Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Also known as: Pocket Monsters Scarlet and Violet (JP/KR) Developer: Game Freak Publishers: The Pokémon Company (JP), Nintendo (INT) Platform: Nintendo Switch Released internationally: November 18, 2022 This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences.

This game is receiving new content, by way of Expansion Packs and/or Downloadable Content. Be aware that any unused content you find may become used in the future. If this does happen, please specify as such!

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet launch Generation IX by building on the previous two third-person outings with a full-on open world adventure set in the Paldea region, inspired by the Iberian Peninsula. Though the largely open nature and storyline is considered to be a huge improvement, the games sadly suffer from overall spotty performance as well as a variety of graphical glitches.

To do: Pre-release page Toby Fox being asked to make a song out of the Tera Crowns Cedec Presentations (2022)(2023 Part 1)(2023 Part 2) CG World (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3) Placeholder Pokémon and move slots in pre-1.2.0 versions for Walking Wake/Iron Leaves and their signature moves. As usual, there are tons of leftover items and text strings from previous Pokémon games. Any unused moves or abilities that had their descriptions updated? Various unused trainer teams. Text changes between v1.0.0 and v1.0.1. Multiple Unused Rooms. More details on the unobtainable alternate Koraidon/Miraidon forms and how they differ from the used forms. Updates 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2.0.1, and 2.0.2. Additional minor changes from the v1.0.1 update, described here. Document the 2021 prototype builds and post release debug build from the 2024 Game Freak Leak.

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Updated Item Descriptions Unused items without icons, which had their description updated.

Unused Teams And here we have [NO NAME], and [NO NAME], and [NO NAME], and...

Unobtainable Shiny Pokémon

To do: *Unobtainable transfer only shinies: Hoopa, Volcanion, Magearna, Kubfu, Urshifu, Zarude, Glastrier, Spectrier, Calyrex, Enamorus and Pokéball Vivillon. Unobtainable shinies in the Teal Mask DLC: Ogidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, Ogerpon, and Blood Moon Ursaluna. Unobtainable shinies in the Indigo Disk DLC: Raging Bolt, Gouging Fire, Iron Boulder, Iron Crown, Terapagos (All Formes), and Pecharunt.

For the sake of consistency, every Pokémon in every Pokémon game is given a Shiny variant. Most Shiny Pokémon have been obtainable through random chance encounters or event distributions, including most Legendaries. However, a few Pokémon cannot be obtained in this form without hacking, and as a consequence normal players would never be able to see their Shiny coloration. The following are currently unavailable:

• Gimmighoul (Roaming Form).

• The Treasures of Ruin quartet: Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Chi-Yu.

• The box Legendaries, Koraidon and Miraidon.

• Walking Wake and Iron Leaves.

Unobtainable Moves

As usual for new Pokémon games, some moves have been entirely dummied-out and are unavailable. However, some Pokémon are able to learn certain moves through Egg Moves, but are currently unable to learn these moves as there is no Pokémon that can pass down the move to them.

Pokémon	Move	Notes
Geodude	Mega Punch	No legal donors as of the release of The Teal Mask.

Certain Pokémon are usually unable to obtain specific Egg Moves without the use of a Mirror Herb, but certain very specific encounters come with the move already, allowing for the Egg Move to be transferred down naturally.

Pokémon	Move	Notes
Shroodle	Cross Poison	Available from a Fixed Encounter Grafaiai.
Magnemite	Electroweb	Available from a 2 star encounter with Magnemite.
Mareep	Electroweb	Available from a 2 star encounter with Mareep.

(Source: [1])

Unused Pokémon Data

Unused Gift Pokémon

Present in eventAddPokemon.bin is data for two unused Gift Pokémon: a Level 90 Quagsire and a Level 80 Yanma.

Beyond their high levels, Yanma's inclusion here is especially strange given it isn't included in the base game's Pokédex, though it would be added in the Teal Mask expansion. While Quagsire is obtainable in the base game through evolving a Johtonian Wooper (obtainable via an in-game trade), the data for this gift version remains unused.

Unused Wild Gimmighoul Levels

Gimmighoul can be found in chests scattered across various parts of the Paldea Region, with each static encounter ranging from being between Levels 5-60. However, data exists for encountering these Gimmighoul at Level 1, despite this never occurring.

Unobtainable Female Terapagos

The legendary Pokémon at the end of The Indigo Disk DLC is set to have a 50/50 gender ratio when encountered in the wild. However, the only time you do encounter it its personality values are fixed to always be male. This makes its gender ratio unused and consequently the ability to have a female Terapagos.

