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Pokémon ScarletandViolet’sseries of post - launch mental object in conclusion wrapped up on January 11 with the tone ending ofThe Hidden Treasure of Area Zero‘s epilogue . Now , having play through it , I find it to be a fittingly odd ending to one of the weird contemporaries of the Pokémon serial ever .
alternatively of adding some grand end game challenges to overwhelm , this is a story - rivet epilogue about a Pokémon that is brainwashing and controlling masses through mochi . It ’s a cunning and comedic horror Riffian that gives entertaining last moments to the friends players made throughout the main secret plan and DLC ’s escapade . Despite that , it ’s underwhelming and still subject to the technical problems that haveplaguedPokémon ScarletandVioletsince launching .
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formally titledThe Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Epilogue : Mochi Mayhem , this extra report begins once youplace a Mythical Pecha Berryon a palm at Peachy ’s shop on Kitakami Island . That originate a call from Arven , who decide to visit the player ’s house in Paldea with Nemona and Penny . While hanging out there , the group is pay for back to Kitakami by Kieran , the participant ’s chief rival inThe Teal MaskandThe Indigo Disk . Things seem normal at first when they all confabulate , but they quick notice that Kieran ’s sister Carmine is play oddly .
Her eyes have turned purple , and she seems brainwash . She ’s forced to do a chicken dancing while tap for mochi . This kicks off the airheaded tarradiddle , where fiber from the main game and DLC are lento nibble off by this mochi condemnation , which anew Pokémon is at the center of . It ’s a kid - favorable horror story that ’s ultimately more funny than dreaded and finally suffice as an chance for Game Freak to go on a victory lap with its game .
regrettably , I ’m not sureScarletandVioletdeserve that yet . They ’re some of the left entries in the mainline serial , as Game Freak used them to experiment with full - on open - earth blueprint . It ’s always been light that the Nintendo Switch or the engine Game Freak is using just ca n’t agree the studio apartment ’s current ambitions . This is one of the worst - look AAA games on Nintendo Switch , with frequent frame pace drops and texture tonic - ins that severely hamper the experience .
That ’s a shame , as the story moments and classical RPG gameplay are otherwise very enjoyable . before long afterPokémon ScarletandVioletwere eject , itsdevelopers said , “ We are cognisant that players may see issues that affect the games ’ operation . Our goal is always to give players a positive experience with our games , and we apologize for the inconvenience . We take the feedback from players in earnest and are go on improvements to the games . ” Well , this is ostensibly the final major update forScarletandViolet , and those comprehensive improvements never arrived .
I care this new content was free from any raw technical problems , but textures would oftentimes belt down in and out of the setting during conversations in my revisit . The plot ’s frame rate tanked during the epilog ’s climax for me as well because too many NPC were doing that Mochi dance on silver screen simultaneously . Yes , PokémonScarletandVioleteven struggle to handle dancing over a year after release .
The Teal Mask , The Indigo Disk , andMochi Mayhemare all pleasurable in their own way but just lay content on top of core problem rather of outright solving them . Even thoughMochi Mayhemmade me chuckle a couple of time , it ultimately feels like a unearthly , underwhelming jest to end this generation of Pokémon rather than a triumphant send - off .
If you ’ve already sink loads of time of day inPokémon Scarlet and Violetand its DLC like I have , you might as well break outMochi Mayhemto satiate any feelings of story sunk toll . It does n’t add much in the way of compelling gameplay experiences , though . To those that have n’t touchedPokémon Scarlet and Violetsince launching and hoped the DLC and post - launch updates would sterilize the game ’s most frustrating issue : this is not aNo Man ’s SkyorCyberpunk 2077 : Phantom Libertysituation . It ’s a whimper , not a bam .
