Pokémon Scarlet and Violet sold over 10 million copies in the first three days after their release. But many players have been unsatisfied with the frequent framerate issues and bugs. On December 1st, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company apologized to players.
We have collected some video clips of the funniest bugs, and in some cases, they have become part of the pleasure of playing the game.
Twitter user(@t_a_b_e_r_u) showed a video where a bug made the Pokémon trainer into a "titan" while riding the bike.
このバグやばいwww
— よ (@t_a_b_e_r_u) November 18, 2022
#ポケモンSV #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/K0d8YUY5Fz
Twitter user (@OoCPokemon) posted a video where the player was moving about on an invisible machine, something like a bike.
LMAOOOOOOOOO THIS GLITCH pic.twitter.com/I9Y8qwHHgC
— Out of Context Pokemon (@OoCPokemon) November 19, 2022
Twitter user (@zfg111) used the Selfie Camera Mode to take a selfie, but her character would only show the same depressed face. Once outside of camera mode, her face remained in the depressed expression too.
If you use one of the emotes in the selfie camera mode and exit the menu, your character will continue to use the same face even outside of camera mode. My character is now permanently depressed. pic.twitter.com/o4nSXCALY1
— CLG ZFG (@zfg111) November 18, 2022
Because of the character's position and the terrain, a player entered a battle only to have their Fuecoco, unfortunately, sink into the water. By Twitter user (@Ari_yo_)
ホゲータ水中に沈んでいったんやがwwwwwwwwwwwwwww #ポケモンSV #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/00sunaaYLY
— 有吉ありよ (@Ari_yo_) November 17, 2022
Some characters would fall into oblivion, and here is one case:
okay...??????????? #PokemonScarletViolet pic.twitter.com/dmCnPar0Z0
— ✧👻 milkieboo 👻✧ (@milkiemooo) November 18, 2022
Twitter user @manki3193manki posted a video where the MC steps on a Poké Ball while trying to capture a Pokémon, resulting in several Pokémon jumping out of the Poké Ball.
は？ #ポケモンSV #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/CRyP4ZcHtU
— ⓂᑎⓂᑎ (@manki3191manki) November 18, 2022
Finally, a glitch broke the integrity of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s battle system.
Some players discovered that in PVP Pokémon battles, it seemed the devs used a fixed random number table, causing his attack to miss at a rate of 100%. At the same time, some players used this clue to figure out how to ensure 100% accuracy when attacking targets.
More details: A Glitch is Making Pokémon Scarlet/Violet’s Battle System Broken - Superpixel
Luckily, on December 1st, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Version 1.1.0 was launched, adding "Ranked Mode” and fixing some bugs, including the ‘random’ number table.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have apologized to players for the poor technical performance of the game and have promised to make further improvements.