■ The Scarlet Book and the Violet Book

The Scarlet Book, which volition look successful Pokemon Scarlet, and the Violet Book, which volition look successful Pokemon Violet, are records from an expedition, and they were written long, agelong ago. The expedition is said to person traversed an uncharted country of the Paldea region, but whether oregon not the accounts depicted successful the books are existent remains unclear. It seems Arven ever carries a transcript of 1 of the books with him.

Photographs and sketches of unidentified creatures capable the pages of the Scarlet Book and Violet Book. While determination person been sightings of akin creatures successful caller years, specified reports are rare, and circumstantial details of the creatures’ biology are inactive a mystery.

The Monster Known arsenic Great Tusk

The publication describes however this savage monster attacked the expedition squad with its ample assemblage and tusks, mortally wounding 1 of the explorers.

The Monster Known arsenic Iron Treads

It is said that erstwhile this monster curls its assemblage and rolls to attack, it leaves a way gouged into the ground, arsenic if it had scorched the earth.

Note: Great Tusk volition beryllium depicted successful the Scarlet Book, and Iron Treads volition beryllium depicted successful the Violet Book.

■ Take On Tera Raid Battles Together!

In a Tera Raid Battle, you’ll articulation a squad of 4 to effort to decision a almighty Tera Pokemon earlier clip runs out. Tera Raid Battle events wherever you volition beryllium capable to instrumentality connected circumstantial Pokemon oregon brushwood Pokemon with circumstantial Tera Types are successful improvement and volition marque their debut sometime aft the games are released.

Catch an Unrivaled Charizard successful Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles!

During your adventures successful the Paldea region, you whitethorn find achromatic crystals that look antithetic than the ones you ordinarily attack to instrumentality connected a Tera Raid Battle. The Pokemon you’ll look astatine these achromatic Tera Raid crystals are overmuch stronger than those that look astatine mean Tera Raid crystals, and defeating them tin nett you rewards that are adjacent much breathtaking than usual!

Charizard with the Mightiest Mark volition beryllium appearing astatine achromatic Tera Raid crystals during 2 clip periods: archetypal December 1 to 4, past again December 15 to 18.

Charizard cannot usually beryllium encountered successful Paldea, and the Charizard appearing during this lawsuit has Dragon arsenic its Tera Type, making it a formidable foe and almighty ally! It volition usage devastatingly almighty moves successful battle, truthful defeating it by yourself volition beryllium highly difficult. Team up with family, friends, and Trainers astir the satellite to instrumentality it connected together!

Event Schedule: Thursday, December 1, 2022, astatine 4:00 p.m. – Sunday, December 4, 2022, astatine 3:59 p.m. PST

Thursday, December 15, 2022, astatine 4:00 p.m. – Sunday, December 18, 2022, astatine 3:59 p.m. PST

Note: This Charizard volition person the aforesaid mark, Ability, and moves careless of erstwhile it is caught during the event.

This peculiar Charizard tin beryllium caught lone erstwhile per prevention data.

You volition inactive beryllium capable to enactment successful achromatic crystal Tera Raid Battles and person rewards adjacent aft you person already caught the Charizard with the Mightiest Mark.

Charizard whitethorn look again successful different events oregon beryllium encounterable successful antithetic ways successful the future.

You’ll beryllium capable to instrumentality connected Tera Raid Battles astatine achromatic crystals aft completing definite postgame events. However, players who haven’t completed these events whitethorn inactive enactment successful these Tera Raid Battles by joining different Trainer’s Tera Raid Battle, whether they’re successful a multiplayer radical oregon utilizing a Link Code.

A paid Nintendo Switch Online rank (sold separately) is required to enactment successful Tera Raid Battles with different Trainers online.

To brushwood Pokemon featured successful Tera Raid Battle events, you request to person downloaded the latest Poke Portal News. Poke Portal News volition automatically download if your Nintendo Switch strategy is connected to the internet.

You tin besides download the latest Poke Portal quality by selecting Poke Portal from the X menu, past Mystery Gift, past Check Poke Portal News. You bash not request a paid Nintendo Switch Online rank to person the latest Poke Portal News.

■ Tera Raid Battle Events Give You the Chance to Encounter Certain Pokemon oregon Tera Types!

After the merchandise of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, Tera Raid Battle events volition let you to instrumentality connected circumstantial Pokemon oregon brushwood Pokemon with definite Tera Types much frequently. The Tera Raid crystals related to these events whitethorn look mean astatine archetypal glance, but they are shrouded successful a mysterious aura.

Catch Eevee successful Tera Raid Battles during the Eevee Spotlight!

The archetypal Tera Raid Battle event—the Eevee Spotlight—will instrumentality spot from Thursday, November 24, to Sunday, November 27, 2022.

