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Everything we know about 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet’蝉 Paldea region

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Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games.

笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet’蝉 Paldea region looks like it might be an island or a peninsula, modeled after the Iberian Peninsula, which is largely made up of Spain and Portugal. The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company revealed a colorful, top-down map of the region during its 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Presents broadcast on Wednesday — the first major look at the world we’ll explore in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet.

The region is centered around Mesagoza, Paldea’蝉 big city, which is home to one of two schools for players to attend. Naranja Academy and Uva Academy, respective to Scarlet and Violet, are open to both children and adults looking to learn about — and with — 笔辞办é尘辞苍, according to the Scarlet and Violet website. Both schools — again, depending on the game — are located inside Mesagoza, described as the largest city in the region.

a colorful map of pokemon’蝉 paldea region Image: Game Freak/The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo

On the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet map, Mesagoza looks to be just south of center, underneath the big swirling hole in the center. From there, other cities and different biomes are linked by bridges, roads and trails, spanning all corners of the crowded peninsula.

The official site described the region as having “a land of vast open spaces dotted with lakes, towering peaks, wastelands, and perilous mountain ranges,” and you can see those different areas on the map. There’蝉 one huge lake in the upper left corner, with a few small islands scattered on the water. Rivers flow into the lake from a snowy peak, where a bunch of cold-weather creatures presumably reside.

Some areas look barren, with little greenery, but most of the map looks lush, with lots of small lakes and rivers that transition into heavily forested areas with numerous trees. Between these wild areas, there’蝉 more than a half dozen small settlements or cities, too.

“To support 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Trainers, there are many outdoor 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Centers scattered about Paldea,” the game’蝉 official site said. “Trainers can easily find 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Centers even from far away — 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Centers light up at night, and each of them has a Poké Ball sign on the roof.”

If you look closely, there are also a few areas that are clearly 笔辞办é尘辞苍 gyms or battle areas; the green fields with the Poké Ball emblem are noticeable from the top-down map. That’蝉 not surprising; battling and the quest to become a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 champion are staples of the series. In fact, the game’蝉 website confirmed that the standard champion quest is one of three storylines to expect in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet. (The other two have been kept under wraps for now.)

The last thing to mention about the Paldea region is that 笔辞办é尘辞苍 there have a special ability — something similar to Dynamax and Gigantamax 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in the Galar region. 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in Paldea can turn into gemstones with unexpected elemental types; it’蝉 called the Terastal Phenomenon. It sounds like there will also be crystals scattered around the land, used to recharge Tera Orbs embedded in special Tera Orbs: “It’蝉 said that the Terastal energy that seeps from the ground of the Paldea region is involved in the phenomenon,” The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company wrote. Naturally, this unique phenomenon is something you’ll study with Professor Sada and Professor Turo.

This is all we know about Paldea for now, but we’ll all be able to explore the new region when 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet are out Nov. 18 on Nintendo Switch.

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