Gameplay: Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's Indigo Disk DLC sees players traveling to The Blueberry Academy, a sister school of the academy, where, depending on their version of the game, they will participate as exchange students. The Blueberry Academy is an underwater school located in Unova's ocean, which does intrigue me because I do think that Blueberry Academy could be a location in the Unova remake, which I hope it is because the Blueberry Academy provides the best world building within Scarlet & Violet so far.
The features that come to my attention lie within the League Club room, which is one of my favourite features in the game. The League Club room is a room that can be accessed after defeating Carmine. The one thing I really like about the club room is that you can make it uniquely yours by earning BP by completing tasks across the terrarium. You can use them in the League Club Room computer for customization, and it provides a variety of clubs that can help with customisation. Think of the league club room as like the Room Of Requirement from Hogwarts Legacy but without the ability to freely place furniture or Vivariums
The clubs consist of an art club hosted by Filbert, who can remodel your club room with eight different styles to choose from. baseball club hosted by Mitch, where for 10 BP you can change your throwing style. The Music Club hosted by Allegro can provide a smart speaker for the club for only 50 BP, which can allow players to set the background music to their liking. The Photography club hosted by Iso can provide an upgrade to the Rotom Phone camera, which can add more Camera effects & Terrarium Club is hosted by Terry, which allows players to increase the variety of wild Pokemon that can appear in the terrarium, which includes 4 upgrades that add 6 starter Pokemon per biome. I like that Wild Starters are finally a thing in The Indigo Disk because this shows that Starters don't come from Professor's labs
I Hope that Scarlet & Violet's Indigo Disk DLC is Not The Only time we have features like this, because i do think their is potential to expand on the concept, such as merging the idea with Ruby & Sapphire's Den System, That would be cool
Story: After being invited to Blueberry Academy in the Unova region by director Cyrano, the player explores the Terarium, an underwater dome with distinct biomes and wild Pokémon. The academy introduces the Terastal phenomenon, and the player discovers Kieran's drastic change, leading to the revelation of the BB League. Despite being an exchange student, the player is granted the opportunity to challenge the Elite Four and ultimately defeat Kieran, becoming the new BB League Champion. The story transitions to a journey to Area Zero, where the group, along with Briar, aims to find the legendary Pokémon Terapagos within the Great Crater of Paldea.
In Area Zero, the player encounters the Stellar Tera Type and discovers a dormant Terapagos crystal. Kieran, eager to catch it, unintentionally triggers Terapagos's uncontrollable power. After a fierce battle, Kieran joins forces with the player to subdue Terapagos, leading to reconciliation. Returning to Blueberry Academy, the main story concludes. Post-expedition, Briar publishes a book retelling the journey, and the player receives a copy as a gift. Visiting the Crystal Pool in Kitakami, the player encounters Terapagos, triggering the appearance of Professor TuroV. The professor, fascinated by the expedition details, trades Briar's book for their own before disappearing back through time and space.
[Summary]
Gameplay: 8
Graphics & Performance: 6
World Building: 8
Story 6
Characters: 7
New Pokemon: 8
Content: 9
Music: 8
Difficulty: Hard
Length: 8.5 hours
Audience: 6+
Perk: Collector
Final Score: 8.1/10
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk was a pleasant surprise for me because I was intrigued by the trailers. The DLC introduces features I've wanted in a Pokemon game for a long time, such as Wild Starters and the Synchro machine, which allows you to explore the world as a Pokemon, which is the last feature I'd expect in a Pokemon game, This does remind me a lot of the PokePark games on the Wii & I do think this is the closest we are gonna get to spin off games based on individual pokemon
The features that come to my attention lie within the League Club room, which is one of my favourite features in the game. The League Club room is a room that can be accessed after defeating Carmine. The one thing I really like about the club room is that you can make it uniquely yours by earning BP by completing tasks across the terrarium. You can use them in the League Club Room computer for customization, and it provides a variety of clubs that can help with customisation. Think of the league club room as like the Room Of Requirement from Hogwarts Legacy but without the ability to freely place furniture or Vivariums
The clubs consist of an art club hosted by Filbert, who can remodel your club room with eight different styles to choose from. baseball club hosted by Mitch, where for 10 BP you can change your throwing style. The Music Club hosted by Allegro can provide a smart speaker for the club for only 50 BP, which can allow players to set the background music to their liking. The Photography club hosted by Iso can provide an upgrade to the Rotom Phone camera, which can add more Camera effects & Terrarium Club is hosted by Terry, which allows players to increase the variety of wild Pokemon that can appear in the terrarium, which includes 4 upgrades that add 6 starter Pokemon per biome. I like that Wild Starters are finally a thing in The Indigo Disk because this shows that Starters don't come from Professor's labs
I Hope that Scarlet & Violet's Indigo Disk DLC is Not The Only time we have features like this, because i do think their is potential to expand on the concept, such as merging the idea with Ruby & Sapphire's Den System, That would be cool
Story: After being invited to Blueberry Academy in the Unova region by director Cyrano, the player explores the Terarium, an underwater dome with distinct biomes and wild Pokémon. The academy introduces the Terastal phenomenon, and the player discovers Kieran's drastic change, leading to the revelation of the BB League. Despite being an exchange student, the player is granted the opportunity to challenge the Elite Four and ultimately defeat Kieran, becoming the new BB League Champion. The story transitions to a journey to Area Zero, where the group, along with Briar, aims to find the legendary Pokémon Terapagos within the Great Crater of Paldea.
In Area Zero, the player encounters the Stellar Tera Type and discovers a dormant Terapagos crystal. Kieran, eager to catch it, unintentionally triggers Terapagos's uncontrollable power. After a fierce battle, Kieran joins forces with the player to subdue Terapagos, leading to reconciliation. Returning to Blueberry Academy, the main story concludes. Post-expedition, Briar publishes a book retelling the journey, and the player receives a copy as a gift. Visiting the Crystal Pool in Kitakami, the player encounters Terapagos, triggering the appearance of Professor TuroV. The professor, fascinated by the expedition details, trades Briar's book for their own before disappearing back through time and space.
[Summary]
Gameplay: 8
Graphics & Performance: 6
World Building: 8
Story 6
Characters: 7
New Pokemon: 8
Content: 9
Music: 8
Difficulty: Hard
Length: 8.5 hours
Audience: 6+
Perk: Collector
Final Score: 8.1/10
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk was a pleasant surprise for me because I was intrigued by the trailers. The DLC introduces features I've wanted in a Pokemon game for a long time, such as Wild Starters and the Synchro machine, which allows you to explore the world as a Pokemon, which is the last feature I'd expect in a Pokemon game, This does remind me a lot of the PokePark games on the Wii & I do think this is the closest we are gonna get to spin off games based on individual pokemon