hop off to battle the trainers who were supposed to make shortcuts for you, and then push it into the goal to complete the test. Seriously, who's idea was this? GF, I'm glad you discovered you could add bounce physics to an object, but a good test this does not make.

Time to combat the Butterfly Empress battle the Gym Leader, Katy the Sugarbug. Being in a town which main crop are olives, there's an olive Pokemon which is Grass/Normal, and her non-Leader job is a pastry baker, Katy is obviously a specialist in... Bug-types. 'Kay. Well, there is a connection between olives, her being a pastry baker, and bugs, specifically lepidopterans (butterflies and moths). Katy runs the Patisserie Soapberry (and, if I recall correctly, despite being a patisserie you cannot buy anything from it). Soapberries sound like an odd berry to name drop. There's two kinds of Soapberries, an edible kind in North America (they crush them with other berries into a foamy ice cream) and another from the "Old World" (which includes the Iberian Peninsula). These berries aren't really edible, they're used to actually make soap among other uses like folk medicine, dyes, and, wait for it, insecticides (specifically of mosquitos). Yup, certain lepidopterans lay their eggs on soapberry trees to protect their larvae from mosquitos. And know what other plant is used by lepidopterans to raise their larvae? Olives. AND, what Pokemon do you see Katy feeding just before you battle her?

"Um, isn't this overview supposed to be about the game"? Well if GameFreak didn't make such an odd jump of a pastry chef of a olive farming community being a Bug-type Gym Leader I wouldn't feel compelled to figure out the connections! Anyway, Katy's design is alright. I think they could have made her apron brighter cause it makes her design look kind of dull and drab. Otherwise she's dressed as a baker with a spider web logo on her apron and a ponytail that looks like a cocoon to indicate she's a Bug Specialist. She has a sweet and kind personality, her connecting thought between pastry and bugs is that both are "small yet powerful" (in invoking emotions), and with her Terastal Pokemon being Teddiursa it can be assumed she probably uses honey as a main ingredient in her pastries. Overall an alright first Gym (sorry Bug-types, maybe one day your Gym Leader would be above the midpoint, but at least you got an Elite Four member and villain team boss).

(Victory Pictures taken from IGN's guide, not all images are from IGN but can be found on Google)

Oh, BTW, the Badges suck this gen. They're just round pins with a generic symbol representing the Type and called the "(TYPE) Badge". I can only guess they did this because, with the Titans and Team Star bosses, all 18 Types are covered and you do get "Badges" from them (one makes sense why that is, the other feels tacked on). While Galar wasn't creative in the name department either, at least they had an interesting idea with the Badges connecting together to form a big Badge. But here, they're just pins.

Brassius - Artazon's Grass Gym Leader:

As seen from the trailer and Paldea map, Artazon is more art exhibition than town. It's neat going around and seeing all the structures they made: a jungle gym, a walking platform, a hedge maze, and the sculptures dotted throughout. One disappointing thing about the art pieces is that, unless they were by Brassius, they don't name the artist who made it. Come on! This would have been the perfect time to Poke-fy some famous painters, preferably from the Iberian Peninsula: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Francisco Goya, Diego Velazquez, and other names I don't recognize off a list of famous Spanish painters.

And this of course perfectly matches with their Gym Leader, Brassius the Verdant Virtuoso. Now when they first revealed Brassius I didn't want to say he was pretentious until I saw him in the game. But now that I have, I can now say for sure that there is no character in Pokemon that is any more pretentious. He even does the thing where he yells "Avant-garde" at anything which he's trying to impress with or is surprised by something (like losing). Though they do know how silly he is and do play with it a bit, though some bit of it actually happens outside the main story (there's one art class he shows up as a guest speaker in the Academy and in the post game rematches mentions how he likes jumping down from the windmill to surprise challengers).

I feel like I'm forgetting something... oh, the Gym Test. I forgot it like how GF forgot to test it. GF, if your game can't handle 10 Sunflora all being on screen at the same time, that's a time you take advantage of your offices bing closer to Nintendo HQ and ask for some extra developers to smooth out the framerate. Whatever you were worried about what Nintendo would think for asking for extra help, I guarantee you it would have been less embarrassing than forcing Nintendo to issue an apology about the game's performance in the patch notes.

We already know about Brassius Terastal Pokemon (and the pun he makes with it), so I think we can move on.


Iono - Levincia's Electric Gym Leader:

Levincia's main attraction is the Poke Ball Bridge which connects the two parts of the city. The bridge has ports underneath it so there was a surprising amount of exploration to do (which is worth doing; if you can go there, chances are GF hid an item or TM there or where it leads to). Which is more then what can be said about one of the "Ten Sights of Paldea", you can't go into the building that make up the Million Volts Skyline.

