Become as Pokemon gods.
Updated:
Dec 16, 2023 12:50 am
Posted:
Dec 16, 2023 12:37 am
Years ago, when Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver first let any Pokemon follow the player anywhere, fans went bananas at the idea of seeing their beloved companions walking around the world with them. But in the new Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC: The Indigo Disk, Pokemon has gone one step further: not only can your Pokemon follow you, you can become a Pokemon.
In The Indigo Disk, fairly early on, you’ll be able to track down a character named Synclaire within the Terarium who, after you finish a quest for her, will teach you to use a Synchro Machine. This allows you to essentially “become” your Pokemon and run around the map controlling them and using them to autobattle. Practically, it’s a fairly useless feature – the best thing about it is the ability to control your Pokemon while they autobattle instead of having to resummon them over and over when they get out of range.
But for Pokemon lovers, Syncing is goofy in the absolute best way. And most of this can be chalked up to just how lovable and silly the Pokemon themselves can be. For instance, you can play as Tinkaton and bap everything you see with a giant hammer:
tinkatons awakening is game of the year pic.twitter.com/Uw9qx5JRAL
— santapotion (@sxperpotion) December 15, 2023
You could play as Toedscool and plap plap plap your way around the Terarium:
LOOKIT ME GOOOOOOOOOO #PokemonScarletViolet #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/WbY96oiigj
— CRAN 🦎 (@CRANTIME) December 15, 2023
My personal favorite rendition of this uses Squidward’s walking sound effects to create absolute joy:
Shiny Toedscool but with Squidward’s walk/run sound effects. Lol #PokemonScarletViolet #IndigoDisk #Spongebob #Squidward pic.twitter.com/whDtC7eljA
— JuneRoughs (@JunjunAbaja) December 14, 2023
You can fly around as literal Pokemon God Arceus:
Shiny Toedscool but with Squidward’s walk/run sound effects. Lol #PokemonScarletViolet #IndigoDisk #Spongebob pic.twitter.com/whDtC7eljA
— JuneRoughs (@JunjunAbaja) December 14, 2023
Or recreate The Lion King on this very conveniently-shaped rock formation:
CIRCLE OF LIFE#PokemonScarletViolet #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/Q6vIpGPJvZ
— Vida de Treinador (@VidaDeTreinador) December 15, 2023
But easily the best clips Pokemon fans are making are just from people experiencing the pure joy of running around as their favorite monster, their bestest bud, their true pal:
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEOGAME EVER AHHHHH GOTY EVERY YEAR FOREVER#PokemonScarletViolet pic.twitter.com/awSWBTBrDD
— Luke 🎄 (@FrappeFizzyy) December 15, 2023
this is the coolest shit #PokemonScarletViolet #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/yUiFiNhz8N
— Ethan ∞ (@eusine_f) December 14, » …
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