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85-415: The first part, The Teal Mask , was released on September 13, 2023, and the second part, The Indigo Disk , was released on December 14, 2023. An epilogue, Mochi Mayhem , was released on January 11, 2024. The expansion pack's storyline introduced new Pokémon not featured in the base games, including new Legendary Pokémon Ogerpon , Fezandipiti , Munkidori , Okidogi , and Terapagos , who each serve as

170-408: A billiard ball that is fired into a wormhole at just the right angle such that it will be sent back in time and collides with its earlier self, knocking it off course, which would stop it from entering the wormhole in the first place. Kip Thorne referred to this problem as "Polchinski's paradox". Thorne and two of his students at Caltech, Fernando Echeverria and Gunnar Klinkhammer, went on to find

255-424: A snow leopard -like Pokémon composed of snow and ice which has the broken halves of a sword acting as fangs. In the game's lore, the hatred of those slain by the sword caused Chien-Pao to be given life. It can control snow and plays on top of avalanches it causes. Ting-Lu is a deer or moose -like Pokémon composed of rock, with a jade -like vessel adorned on top of its head. In the game's lore, it's said that

340-506: A thought experiment showing an apparent contradiction between the expected utility principle and the strategic dominance principle. The thought experiment is often extended to explore causality and free will by allowing for "perfect predictors": if perfect predictors of the future exist, for example if time travel exists as a mechanism for making perfect predictions , then perfect predictions appear to contradict free will because decisions apparently made with free will are already known to

425-513: A "predestination paradox" is a paradox of time travel that occurs when any event, such as an action, information, an object, or a person, ultimately causes itself, as a consequence of either retrocausality or time travel . Backward time travel would allow information, people, or objects whose histories seem to "come from nowhere". Such causally looped events then exist in spacetime , but their origin cannot be determined. The notion of objects or information that are "self-existing" in this way

510-428: A 23rd-century engineer travels back in time, and gives the formula for transparent aluminum to the 20th-century engineer who supposedly invented it. Smeenk uses the term "predestination paradox" to refer specifically to situations in which a time traveler goes back in time to try to prevent some event in the past. The consistency paradox or grandfather paradox occurs when the past is changed in any way, thus creating

595-554: A Master Ball. Ms. Briar then asks Kieran to battle the player with Terapagos. Determined to achieve his revenge, Kieran accepts, but the player defeats it. Ms. Briar realizes that he must Terastallize Terapagos to unlock its full power. However, this results in Terapagos going out of control, breaking its Master Ball, and endangering the group; the player and Carmine battle it, but the latter is defeated. Distraught that all his actions had caused, Kieran eventually helps to battle alongside

680-448: A Pecharunt-controlled Nemona during a final confrontation at Loyalty Plaza. Pecharunt attacks, but the player defeats and captures Pecharunt, freeing the townsfolk and the player's friends from its control. A few days later, Carmine and Kieran leave for Blueberry Academy, while the player and their friends return to Paldea. The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero was announced during a Pokémon Presents on 27 February 2023. Combined, both parts of

765-557: A Pokémon named Magnemite , which resemble magnets . Iron Treads is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Donphan , an elephantine Pokémon. Iron Treads acts as a "Titan Pokémon," a special boss opponent in-game. Iron Bundle is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Delibird , a bird-like Pokémon which resembles Santa Claus . Iron Hands is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling

850-506: A burning nest with a large egg on its head, resembling a sombrero. Skeledirge is a crocodile-like Pokémon that evolves from Crocalor. Its appearance seems to draw influence from the holiday known as the Day of the Dead , and its name comes from the words " skeleton " and " dirge ". The egg that it had as a Crocalor has now hatched into a small bird made of fire, which rests on its nose and morphs into

935-446: A contradiction. A common example given is traveling to the past and intervening with the conception of one's ancestors (such as causing the death of the parent beforehand), thus affecting the conception of oneself. If the time traveler were not born, then it would not be possible for the traveler to undertake such an act in the first place. Therefore, the ancestor lives to conceive the time-traveler's next-generation ancestor, and eventually