We can't talk about the Gym Test before mentioning who the Gym Leader is, Iono the Supercharged Streamer. When her info was added onto the site it was revealed players would need to star in one of her streams, the Iono Zone. So, what does that exactly entail? As you can tell Iono's aesthetic isn't that strongly connected with Levincia aside being an Electric specialist. But the Gym Test helps connect things as she uses the surveillance cameras around the city to play a game of hide-and-seek (I'm going to assume the video feed of these cameras are available for the public to view...). We're the seeker of course, and the hider did get a chuckle from me considering their role in one of the other stories: Clive Director Clavell (then again at what point are you acting undercover and when does it cross over into stalking?). It's actually the humor in this test which makes it one of the better ones, with the places that Clavell hides and the "loyalty" of Iono's fans we battle.

Iono is purposely one of the more exaggerated designs, meant to echo VTubers though, since we're in an anime world, they could just make her a "normal" streamer so that she can appear in-person to battle. Shame about that personality. No, I'm not talking about her being upbeat, though I know some people who would rather pull their ears off than listen to the voice she had in her debut trailer, but rather the quirk of her being obsessed about viewer numbers. Actually, it's not that either, it's her being implied she's talking under her breath about the viewer numbers but then, realizing we heard her, trying to "cover" it up. Once, maybe twice is fine, but they do it often. Either just have her getting excited about the viewer number increasing or have her do another streamer cliche like reminding people of her sponsors or to like & subscribe. Though that Super Chat "Electro King" donation was a good joke.

Actually, that reminds me of something concerning Iono I like, and it has nothing to do with her. Rather, it's all the VTubers who played Scarlet & Violet. It's fun to see their reaction to Pokemon parodying their industry and, during the Gym Battle, all of their viewers start rooting for Iono to tease them. (If you care, these are some of the funnier clips: 1, 2, 3)

Her Terastal Pokemon is Mismagius which is fitting enough (or rather fitting enough of a Levitate Pokemon).


Tulip - Alfornada's Psychic Gym Leader:

No, I did not skip some, Tulip was my fourth Gym Leader.

So, here's the deal: I decided the best way to handle the Gyms was going around both sides of Paldea and then battling the two Gym Leaders on Glaseado Mountain last. With the East side clear, time to handle the rest of the West before heading up. So, my geography, that meant Alfornada was next. Took me a bit to figure out how to get there, the "direct" path is a tunnel but you needed 'Raidon's high jump or climbing power-up to use it. It was at this entrance I also battled a kid who said the Pokemon beyond that point was super strong, and I did battle a high level Wild Pokemon, but the Pokemon's Level was still around my Pokemon's Level so I thought the next area had levels adjusted to more closely match your Pokemon at that point.

Looking at the map I found a lower path travelling the coast, so I went down there to see if I could get to Alfornada. It was at this point I realized I was not somewhere I was supposed to be yet. Suddenly every Wild Pokemon was a mini-boss and every trainer a late game Gym Leader. I decided to ignore the battles and settle on at least getting to Alfornada to register it as a taxi stop. Luckily the path, which led to a cave, led me directly to Alfornada. I healed at the Pokemon Center which is when I thought, hey, while I'm in town might as well look around (did you spot the Gen I reference in town? That was a nice inclusion), maybe even explore the fields next to it.

The standout thing about Alfornada is, oddly enough, that its a place which has a field of high level Pokemon next to it. If you need a training spot post game, I think this is the spot you go to. Even if it doesn't have the highest level Pokemon, the fact is has a Pokemon Center nearby (which also means a Mart and a TM creator) makes it more convenient. With that said, I did end up catching some Pokemon in the field (though since I didn't have the right number of Badges none would listen to me, but I was mostly catching them to fill the dex anyway) which got my main battling Pokemon a few level-ups. And, being my Pokemon were near if not at the Level of the surrounding Wild Pokemon and Trainers (some who I went back to battle in order to get the Pokemon League's Rep reward), I then decided to at least try the Gym Test. If I passed without much difficulty, I'd challenge the Gym Leader. Besides, I think I had over-leveled, no turning back from that so might as well look for challenges where I can get them.

The Gym Test felt pointless. Nice to see one of the teachers, Dendra, appearing outside of the school and giving some backstory that her and the Gym Leader are childhood friends (and is doing the Gym Test's ESP training because of a battling bet she lost). But it's just a "press the right button" challenge which not only gives you tons of time to press the right button (and it doesn't matter when or how many times you press it), but as long as the last button you press was the right button you could mess around as much as you want. At least they threw in a few battles, but still it felt like more a moment made for people to take pictures of them & their Pokemon doing silly poses than a challenge.

Gym Leader go-time, Tulip the Bewitching Beautician. AKA GF still haven't decided whether magic falls into the territory of Psychic or Fairy. Seriously, everything about Tulip just screams Fairy-type, except for her actual Type specialization. Her Terastal Pokemon is even a pure Fairy-type, Florges! She also breaks the mold of the town having some connection with the Gym Leader, even if she was a Fairy specialist. It just feels jarring. Otherwise it's a fine design... for a Fairy-type specialist, but I guess a Psychic would also be able to make the small wings flap. Anyway I beat her cause Skeledirge's Torch Song is OP busted, LULZ.

