Highlights
- The Teal Masks DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet introduces over 100 new and returning critters, however lots of them had been already revealed earlier than launch, diminishing the shock issue.
- Revealing an excessive amount of of the brand new content material in pre-release trailers and advertising materials takes away some pleasure when encountering the creatures naturally in-game.
- Whereas the DLC nonetheless has sufficient new content material to discover, it could have been extra thrilling if among the new mons had been saved as surprises at launch, and the advertising technique needs to be reconsidered sooner or later.
There was a number of pleasure across the launch of The Teal Masks DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet as this primary a part of The Hidden Treasure of Space Zero launched over 100 new and returning critters beforehand unavailable within the Gen 9 video games. Whereas it is good to appear some mons getting back from earlier generations and turning into accessible in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, what’s much more thrilling are the brand-new critters being launched on this DLC. Nonetheless, the novelty of seeing these creatures in-game for the primary time is considerably lessened by the truth that most of them had been revealed previous to launch.
The Pokemon collection has all the time needed to stroll a tremendous line with what it does and would not present a few sport earlier than it releases, and the identical applies to the latest development of DLC. Displaying off a handful of recent creatures in pre-release trailers and different advertising materials is a good way to get followers hyped to take a look at the brand new video games or DLC, however exhibiting an excessive amount of of the brand new content material could make it much less thrilling for the participant once they lastly get there palms on it. Sadly, The Teal Masks appears to have proven off most of its new mons earlier than launch, taking away among the shock when encountering them naturally in-game.
The Teal Masks Ought to Have Saved Some Shock New Mons for Launch
There are a selection of recent mons launched in The Teal Masks DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet together with Poltchageist and its evolution Sinistcha, Dipplin as a brand new evolution for Applin, Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, Bloodmoon Ursaluna, and the DLC’s mascot Ogerpon. It is a strong variety of critters to be added as brand-new inclusions within the first a part of a DLC. Nonetheless, all however Sinistcha and Bloodmoon Ursaluna had been formally revealed previous to the DLC’s launch, leaving gamers principally realizing what to anticipate when leaping into the DLC on launch day.
Of the 2 unrevealed mons, Sinistcha might have been predicted, because it was probably that Poltchageist would get an evolution as a regional pretend of Sinistea who evolves into Polteageist. Bloodmoon Ursaluna, nevertheless, was sadly leaked previous to the DLC’s launch, which means followers eagerly awaiting information about The Teal Masks had been probably spoiled forward of time. Whereas a leak like this is not the fault of The Pokemon Firm, holding extra of the brand new mons near its chest previous to launch would have elevated the possibility that gamers would encounter creatures they’d by no means seen earlier than when leaping into the DLC.
Given their distinguished function within the story of The Teal Masks, it is sensible that Ogerpon and the Loyal Three can be revealed as part of pre-release advertising. Then again, frequent mons like Poltchageist and Dipplin might have been saved secret till launch, regardless that Poltchageist’s reveal trailer was fairly intelligent. Seeing Carmine ship out Poltchageist close to the start of The Teal Masks would have been a greater means to attract the participant into the land of Kitakami if it hadn’t already been revealed in a earlier trailer.
Whereas there may be nonetheless sufficient new content material in The Teal Masks for followers of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to justify checking it out, this DLC might have been far more thrilling if a few of these new mons had been saved to be surprises at launch. The thriller of Ogerpon, the Loyal Three, and the Teal Masks might be sufficient to maintain gamers interested by exploring Kitakami, however The Pokemon Firm ought to rethink their advertising technique sooner or later. Hopefully there are nonetheless extra surprises that will not be revealed earlier than the discharge of The Indigo Disk to maintain the DLC feeling like a contemporary, new expertise.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet can be found for Nintendo Change. The Teal Masks DLC can also be accessible now.
