An NPC in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet who will trade you a Haunter has been gaining attention recently. Players are delighted with this virtuous NPC who will trade you a Haunter that isn’t holding any unnecessary items—something that wasn’t the case in some past entries in the series.

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have announced that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have sold over 10 million units worldwide in just three days, with over 4 million of those in Japan alone.

An odd bug has been reported in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet where a copy of an evolving Pokémon is displayed during the evolution cutscene.

A technique has been discovered in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet to make the player character run faster. The surprisingly simple method involves using the joysticks of two controllers at the same time.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has an issue where player characters’ facial expressions are being locked into place. It has players’ facial expressions frozen in place in a variety of situations, creating some bizarre scenes.

One of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s NPCs (Paco) has been earning a reputation online in Japan. The trainer appears in an area accessible early in the game, luring players in with kind words before mercilessly crushing them.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violethave been released on November 18. The ambitious new titles incorporate a variety of brand-new features, but shortly after release, there has been a flood of reports concerning performance issues.

A Pokémon trainer who set out to only catch Pikachu in Pokémon GO has seen their self-imposed challenge come to an unfortunate end. The trainer thought they had captured another Pikachu only for it to reveal itself as Zorua.

The Pokémon Company released a new gameplay footage video for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, with footage showing a “Litleo Tuft” item drawing attention from fans around the globe. Given the context of the scene, it seems as if Quaxly ripped off Litleo’s tuft of red hair after defeating it.

Ollin Boer Bohan, a deep learning scientist at NVIDIA, has created a playable Pokémon overworld that is generated by a neural network. The demo creates visuals that resemble a Pokémon game and anyone can try it out for themselves via a web browser.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (Pokémon SV) are getting Auto Battles. Pokémon Legends: Arceus added a number of features while in the field to streamline the gameplay, and “Let’s Go!” and Auto Battles seem like a further extension of that.

A new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (Pokémon SV) was released and one smaller detail fans didn’t fail to notice was that Salamence was standing on solid ground. From Pokémon X and Y onward, Salamence’s standby animation was suspended in air.

The Pokémon Company has announced that next year’s Pokémon World Championships will be held in Yokohama, Japan. But while fans were excited to see that the event will be coming to Japan, some trainers were surprised by the video suggesting that Vermilion City is based on Yokohama.