(Had to get this one from Gamer Guides)


Sorry I have to cut off at the halfway point, but I have other things I want to do. Next time, which will hopefully sooner than later, I'll at least finish off the rest of the Gym Leaders (if I'm lucky maybe also the Pokemon League).
 

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It's only 177,829 voters, but a Japanese games site had a little poll to ask about your favorite pokemon from SV. To be clear, from SV, not among the new generation of Pokemon. So another little caveat there.

But it's still an interesting top 50, I think
https://gamewith.jp/pokemon-sv/article/show/381211

shoutouts to Tatsugiri for getting on it twice.
  • Of course Tinkaton is #1.
  • But Clodsire #2? That feels like a meme vote.
  • So despite everyone bemoaning about it becoming a biped, Meowscarada is #3. And the Starter which is a quadruped, Skeledirge is down at #29. This is why they keep making the Final Starters humanoids...
  • But don't be too sad Skeledirge, Fuecoco is #4. But do be sad Quaxly as the only member of your line on the list is Quaquaval at #32.
  • Sylveon our first old mon appearing at #7.
  • I'm surprised Koraidon (#12) is above Miraidon (#17) as I keep hearing about how Violet players are having a hard time finding Scarlet players to trade with.
  • Pawmot and Pawmi did pretty good at #15 and #19 respectively, though Mimikyu still proves to be the most popular Pikaclone at #10 (the joke here being it's not a proper Pikaclone).
  • Charizard at #25, may not be on the very top but my favorite is still hanging out with the top spots. Curious if the other past gen Starters were available how much would this list change, wonder where Greninja stacks now.
  • Surprised Iron Valiant is so low #27, though not surprised its the only future Paradox Pokemon on the list. I skipped over it but the first Paradox Pokemon is oddly Slither Wing at #8, is there something about it that I'm missing? Also no Roaring Moon.
  • Eevee at #28 ahead of Pikachu at #31, the student mascot and become the master it seems.
  • And true Quagsire stans still standby their blue dude at #30 against those Clodsire traitors!
  • Worldie, we've moved onto Gen 9, Snom is even lucky to be on the list at #34.
  • With how Azumarill helped me with the Mighty Charizard Raid (and maybe will again with the Cinderace coming up) it fully deserves to be on this list with a respectable #41.
  • How did Tatsugiri get two spots? Did they really count the two forms differently? If so, I'm then surprised Maushold 4-family gotten more votes than the rarer Maushold 3-family (at least I'm assuming as 3-family isn't on the list). Though, if they did combine Tatsugiri's voted together, it'll be #5 pushing Ceruledge into #6.
  • Zoraork, I know you're disappointed at being #49, behind not only Lucario but also your own prevo, but hey, Lucario doesn't have its prevo on the list so you beat it by having the entire family here! Infact, aside from the solo Pokemon, you're line is the only one to claim that honor.
 
A tip for anyone skipping dates for raids/outbreaks/auctions is that you don't need to actually change the time to a different day when you do it. Just opening the Date and Time menu with "Synchronize Clock via Internet" off and clicking into the Date and Time option and pressing OK is enough to reset everything.
 
A tip for anyone skipping dates for raids/outbreaks/auctions is that you don't need to actually change the time to a different day when you do it. Just opening the Date and Time menu with "Synchronize Clock via Internet" off and clicking into the Date and Time option and pressing OK is enough to reset everything.
I have stayed off the internet in game to keep the Delibird raids live.

Does this mean that I could clear all Delibird raids, the use this clock technique to reset the raids for the day and keep farming Delibirds?

There's only a day left til Cinderace raids so it doesn't matter much, but I am curious.

Also was it silly for me to drop 240k pokedollars on a Dream Ball at auction last night?
 
I have stayed off the internet in game to keep the Delibird raids live.

Does this mean that I could clear all Delibird raids, the use this clock technique to reset the raids for the day and keep farming Delibirds?

There's only a day left til Cinderace raids so it doesn't matter much, but I am curious.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat and it gives a new set of raids with events and the single 6 star, which may be more relevant for Cinderace farming. Sometimes it doesn't immediately work and I try switching locations if so.
Also unlike SWSH if you clear all raids on the map normally you don't get new ones.
 
As Cinderace leaves, the official tips post arrives for Japan/Korea/China. This one is pretty light and mainly goes over the given counters.

google translate/deepl said:
About the strongest Cinderace
The strongest Cinderace remembers the techniques "High Jump Kick", "Pyro Ball", "Acrobatics" and "Iron Head".
The technique unleashed from a high attack is powerful.

Also, as soon as the battle begins, it will "bulk up" to increase its own attack and defense, and after that, as its HP decreases, it will "bulk up" again and again to further raise its high attack and stand in the way even more powerfully.

strategy tips
Let's know the advantageous type!
The strongest ace barn is a Fighting tera type.

The following is a list of Pokémon that attack a Fighting Tera type Pokémon and have outstanding (2x) effectiveness.
Flying type
Psychic Type
Fairy Type
However, note that Fairy-type Pokémon are vulnerable to damage because Cinderace remembers the "Iron Head" technique.

