HHW Gaming Preview: We Played ‘Pokemon Violet & Scarlet’s’ Upcoming ‘Indigo Disk’ DLC & We Got Our A** Kicked

Full
disclosure:
I
had
slowly
been
brushing
up
on


Pokémon
skills
before
I
got
hands-on
with

Scarlet
and
Violet’s
The
Hidden
Treasure
of
Area
Zero
Part
2:
The
Indigo
Disk
DLC,
and
it
didn’t
matter
because
I
got
my
a**
kicked
while
playing
it.

It’s
been
a
year
since

Pokémon:
Scarlet
and
Violet
landed
on
the

Nintendo
Switch,
and
fans
have
already
enjoyed
post-game
content
thanks
to

The
Hidden
Treasure
Area
Zero
Part
I:
The
Teal
Mask.

The
next
installment,

The
Indigo
Disk,
arrives
on
December
14,
and
I
got
to
play
roughly
an
hour
of
the
upcoming
DLC.
Before
playing,
the
folks
on
hand
representing
Nintendo
explained
that
to
play

The
Indigo
Disk
DLC,
you
have
to
complete
the
base

Pokémon
Scarlet
and
Violet
story
and
the
first
wave
of
the
DLC.

Okay,
with
that
out
of
the
way,
you
can
head
to
Blueberry
Academy
to
embark
on
your
next
quest
in
the
underwater
location.

Welcome
To
The
Terrarium

In
the
Indigo
Disk
DLC,
players
will
explore
the
Terrarium,
a
massive
underwater
Pokemon
habit
broken
up
into
different
biomes
and
home
to
all
types
of
battling
critters.

Pokémon
fans
will
be
happy
to
learn
there
will
be
more
Pokémon
to
discover
Archuladon,
an
evolution
of
Duraludon,
and
new
Paradox
Pokemon
like
Raging
Bolt
and
Iron
Crown.

The
first
part
of
my
hands-on
experience
allowed
me
to
explore
the
Terrarium
and
partake
in
some
of
the
Blueberry
Academy’s
classes.

I
also
had
the
experience
of
using
Koraidon
with
his
new
flight
ability
by
making
it
through
a
timed
obstacle
course
full
of
rings
held
together
by
Magnemites—just
another
fun
way
to
get
around
on
your

Legendary
Paradox
Pokémon.

Game
Freak
Has
Heard
Your
Cries
&
Made
Pokémon
Battles
More
Challenging

One
of
the
many
complaints
about
Pokémon
games
lately
is
that
they
are
too
easy;
well,
it
feels
like
Game
Freak
has
heard
your
cries
and
taken
the
difficulty
another
notch
in
the
Indigo
Disk
DLC.

During
the
second
half
of
my
demo,
I
challenged
Amarys,
one
of
the
Elite
Four
members
of
the
Blueberry
Academy.
Even
though
you
had
high-leveled
Pokémon
in
your
party,
I
quickly
noticed
that
I
was
at
an
advantage
taking
on
Amarys’
powerful
Pokémon.

The
developers
want
to
make
players
rely
on
strategy
when
taking
on
these
elite
trainers
cause
the
battle
had
me
racking
my
brain
about
how
to
mount
a
comeback
against
Amarys.

Spoiler
alert:
I
got
my
a**
handed
to
me
by
the
computer,
but
I
must
say
it
left
me
wanting
to
hop
in
with
a
new
strategy
to
take
her
down,
but
unfortunately,
my
time
ran
out.

During
my
brief
experience
with
Pokémon
Violet,
I
noticed
some
of
the
battles
were
pushovers,
leaving
me
a
bit
disappointed.
Still,
during
my
preview
with
Indigo
Disk,
I
was
more
locked
in,
taking
me
back
to
the
time
of
Pokémon
Blue
and
Red.

I
walked
away
wanting
a
rematch
with
Amarys,
and
if
that’s
any
indication
of
how
the
rest
of
the
Indigo
Disk
DLC
will
play
out,
sign
me
the
hell
up.

—

Photo:
Nintendo
/
Game
Freak
/
Pokémon
Scarlet
&
Violet
Indigo
Disk
DLC