Pokemon ScarletandVioletfans are patiently waiting for another trailer to drop, and for The Pokemon Company to reveal more about Generation 9. The official bits of information released thus far are surprisingly very few and far between considering the games are so close to release on November 18. As such,Pokemon ScarletandVioletremain wrapped in mystery for the time being - though there have been multiple alleged leaks over the past weeks.
Perhaps the only assumedly credible source for these leaks is an individual who goes by the name Riddler Khu, an insider who has a proven track record after sharing a lot of correct details aboutPokemon Legends: Arceusbefore its release. Among the various leaks that Khu shared aboutPokemon ScarletandVioletare the potential final types of Gen 9’s starters, and also one regarding thePokemon types used by Elite Fourmembers and Gym Leaders. Today, Khu shared another riddle hinting at some form of “time travel” inPokemon ScarletandViolet, with the riddle involving a 16-year-old movie starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.
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How Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Could Implement Time Travel
InThe Lake House, protagonists Reeves and Bullock live two years apart in the same house, but they can still communicate through a time-bending mailbox. The overall plot involves time travel in many ways, as well as manipulation of the future and past, which is a common trope for the genre - but a trope that may be especially interesting if it’s going to be applied to a set ofPokemongames. Prior to today’s Twitter message, Khu said that their posts in July will be dedicated to leaks about characters, so many fans were quick to point out that this could affect the relationship between Professor Sada and Professor Turo, or maybe characters that are not yet known.
If there is some form of time travel in the games, it’s possible thatPokemon Legends: Arceuswas a testing ground thanks to its Space-Time Distortion Zones, which were an interesting gimmick that allowed players to get rare items and Pokemon.Space-Time Distortionsallowed trainers to catch Pokemon from the future like Porygon, or fossil Pokemon when they were not available by other means. It’s possible that something like this could be present inPokemon Scarlet and Violet, albeit in a different form befitting this new region.
Pokemon ScarletandVioletcould haveversion-exclusive Pokemonwith the themes of each game,Pokemon Scarletbeing about the past (as shown with Professor Sada and Koraidon) andPokemon Violetbeing about the future (as shown with Professor Turo and Miraidon). This could also work differently, in the sense that there could be version-exclusive alternate forms of specific Pokemon, such as the same monster appearing inPokemon Scarletwith a more primordial design as others forPokemon Violetare high-tech.
There is a clearpast versus future theme inPokemon ScarletandViolet, and seeing this baked into the mechanics and different Pokemon forms would be fascinating.Pokemon Legends: Arceusdid introduce some form of ancient critters that evolve differently from the modern species, and it’s not hard to imagine the same concept beng transposed to Generation 9. This remains speculation for the time being, but it seems entirely possible thatPokemon ScarletandVioletend up featuring something like this given their apparent theming.
Pokemon ScarletandVioletrelease for Nintendo Switch on June 11, 2025.
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