Gyarados, which tends to appear at the same time as the strongest Cinderace, is a Water and Flying type Pokemon. You can learn the Flying-type move "Hurricane", which is strong against the Fighting type, and if you have the characteristic "Intimidate", you can lower the opponent's attack, so you can attack advantageously.
Furthermore, if attacked by a Fighting-type or Fire-type move, the effect is not good enough (0.5x), so it is a Pokémon with good type compatibility both offensively and defensively.

Also, ghost types do not take damage from fighting type moves.
Gengar, which is also likely to appear at the same time, is a Ghost / Poison type Pokemon, and does not receive damage from Cinderace's "High Jump Kick''.

Terastal and type change!
It is also effective to change the type of Pokemon by terastallizing.
Let's terastallize the Flying/Psychic type and stand strong against the Fighting type.

Let's undo the opponent's ability change!
The strongest Cinderace will perform "bulk up" many times to increase its own attack and defense.
The technique "Clear Smog" can undo the opponent's ability change. If you have a Pokemon that learns "Clear Smog", it might be a good idea to add it to your repertoire of moves.
Surprisingly, Gengar, who tends to appear at the same time as the strongest Ace Burn, seems to remember "Clear Smog"...!
Also the next event for Steel Hydreigon/Dragon Dragapult was announced here too. It doesn't look like it's on the English side as of writing though.
 

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PIKA#'S SCARLET & VIOLET OVERVIEW:
Sorry took me a while. I didn't forget, just didn't have the time. Especially for this part which is likely going to be the longest as it has the most bosses.

Kofu - Cascarrafa's Water Gym Leader:

With no more Gym Leaders in the South or East, I go up into the West part of Paldea. After dodging boulders, defeating a Titan throwing said boulders giving your 'Raidon the ability to swim (convenient), climbing up windmills, and discovered I also battled Team Star in the wrong order, I make it to Cascarrafa. When looking at the drawn map before release I thought you had to travel through the desert first, but that's not the case. Cascarrafa is probably the most beautiful city in Paldea, the white and blue color scheme is nice and they make nice use of the water. Cascarrafa's "gimmick" is that it has three elevations (it looks like it was built on a (cascading) waterfall; not sure if there's an NPC which says this though the English name hints at it). Most players will likely first enter via the middle elevation, the sides of which is where most of the shops are and the middle has a large fountain. The lower elevation is where the battlefield is and also where the city connects to the desert. Finally the top elevation is where the Gym Building is and the restaurant owned by the Gym Leader: Kofu, the The Surging Chef (Um, should we remind GF that we've already had a Water-type chef specialist?)!

Infact, we meet Kofu right away running out of the Gym Building saying he's late and runs off. A clerk follows one step behind revealing Kofu forgot his wallet. Recognizing us a Gym Challenger, the clerk gives us the wallet (which has a Venonat pattern... which I now just realize could mean it was a gift from Katy! It's revealed in her rematch she was a former pupil of Kofu, that's a sweet detail. Probably gave it to him because even back then he kept forgetting his money) and tells us Kofu went to the Auctions in Porto Marinada, which is of course across the desert. Did you really think you were going to get away not crossing the desert (well, I guess you could go the other direction around Paldea, but unless you're Anakin Skywalker just cross it and risk sand in your shoes)?

Guess I could talk about the Asado Desert. Its course, rough, and sand is everywhere. Okay, enough Star Wars. The desert is fine, a lot of items scattered around though its easier to see them at night, but it's not difficult to get to one end to the other. Also, it has a Titan Pokemon, and it's the version exclusive Paradox version of Donphan, huh. More about that when we cover Path of Legends, but we get Glide defeating it. Which is handy, because you'll soon get to the other end and reach Porto Marinada (TIP: Glide onto the roof of the market building in the middle, there's an item up there. Remember, no matter how tight a squeeze, if you can get someplace there's likely an item hidden there or at the end). Porto Marinada's main attraction pretty much is just the Auctions in the market building, though it is a port which connects to a stretch of beach on the other side of a cliff (if for some reason you don't have the Swimming power-up yet).

In the market building you'll Kofu panicking cause he forgot his wallet. You try giving it back but one of his current pupils is oddly super defensive and battles you. You give the wallet back and you learn Kofu is here for a rare kind of seaweed from Hoenn. Since we're here, Kofu decides to make our Gym Test winning the seaweed. Auctions aren't hard, from what has been learned each of the competing NPCs have a "cap" so you just keep betting until you either get over their cap or you quit cause GF made the cap more than what the total cost of buying the items from a shop would be. Not sure if you can purposely lose this Auction, Kofu gives you 50k which is more than enough, the NPC's cap is just above 35k it seems so, if you're careful with your bids, you can come out of it with 15k. Kofu let's you keep the rest of the money, which means Kofu gave you a Gym Test that is pretty much impossible to fail (which I think is the joke as people in and around the Gym Building keep mentioning how "brutal" Kofu's Gym Test is, hence the player "got off easy" (and no you're never told what Kofu's normal Gym Test is).

