Scarlet and Violet players are intentionally harming their own Pokémon for the ‘gram
Outside of battling and catching Pokémon, one of the coolest activities you can do in Scarlet and Violet is take photos with your favorite Pokémon friends. The Teal Mask DLC gave us a bunch of quality-of-life updates for the photography feature, but players have also found their own painful and slightly questionable way to spice up their photos.
In a Sept. 26 Reddit thread, one player shared a collection of photos of their beloved Pokémon with a common theme among them—they all had status conditions. Breloom was poisoned, Lurantis was burned, Arboliva was sleeping, Iron Leaves was paralyzed, and poor Ogerpon was frozen solid while still smiling.