The Indigo Disk DLC leak hints at new varieties for 3 Legendary Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gamers have slowly been making their method by The Teal Masks growth, however Sport Freak actually can’t cease leaking its personal content material—extra recordsdata have been datamined that reveal particulars about new varieties for 3 Legendary Pokémon. 

From a second spherical of digging within the backend of Scarlet and Violet’s newest replace on Sept. 15, dataminers have pulled extra data that was left in by the builders for Half 2: The Indigo Disk. A few of it, like Dipplin’s apparent unnamed evolution, has an influence on the present recreation, however the remaining simply hints at what’s to return.

The largest trace pulled from the recordsdata was data pointing to a few Pokémon receiving new varieties that may solely be attained throughout battles—seemingly referencing particular Tera Varieties like what Ogerpon achieves with its masks in The Teal Masks.

The names featured in these placeholder recordsdata have been translated by PokeSuutamie and included TyoudenkiHou or “tremendous electrical cannon,” KimaguLaser or “whimsical laser,” and Terasushell or “shining shell.”

Beforehand datamined data already pointed to Terapagos getting a third form, which strains up with the shining shell file. The opposite two have been a bit extra unknown; nevertheless, a reliable Chinese leaker returned and shared some data that hyperlinks each to Koraidon and Miraidon. 

Based on the brand new leak, Koraidon and Miraidon will be a part of Terapagos in getting these buffed “battle states” in The Indigo Disk. The leaker additionally talked about that they are going to be much like Ogerpon, which seemingly means they contain Terastallizing and can solely be utilized in battle. 

Based mostly on how Legendary mounts appear to be getting buffed in the new DLC’s overworld gameplay with issues like the power to fly in new methods, giving them new varieties seems like one other believable addition.

Together with this data about potential new varieties, we additionally discovered that the “Elite 4” of Blueberry Academy are seemingly to make use of Dragon, Fairy, Fireplace, and Metal varieties—as many followers predicted based mostly on their look. Information for the mysterious nineteenth Pokémon sort have been additionally listed in the data dump however don’t actually clarify extra in regards to the function.

Loads of new clothes choices, hairstyles, extra Meals Energy varieties, over 50 music tracks, and extra have been additionally pulled. We should always hear extra about The Indigo Disk quickly since it’s scheduled to be launched in winter 2023.

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Cale Michael

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