Kofu is a jolly grandad, hard not to like (though he can get annoying with his catchphrase "Vaultin' Veluza"). I like the design of his apron with it looking like waves, though his hair confuses me. So, does he dye the bottom part of his hair blue or is it naturally blue and he's just graying on top? Also does he have two pairs of eyebrows? At first I thought he was wearing a pair of glasses but turns out he just has a thick connected eyebrow just above his eyes. Feels like the designer kept on changing stuff without erasing the old and the director mistook all the details at being the final design. Now one thing I'm curious about is if Kofu's team is meant to reference edible animals, cause if so than what in the world is Wugtrio meant to represent? Eels? Anyway, his Tera Pokemon is Crabominable, fitting for a seafood chef. Funny enough used Arboliva to sweep him.


Larry - Medali's Normal Gym Leader:

Yes folks, it's finally time. The legend. The man. The Larry.

After defeating Kofu, just fly back to Porto Marinada (you you can go through the desert again, you're choice. If you defeated the Paradox Donphan Titan a "normal" one might have respawn which you can catch though it's difficult). Travel up to the major river and follow it east, cross a bridge, and follow the path to the next town: Medali. Fitting for the Normal-type Gym Leader, Medali isn't that interesting. It's more of a hub with interesting places, namely the Treasure Eatery where you can change your Tera Type after defeating the Gym Leader (for the small amount of FIFTY Tera Shards of a specific Type, you know those shards you get after Raids in amounts of 2 or 3, cause I guess 100 was too ambitious) and nearby being the entry gate to Area Zero (but obviously at this point is closed off).

Gym Test: You're given a hint to solve one part of a four part puzzle about a special dish served at the Treasure Eatery, having to get the other three hints from other Gym Challengers; only one of you will challenge the Gym Leader. Geez, for the Normal-type Gym that's a pretty strict test. Your hint is a special ingredient, something which a customer at the Treasure Eatery would know. Now, if you visited the Treasure Eatery before no one really told you anything about a special ingredient, but if you go there now there's a plain-looking guy in a suit who'll tell you. From there you go around town looking for other students to get their hints to solve... OF you could also look it up online as there is a set answer (and game doesn't check whether you challenged the other trainers or found the answers to the hints). Well might as well get the experience and bit of pocket change anyway. Go back to the Treasure Eatery and order the special dish.

QUICK! Think of the most basic person. "A b****"! Um, a bit more kinder than that. "A teenage girl"? Okay, good, maybe a bit older. "A middle-age dad you neglects his family and likes jogging". Err, less family issues, also think of a profession they would have. "A museum curator with mammy stereotypes". Wha-, no, NO, more general profession, also less racism, actual no racism. "A student teacher?". More general. "A salaryman"? Now give him the most plain name possible: Larry, the Exceptional Everyman! That plain-looking guy in a suit who gave the answer to your first question was the Normal-type Gym Leader, and he's my favorite this generation (and of a lot of people it seems). Basing the Normal Gym Leader on just an everyday working guy whose been worked to the bone and is just doing this because that's what he was assigned to do, that's just amazingly brilliant! He's like Nanu but apathetically submitted to his authoritarian bosses. Though that does bring to question who is Larry working for? He says he'll get his pay docked if he keeps chatting with the player, something no other Gym Leader needs to worry about? Not to mention, until a challenger solves the puzzle, all he's doing is hanging out at the Treasure Eatery, why once someone solves the puzzle he's now on the clock and, after battling, has to presumably get back to his normal duties? And being Larry doesn't seem like he wants to do this, was there no one else who would want to be a Gym Leader or fill in the role?

Anyway, once you order the right dish, Larry gets up as the owner of the Treasure Eatery flips over the main dining seats, making every poor soul sitting there fall into a giant meat grinder underneath as the battlefield is revealed (look, if GF isn't going to animate what exactly happened, I'm just gonna make up what immediately comes to my mind. So with that said don't try any of the meat dishes at the Treasure Eatery). As you can imagine against a Normal Gym Leader, the battle was pretty straight forward, though at the end they threw in some fun. The Treasure Eatery encourages Larry to put on more of a show, more people in town come in to cheer him on, and so he begrudgingly agrees to Terastallize (I'd like to think he wouldn't have otherwise, lol). His choice of Tera Pokemon is Staraptor, sort of a meta choice as it's likely referencing how Normal/Flying is such a common Type combination, though also it shows how "boring" Larry is that he Normal Terastal a Pokemon that's already Normal BUT it's also one whose other STAB is Super Effective against the only Type that Normal is weak to; so overall I say a pretty good choice. Surprisingly one of the harder battles, though at this point nothing my team couldn't handle (at this point my core team derived of Skeledirge, Garganacl, Arboliva, and Tinkaton; last two slots I kept using to evolve Pokemon to fill the dex till I got a Pokemon I wanted).

After the battle Larry gives you the Facade TM, joking that he hopes you don't have to put on its namesake (which is only funny for its English name as its Japanese name is Bravado, so I'm curious what he says in Japan (and China as Facade there is called "Hold Out")). We then end on Larry treating you to a quick meal.

