Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s first post launch patch has arrived alongside a promise from Nintendo to take the games’ tech problems seriously.
Patch notes released on Nintendo’s website for version 1.1.0 of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet say that the broken music during the Elite Four and Top Champion battles has now been fixed, alongside a vague confirmation that “other select bug fixes have been made”. The patch, available now, also kicks of Season 1 of Ranked Battles.
Nintendo also committed to improving the performance of the first open world Pokémon games and apologised for the various issues that are present in the launch versions.
“We are aware that players may encounter issues that affect the games’ performance,” Nintendo said. “Our goal is always to give players a positive experience with our games, and we apologize for the inconvenience. We take the feedback from players seriously and are working on improvements to the games.”
It didn’t say when these updates would arrive, however, but this first patch was released just under two weeks after the game launched and exactly three weeks after it released its “day one patch” to those with early copies. If Nintendo sticks to a similar trend, it could be mid to late December before we see another update to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Issues found so far include a broken PvE experience in the endgame, a rigged Battle Stadium, duplication glitches, a bizarre method of running at double speed, and more.
The poor performance was also a major factor in our 6/10 review, as IGN said: “The open-world gameplay of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is a brilliant direction for the future of the franchise, but this promising shift is sabotaged by the numerous ways in which Scarlet and Violet feel deeply unfinished.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
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