'Pokémon Scarlet and Violet': Treasure Hunt, Auto Battles, and More

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's main plotline revolves around a school assignment for the player's enrolled student. That assignment is simply called "A Treasure Hunt." You'll travel the Paldea region while on a journey that's classified as "seek out your very own treasure!" and also embark on three other side missions. Traveling along "Victory Road" means you'll enter eight different Gyms managed by the Pokémon League and compete in a bid to achieve "Champion Rank." Making your way down the "Path of Legends" means you'll accompany a character named Arven on a search for rare ingredients. And on ★ Starfall Street ★, you'll run into the evil "Team Star" and try to bring an end to their delinquent behavior.

What's most interesting about the new Pokémon Gyms is the fact that you'll need to pass a Gym Test for each one before you're allowed to challenge the Gym Leader in battle. These tests will be unique to each Gym and give you a deeper look into the culture of the city/town the Gym is located within. As far as debuting Pokémon for this game go, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will feature these new Pocket Monsters:

• Armarouge (Fire/Psychic Type)
• Ceruledge (Fire/Ghost Type)
• Klawf (Rock Type)

The newly implemented feature of Auto Battles will now let your Pocket Monsters gain experience points in a much easier manner, as evidenced by this new batch of info from the game's official site: "You can have one Pokémon out and walking with you in the Paldea region’s great outdoors. When you have a Pokémon exploring with you in the field, you can use the 'Let’s Go' feature to send that Pokémon off in the direction you indicate. The Pokémon you send out then independently picks up items in the area and even has Auto Battles with nearby Pokémon."