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1020-479: A development regarding Area Zero, so the player and Carmine bid farewell to each other. Meanwhile, Kieran, now consumed by hatred, swears to get stronger and make the player pay for their perceived betrayal of him. A month after the events of The Teal Mask , Director Clavell calls the player to inform them they have been chosen for a foreign exchange student program. They go to the Blueberry Academy in

1105-480: A different universe's history and not their history, this is not "genuine" time travel. Stephen Hawking has argued for the chronology protection conjecture , that even if the MWI is correct, we should expect each time traveler to experience a single self-consistent history so that time travelers remain within their world rather than traveling to a different one. David Deutsch has proposed that quantum computation with

1190-682: A finale that went as hard as the main game." Outside of the continuing harps on the frame rate and graphics, the Indigo Disk did have many new features that ultimately increased the critics' gameplay of the DLC. In regards to gameplay, Ryan Woodrow of Sports Illustrated shares "[The environment] is plenty of fun to scour while looking for returning Pokémon, with more twists and turns than you may realize at first, especially when you start diving into caves." In addition, Austin King of Screen Rant comments on

1275-472: A large tombstone on its head, replacing the candle in the head of Greavard. Great Tusk is an ancient Paradox Pokémon based on the Pokémon Donphan , an elephantine Pokémon. It appears as a "Titan Pokémon," a special boss opponent in-game. Scream Tail is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Jigglypuff , a balloon -like Pokémon known for its singing voice. Brute Bonnet

1360-439: A more fun competitive environment for players. Several Pokemon, such as Annihilape, Palafin, Flutter Mane, Iron Bundle, and Houndstone, ended up being particularly powerful in popular fan-run competitive formats. This led to them being banned from standard competitive formats, with their use only being allowed in more restricted ones. Bootstrap paradox A temporal paradox , time paradox , or time travel paradox ,

1445-488: A negative delay—backward time travel—produces only self-consistent solutions, and the chronology-violating region imposes constraints that are not apparent through classical reasoning. However Deutsch's self-consistency condition has been demonstrated as capable of being fulfilled to arbitrary precision by any system subject to the laws of classical statistical mechanics , even if it is not built up by quantum systems. Allen Everett has also argued that even if Deutsch's approach

1530-574: A solution that avoided any inconsistencies, and found that there was more than one self-consistent solution, with slightly different angles for the glancing blow in each case. Later analysis by Thorne and Robert Forward showed that for certain initial trajectories of the billiard ball, there could be an infinite number of self-consistent solutions. It is plausible that there exist self-consistent extensions for every possible initial trajectory, although this has not been proven. The lack of constraints on initial conditions only applies to spacetime outside of

1615-404: A sort of illusion. He suggests something along the lines of the block time view, in which time is just another dimension like space, with all events at all times being fixed within this four-dimensional "block". Sergey Krasnikov writes that these bootstrap paradoxes – information or an object looping through time – are the same; the primary apparent paradox is a physical system evolving into

1700-441: A stand microphone when Skeledirge uses its signature move "Torch Song". Quaxwell is a duck-like Pokémon and an evolution of Quaxly . Quaxwell evolves into Quaquaval, which also resembles a duck, with some additional apparent influence from peacocks . Quaquaval is believed to take inspiration from Carnival . Quaquaval is constantly dancing, which appears to be inspired by both Carnival and various samba dances. Its Fighting-type

1785-452: A state in a way that is not governed by its laws. He does not find these paradoxical and attributes problems regarding the validity of time travel to other factors in the interpretation of general relativity. A 1992 paper by physicists Andrei Lossev and Igor Novikov labeled such items without origin as Jinn , with the singular term Jinnee . This terminology was inspired by the Jinn of

