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now that performance is seemingly fixed I think it's pretty great, if you haven't played since Emerald there's like 700 new Pokémon since then so I'm sure you'll have a lot of "woah cool" moments playing, I'd recommend it personally

 

Scarlet/Violet was my first one since Red Ruby/Green Emerald and I loved it despite its performance issues. It quickly became a game that I couldn’t put down and I even completed the Pokédex for the first time since Red/Blue.

Edit: I should add that I did start Y and Sword but bounced off each of them after only a couple of hours. Violet hooked me pretty much right away and I was happy to let it overtake my life for a couple of weeks.

 

They are two very different games at this point as far as how the story is set up but the core of catching and battling is still there. S/V is full open world and you can challenge the gyms in any order. But overall I’d say yes. It’s had the best reception in a while, even from the more casual audience.

The best thing imo is you get fast travel early and you can access your whole box anywhere. They definitely added a lot of good QOL updates to this game.

 

If you like the catching and training creatures, turn based combat and open world games, then probably yes

 

For what it’s worth: I came down on those games hard and have since done a 180, I adore them, and now is the best time to play them

 

Any recommendation on Scarlet vs Violet?

 

Just depends on which legendary you want really

There are some other version exclusives mons but you can get those easily. Scarlet has the past based paradox mons (they are reimagined variants of current pokemon), Violet has the futuristic paradox mons.

 

Violet looks better to me in terms of cosmetic differences, but it fundamentally it doesn’t matter

 

Discounting nostalgia, Scarlet and Violet are the best time I've had with a pokemon game and that was before the seemingly significant Switch 2 update.

 

I only chose Violet because I think Miraidon looks cooler lol

 

Looks better moving around too. Also, purple outfit > red outfit lol

 

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I love this glass screen protector and the plastic guide it comes with makes it very easy to put it on perfectly. Comes with 4 in case you screw it up lol. Probably the only time I've ever put one on with zero air bubbles

 

Replaying now, I forget, when can I ditch the ugly school uniform? I got a new hat, socks, shoes and glasses at least lol

 

Maybe I’m dumb but I don’t think you can until the DLC (when you get the festival outfit), which technically I guess you can do as soon as the three questlines start

 

Oh that's so lame, what's the point in buying accessories if they don't match your outfit lol

 

Thanks, just the advice I was after!

 

No problem! I can't even tell it's there! Haha

 

Has anyone else noticed their Switch 2 gets pretty hot after playing in docked mode? I worry about it degrading the battery overtime ngl

 

First spot I tested when I booted up Scarlet. Zero lag here. It's insane how good it plays now.

 

I will say I think it's a bit overkill how many more Pokemon spawn now, it's hard to walk around them lol

 

Mine gets warm but not really hot. I just assume it’s because it’s really pushing the power when docked. I’m happy it doesn’t get warm when playing handheld.

 

Ngl the crt filter is pretty sweet to have

 

I picked up Violet, but I think the pokemon you get in Scarlet look better. The futuristic robot pokemon in Violet are kinda eh

 

Mario Kart is great but I wish there was a mode where the grand prix’s were 3 laps in each of the actual courses and less of the “traveling between courses” sections.