{"id":316742,"date":"2022-10-21T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/?guid=509a8130c69ae4799a9e17d3cbab5bd4"},"modified":"2022-10-21T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:00:00","slug":"pokemon-scarlet-preview-a-battle-between-new-and-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/pokemon-scarlet-preview-a-battle-between-new-and-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet Preview \u2013 A Battle Between New And Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/1427c14d\/pokemon_header.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Pokemon Scarlet preview hands-on gameplay \" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            <b>Platform:<\/b><br \/>\n      Switch<br \/>\n      <br \/>\n                  <b>Publisher:<\/b><br \/>\n      Nintendo, The Pok\u00e9mon Company<br \/>\n      <br \/>\n              <b>Developer:<\/b><br \/>\n      Game Freak<br \/>\n      <br \/>\n              <b>Release:<\/b><br \/>\n                      \t<time datetime=\"2022-11-18T12:00:00Z\" class=\"datetime\">November 18, 2022<\/time><\/p>\n<p>\n              <b>Rating:<\/b><br \/>\n      Everyone\n      <\/p>\n<p>Going into my hands-on time with Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet, I was expecting some changes based on the ninth generation\u2019s embrace of open-world gameplay and a \u201cdo what you want when you want\u201d mentality with its three primary story paths. Pok\u00e9mon has yet to take the massive generational shift I\u2019ve dreamed of for years and has instead opted for half-steps with each new entry. Scarlet isn\u2019t the transformation I hoped for, but it\u2019s significantly more than a simple half-step, representing arguably the most considerable shift in mainline Pok\u00e9mon history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I explored a small portion of the overall Scarlet map for roughly an hour, though it appeared much larger in-game. I saw three objective markers across a valley and a desert area, each representing one of the three main story paths: the Victory Road path, which is the standard eight-gym storyline seen throughout the series, the Path of Legends, consisting of tracking and battling Titan Pok\u00e9mon, and Starfall Street, a unique take on the Team Rocket-esque plotline found in every mainline entry. Determined to experience a little bit of all three, I took off from the southern region of the map toward a Path of Legends marker, and I did so atop Koraidon, the legendary Pok\u00e9mon adorning the Scarlet box.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus inspiration is clearest here because, like Arceus\u2019various helpful Pok\u00e9mon, Koraidon can glide through the air, swim through lakes and oceans, and climb up cliffs. Plus, you can ride atop it anywhere, making traversal across Paldea much faster than on foot. I loved being able to do this as it made the open world feel seamless and sped up a formula of gameplay that can, at times, feel slow. I was even more surprised by how seamless the world actually is, riding Koraidon aside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\"  allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8sReelWJWs\" width=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When roaming the area, I saw different wild Pok\u00e9mon all around me. I saw an aggressive Lechonk holding his ground, threatening a battle if I got closer. I captured a special Shinx that glistened from a distance, which indicates it has a rare Tera-type. I saw a small horde of Shinx elsewhere and Magikarp swimming through the ocean while gliding across it. Taking inspiration from Arceus, Scarlet\u2019s world feels alive thanks to these wild Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised when I went to battle one, and instead of seeing the typical screen-break transition with a new bombastic battle theme song, the fight simply started. There was no pause, no change in camera \u2013 nothing other than the shift in music. It was the most surprising aspect of this entire preview. You can move the camera freely while selecting moves and watching the battle play out, which gave me a sense of cinematic freedom I\u2019ve never felt in Pok\u00e9mon before. And when the battle was over, I was right back to riding atop Koraidon, again with no screen break or transition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Furthering my sense of control and freedom over the seamless landscape was a mechanic strangely named \u201cLet\u2019s Go.\u201d Here, you press R to send out the Pok\u00e9mon arranged first in your party to retrieve an item or battle a Pok\u00e9mon. It\u2019s completely autonomous. After pressing R toward a direction, your Pok\u00e9mon is sent out and does its own thing. You\u2019ll need to pay attention to type and levels to ensure your Pok\u00e9mon can defeat the one it\u2019s attacking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/b53135c0\/6.jpg\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your Pok\u00e9mon faints, you need to revive it with an item or at the Pok\u00e9mon Center. Here, you can also restore your Terastalize ability, which one Pok\u00e9mon can only use in one battle at a time. After using it, you\u2019ll need to restore it at the Pok\u00e9mon Center or by interacting with one of the various Tera jewel formations spread throughout the open world. These are also home to the Tera Raids.<\/p>\n<p>I did one with other players, and while it was fun, it wasn\u2019t all that different from raids seen in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield (although much more visually impressive). After completing a raid, which houses a rare Tera-type Pok\u00e9mon, you can capture it. During raids, you can attack freely, in an almost Active-Time Battle format like the Final Fantasy series. You can also perform callouts to chat with the team, Cheer to raise the attack or defense of your allies, or heal their Pok\u00e9mon up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon reaching the Titan questline marker, I encountered a massive Klawf. Nintendo told me that these Titan encounters contain three steps: track down and chase after them when they run, battling against them, and a third step I could not pursue based on preview parameters. This was fun, but I could see Titan battles growing stale after some time, especially if each encounter consists of the same three steps. Nintendo gave previewers overpowered teams, too, so I don\u2019t have a grasp on Scarlet\u2019s challenge, unfortunately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From here, I visited one of the many Team Star bases to try out the Starfall Street path. I tried flying in from above, but the game told me I needed to enter from the front gate. Upon reaching here, Nintendo told me to put the three Pok\u00e9mon I wanted to fight with at the top of my party. Once inside, a timer appeared, and I had 10 minutes to defeat 30 Team Star Pok\u00e9mon. I didn\u2019t do this by completing standard Pok\u00e9mon battles, though. I finished this challenge using the Let\u2019s Go mechanic I mentioned earlier, as instructed. It was quite easy \u2013 again, I had an overpowered team \u2013 and I completed it in just a minute or two.