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1870-438: A time traveler does in the past must have been part of history all along, and the time traveler can never do anything to prevent the trip back in time from happening, since this would represent an inconsistency. The authors concluded that time travel need not lead to unresolvable paradoxes, regardless of what type of object was sent to the past. Physicist Joseph Polchinski considered a potentially paradoxical situation involving

1955-433: Is Sprigatito's evolution. It is a bipedal cat-like Pokémon. Meowscarada is a bipedal, humanoid, lynx -like Pokémon and the evolution of Floragato. Meowscarada has been a popular Pokémon since its debut, with critics noting that its design helped make it an appealing Pokémon despite initial concern over Sprigatito becoming bipedal by fans. Crocalor is a larger, crocodile-like Pokémon that evolves from Fuecoco. It wears

2040-623: Is a paradox , an apparent contradiction, or logical contradiction associated with the idea of time travel or other foreknowledge of the future. While the notion of time travel to the future complies with the current understanding of physics via relativistic time dilation , temporal paradoxes arise from circumstances involving hypothetical time travel to the past – and are often used to demonstrate its impossibility. Temporal paradoxes fall into three broad groups: bootstrap paradoxes, consistency paradoxes, and Newcomb's paradox. Bootstrap paradoxes violate causality by allowing future events to influence

2125-460: Is a snail -like Pokémon composed of a moss-like substance, with a "shell" of numerous wooden tablets on its back. In the game's lore, the tablets are said to contain the misdeeds of the Paldean King from a thousand years ago, with the writer's grudge causing Wo-Chien to be given life. It can drain the life force of plants, leading to areas surrounding it becoming barren of life. Chien-Pao is

2210-704: Is a futuristic Paradox Pokemon which resembles Virizion , a Legendary Pokémon which first appeared in Pokémon Black and White . Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt are ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Entei and Raikou , Legendary Pokémon which first appeared in Pokémon Gold and Silver . Iron Boulder and Iron Crown are futuristic Paradox Pokemon which resemble Terrakion and Cobalion, Legendary Pokémon which first appeared in Pokémon Black and White . The designs of many of

2295-673: Is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Amoonguss , a mushroom -like Pokémon. Flutter Mane is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Misdreavus , a ghost-like Pokémon. Slither Wing is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Volcarona , a moth -like Pokémon. Sandy Shocks is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Magneton , a trio of

2380-644: Is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Salamence , a draconic Pokémon. It notably appears similar to Salamence's Mega Evolved form. Iron Valiant is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Gallade and Gardevoir , a pair of humanoid Pokémon. Walking Wake is an ancient Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Suicune , a Legendary Pokémon which first appeared in Pokémon Gold and Silver . Iron Leaves

2465-456: Is believed to take inspiration from capoeira . Dachsbun is a pastry -themed dog-like Pokémon. It evolves from Fidough. Its name comes from " dachshund " and "bun." Fidough and Dachsbun were both designed by Mari Shimazaki, who is known for her work on the Bayonetta series. Houndstone is a Ghost-type Pokémon based on a hound , a type of dog. It is the evolved form of Greavard. It has

2550-526: Is no "strict difference" between Jinn of the first and second kind. Krasnikov equivocates between "Jinn", "self-sufficient loops", and "self-existing objects", calling them "lions" or "looping or intruding objects", and asserts that they are no less physical than conventional objects, "which, after all, also could appear only from either infinity or a singularity." The self-consistency principle developed by Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov expresses one view as to how backward time travel would be possible without

2635-458: Is no possibility of changing the past, as suggested, for example, by the Novikov self-consistency principle . Dowden revised his view after being convinced of this in an exchange with the philosopher Norman Swartz . Consideration of the possibility of backward time travel in a hypothetical universe described by a Gödel metric led famed logician Kurt Gödel to assert that time might itself be

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2720-475: Is often viewed as paradoxical. Everett gives the movie Somewhere in Time as an example involving an object with no origin: an old woman gives a watch to a playwright who later travels back in time and meets the same woman when she was young, and gives her the same watch that she will later give to him. An example of information which "came from nowhere" is in the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , in which

