The problems surrounding Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are largely performance-based; low framerate, excessive pop in, and digital camera clipping are just some examples. However now Pokémon followers have seemingly found a brand new subject in Scarlet and Violet that’s having a big effect on the aggressive battling scene.
As posted to Twitter by Anubis, followers imagine Scarlet and Violet’s Battle Stadium is at present utilizing the identical RNG (random quantity generator) seed for each single battle. Mainly, this implies gamers can work out what strikes will hit and what strikes will miss each single time relying on which flip of the battle it’s. For instance, apparently films with lower than 91% accuracy all the time miss on the primary flip of a Battle Stadium combat.
Uh oh.
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Battle Stadium at present is utilizing the identical RNG seed for each battle.
This permits us to decide on strikes to make sure that OHKO strikes similar to Sheer Chilly all the time hit! pic.twitter.com/lSlBJr1AF6
— Anubis (@Sibuna_Switch) November 27, 2022
Reddit person Lord-Trolldemort first found this subject, when Frost Breath (a transfer with 90% accuracy) missed the opening assault of a battle 14 instances in a row. If the RNG was working accurately, lacking a 90%-accuracy transfer that many instances in a row is a one in 100 trillion probability. As seen within the video above, gamers have additionally found the window the place one-hit KO strikes work each time with out fail, basically breaking the Battle Stadium in its present state. Gamers have additionally identified that this is not a problem in different sorts of battles, like wild Pokémon, coach, or health club battles.
The Battle Stadium is designed to let gamers tackle different trainers from around the globe. It consists of Scarlet and Violet’s Ranked Battles, which suggests this subject is especially urgent for essentially the most hardcore phase of the aggressive Pokémon scene. For on-line ranked battles to be viable, that is one thing that must be fastened shortly.
The brand new revelations surrounding Scarlet and Violet’s Battle Stadium is way from the one subject within the video games. Since launch, followers have found glitches and points that embrace cloning shiny Pokémon, working at double velocity, and dozens of different bugs that vary from humorous visible glitches to severe efficiency issues.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s technical points and oversights are the principle issues holding the most recent era of Pokémon again from being nice. In our Scarlet and Violet evaluate, we mentioned “discovering and catching all these charming monsters throughout an unlimited open world with an really good story is basically enjoyable… it simply comes with far, far too many asterisks.”
Regardless of all the drama surrounding Pokémon, Scarlet and Violet have already bought over 10 million items en path to the quickest Nintendo launch of all time. For extra, try our picks for the highest ten greatest Pokemon video games.
Logan Plant is a contract author for IGN masking online game and leisure information. He has over six years of expertise within the gaming business with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Change Participant Journal, and Lifewire. Discover him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