Unused Placeholder Model

The placeholder model.

Prior to v1.2.0, there was a model of Pikachu (complete with rigging and textures) in place of Walking Wake and Iron Leaves. It is identical to the regular model of Pikachu, including the ability to play animations.

Koraidon & Miraidon Ride Forms

Limited Build Koraidon's dex entry in Violet.

Low-Power Mode Miraidon's dex entry in Violet.

Koraidon and Miraidon's Ride forms are fully functional as individual Pokemon when hacked into the game. All forms use the same model from the special rideable Koraidon/Miraidon found at the beginning of the game. They have no Shiny forms and their stats are identical to their Apex Build and Ultimate Mode, respectively. They use the same cries sounded when using the "Let's Go!" auto-battle feature, even during battle. While Koraidon's animations are largely functional, Miraidon can occasionally T-pose, and has some animations seemingly copied from Koraidon. This most commonly happens with the "Let's Go!" and Picnic features.

Limited Build Koraidon and Low-Power Mode Miraidon in the party menu.

Some battle animations are absent, such as when they use their signature moves, Collision Course and Electro Drift, respectively; however, others exist for both, such as a biting attack animation. When Terastallized, they will wear their Tera Jewels backwards. While Koraidon has no animation when the Tera Jewel glows, Miraidon does. In the party menu, their icons are offset, likely due to being intended for the slot used by the player in the normal game.

If used with the Synchro Machine from the Indigo Disk DLC, they are fully functional, with animations for battling, walking, and running. Curiously, in this setting, Miraidon walks on all fours, akin to Koraidon.

(Source: Martha's Against Humanity)

Dex Entries

Koraidon and Miraidon have unused dex entry data for the base version of their low-power "ride form". It is currently unknown what this data would be used for.

(Source: mattyoukhana_)

Koraidon		Miraidon
Scarlet Pokédex	Violet Pokédex	Scarlet Pokédex	Violet Pokédex
The ecology and other data about this Pokémon are unknown. It was named Koraidon by the professor who discovered it.	It has similar characteristics to a creature described in an old book as the Winged King.	Its characteristics match those of a mysterious object recorded in an old expedition journal as the Iron Serpent.	It was given the name Miraidon by the professor who discovered it. Its ecology and other details are unknown.

There are some discrepancies in height and weight:

• Each Ride build of Koraidon is 11'6" / 3.5m tall, which makes it taller than the Apex Build, being 8'02" / 2.5m. Curiously, this makes the Ride builds of Koraidon as tall as Ultimate Mode Miraidon.
• Each Ride mode of Miraidon is 9'2" / 2.7m tall, which is smaller than the Ultimate Mode, being 11'6" / 3.5m tall.

Alternate Form Names

Since Koraidon's and Miraidon's various "ride forms" can't be viewed in the Pokédex, the text strings for their names go unused.

Koraidon				Miraidon
Limited Build	Sprinting Build	Swimming Build	Gliding Build	Low-Power Mode	Drive Mode	Aquatic Mode	Glide Mode

Unused Graphics

A variety of placeholder graphics for different purposes.

Placeholder type icons. These assets could be seen in game if the player were to enter certain menus, as the assets are placed there while the actual assets that are used load. Additionally Pokémon without a type due to losing it via moves can cause these assets to load.

Placeholder Pokémon icon.

Placeholder Ribbon.

Placeholder status condition icon.

Placeholder League Card background.

Placeholder map screen graphics.

Placeholder Pokédex animation textures.

Eight copies of a placeholder tip screen.

Placeholder TM Machine icon.

Placeholder customization graphics, for clothing and hair salons.

A set of 18 placeholder character icons, labeled 00_00, 00_01, 00_02, 01_00, and so on.

Hypno Artwork

Included in Hypno's female data (pm0097/pm0097_01_00) is a texture featuring Hypno's official artwork with a poorly-drawn female symbol on the bottom-right corner. This texture is never seen on the female Hypno model, however.

Unused Items

These two items have no names or descriptions, so their purpose is unknown.

A Baguette is automatically used when making a sandwich and cannot be obtained as a bag item.

Icon	Item Name	Description
	Baguette	A long loaf sliced into top and bottom halves. Its aroma of wheat and its straightforward, salty flavor make it pair well with all kinds of sandwich ingredients.

