Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is simply a precise disfigured game, a information that has gone universally uncontested since the crippled came retired successful November. One modder solved this occupation successful an antithetic way: by turning Pokémon into Elden Ring summons successful The Lands Between.

Summons are spirit-like companions that you tin conjure successful Elden Ring, which makes your quality sort of similar a Pokémon trainer if you deliberation hard astir it. And the caller summons look great! The atmospheric lighting is doing truthful galore favors for the Pokémon of Paldea, which didn’t truly get a accidental to radiance due to the fact that of S/V’s atrocious graphics. And the Pokémon Centers look a batch much intimidating erstwhile the modder relocated them connected apical of monolithic Walking Mausoleums. The Pokémon are monolithic capable to consciousness threatening, and that was before I realized that the Meowscarada conscionable stabbed a trainer done the chest. You thought being chased by Bisharp successful Paldea was bad? At slightest they’re not executing fatalities connected you. Or possibly the wildlife were conscionable taking it casual connected you successful Scarlet and Violet for being a kid. Once you’re adult-aged, it’s unfastened play time.

Here’s my favourite portion of the mod: It uses covering textures from Scarlet and Violet. This means that Melina and the Tarnished are moving astir successful schoolhouse uniforms that are excessively awkwardly proportioned for their big bodies. So each changeable that features quality characters makes maine consciousness similar I’m watching someone’s fever dream. Kotaku reached retired to the modder to inquire whether oregon not they mean to merchandise Paldea Ring to the wide public, but did not person a effect by the clip of publication.

Is it just to comparison a Nintendo Switch crippled to a multiplatform AAA title, particularly 1 that had been successful improvement for five years? Probably not. But the mod trailer is truthful good made that I find myself mourning what Legends: Arceus and Scarlet and Violet could person been. I’m not unsocial successful this. “This is what 12 twelvemonth aged maine thought Pokémon would look similar successful 2020,” wrote one Twitter user. “This is astir precisely what Pokemon Scarlet Violet should person been,” wrote another.

It’s casual to spot wherefore fans would respond this way. Scarlet and Violet released past twelvemonth arsenic a buggy mess. Background NPCs caused stutters for nary reason, Pokemon clipped done the ground, and the camera didn’t ever travel the player. Personally, I deliberation the bigger transgression was being an disfigured game. There was precise small ocular cohesion holding Paldea together. Environment plan evidently wasn’t connected apical of the precedence database erstwhile the crippled had overmuch bigger method issues moving against it.

I recognize wherefore Game Freak volition ne'er merchandise a crippled wherever you tin really sic a Skeledirge against different trainers. But please: I’m conscionable asking for immoderate spooky temper lighting and amended textures.