2805-591: Is paired with Kieran and tasked with visiting three signs telling the story of "the Loyal Three". Many years ago, the ogre -like Pokémon Ogerpon, who was wearing the Teal Mask, attacked Kitakami, but three Pokémon named Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti sacrificed themselves to defeat it. Ogerpon was never seen again, and the villagers buried the three Pokémon in a shrine, named them "the Loyal Three", and have since held an annual festival to celebrate them. During

2890-580: Is to complete the Pokédex , a comprehensive Pokémon encyclopedia, by capturing, evolving, and trading with other Trainers to obtain individuals from all Pokémon species. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet take place in Paldea, which is heavily based on Spain , as well as other areas in the Iberian Peninsula , with the game's DLC expansions The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk taking place in

2975-514: The LGBTQ+ community , such as Quaquaval. Dod Seitz of TheGamer additionally described the queer positivity of designs such as Quaquaval and Maushold, also expressing how Iron Valiant served as a positive example of an androgynous or non-binary character design. Ana Diaz, writing for Polygon , believed that many species, most notably Flamigo, Palafin, and Maushold, had unique and powerful traits in gameplay. She hoped that they would allow for

3060-500: The Quran , which are described as leaving no trace when they disappear. Lossev and Novikov allowed the term "Jinn" to cover both objects and information with the reflexive origin; they called the former "Jinn of the first kind", and the latter "Jinn of the second kind". They point out that an object making circular passage through time must be identical whenever it is brought back to the past, otherwise it would create an inconsistency;

3145-539: The Unova region , where they meet Director Cyrano and student Lacey. They head to the terrarium, where they attend a class in one of the biomes. The player then gets a call from Carmine and the two meet up at the Central Plaza. While catching up, they notice Kieran, who has changed his appearance and is yelling at another student. Carmine reveals that ever since they first met, Kieran has pushed himself and others to be

3230-516: The chronology-violating region of spacetime ; the constraints on the chronology-violating region might prove to be paradoxical, but this is not yet known. Novikov's views are not widely accepted. Visser views causal loops and Novikov's self-consistency principle as an ad hoc solution, and supposes that there are far more damaging implications of time travel. Krasnikov similarly finds no inherent fault in causal loops but finds other problems with time travel in general relativity. Another conjecture,

3315-433: The cosmic censorship hypothesis , suggests that every closed timelike curve passes through an event horizon , which prevents such causal loops from being observed. The interacting-multiple-universes approach is a variation of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics that involves time travelers arriving in a different universe than the one from which they came; it has been argued that, since travelers arrive in

3400-447: The second law of thermodynamics seems to require that the object tends to a lower energy state throughout its history, and such objects that are identical in repeating points in their history seem to contradict this, but Lossev and Novikov argued that since the second law only requires entropy to increase in closed systems, a Jinnee could interact with its environment in such a way as to regain "lost" entropy. They emphasize that there

3485-520: The "weirder" designs of generation IX, including Tandemaus and several species based around the concept of convergent evolution , while writer Alan Hagues thought that many of the middle and final evolutions had appealing designs, and that the generation overall had simple yet strong art design. Numerous individual designs have had their designs positively highlighted by critics, such as Grafaiai, Greavard, Quaquaval, Fidough, and Lechonk. Several designs have also been described as being popular with

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3570-511: The DLC (and Scarlet and Violet as a whole), the player's friends from Paldea join them on a trip to Kitakami, where things take an unexpected turn. The epilogue can be unlocked by acquiring a Mythical Pecha Berry via a Mystery Gift, along with completing both parts of the DLC as well as completing the Academy Ace Tournament in the base games at least once. The player must then investigate a Pecha Berry-like decoration (in fact,