(I'm sure there's probably another "normal guy" joke here about Larry's idea of a meal is just a stack of jelly doughnuts)

Grusha - Glaseado Mountain's Ice Gym Leader:

HA! Did you really think I would be smart enough to get back in the proper Gym order? You underestimate my skill of choosing wrong! Yeah, I could have either challenged Grusha or Rhyme next, and decided on Grusha because they already showed him off so he's probably not the final Gym Leader, right?... According to Levels, Grusha is meant to be the 8th Gym Leader. And, to tell you the truth, that's kind of sad, as Ryme is the much more interesting and challenging of the two.

Going back to pre-release time, eagle-eyed players spotted a map in one of the screenshots that revealed the general locations of the Gyms. We've had the drawn Paldea map by then and, comparing the two maps, it pretty much aligned to what few predictions thought... except in one aspect. While some placed an 8th Gym either in that "Market Port" (which we now know as Porto Marinada, which I correctly guessed was just gonna be a marketplace, though didn't know it would be via Auctions) or in those suspicious batch of buildings in the "Quarry" (which turned out to actually be a small town, Zapapico; and guess I should also mention Area 3 Eastern Province also isn't exactly a quarry). But according to that Gym map, there was actually two Gyms on the "Mountain" (Glaseado Mountain). This got me very curious on what the story behind that was, why is there two Gym Leaders so close to one another? Spun some theories, and, well, let's just say Ryme isn't a Flying-type Skier. The reason there was two Gyms was because there just was; well, to be more specific, you were supposed to fight Ryme as the 6th, for some reason decide to go back to fight Tulip as the 7th, and then head back to Glaseado to get to the top to face Grusha as you're 8th.


HOLD IT! I'm splitting off right here to show an experiment I just did. Since everything has a set Level, I decided to map out the route which, if you want to follow the Level Curve, these are the bosses you need to hit in order. As a list, it looks like this:
  1. Gym - Katy - 14/15
  2. Titan - Klawf - 15
  3. Gym - Brassius - 16/17
  4. Titan - Bombirdier - 19
  5. Star - Giacomo - 20/21
  6. Gym - Iono - 23/24
  7. Star - Mela - 26/27
  8. Titan - Orthworm - 28
  9. Gym - Kofu - 29/30
  10. Star - Atticus - 32/33
  11. Gym - Larry - 35/36
  12. Gym - Ryme - 41/42
  13. Titan - Paradox Titan - 44
  14. Gym - Tulip - 44/45
  15. Gym - Grusha - 47/48
  16. Star - Ortega - 50/51
  17. Titan - False Dragon - 55
  18. Star - Eri - 55/56
And on a map, it looks like this:
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(Note: You start in Mesagoza, end at Eri, red lines means paths you need to go on foot/ride, dark red paths are taxi quick travel. Now, depending on your amount of exploration, you may have some quick travel spots closer to next objective. With what I did above I believe I followed the most "logical" path one would take if someone decided to forego exploration and just went to the next boss asap. Credit goes to mandatory.gg for providing this handy version of the map with the Badges set to the side with the order number)

And we're not told where to go, we're somehow supposed to figure out this spiderweb of a route all on our own. And geez, what does it say about this Pokemon League where the final Gym Leader isn't even the final Badge boss? And the final Badge boss is Eri who has the less importance story bit compared to Ortega which has a major reveal!

No town/city to talk about, but there's Glaseado Mountain. Before you get the Climbing power-up (from the False Dragon Titan), it can be a challenge to get up there if you make a wrong jump on a steeper slope. But by now you should have High Jump so it shouldn't be too bad. Otherwise, aside from its sheer size, nothing really to write home about. To be fair, it's one of the least explored places of Paldea I did because of the sheer size and no landmarks to travel by. I did find a few hidden caves here and there, sometimes with a guide, and found a Pokemon I needed to catch (looking at you, Spiritomb...) or got some TMs I was missing. But otherwise, Mt. Coronet this isn't. SAY what you like about Mt. Coronet (BTW I'm talking about in DPPt, not Legends), but it being a sort of hub where you needed to travel through caves, valleys, and eventually on it made it at least an interesting and memorable location with plenty of intricacies. Glaseado Mountain, as far as I know, is just a rising surface covered in sudden peaks just to make travelling across it difficult (not challenging, just a nuisance).

The Gym Test is also nothing, you just awkwardly control your 'Raidon who is sliding down a slope between goal posts. So let's get to the most interesting thing up here: Grusha, the Sub-zero Shredder! Or, as I like to call him, Ice-type Volkner! Okay, he's not exactly the same. Volkner was depressed because he wasn't feeling challenged enough as a Gym Leader and so considered challenging the League. Grusha is depressed because he was a pro snowboarder until he got into a vague accident that forced him to retire and now being a Gym Leader is all he got left. And, yeah, Grusha does have more of a right to be depressed than Volkner, though this is an annoying case of "tell don't show". Because, as far as I can tell, Grusha is perfectly okay. Infact, he only says he was an ex-pro, unless the translators made a mistake it sounds like he still snowboards. So either GF intended on Grusha still being injured, perhaps permanently, yet didn't bother showing us any physical signs that would make us see why he can't be a pro anymore (a limp, easily gets out of breath, occasionally fiercely massages a muscle while making a wincing face, etc.). Or we're supposed to infer he is perfectly fine but the accident gave him trauma that's preventing him from going pro again... except not only does he mention he still snowboards but this character arc also goes nowhere, at least in this aspect. I'm sorry to say but Grusha is kind of a let down for me, he has a backstory but the game decided not to tell me it... so why should I care?

