It's officially the end of an era for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

WITH Pokemon Scarlet and Violet announcing the end of their ranked battles and Generation 10 Pokemon With the games finally officially revealed, it's the end of an era of Gen 9 gaming. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet released for the Nintendo Switch in 2022 and unfortunately listed as the lowest rated games in the franchise's history.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet it suffered from serious technical issues at launch and it took quite a while for significant fixes to arrive. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet it runs much better on the Switch 2, but fans can't be blamed for still being short on games. I don't mean to say Pokemon Scarlet and Violet he didn't have good ideas. The open world offered a whole new way to experience Pokémon, and the games added some high-quality new creatures for players to add to their rosters.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are done with ranked battles

PokemonIt turns out that the ninth generation is unusually long and will not actually end until 2027. But in the meantime Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are preparing for the end of Gen 9 by ending their ranked battles. That was confirmed Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will not receive any further updates after Ranked Battle Season 41 begins on April 1st. There will be no rewards or rankings for Pokemon Ranked Battles Season 41, which may disappoint some fans.

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Generation 10 Pokemon games are coming in 2027

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet the end of ranked battles is just one way it's the end of an era for somewhat troubled Switch games. The fact that generation 10 Pokemon games have been officially revealed is another way for which it is the end of an era Scarlet and Violetas the focus will finally move from the Paldea region to any new region in the Gen 10 games Pokemon winds and waves will be called.

Generation 10 Pokemon games will introduce three new starters, an unspecified number of new Pokemon, new locations to explore, and new gameplay mechanics, but it seems they're following suit Scarlet and Violet. Like Scarlet and purple, Pokemon winds and waves will feature an open world, and the gameplay shown so far makes the new games look like an improved take on what Scarlet and Violet were trying to do.

Pokemon winds and waves it won't come out until 2027, but ranked battles are coming to an end and no future updates are planned Scarlet and purpletheir reveal is enough to mark the end of an era of Gen 9 games. Some fans may have hoped that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will get a special edition Switch 2 or something to help overcome them, but nothing to that effect has been announced at the time of writing.

Even if Pokemon Scarlet and Violet launched in a somewhat lackluster state, it's still somewhat sad to say goodbye to them and Generation 9 in general. Despite their faults, there's a lot to like Pokemon Scarlet and Violetand the games got better with updates after launch. It is unlikely that there will be a long gap of five years between them Pokemon winds and waves and generation 11 Pokemon games, that's what it looks like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be remembered as the two games that fans had the most time with before receiving new entries.