3655-604: The DLC introduce over 230 returning Pokémon that did not appear in the base game (including all prior generations' first partner Pokémon) alongside new Pokémon. The Teal Mask introduces Dipplin, a new evolution for Applin, the Poltchageist line, which convergently resembles the Sinistea line, and the Legendary Pokémon Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, and Ogerpon. The Indigo Disk introduces Hydrapple,

3740-457: The Holocaust . Rather than necessarily physically preventing time travel, the action removes any reason for the travel, along with any knowledge that the reason ever existed. Physicist John Garrison et al. give a variation of the paradox of an electronic circuit that sends a signal through a time machine to shut itself off, and receives the signal before it sends it. Newcomb's paradox is

3825-515: The Kitakami region and the Blueberry Academy, respectively. Kitakami is based on Japan, while the Blueberry Academy is a school environment set in the Unova region, the main location of the 2010 games Pokémon Black and White . Scarlet and Violet also feature a special mechanic known as "Terastallization" which allow the player's Pokémon to change their elemental types in battle. Floragato

3910-428: The Loyal Three's raid on Ogerpon's cave long ago in an attempt to appease an elderly couple that took it in. Pecharunt sends mochi into Arven and Penny's mouths, but barely missing the player and Kieran, and they fall under Pecharunt's control. Pecharunt has the two attack the player and Kieran, and after Penny and Arven are defeated, Pecharunt flees. Kieran and the player pursue Pecharunt, and the player eventually defeats

3995-619: The Pokémon Hariyama , a Pokémon resembling a sumo wrestler . Iron Jugulis is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Hydreigon , a Pokémon resembling a hydra . Iron Moth is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Volcarona , a moth-like Pokémon. Iron Thorns is a futuristic Paradox Pokémon resembling the Pokémon Tyranitar , a Godzilla -resembling Pokémon. Wo-Chien

4080-479: The Pokémon have received criticism since Scarlet and Violet ' s release. Some fans of the series responded negatively to many designs from the games when the games were leaked prior to release. Stacey Henley, writing for TheGamer , criticized the designs of the Pokémon in the game. Though she found several of the designs to be of a high standard, such as Skeledirge, Dachsbun, Pawmot, and Finizen, she felt that

4165-505: The Scarlet or Violet Book depending on which game in exchange for a copy of a book of the underdepths expedition Briar gave the player, before returning to their time, implicitly leading to the events of the games in the first place . The player travels back to Kitakami with their friends Arven, Penny, and Nemona after receiving a letter from Kieran. The group arrives, only to discover Carmine acting strangely. The group decides to wait until

4250-559: The ancestor's descendants. Newcomb's paradox stems from the apparent contradictions that stem from the assumptions of both free will and foreknowledge of future events. All of these are sometimes referred to individually as "causal loops." The term " time loop " is sometimes referred to as a causal loop, but although they appear similar, causal loops are unchanging and self-originating, whereas time loops are constantly resetting. A bootstrap paradox, also known as an information loop , an information paradox , an ontological paradox , or

4335-472: The board praised expanded gameplay/features, music, and the easter eggs to Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 . However, for the first time, reviewers were disappointed with the story and its ending–including the secret ending and the Mochi Mayhem epilogue–due to the pace of the story, rushed conclusion, and lack of story continuation from the base game. Critics also emphasized

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4420-405: The chase on the game's volatility, such as "...the overall ugliness and performance issues did detract from locations that looked like they were probably quite beautiful in their concept art, just not their final execution..." In addition, Kotaku 's Kenneth Shepard says The Teal Mask "embodies the best and worst parts of the original game", through "The story is where The Teal Mask shines in spite of

4505-400: The common opinion that the gameplay is tougher (but encouraged) through "The [battle] fights still aren't challenging compared to those found in many contemporary RPGs, but by the series' standards, they definitely feel harder. In regards to the music, Alana Hagues of Nintendo Life cements "And the new songs introduced here range from extremely hummable to downright rocking. Music has long been