My Skeledirge certainly didn't. Grusha's Tera Pokemon is Altaria. I guess to reference we're high in the mountains so also up in the clouds? Or that Altaria's feathers can also look like snow? Or we're going for the irony factor that Altaria is double weak to Ice normally? Well, here's the problem with his Altaria. Now if you were using a Fighting-type, jokes on you, it knows Moonblast. But, if you were using a Fire-, Rock-, or Steel-type, you're a-okay cause its other moves are Ice Beam, Dragon Pulse, and Hurricane. Say, you remember Winona's Altaria in Gen III? You know what it was packing if you tried to use a Rock-type against it? EARTHQUAKE! Which would have been also super effective on Fire- and Steel-types! And Winona was a SIXTH Gym Leader! Or how about give him something Flash Fire Arcanine (Flare Blitz, Play Rough, Bulldoze) or Sharpness Gallade (Psycho Cut, Sacred Sword, Aqua Cutter). It wouldn't have stopped my Skeledirge as it would have set up 3 Torch Songs by then, but it could maybe get in one super effective attack in instead of none at all.

(For someone who's embarrassed to take a picture, Grusha agreed to do a pretty silly pose...)

Ryme - Montenevera's Ghost Gym Leader

Montenevera is just a few leaps and bounds from Grusha's Gym. It's a nice scenic town, a winter getaway mixed with a slight bit of spooky imagery with the purple flame lamps. Gives it a sort of secluded feeling, especially at night. There's not much here, there's the Hyper Trainer though he won't talk to you unless you have a Level 100 Pokemon (infact I wouldn't know he was there if I didn't look up where he was; heck I thought if the Hyper Trainer was gonna be anywhere it would have been at the Academy, maybe even make it Dendra). Oh, and of course there's a concert stage, which leads us to the Gym.

We're just in time for Ryme's next concert, and our Gym Test is to be the opening act! And that's when the game throws a surprise at you. No, no voice acting; Double battles! Yeah, I think this is the FIRST and ONLY Double Battle in the game (no, the Titan Battles where your partner with Arven don't count). Well, this and her rematch, but after that none. You'd think at least on student or pair of students would pull a Double Battle on you, or with Team Star's gimmick have them pull a surprise Double Battle. Maybe Nemona to mix things up. But nope, why would GF want to use the Battle Style which ALL their OFFICIAL tournaments use? That would actually prepare players, like new ones, for the competitive scene, especially when there's no Battle Tower expy which uses Double Battle rules! After we get the crowd warmed up and the lights on, out comes the main act to soak in the glory: Ryme, the MC of RIP!

I know I made fun of there being no voice acting, but seriously GF:
MAKE A DECISION!
Either put in voice acting or stop, STOP making characters which beg to have someone voicing them! We had a singer without a tone and now have a rapper without a flow! You can still do music based characters, Giacomo is a good example.

Whatever, while the joke would have worked better if they had hired a rapper VA, the rap battle between Ryme and the cashier was funny (if not a bit corny). I like Ryme, has a good attitude and such an audacious design you gotta give her cred going all-in with the skeleton hair weave. The Gym Battle is fun, if only cause it's something different with being a Double Battle. As you knock out her Pokemon the stage continues to change, notably when you get to her Tera Pokemon where the Houndstone rise up and they have a Greavard bopping to the music. BTW, whenever you knock out one of her Pokemon your active Pokemon get stat increases. I'm curious if this is because its Double Battles and they wanted to give extra help to new players... OR if this was originally a normal battle with this gimmick but it made the battle WAY too easy so changed it to a Double Battle. Her Tera Pokemon is Toxtricity which, while doesn't give her any real advantage becoming Ghost-type, at least matches her well. Though odd they didn't give it Toxic to go along with it having Hex, infact it only has 3 moves and is well above the Level it would have learned Toxic naturally. I don't think Toxic would have been too much of a game changer, especially with it being her last Pokemon.


And with that, I got all 8 Gym Badges! I wanted to include the Pokemon League in this, but this post is already long and I've been holding off posting it. So Pokemon League will be its own post. Seeya then!
 