Leftover Items

As usual, data for many items from past games can be found in the game. Since the item icons have been completely redrawn, most of these old items use a dummy icon instead.

Icon	Item Name	Description	Notes
	None		This item's icon is technically used, but only in rare circumstances. If the game hitches when loading item icons (as it tends to do), one can observe that the icon is used as a placeholder before getting replaced with the actual icon.
	Cherish Ball	A quite rare Poké Ball made to commemorate a special occasion of some sort.	Though not obtainable as an item, Pokemon in this ball have been distributed during events.
	Super Repel	An item that prevents low-level wild Pokémon from jumping out at you for a time. It lasts longer than Repel.
	Max Repel	An item that prevents low-level wild Pokémon from jumping out at you for a time. It lasts longer than Super Repel.
	Escape Rope	A long and durable rope. Use it to escape instantly from locations like caves or dungeons. It can be used any number of times.
	Repel	An item that prevents low-level wild Pokémon from jumping out at you for a short time.
	Odd Keystone	A vital item that is needed to keep a stone tower from collapsing. Voices can be heard from it occasionally.	Spiritomb is found in the wild in certain parts of Paldea, rendering the item unnecessary.
	Razz Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Coolness. Its red flesh is spicy if eaten.
	Bluk Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Beauty. Its blue flesh is dry if eaten.
	Nanab Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cuteness. Its pink flesh is sweet if eaten.
	Wepear Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cleverness. Its green flesh is bitter if eaten.
	Pinap Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Toughness. Its yellow flesh is sour if eaten.
	Cornn Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Beauty. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Magost Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cuteness. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Rabuta Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cleverness. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Nomel Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Toughness. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Spelon Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cuteness. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Pamtre Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Beauty. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Watmel Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cleverness. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Durin Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Cleverness. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Belue Berry	Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Beauty. This Berry is rare in other regions.
	Exp. Share	Turning on this special device will allow all the Pokémon on your team to share in Exp. Points gained.
	Cleanse Tag	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It helps keep wild Pokémon away when the holder is the head of the party.
	Sea Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This incense has a curious aroma that boosts the power of the holder’s Water-type moves.
	Lax Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. The curious aroma of this incense may cause moves to miss its holder.
	Odd Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This incense has a curious aroma that boosts the power of the holder’s Psychic-type moves.
	Rock Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This incense has a curious aroma that boosts the power of the holder’s Rock-type moves.
	Full Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This incense has a curious aroma that makes the holder move slower than usual.
	Wave Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This incense has a curious aroma that boosts the power of the holder’s Water-type moves.
	Rose Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This incense has a curious aroma that boosts the power of the holder’s Grass-type moves.
	Luck Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It doubles any prize money received as long as the holder joins the battle at least once.
	Pure Incense	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It helps keep wild Pokémon away when the holder is the head of the party.
	Red Apricorn	A red Apricorn. It has a pungent scent that assails the nostrils.
	Blue Apricorn	A blue Apricorn. It has a slightly grassy smell to it.
	Yellow Apricorn	A yellow Apricorn. It has a light, refreshing scent.
	Green Apricorn	A green Apricorn. It has a mysterious and aromatic scent.
	Pink Apricorn	A pink Apricorn. It has a pleasantly sweet scent.
	White Apricorn	A white Apricorn. It doesn’t have any aroma at all.
	Black Apricorn	A black Apricorn. It has a smell that cannot be captured in words.
	Park Ball	A special Poké Ball used in the Pal Park.
	Oval Charm	Having one of these mysterious oval charms makes it more likely Pokémon Eggs might be found during picnics.	The description was updated to reflect the new method of obtaining eggs.
	Lumiose Galette	A popular treat in Lumiose City. It can be used to cure any status condition a Pokémon may have.
	Shalour Sable	Shalour City’s famous shortbread. It can be used to cure any status condition a Pokémon may have.
	Black Augurite	A glassy black stone that produces a sharp cutting edge when split. It’s loved by a certain Pokémon.	Wild Kleavor can be found in the Terarium, but the item to evolve one from a Scyther is unavailable.
	Peat Block	A block of muddy material that can be used as fuel for burning when it is dried. It’s loved by a certain Pokémon.	Ursaluna itself is coded into the game as a transfer-only Pokémon, but the item to evolve one from an Ursaring isn't available.
	Blank Plate	A stone tablet imbued with the essence of normalcy. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of the Normal type.	Other plates are obtainable in Porto Marinada if Arceus is in your boxes.
	Strange Ball		This item has no description. Though not obtainable as an item, when a Pokémon is transferred from Legends: Arceus, its ball will appear as the Strange Ball.
	Legend Plate	A stone tablet imbued with the essence of all creation. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of every type there is.	Other plates are obtainable in Porto Marinada if Arceus is in your boxes.