4590-550: The continuation of the performance and frame rate issues that were just as bad as the Teal Mask. For example, Rebekah Valentine from IGN noted that "It was strange too that the titular 'Hidden Treasure of Area Zero' was tacked onto the end of Indigo Disk's campaign, like someone realized last minute what the title was and scrambled to make it work." In addition, Kenneth Shepard of Kotaku stated that "Maybe it’s fine that fans can continue to theorycraft about some pillars of Scarlet and Violet’s story, but I would have liked to have seen

4675-479: The designs of several other Pokemon, including Smoliv, Fidough, Koraidon, and Miraidon. He described the individuality of the designs and how each of the designs helped build Paldea's culture, stating that it was "the most holistic approach to Pokemon design we’ve seen in decades." In a discussion among Nintendo Life staff about the best designs in the generation, the group highlighted many Pokémon, including Glimmora, Tandemaus, and Charcadet. Writer Kate Gray praised

4760-551: The dormant Pecharunt) in the shop in Mossui Town once these steps are completed to start the epilogue. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask received a score of 65/100 on the Metacritic reviewing aggregator, indicating mixed or average reviews. Reviewers generally felt that while The Teal Mask enhanced the main game's strengths, the Teal Mask also exacerbated the main game's weaknesses: IGN 's Rebekah Valentine cut to

4845-569: The evolution of Dipplin, Archaludon, the evolution of Duraludon, four new Paradox Pokémon, Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt for Scarlet and Iron Crown and Iron Boulder for Violet (which resemble Entei, Raikou, Cobalion and Terrakion, respectively), and the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos. The epilogue introduces the Mythical Pokémon Pecharunt. In The Teal Mask , which is based on the legend of Momotarō ,

4930-421: The fear humanity harbored for millennia was what caused Ting-Lu to be given life. It is strong enough to create fissures 160-feet deep. Chi-Yu is a goldfish -like Pokémon composed of fire. It has beads adorned around its eyes. In the game's lore, the beads are said to be filled with the envy of those who wanted to have them. Chi-Yu's body is capable of producing flames hot enough to melt rock. Roaring Moon

5015-406: The festival, Carmine and the player briefly encounter Ogerpon, who drops the Teal Mask before fleeing. Carmine stops the player from telling Kieran what happened, as he idolizes Ogerpon and she fears his feelings would be hurt if he knew he missed a chance to meet her. The next morning, Carmine's grandfather reveals that Ogerpon was a kind Pokémon who, along with her original trainer, was rejected by

5100-460: The focal Legendary Pokémon of The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk , and a new Mythical Pokémon Pecharunt , which is the focus of the epilogue. The player is invited to participate in a student field trip to the land of Kitakami. Accompanied by Ms. Briar, a teacher guide from the sister school Blueberry Academy, the player travels to Kitakami and meets Carmine and her younger brother Kieran, two Blueberry Academy students native to Kitakami. The player

5185-408: The four arrive at a large crystalized tree and find a small yellow gem, which Ms. Briar identifies as Terapagos. Kieran vents his frustrations, bemoaning how he still has not beaten the player and that his gripe with them is not just because of their strength, but also their habit of making friends everywhere they go - including Carmine and Ogerpon - when he finally awakens Terapagos and catches it using

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5270-414: The generation of paradoxes. According to this hypothesis, even though general relativity permits some exact solutions that allow for time travel that contain closed timelike curves that lead back to the same point in spacetime, physics in or near closed timelike curves (time machines) can only be consistent with the universal laws of physics, and thus only self-consistent events can occur. Anything

5355-754: The generation were revealed on 27 February 2022 in a Pokémon Presents livestream presentation. Scarlet and Violet were released on 18 November 2022. Pokémon are a species of fictional creatures created for the Pokémon media franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo , the Japanese franchise began in 1996 with the video games Pokémon Red and Green for the Game Boy , which were later released in North America as Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998. In these games and their sequels,

