The Pokémon Company announced on October 6, “Pokemon Scarlet Violet]Released the latest video. It seems that “Shishiko’s mane” in the video is attracting attention from domestic and overseas users.
Various new elements will appear in “Pokemon Scarlet Violet”, the latest work in the “Pocket Monster” (hereinfollowing referred to as “Pokemon”) series. When walking with Pokemon on the field, elements such as Let’s Go and Omakase Battle will appear. It will be a system that instructs movement and automatically fights with wild Pokemon. In addition to many other new Pokemon, Pokemon from past works will also participate. Wakajishi Pokémon Shishiko, who first appeared in “Pokemon X and Y”, will also appear. It’s a lion-like Pokemon that has both Fire and Normal types, and evolves into Kaenjishi by leveling up.
And in the latest video, a new element of “Pokemon Scarlet Violet” is unveiled in the form of this Shishiko. It seems to be attracting attention from domestic and foreign users. The scene in question is around 2:50.
In the video, the trainer is seen carrying Kvass across the field. Kvass is the Water-type Pokémon among the first three partners in this work. And Kwassu responds to the trainer’s Let’s Go, and starts an omakase battle with Shishiko. Omakase Battle is an automatic battle element introduced from this work. You can easily fight without entering a command battle. In this Random Battle, Kvass continues to win without difficulty, partly because of his favorable type compatibility. On the other hand, users’ attention seems to be focused not only on the free battle, but also on the obtainable item “Shishiko’s Mane” which is continuously displayed on the right.
A mane is a long hair that grows densely on the neck or head of animals (especially mammals) (from Wikipedia). It is the hair that grows on the front of the animal’s head. It corresponds to the red part of the head in Shishiko. The mane that is the symbol of Wakajishi Pokémon. This part is called an “item”.
In this scene, it looks as if Kwass has ripped the mane from the shishiko he killed.This video will appeal to domestic and foreign users.shockingIt seems In terms of Pokemon games, the creatures have been treated relatively respectfully, just on the surface. The ethic that trainers shouldn’t hurt Pokémon is consistent throughout the series. In spite of this, an item with a mane of Shishiko has appeared. There are some users who are surprised at the view that the defeated Pokemon is the material to be left behind, and some people compare it to the “Monster Hunter” series, where materials are stripped from defeated monsters.
However, collecting materials in “Pokemon Scarlet Violet” does not seem to be such a hunting element. Material items such as Shishiko’s mane and Colink’s fangs in this work areOfficial commentaryIn other words, it’s just a “Pokémon dropout”. Catching or defeating a wild Pokémon seems to be an item that the Pokémon “accidentally drops”. Shishiko’s mane wasn’t forcibly plucked, at least in the setting, it was just dropped by them carelessly. I believe the same regarding Colink’s tusks.
By the way, even in past works, there are items like Pokemon body parts such as dragon’s fangs and sharp claws. It was possible to steal it with a Pokemon skill. Also, in “Pokemon Legends Arceus”, which is the previous work of the series, there are elements that drop sharp fangs and sharp claws when defeating wild Pokémon. In any case, items that seem to be Pokemon materials have been seen in previous works.
On the other hand, in this work “Pokemon Scarlet Violet”, each item was prepared as a material for each specific Pokemon, which may have given a somewhat dangerous impression. That’s probably why it’s getting so much attention from users. Again, the Pokemon are just inadvertently dropping such items. Regardless of whether or not manes and fangs fall out of normal life, let’s work hard to collect Pokemon’s droppings.
In addition, Pokemon’s waste can be used to create a work machine. A move machine is a tool that allows Pokémon to learn moves. In this work, it is said that a device that allows players to create move machines is installed in the Pokemon Center. Its name is “Waza Machine Machine”. It seems that you can create a special machine by consuming the lost items collected by this machine and the cost of LP (league pay). LP can be obtained by progressing the story or exchanging with Pokemon’s lost items. In addition, it seems that the move machine in this work is a consumption type.
Pokemon Scarlet Violet will be released on November 18th for Nintendo Switch.
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