Oddities

Internal Pokemon Name Oddities

• While most Pokemon up to those introduced in Sword & Shield are labelled with their official Japanese names, Zarude's entry is simply labelled "m23", a reference to Zarude being the star Pokemon of the 23rd animated movie, Secrets of the Jungle.
• The internal names for Toedscool and Toedscruel are OKAKINGU & OKAGYARADOSU respectively, suggesting that they were originally planned as Convergent counterparts for Magikarp and Gyarados, before eventually changing to Tentacool and Tentacruel.
• Entries for Walking Wake & Iron Leaves, Paradox Pokemon who weren't implemented until the 1.2.0 update, existed in the base game, labelled "AKETUBAN" & "BKETUBAN". KETUBAN (Ketsuban) translates to "missing number", commonly abbreviated as MissingNo.
• The entries for Roaring Moon & Iron Valiant are amusingly labelled "AAAAA" & "BBBBB".

Version Differences

v1.0.1

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: List the move-compatibility changes.

Initial update, which went live prior to launch on November 10, 2022.

• Activates online features.
• Move compatibility was updated for certain Pokémon.
• The stats of the Treasures of Ruin quartet were adjusted:

Ting-Lu		Chien-Pao		Wo-Chien		Chi-Yu
v1.0.0	v1.0.1	v1.0.0	v1.0.1	v1.0.0	v1.0.1	v1.0.0	v1.0.1
HP: 165 Attack: 110 Defense: 130 Sp. Atk: 50 Sp. Def: 80 Speed: 45 Total: 580	HP: 155 Attack: 110 Defense: 125 Sp. Atk: 55 Sp. Def: 80 Speed: 45 Total: 570	HP: 80 Attack: 130 Defense: 80 Sp. Atk: 90 Sp. Def: 65 Speed: 135 Total: 580	HP: 80 Attack: 120 Defense: 80 Sp. Atk: 90 Sp. Def: 65 Speed: 135 Total: 570	HP: 85 Attack: 90 Defense: 100 Sp. Atk: 100 Sp. Def: 135 Speed: 70 Total: 580	HP: 85 Attack: 85 Defense: 100 Sp. Atk: 95 Sp. Def: 135 Speed: 70 Total: 570	HP: 55 Attack: 80 Defense: 80 Sp. Atk: 145 Sp. Def: 120 Speed: 100 Total: 580	HP: 55 Attack: 80 Defense: 80 Sp. Atk: 135 Sp. Def: 120 Speed: 100 Total: 570

v1.1.0

Went live on December 1, 2022.

• A bug causing the Elite Four and Top Champion battle themes to incorrectly only loop the first 15 seconds of each theme was fixed.
• Pokémon afflicted with Sleep in battle now close their eyes.
• Certain Pokémon now use their proper idle animations in battle.
• An exploit making it possible to clone the special rideable Koraidon/Miraidon via bypassing the restriction on sending it to your boxes with well-timed button presses was removed (though the item-duplication method utilizing said clones was not, so it can still be used by players who had used the exploit before applying the update).
• The glitched fixed RNG in the Battle Stadium was patched.
• Unspecified bug fixes.

(Source: Bulbapedia)

v1.2.0

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Check if Hisuian Zorua's stats were also changed in 1.2.0.

Went live on February 27, 2023.

• Added 2 new Paradox Pokémon, Walking Wake and Iron Leaves.
• Added functionality with Pokémon GO, allowing players to send GO Postcards to their Scarlet/Violet game and have alternate versions of Vivillon spawn in-game.
• Online Competitions and Friendly Competitions have been added to the Battle Stadium.
• Support for the DLC, adding a button on the main menu that redirects the user to the DLC's Nintendo eShop page.
• Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark are now obtainable in-game through a mystery gift for the latter.

• Pokémon summary screens are now consistent, allowing every feature to be accessed no matter where the summary screen is opened from.
• Additional functionality has been added for Pokémon boxes:
  • Players can swap out held items by pressing the Y button while in the Held Items view.
  • Players are able to select All Boxes while moving Pokémon or items in the Party and Boxes and Held Items view.
  • In the Battle Team view, Pokémon in the user's Boxes assigned to a Battle Team will now have their icons displayed in a darker hue if those Pokémon are members of the Battle Team currently being displayed.
• The news screen now shows when connecting to the internet through a menu that is not the Poké Portal.