Grusha is depressed because he was a pro snowboarder until he got into a vague accident that forced him to retire and now being a Gym Leader is all he got left. And, yeah, Grusha does have more of a right to be depressed than Volkner, though this is an annoying case of "tell don't show". Because, as far as I can tell, Grusha is perfectly okay. Infact, he only says he was an ex-pro, unless the translators made a mistake it sounds like he still snowboards. So either GF intended on Grusha still being injured, perhaps permanently, yet didn't bother showing us any physical signs that would make us see why he can't be a pro anymore (a limp, easily gets out of breath, occasionally fiercely massages a muscle while making a wincing face, etc.). Or we're supposed to infer he is perfectly fine but the accident gave him trauma that's preventing him from going pro again... except not only does he mention he still snowboards but this character arc also goes nowhere, at least in this aspect. I'm sorry to say but Grusha is kind of a let down for me, he has a backstory but the game decided not to tell me it... so why should I care?
This got me looking and it turns out that there are a few sparse mentions of Grusha's injury that are scattered across different parts of the game other than his cynical dialogue.

Grusha is mentioned to be injured in his blurb on the map when hovering over the objective, but they disappear after the badges are obtained and don't show up in the text dumps, so finding this text was actually more difficult than expected and so I don't have a picture of it.
This Ice-type user, once a renowned snowboarder, was forced to retire from the sport due to a grievous injury. His formerly fiery passion now remains locked away behind a thick, icy shell.
Otherwise, the only permanent mention of this injury is from a random trainer on the mountain.
Grusha was once the second best snowboarder in all the world... But he was injured in an accident—badly enough that he was forced to retire from the sport.
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Lastly, there's also a sports magazine in the library that talks about his feats before the injury and also mentions his being the second-ranked snowboarder at the time.
Paldean Sports Monthly said:
The Sub-zero Shredder has done it again! The world’s second-ranked snowboarder put on a clinic at the Montenevera Cup, claiming his sixth straight win in Paldea’s major competitions. No one’s been able to snatch that crown yet!
“If you think you’ve got what it takes, come take me on!” this ice-cold athlete declared from the winners’ podium, and you could just feel his rivals steel their resolve! We’ll see how things unfold in two weeks at the Glaseado Mountain Cup!
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Overall it's something to build up the world a little more, but it still raises more questions. Who was the first-ranked snowboarder? What are the other major competitions? How is the Paldean snowboarding scene now? In the end we don't have these answers because while every other gym leader is still active in their non-gym career for us to see them in action and have people talk about them, Grusha is the only character who's left their dream behind, alone on top of a mountain, and I think the contrast makes for a fitting final gym fight, along with his arc ending with rediscovering his passion to get stronger. In general I hope the gym leaders eventually get expanded interactions in DLC though whether it be from rematches or overworld cameos like the Isle of Armor.

One last Grusha fact is that his pre-rematch dialogue is different depending if it's snowing or not, so it seems like gamefreak was aware of the effects of random overworld weather on story battles in some way.
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Also while on the topic of out of the way text, Kofu has a short missable scene looking at flowers on the road outside Porto Marinada.
 
Grusha is depressed because he was a pro snowboarder until he got into a vague accident that forced him to retire and now being a Gym Leader is all he got left. And, yeah, Grusha does have more of a right to be depressed than Volkner, though this is an annoying case of "tell don't show". Because, as far as I can tell, Grusha is perfectly okay. Infact, he only says he was an ex-pro, unless the translators made a mistake it sounds like he still snowboards. So either GF intended on Grusha still being injured, perhaps permanently, yet didn't bother showing us any physical signs that would make us see why he can't be a pro anymore (a limp, easily gets out of breath, occasionally fiercely massages a muscle while making a wincing face, etc.). Or we're supposed to infer he is perfectly fine but the accident gave him trauma that's preventing him from going pro again... except not only does he mention he still snowboards but this character arc also goes nowhere, at least in this aspect. I'm sorry to say but Grusha is kind of a let down for me, he has a backstory but the game decided not to tell me it... so why should I care?
I don't like this implication that physical injuries are less real if other people can't observe them within five minutes of meeting you. There are dozens of ways you can injure yourself that wouldn't leave you with any obvious impairments in your everyday life but would stop you from being a professional athlete. Perhaps he went through major reconstructive surgery that left him just as mobile as before but with the caveat that one more serious injury would likely cause permanent disability. Honestly it's silly to even speculate because that's not the point. "Show don't tell" isn't some universal maxim for good writing: sometimes it's more efficient and makes more sense in-universe to "tell don't show". It wasn't a mistake for the devs to 'leave out' the visible evidence of his injury, nor would it have been a mistake to include it. Each is a valid choice with its own implications.

In general I like being left with unanswered questions in games! It makes the world feel more real when the player character doesn't get to discover everything about everyone.
 
If you haven't heard, there are 5 recent Mystery Gift codes that expire January 15th. They have random drops and according to serebii there is an 80% chance of Stardust, 15% of a Star Piece, and 5% of a Comet Shard. Personally I got 5 stardusts.

MAKEWA2AMACH1NE
ENJ0YG0URUMET
BEFASH10NLEADER
G0FR1ENDLYSH0P
1TSUPT0Y0U


These codes are from a daily retweet lottery run by the poke_times twitter over 5 days. According to the Japanese site, a total of 5 codes (1 per day) would be sent out for 1 million LP, 50 for 500,000 LP, and 500 for 100,000 LP, with these generic codes being a participation prize.
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