Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk is sort of right here, and with it’ll (presumably) come the top of Pokemon’s 9^th era. That mentioned, judging from the ultimate trailer for the DLC that launched right now, it seems Sport Freak is hoping to finish these contentious video games with a bang.

There’s rather a lot to unpack on this 4 minute lengthy trailer. It opens by returning to Space Zero, the namesake of the DLC bundle and the spotlight of the core video games. However relatively than get into any plot particulars of what this abyss of Paradox Pokemon accommodates, we as an alternative get a montage exhibiting each returning gymnasium leaders and new faces alike. Moreover, the trailer reveals a number of legendary Pokemon from earlier generations. Like rather a lot. We received the legendary birds. We received the legendary canines/cats/gerbils. There are even some horses. Only a entire group of world-ending animals.

Right here comes the BBQ

Past these teases, the trailer reveals off The Indigo Disk‘s new methods. The large headliner right here is the Blueberry Quests system, which the sport abbreviates to “BBQs”. I swear I’m not making that up. The official Pokemon Scarlet & Violet web site clarifies that BBQs are a Battle Move-style quest system that rewards a novel foreign money referred to as BP.

With BP, you should purchase new issues at your college’s retailer and cafeteria. You may even customise the Academy a bit with them. There are additionally some group quests that you are able to do with buddies, which ought to hopefully reinvigorate the underutilized Union Circle system. It appears you’ll want BP to come across these aforementioned legendary Pokemon too, so I hope you’re hungry for BBQs.

Management Pokemon with the Synchro Machine

We additionally see a little bit of the brand new Synchro Machine in motion, which lets gamers play as their Pokemon. That’s proper, now you can obtain your dream of a Pokemon sport by which Lechonk is the primary character. I don’t wish to hype this characteristic an excessive amount of, since we don’t know a lot about this method simply but. You may certainly battle different Pokemon and play with buddies on this kind, however we nonetheless don’t know if that is only a gimmick characteristic or not.

I believe children will love this, although. I hope the Synchro Machine is at the least polished sufficient to make my niece smile.

You may fly in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet now

The wrap issues up, we see the ultimate main characteristic of The Indigo Disk: flight. Within the base video games, Koraidon and Miraidon may ultimately glide, however you may solely keep airborne for therefore lengthy. Nevertheless, exploring the world of The Indigo Disk will unlock full-on flight, letting you see Paldea in a brand new gentle. The trailer particularly reveals a flying minigame that duties gamers with hovering by way of rings, clearly an homage to the legendary traditional Superman 64.

I do need to say that flying makes me a bit nervous. I imply, airplanes do make me nervous, however I’m speaking in-game. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet aren’t… uh… very technically sound, so I don’t understand how helpful this characteristic is with the present state of the sport’s draw distance. Additionally, after gamers found out find out how to go to house in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, flying simply doesn’t excite me as a lot because it might need. I’ll definitely reserve judgement for the ultimate product although.

A extra promising DLC than the primary pack.

Total, it appears like The Indigo Disk is shaping as much as be a good closing chapter for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. I used to be underwhelmed by The Teal Masks, which was a sentiment shared by our personal Chris “Daft Punk” Carter in his assessment. Nevertheless, The Indigo Disk already appears means extra attention-grabbing than what its predecessor provided. That is most likely why they bundled the 2 packs collectively, very similar to the strategy Sword & Defend took.

I’ve realized to be extra skeptical than not with regards to Pokemon today, particularly with the ridiculously speedy launch cycle these video games are caught in. However I can’t say I haven’t had enjoyable with Pokemon Scarlet & Violet both, quite a few warts and all. Right here’s hoping for a triumphant conclusion for Era 9, and hopefully a extra sound begin for Era 10 when it’s inevitably introduced.

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk launches on December 14. Within the meantime, you possibly can seize an array of latest occasion Pokemon right now to have a good time the DLC’s launch.