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Pokémon Violet

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About This Game

Catch, battle, and train Pokémon in the Paldea Region, a vast land filled with lakes, towering peaks, wastelands, small towns, and sprawling cities. Explore a wide-open world at your own pace and traverse land, water, and air by riding on a form-shifting Legendary Pokémon. Choose either Sprigatito, Fuecoco, or Quaxly, to be your first partner Pokémon before setting off on your journey through Paldea.

Pokémon Violet Cover Art

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Companies

  • Developer:

    Game Freak

  • Publisher:

    Nintendo

Franchise Info

  • Series:

    Pokémon

  • Collection:

    Pokémon

Release Dates per platform

  • Nintendo Switch:

    Nov 18, 2022

  • Nintendo Switch 2:

    Jun 05, 2025

Age Rating

EU
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JP
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Frequently Asked Questions

You can change everything except skin tone—use the Looks menu (press Left on D‑Pad + “+”) for face and outfit changes; for hair color/style head to a salon.
Hair changes happen at Hair Salons in Mesagoza, Levincia, or Cascarrafa for a fee (~3,000 Poké each).
Yes—press Left on the D‑Pad anytime to open the Outfit menu for uniforms, glasses, shoes, and more; outfit shops appear on your map as T‑shirt icons.
Yes—Teal Mask and Indigo Disk DLC add Style Cards that unlock new clothes and hairstyles, automatically detected at boutiques and salons.
Pokémon Violet includes exclusive Pokémon not found in Pokémon Scarlet, such as Miraidon (its box Legendary), Iron Valiant, Iron Hands, Iron Jugulis, Bagon and its evolutions (Shelgon, Salamence), Eiscue, and Gulpin. The game features a futuristic, high-tech theme reflected in many of its Paradox Pokémon.
The Legendary Pokémon in Violet is Miraidon, a futuristic, dragon-like creature that also serves as your rideable mount throughout the game.
The core story is the same, but Violet has a sci-fi theme while Scarlet leans into prehistoric aesthetics. Each version has exclusive Pokémon, different Paradox forms, and a different Professor (Professor Turo in Violet vs. Professor Sada in Scarlet).
Yes, Pokémon Violet features Professor Turo, who focuses on futuristic research, while Scarlet features Professor Sada, who is more interested in the ancient past.
Yes, you can trade online or locally with someone who owns Scarlet to obtain version-exclusive Pokémon.
Yes, but the Paradox Pokémon in Violet are futuristic versions, such as Iron Bundle (Delibird), Iron Treads (Donphan), and Iron Moth (Volcarona).
Yes, Pokémon Violet and Scarlet mark the beginning of Generation IX and are set in the Paldea region.
Yes—once set at the start, skin tone cannot be changed without starting a new game. Everything else can be altered later.

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