5440-440: The idea that time travel is by its very nature paradoxical and therefore logically impossible. For example, the philosopher Bradley Dowden made this sort of argument in the textbook Logical Reasoning , arguing that the possibility of creating a contradiction rules out time travel to the past entirely. However, some philosophers and scientists believe that time travel into the past need not be logically impossible provided that there

5525-473: The larger world." Further, the Digital Trends ' Giovanni Colantonio commented that "That [the] central story doubles down on Scarlet and Violet’s storytelling strengths by telling an endearing tale that’s custom-built for young players." Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Indigo Disk received a score of 70/100 on the Metacritic reviewing aggregator, indicating mixed or average reception. Critics across

5610-415: The majority of the designs in the game were not up to the standard of other entries in the series. Ben Sledge, also writing for TheGamer, additionally criticized the generation's Legendary Pokemon designs as being uninspired or unappealing, stating that "They’re barely even creatures, they’re just animals with weird colour palettes." Joe Parlock of TheGamer praised the sleek designs of the starters and

5695-444: The masks, the villagers scared her away out of fear she was attacking them. The Three were erroneously thought to have died in fending her off and falsely declared as heroes. Carmine decides to make amends with Ogerpon by repairing the Teal Mask. However, they are unaware that Kieran overheard their conversation; the next day, he steals the Teal Mask and angrily confronts the player at the shrine over being lied to. After being defeated at

5780-430: The next day to find the source of her affliction, but Nemona vanishes later that night. The player and Kieran find and pursue Nemona to Kitakami Hall, finding that the townsfolk have come under the same infliction as Carmine after eating strange mochi, including Kieran's grandfather and grandmother. The pair are called back to town by Penny and Arven, and the group encounters Pecharunt, a Mythical Pokémon who had masterminded

5865-515: The now Titan-sized Three and defeat them to reclaim the masks, Kieran tells the villagers the true story, and they apologize to Ogerpon. After returning her to her cave, Ogerpon reveals she wants to stay with the player, but Kieran demands to battle the player for her. After defeating him, the player battles and successfully catches Ogerpon, leading a distraught Kieran to flee home and lock himself in his room. The next day, Briar announces that she, Carmine, and Kieran must return to Blueberry Academy due to

5950-402: The past and cause themselves, or " bootstrapping ", which derives from the idiom " pull oneself up by one's bootstraps ." Consistency paradoxes, on the other hand, are those where future events influence the past to cause an apparent contradiction, exemplified by the grandfather paradox , where a person travels to the past to prevent the conception of one of their ancestors, thus eliminating all

6035-416: The past results in a logical contradiction. If it is necessarily true that the past happened in a certain way, then it is false and impossible for the past to have occurred in any other way. A time traveler would not be able to change the past from the way it is, but would only act in a way that is already consistent with what necessarily happened. Consideration of the grandfather paradox has led some to

6120-429: The past, and it is presented in many variations, including killing one's past self. Both the "retro-suicide paradox" and the "grandfather paradox" appeared in letters written into Amazing Stories in the 1920s. Another variant of the grandfather paradox is the "Hitler paradox" or "Hitler's murder paradox", in which the protagonist travels back in time to murder Adolf Hitler before he can instigate World War II and

6205-458: The perfect predictor . Predestination does not necessarily involve a supernatural power, and could be the result of other "infallible foreknowledge" mechanisms. Problems arising from infallibility and influencing the future are explored in Newcomb's paradox. Even without knowing whether time travel to the past is physically possible, it is possible to show using modal logic that changing

6290-485: The player against Terapagos, before the player catches it. The four return to Blueberry Academy, with Ms. Briar apologizing for getting them all in danger and Kieran apologizing for his actions. After the credits roll, the player can take Terapagos to a crystal pool in Kitakami, where it uses its powers to bring either Professor Sada or Turo from across time. They talk with the professor, learning about their dreams and how they feel about Arven. The professor gives them either

