THE POKÉMON Company has revealed a brand new creature to be added to the game, and fans are going wild for what it could mean.
The mysterious new turtle Pokémon, which does not have a name or typing announced yet, first appeared in the first episode of the new Pokémon anime series.
The Pokémon Company revealed new DLC for Scarlet and Violet in February
The new series, which is the first to not feature long-time protagonist Ash Ketchum, focuses on a new girl called Liko, who carries with her a mysterious pendant.
In the first episode of the new series, Liko falls off a building, but a mysterious light surrounds her, and she’s confronted by this mysterious new being which appears from the pendant.
The Pokémon Company has not yet set a release date for an English airing of the new series, and Ash’s final episodes have yet to be localised too.
The new turtle Pokémon seems to be related to another recently revealed Pokémon, Terapagos, which is set to appear in the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLC.
The Pokémon Company has revealed that this new form, which is said to be an all-new Pokémon separate from Terapagos, will also feature in the DLC.
The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLC is set to release in two waves over the next year, with the first wave set to release sometime in the next six months.
Both waves of DLC will bring with them new Pokémon, including Terapagos, this new Pokémon, and a host of others.
The first wave of DLC, subtitled The Teal Mask, will see another legendary Pokémon added to the game, Ogerpon.
Ogerpon is a masked creature, and seems to be based on a type of ogre from Japanese mythology.
Terapagos on the other hand is a tortoise-like creature covered in shimmering crystal scales, each of which is adorned with the official symbol for a Pokémon type.
The first wave of DLC will also feature three additional non-legendary Pokémon, and will likely feature more as well.
The three revealed Pokémon so far are Okidogi, a wrestler-style dog, Munkidori, a meek-looking monkey, and Fezandipity, an elegant bird.
It’s likely that all of these Pokémon will play a major role in the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLC, though what that role is has not been revealed.
In addition to new Pokémon, the upcoming DLC will also bring back over 230 existing Pokémon that aren’t in the base game for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
It’s said that the DLC will explore the origins of the Terastal phenomenon, which is responsible for Tera raids like the current Typhlosion raid.
Written by Oliver Brandt on behalf of GLHF.
