Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s new ghost dog Greavard is cute, can easily kill you

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Paldea region is home to an adorable, ghost-type puppy Pokémon that likes to play fetch. The Pokémon Company revealed the new creature, named Greavard, during a found footage-style broadcast Tuesday on its YouTube channel. The short clip shows a Pokémon trainer from the Naranja Academy’s Ghost-type Pokémon Club heading out into the Paldean wilds looking for ghosts. Or, rather, ghost-type Pokémon. She finds a adorable, 2-foot-tall, 77-pound ghost dog that is capable of crushing her bones and taking her life.

First, she stumbles across a Mimikyu or a Gengar. Then, she spots a candle on the ground and lights up a little circle of grass. That’s when the puppy Pokémon with a candle on its head pops out, tail wagging and with a floppy tongue. As the trainer’s seemingly getting winded, the puppy Pokémon never stops moving — it grabs a stick and plops it in front of the trainer to play fetch. As the puppy returns with the stick, the trailer appears to pass out — the life “sucked out of her,” as she said.

This puppy, like all dogs, is still a loving boy, even though it took the life of its human trainer. The Pokémon Company said in a tweet that Greavard’s tendency to suck the life out of anything around it It is inadvertent. No Pokémon this cute could do that intentionally. Similarly, The Pokémon Company describes Greavard on the Scarlet And Violet website as having a bone-shattering bite — so just don’t get on it’s bad side. That sounds difficult!

“Greavard is so affectionate that paying it any attention will make it so happy that it’ll follow you wherever you go,” The Pokémon Company tweeted. “However, Greavard will slowly And inadvertently absorb the life-force of those around it.” The Twitter clip shows some of Greavard’s moves, too, but there’s more information available on the Scarlet and Violet website. Here’s how the studio described the life-sucking, bone-shattering cutie:

The creature crawls underground and jumps out while making eerie cries.

Greavard rests peacefully underground, and rarely moves. The Greavard pokes its topmost head up above the ground, and then lights an unsettling glow at its tip. It waits until someone approaches. Greavard will jump out of the ground when someone draws close to it, and let out a frightening cry that could scare most people. However, it doesn’t appear to do this with ill intent.

It’s Friendly and Easily Gets Lonely, but Make Sure Not to Play With It Too Much

Greavard is a very friendly, affectionate and loving Pokémon. It will happily follow you everywhere you go if you pay it any attention. Of all the Pokémon residing in the Paldea region, it is known to be especially easy to befriend.​However, Greavard will slowly And inadvertently absorb the life-force of those around it, so it’s best not to play with it too much.

Image: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company

Pokémon Scarlet and VioletNintendo Switch will get them on November 18. Last week, Polygon got a hands-on look at the upcoming Nintendo Switch role-playing game, which feels like a true open world — something like Pokémon’s own The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Naturally, there are a lot of creatures to fill that massive world, and plenty of them are new: There are the new starters — Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly — alongside Legendary Pokémon Koraidon and Miraidon. Then there’s Grafaiai, Fidough, Paldean Wooper, Cetitan, Cyclizar, Smoliv, Klawf, Lechonk, Pawmi, Wiglett, and game-exclusives Armarouge and Ceruledge. Before today’s puppy reveal, The Pokémon Company showed off a new electric frog earlier this month; it’s called Bellibolt, and its gym leader Iono’s partner.

That’s probably not it, either. The Pokémon Company cleverly hid a few new creatures in a trailer in early October, and those are still a big mystery.