The Pokémon Company International is normally very good at building hype for new Pokémon reveals. Recently we saw Grafaifai’s mysterious markings all over Twitter before it was revealed, but today we got a surprise stream with no announcement beforehand. It showcased several of the Pokémon and areas we’ve already seen, but the highlight is this brand new monster that was shown off.
The World Pokémon Ecological Society hosted a fake webinar earlier today that showed off a bunch of new footage for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. None of it seemed particularly exciting until something suddenly popped out of the ground. This new Pokémon is yet to have a name, but the initial assumption most people made was that it was a Paldean variant of Diglett.
Even the Pokémon researcher hosting the stream noted its similarity to Diglett but eventually concluded that this is a brand new Pokémon, Wiglett. No details are known about its type of abilities yet, but fans are already speculating. As it was revealed on a beach scene, the main theory is that it’ll be a Water/Ground-type, joining a lineup of excellent Pokémon like Johtonian Quagsire, Swampert, and Gastrodon.
That said, anything’s possible, as Scarlet and Violet have already surprised us with this game with things like its open-ended plot, the fact you seemingly get the cover Legendary Pokémon early in the game, and all of the new Paldea Pokémon that have been shown off so far. Following the mostly positive reception of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, these Generation 9 games could very well be among the best new games the series has seen in a long time.
If you need to catch up on the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reveals, we have a list of every new Paldea Pokémon revealed so far.
Written by Ryan Woodrow on behalf of GLHF.
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