Pokemon Scarlet and Violet expansions make it harder to fill your Pokedex

New expansions are rolling out for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and while the focus of this DLC is on festivals, cultural exchanges, and beyond the borders of the Paldea region, there will also be new Pokemon to take on. subdue. Hundreds of pocket monsters will move to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, as Nintendo has confirmed that over 230 creatures can be obtained from older Pokemon games in The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disc expansion pack.
For anyone looking to complete their Pokedex in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, this new line of creatures will make the task much more difficult. Currently, there are 400 Pokemon to buy, and to catch them all you need to make a significant amount of trade to get all the version-specific Pokemon. For Season 1, players can encounter Shiftry, Vikavolt, Chingling, Ninetails, Yanma and Milotic, while Season 2 will see Dewgong, Metagross, Espurr, Alcremie, Zebstrika and Whimsicott wild roaming the land.
These are the only ones known so far, but the good news is that if you’ve built up a sizable collection over the years over other Pokemon games, then you should be able to go on a quest to fill up the Pokedex my easier when Pokemon House function added to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet later this year.
Of course, you’ll still need to make some trades to get the Pokedex proud right when the expansion launches, as Season 1 will introduce five new Legendary Pokemon. Ogerpon is only available in Pokemon Scarlet and Terrapagos is only available in Pokemon Violet, while Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti will appear in both games.
In other Pokemon news, a new Stop-motion Pokemon animated series in development and will premiere on Netflix, Pokemon Sleep is finally coming this yearand The original Pokemon trading card game is being revived.
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