Summary
Game Freak recently released The Teal Mask DLC forPokemon Scarlet and Violet, which has reduced the number ofPokemon missing from the Switch gamesfrom 38 to 21. Thanks toPokemon Sword and Shieldditching the National Pokedex, there have always been Pokemon unavailable on the Switch. Recent releases have made it possible for Switch gamers to catch the vast majority of the creatures on Switch, but some are still missing.
The Nintendo Switch has seen a newPokemongame of some kind basically every year sincePokemon Let’s Go PikachuandLet’s Go Eeveelaunched in 2018. Sometimes this has come in the form of core, main series games, but other times this has been in the form of DLC or remakes of olderPokemongames. Each newPokemongame released on the Switch has increased the number of Pokemon available to catch on Nintendo’s latest console. The release ofPokemon Scarlet and Violetcut down the number of Pokemon missing from the Switch all the way to 38, and now that number has been reduced even further.
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TheTeal Mask DLC forPokemon Scarlet and Violetintroduced some brand-new Pokemon, but it also brought back some Pokemon that have been missing from the Switch games. Unfortunately, there are still 21 Pokemon that can not be caught on the Nintendo Switch at the time of this writing. They are Snivy, Servine, Serperior, Tepig, Pignite, Emboar, Patrat, Watchog, Pansage, Simisage, Pansear, Simisear, Panpour, Simipour, Blitzle, Zebstrika, Furfrou, Trumbeak, Toucannon, and Minior.
Pokemon You Can’t Catch on the Switch List
The good news is that some of these Pokemon will be added as part ofThe Indigo Disk DLCthat’s coming toPokemon Scarlet and Violetlater this winter. A combination of leaks and official announcements have let fans know that the Generation 5 starter Pokemon, Blitzle, Zebstrika, Pikipek, Trumbeak, Toucannon, and Minior will all be added toPokemon Scarlet and Violetat that point.
This leaves nine Pokemon that will not be available to catch on the Switch after The Indigo Disk DLC is released forPokemon Scarlet and Violet: Patrat, Watchog, Pansage, Simisage, Pansear, Simisear, Panpour, Simipour, and Furfrou. Most of these Pokemon were introduced in Generation 5, with the exception of Furfrou, which is aGeneration 6 Pokemon.
Rumor has it that there areremakes of the Generation 5Pokemongamesin the works, which would take care of everyone except Furfrou, but it’s hard to say if such games would release for the Nintendo Switch. A brand-new Nintendo console is expected to launch in 2024, and so there’s a chance the game would be developed for that platform instead. Then again,Pokemongames are known for releasing late in a console’s life, like whenPokemon Black 2 and White 2release for the DS after the 3DS was already out, and whenPokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moonlaunched for the 3DS when the Switch had already been out. It’s possible history will repeat itself, butPokemonfans shouldn’t hold their breath.
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