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Pokémon Scarlet for Nintendo Switch is a role-playing videogame, the latest in the long running series from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Paired with Pokémon Violet, this game is one of the first instalments of the ninth generation of the loveable pocket monster games, of which there are 122 in total. Player can choose one of three paths or ways to play (see below for more details about these) solo, or they can play co-operatively. About the Game & Similarities to Violet There are many commonalities between Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, just as in many of the other paired offers in the Pokémon game universe. The games are set in an open world environment, set in a land taken from the game maps of Pokémon Legends and Pokémon Sword and Shield respectively, all smooshed into one large land, called Paldea. And it is a truly open world that players can explore freely. Travelling is convenient, and made even easier by fast travel points that you will find at every Pokémon centre along the way. Your main mode of transport is your Legendary Pokémon: Koraidon in Scarlet (and Miraidon in Violet), and these wonderful beasts can race over ground (transforming into motorbikes), water and even fly in the air. In between all this rushing about, you will enjoy excellent stalking and combat fun. If there are wild Pokémon just going about their business, you can find them and collect by using your own Pokémons to battle them. Otherwise, you can trigger a regular Pokémon battle by running into the wild Pokémon that you are hoping to collect. You will also battle fellow trainers too, as is customary in Pokémon games, but for this iteration, you are not thrown into an immediate fight with other trainers on sight: rather you can approach them and proactively invite them to a battle