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo tells me this is how these bases are defeated and I was disappointed to hear that because this wasn\u2019t particularly fun. However, I think that with a less powerful, more level-appropriate team, there\u2019s a good and unique challenge to be had. At the end, I battled the base\u2019s leader, Mela, who you might have seen in a trailer or two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class='type:slideshow'>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/36d2248e\/11_0.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/b0e68ee7\/7.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/e24acb7d\/8.jpg'><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<p>          \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She stood atop a large and colorful truck-like vehicle called the Starmobile, and her Pok\u00e9mon battled from there, too. After defeating her party, I had to attack the Starmobile and beat it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To round out my time with the single-player portion of the preview, I attempted to complete a gym for the Victory Road path. I took on Brassius, a grass-type leader, in one of Paldea\u2019s various towns. Before I could fight him, though, I had to complete his gym\u2019s challenge: finding 10 Sunflora scattered around the town. It was quick and easy, but charming. I hope other challenges will be more of an actual challenge \u2013 Nintendo tells me some will feature battles, so perhaps I\u2019ll get my fix there. I couldn\u2019t complete my battle with Brassius due to time, but after completing the Sunflora challenge, I could go right to fighting him rather than progressing through a gym filled with trainers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last piece of my hands-on time I want to touch on is picnics. Like Sword and Shield\u2019s camping, you can set up a picnic to interact with your party, play ball with them, clean them off with a shower, and build and eat sandwiches together.<\/p>\n<p>Sandwich-making seems like it is a big part of this generation. The towns I visited had multiple shops selling ingredients or pre-made meals. Making a sandwich involves picking your ingredients and dragging them from their plate to the actual sandwich. You\u2019ll need to stack ingredients properly and choose ones that mesh well to make a delicious sandwich, and the animation that plays after completing one lets you know how you did. It\u2019s cute, and the perks of eating a sandwich with your party seem great, though I can\u2019t specifically mention what those perks are.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class='type:slideshow'>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/acafe1be\/10_0.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/ea44c63f\/12_0.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/bed6f452\/1.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/bcb5f799\/4.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/54ba1358\/5.jpg'><\/figure>\n<figure><img src='https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2022\/10\/19\/70947312\/9.jpg'><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<p>          \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I left my Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet preview feeling more excited about a new Pok\u00e9mon than I had in a long time. Sword and Shield left me wanting a lot more, especially as the first big mainline entry on Switch. Scarlet and Violet aren\u2019t flipping the formula on its head, but there are enough changes that I\u2019d call this the biggest generational transformation in years, perhaps in series history.<\/p>\n<p>The open-world aspects of these games are refreshing, adding more personality and seamlessness to the series than ever before. The ability to more freely engage with the three primary story paths seems fun, too, but I wasn\u2019t able to test out its limits. Can I genuinely tackle these how I want, or will built-in level gates essentially push me into doing this or that at specific moments in the game? That was a question I could not find an answer to in this preview, but I\u2019m hoping the former is true come November. I also hope I\u2019m tested more in the final game because I felt little pushback from Scarlet during this preview.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the design of Scarlet\u2019s open world, its improved visuals, and how well its individual pieces seem to flow together have me excited to experience this Paldean journey, even if I\u2019m left wanting more in other aspects of Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s new generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/node\/117416?purchasefromrss\" >Purchase<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><figure class= \\\"wp-block-image alignnone \\\"><img src= \\\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo2-2.png\\\" alt=\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 java\u88dc\u7fd2 \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b, PHP\u88dc\u7fd2,CSS\u88dc\u7fd2,XML,Java\u88dc\u7fd2,MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2,graphic design\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b78ICT\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e00\u5c0d\u4e00\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2\u548cFreelance\u81ea\u7531\u5de5\u4f5c\u914d\u5c0d\u3002\\\"\/><figcaption>\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>\r\n<a href=www.itsec.hk style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.hk<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itsec.vip\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.vip<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itseceu.uk\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itseceu.uk<\/a><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet Preview \u2013 A Battle Between New And Old - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"..."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316774,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316742\/revisions\/316774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}