Pokémon Scarlet
The Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, the newest chapters in the Pokémon series, are coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. With these new titles, the Pokémon series takes a new evolutionary step…
Pokémon Scarlet is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 18 November 2022 on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 50 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon Scarlet is
Pokémon Scarlet is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2022. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are 2022 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. They are the first installments in the ninth generation of the Pokémon video game series. They were announced in February 2022 and released on 18 November 2022. The games later received a downloadable content (DLC) expansion pass storyline, The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. The first part, The Teal Mask, was released on 13 September 2023, and the second part, The Indigo Disk, was released on 14 December 2023. A post-game expansion, Mochi Mayhem, considered the epilogue to the DLC and the games themselves, was released on 11…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, kids and open world. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Scarlet is the 276th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Double Pack in 2022. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Scarlet holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 106 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 50 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 70 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Pokémon Scarlet launched on 18 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Bayonetta 3, Pentiment and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Bayonetta 3, Pentiment, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Scarlet yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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