Scarlet and Violet Players Pick The Paldea Region's Most Forgettable Pokemon

Scarlet and Violet Players Pick The Paldea Region’s Most Forgettable Pokemon

• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet introduced 114 new monsters, but some are forgettable to players, like Brambleghast, due to lack of competitive use and unmemorable design.
• Despite middling reviews, the games set themselves apart with the first fully open-world setting and offered more options for team building.
• Brambleghast has defenders praising its Wind Rider ability, while other players consider Squawkabilly as another forgettable Pokemon in Generation 9.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet brought a lot of new Pokemon into the franchise, but players are now debating which ones are the most forgettable. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have introduced 114 new monsters to the Pokedex, including the ones in the base game and monsters added through DLC, but they weren’t all created equal in players’ minds.

Releasing in November 2022, the pair of games taking place in the Paldea Region are not the most well-received among Pokemon players, earning Pokemon Scarlet and Violet middling reviews from critics and mostly negative fan reviews on Metacritic. Still, the pair of games took the series in a new direction as the first mainline Pokemon game to take place in a fully open-world setting, which has set it apart from games in the previous eight generations. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet also gave players a lot more options for building their teams, offering up more new Pokemon than any game since Generation 5.

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At the top of a lot of players’ lists of most forgettable Paldea Region Pokemon is Brambleghast (and, presumably, Bramblin, its unevolved form), the Grass/Ghost-type Tumbleweed Pokemon. While some players discussing the topic on Reddit noted that Brambleghast saw some competitive use in the game’s early days, its absence on any notable trainers’ teams along with it being all but forgotten in the DLC released for the pair of games didn’t make for a memorable experience for some players. Adding to this, Brambleghast hardly looks like a Pokemon, and some players have criticized its move pool, as it can only learn 15 moves without the use of TMs, maxing out with Power Whip at level 55.

Not Everyone Forgot About Brambleghast

Even with all of its lack of action in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet compared to some more popular Pokemon, Brambleghast does seem to have its defenders. Some players praised its Wind Rider ability, which lets Brambleghast avoid all damage from wind moves, most of which comes from damage types that would normally be super effective against a Grass-type Pokemon.

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While Brambleghast may not be the most memorable Pokemon introduced in Generation 9, other players have offered up other Pokemon for the title of most forgettable. One name that popped up multiple times was the oddly coiffed Squawkabilly, a Normal/Flying-type Pokemon resembling a parrot with a pompadour. While Squawkabilly comes in four different plumage colors, several players seem disillusioned with its common type pairing, giving it nicknames like “rock n roll Chatot” and “singing Taillow.”

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet are the main entries in the series for Generation IX. They introduced over 100 new Pokemon and brought players to the Paldea region.

FranchisePokemonPlatform(s)SwitchReleasedNovember 18, 2022Developer(s)Game FreakPublisher(s)Nintendo, The Pokemon CompanyHow Long To Beat31 HoursMetascore72 See at Nintendo eShopSee at Amazon