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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet finally committed to open-world structure even if the tech could barely keep the plan upright.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet launched in 2022 on Nintendo Switch. It finally committed to open-world structure even if the tech could barely keep the plan upright. It sits on the canon-defining RPG backbone that decides regions, monsters, battle systems, and the assumptions every other Pokemon project eventually reacts to.
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Its rough launch performance became almost as famous as Paldea itself, which says everything about how hungry fans were for a fully open Pokemon even in a visibly compromised state.
Why it matters
Mainline Pokemon releases are the load-bearing beams of the franchise. If you want to understand why the rest of Pokemon looks the way it does, these are the games that set the rules.
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