Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Trailer Details New Pokémon, Early-Purchase Pikachu, and the First Tera Raid Battle.

A wild Pokémon trailer appeared! This new look at Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was mostly focused on Ed Sheeran’s new Pokémon single “Celestial,” but it also included a few Big Nuggets of information we learned for the first time. Two new creatures called Great Tusks and Iron Treads are the most important. At first glance, they look a lot like Donphan (a Pokémon that has been confirmed for the new games), but it’s unclear how they’re related. It’s possible they could be new, regional forms, evolutions or something else entirely.

Iron Treads.

Great Tusk.

The trailer also showed a sneak peek at the Scarlet Book and Violet Book, two tomes detailed further on Pokémon’s official website. They’re records from an old expedition and have notes and drawings of old Pokémon, including the new Donphan-esque creatures revealed today. Great Tusk is found in Scarlet, Iron Treads in Violet. Whichever book is present in your copy of the game, it will be carried around by Arven, one of the player’s companions.

Two additional details were revealed at the trailer’s end. Players who buy the game before February 28, 2023, will receive an extra Pikachu and a Tera Type. Second, Scarlet and Violet players with save data from other Pokémon games will receive custom cases for their Rotom phones. See all compatible games here.

The Eevee Spotlight will take place from Thursday November 24 to Sunday November 27 2022. These special Raid battles can be joined by other players online or locally. Eevee is more likely to appear in these instances, giving players an opportunity to spot one with their Tera Type.

This trailer is the latest in a long road of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet pre-launch rollout. We’ve seen reveals for a bunch of new Pokémon like Greavard, Bellibolt, Wigglet, and most recently Gimmighoul. We’ve also seen trailers breaking down everything trainers can do in Paldea’s three-pronged adventure format. Before all that we saw the big Scarlet and Violet preview. We flew out to experience it for ourselves.