• Multiple fixes to Tera Raids that would halt/break the raid:
  • The Tera Raid Pokémon's health bar would not properly show the health of the Pokémon when hit with certain moves (Play Rough, for example).
  • In 7-star raids, all Pokémon on the player's side could faint despite the health bar suggesting that the Pokémon still had HP remaining.
  • If a raid Pokémon were to do specific actions while the player was choosing a move, the player would be unable to input anything.
  • A player that joined a raid would see a different raid Pokémon than what the host would see.
  • A player joining a Tera Raid from the Tera Raid screen could join a different raid from what was displayed.
  • Tera Raid Crystals could stop appearing for a certain amount of time.

• Type match-ups no longer show against a Pokémon if the Pokémon faints in Double Battles.
• Type match-ups against a Zoroark disguised under Illusion and Terastallized now show the Zoroark's Tera Type instead of the disguised Pokémon's type.
• Zoroark disguised under Illusion and Terastallized can no longer be identified using the Check Target option.
• Dondozo no longer gets boosts from Tatsugiri when using Order Up when the move should fail (Protect, Detect, etc.).
• Destiny Bond will now work if a Pokemon Terastallizes after using Destiny Bond and then faints.

• The game no longer crashes at certain points of the game.
  • However, fewer NPCs and Pokémon may spawn in order to prevent this from happening.
• Pokémon not in the Paldea Pokédex are no longer "registered" when being obtained through Link Trade.
• Certain actions caused the main character to stop expressing emotions until the game was closed and reopened in 1.1.0. This has been fixed in 1.2.0.
• After Ranked Battles Season 1, visiting the Ranked Battles screen immediately after the season’s results had been calculated caused an error right after the player received their rewards. Following this error, players were unable to participate in any further Ranked Battles. This has been fixed.
• A Pokémon that wins a battle in Master Ball rank now receives the Master Rank ribbon 100% of the time.
• Link Trading a Pokémon back to the Original Trainer above the level limit would stop the Pokémon from listening to the OT. This has been fixed.
• If you already had a Pokémon registered to your Pokédex, obtaining a Shiny variant or a foreign variant is now registered in the Pokédex.
• An exploit that allowed the player to gain infinite speed while gliding on Koraidon/Miraidon was fixed.
• Objects such as Poké Balls are no longer displayed in certain areas unintentionally.
• Passersby are no longer displayed during certain battles that take place in towns during the main story.
• Hisuian Zoroark's stats were updated to use Legends: Arceus' stat spread rather than a copy of Original Zoroark's.
• Additional unspecified bug fixes.

v1.3.0

Went live on April 20, 2023.

• Fixed a bug where players who still had version 1.1.0 of the game during the Walking Wake/Iron Leaves event and caught a Bad Egg by mistake due to these Pokemon not having data prior to 1.2.0 were unable to catch them after updating. (The Bad Eggs themselves were not removed, however.)
• The deadline for entries for Friendly Competitions was changed from when the Competition begins to when it ends.
• Several Link Battle bugs were fixed:
  • Attempting to switch in a new Pokémon just before the selection timer reached zero could cause the switch to fail, resulting in abnormal behavior.
  • The remaining time for the battle would no longer be displayed once it was under one minute.
  • The selection timer for sending in a new Pokémon to replace a fainted one could be reduced depending on the move used to faint it.
• Fixed a bug introduced in 1.2.0 where Cud Chew would continue to activate every other turn after the initial instance, rather than only once.
• The Check Status screen of a Zoroark disguised under Illusion and Terastallized now shows the Zoroark's Tera Type instead of the disguised Pokémon's type.
• Similarly, the Check Status screen of a Zoroark disguised under Illusion as an already-Terastallized Pokémon now shows the Zoroark's type instead of the disguised Pokémon's Tera Type.
• Hitting two opposing Pokémon with one move in a Double Battle while one of them is behind a Substitute no longer causes any stat changes the user would receive from the move to be applied twice.
• Fixed a crash issue involving pairing with a Pokémon GO account.
• Receiving the Hisuian Zoroark Mystery Gift can no longer count as the first sighting of a regular Zoroark for the Pokédex registry.
• Additional unspecified bug fixes.

(Source: Nintendo Customer Support)