6375-421: The player assumes the role of a Trainer whose goal is to capture and use the creatures' special abilities to combat other Pokémon. Some Pokémon can transform into stronger species through a process called evolution via various means, such as exposure to specific items. Each Pokémon have one or two elemental types, which define its advantages and disadvantages when battling other Pokémon. A major goal in each game

6460-598: The player battles and defeats Kieran, causing him to have a breakdown while becoming new Champion. However, the player is an exchange student and will most likely leave soon, meaning they cannot be champion for long. Just then the player, Drayton, Carmine, and Kieran are called to a room by Ms. Briar, where she tells them she has learned of Terapagos's location, believing it to be underneath Area Zero. She invites them to help her find it; Drayton decides to stay behind as everyone else decides to go to Area Zero, with Kieran hoping to catch Terapagos. Upon arriving underneath Area Zero,

6545-478: The player embarks on a school trip organized by Naranja/Uva Academy's sister school, Blueberry Academy, to the land of Kitakami, which would also coincide with a festival in the village, whilst uncovering the truth behind a local legend. In The Indigo Disk , the player studies at Blueberry Academy as an exchange student , eventually travelling back to Area Zero, where they previously thwarted the corrupted AI professor's plans. In Mochi Mayhem , which serves to conclude

6630-455: The score with her. Realizing Ogerpon is completely defenseless against the Three without her masks, Carmine heads off to repair the Teal Mask, while the player goes after the Three and manages to fend them off after defeating Munkidori. The player and Carmine eventually resolve to help Ogerpon recover her masks, with the player bonding with Ogerpon in the process. While the player and Carmine pursue

6715-534: The series’ strong point, but the tracks here also help to make the Terarium one of the best places to explore in the entirety of Scarlet & Violet." Ogerpon The ninth generation (Generation IX) of the Pokémon franchise features 120 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series in the Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet . The first Pokémon of

6800-420: The shrine, he gives the mask back. Suddenly, the Loyal Three are revived and head for Kitakami Hall. The player and Carmine follow the Loyal Three there, but find that the villagers ignorantly gave them the masks along with mochi that is implied to be infused with Herba Mystica, as the latter eventually causes the Three to grow to Titan size. They then learn that the Three went after Ogerpon, intending to settle

6885-512: The strongest they can be and has become dead-set on getting his revenge on the player for the events in Kitakami. Later, the player meets another student named Drayton, who invites them to lunch. There, he reveals that he and students Amarys, Crispin, and Lacey, who are among the strongest students in the school, are part of the Blueberry League, and he wishes for the player to defeat their Champion Kieran. After defeating all four of them,

6970-403: The technical troubles, so perhaps fittingly, this DLC embodies both the best and worst parts of Scarlet and Violet." Outside of the worse performance issues (such as frame rates and graphics), the Teal Mask received generally good reception on the story and music. However, one aspect that was not present from the base game is that The Teal Mask lacked the freedom to explore the region, since there

7055-447: The time traveler. There is thus no predicted outcome to this. Consistency paradoxes occur whenever changing the past is possible. A possible resolution is that a time traveller can do anything that did happen, but cannot do anything that did not happen. Doing something that did not happen results in a contradiction. This is referred to as the Novikov self-consistency principle . The grandfather paradox encompasses any change to

7140-605: The villagers due to their appearance. However, their ancestor, the village's mask maker, took pity on them and gave them four masks; the Teal Mask, the Hearthflame Mask, the Wellspring Mask, and the Cornerstone Mask, which they used to blend in with the villagers. However, the Loyal Three attacked Ogerpon's trainer and stole three of the masks. Ogerpon killed the three Pokémon, but before she could get

7225-477: Was only one story to focus on, resulting in linearity. In particular, Sports Illustrated 's Ryan Woodrow shared that "There are plenty of little caves and nooks in the world of Kitakami, but they aren’t as rewarding as the ones you can find in the main game." Despite this, The Verge 's Charles Pulliam-Moore claims that "...one of the most unexpectedly pleasant things about The Teal Mask is how strongly it establishes Kitakami as its own distinct space that exists within

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