Critical Chicken

First impressions

The player character looks out over the Paldea region from the top of a lighthouse

Review First impressionsFriday, 18th November 2022 by Mike Pretty, but patchy: were Pokémon Scarlet and Violet even designed for the current Nintendo Switch?

Sure, Game Freak aren’t known for well-optimised, performant code. But we’ve got other ideas about what’s caused the new Pokémon games’ issues.