During this event, Eevee volition beryllium appearing much often successful Tera Raid Battles, and they volition person assorted Tera Types. Team up with family, friends, and Trainers astir the satellite to spot what benignant of Eevee you tin find, oregon effort to get 1 with your preferred Tera Type!

Event Schedule: Thursday, November 24, 2022, astatine 4:00 p.m. to Sunday, November 27, 2022, astatine 3:59 p.m. PST

Note: A paid Nintendo Switch Online rank (sold separately) is required to enactment successful Tera Raid Battles with different Trainers online.

To brushwood Pokemon featured successful Tera Raid Battle events, you request to person downloaded the latest Poke Portal News. Poke Portal News volition automatically download if your Nintendo Switch strategy is connected to the internet.

You tin besides download the latest Poke Portal quality by selecting Poke Portal from the X menu, past Mystery Gift, past Check Poke Portal News. You bash not request a paid Nintendo Switch Online rank to person the latest Poke Portal News.

■ Use Pokemon HOME and Enjoy Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet Even More!

The latest Battle Stadium statistic from Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet volition soon beryllium viewable successful the mobile instrumentality mentation of Pokemon HOME! From the app, you’ll beryllium capable to presumption accusation astir Trainer rankings, often utilized Pokemon, Online Competitions, and more. You’ll besides beryllium capable to spot what moves, Abilities, and held items are being utilized successful battles the most. This update to Pokemon HOME‘s Battle Data feature—slated for aboriginal 2023—will fto you cheque retired useful conflict information and bask Pokemon battles successful these titles adjacent more.

Compatibility betwixt Pokemon Scarlet, Pokemon Violet, and Pokemon HOME is slated for outpouring 2023. After you’ve linked either rubric to Pokemon HOME, you’ll beryllium capable to transportation Pokemon from Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet to Pokemon HOME and bring prime Pokemon from past games to the Paldea region. Please look guardant to much details.

Note: The Pokemon you’ll beryllium capable transportation to each crippled via Pokemon HOME are constricted to Pokemon that tin look successful those games. Please look retired for much accusation astir which Pokemon volition beryllium disposable successful Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet.

■ Get In-Game Rotom Phone Cases with Play Records from Past Pokemon Games!

If you person play records from the Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, Pokemon Sword, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!, oregon Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! games, you volition beryllium capable to person a Rotom Phone lawsuit successful Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet with a plan inspired by the crippled the play records are from. Swap retired your Rotom Phone lawsuit to 1 that suits your benignant arsenic you acceptable retired to research the Paldea region!

NOTES: You tin person these Rotom Phone cases by talking to the pistillate successful beforehand of the stairs starring up to Mesagoza’s cardinal plaza.​

It takes astir 2 hours of play clip to scope the constituent wherever this diagnostic is available.​

■ Updates and Online Play

Updates are planned for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet aft release. The archetypal of these updates is mentation 1.0.1, which volition go disposable the time of the games’ release. Downloading the mentation 1.0.1 update volition let you to bask online play, truthful delight beryllium definite to update your crippled earlier you commencement playing!

Things You Can Do via Online Play

—Take connected Special Tera Raid Battles!

You tin enactment successful Tera Raid Battle events by receiving the latest Poke Portal data. A dependable watercourse of these events is planned to instrumentality spot aft the merchandise of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet.

—Receive a Special Pikachu arsenic an Early-Purchase Bonus!

You tin person a peculiar Pikachu by choosing Get via Internet from the Mystery Gift diagnostic successful your crippled until Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

—Explore the Paldea Region with Your Friends and Family successful Multiplayer!

Join up to 3 different Trainers successful Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet‘s multiplayer and research Paldea with your friends and family! Encounter undiscovered Pokemon, research caller landscapes and towns, and acquisition an escapade successful the Paldea portion that’s afloat of surprises and discoveries!

—Battle with Pokemon Trainers from All implicit the World successful the Battle Stadium!

In the Battle Stadium, you tin bask online battles with Trainers from astir the world. Casual Battles fto you vie successful a fun, easygoing mode without worrying excessively overmuch astir wins oregon losses. Try taking connected these battles with the Pokemon companions you’ve brought on successful your adventures crossed the Paldea region! Ranked Battles volition beryllium disposable starting successful December 2022, and Online Competitions are slated for merchandise sometime successful outpouring 2023. Please hold for aboriginal announcements to larn much astir erstwhile these features volition launch.

NOTES: To download the mentation 1.0.1 update, you volition request astatine slightest 1GB of escaped abstraction successful your strategy representation oregon connected your microSD card.

In bid to download updates oregon play online, your idiosyncratic illustration volition request to beryllium linked to a Nintendo Account and you indispensable beryllium capable to link your Nintendo Switch to the internet. Linking your idiosyncratic illustration to a Nintendo Account and connecting your strategy to the net does not necessitate a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership.

A paid Nintendo Switch Online rank is required to entree online multiplayer and the Battle Stadium.