Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s 1.2 update to launch in late February

New wave of Tera Raids also announced

Marco Wutz | Jan 12, 2023

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s 1.2 update to launch in late February /

Fans are eagerly awaiting additional updates for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, the brilliant but technically flawed open-world Pokémon game released in 2022 on Nintendo Switch. According to community site Serebii, a reliable source for all things Pokémon, patch 1.2 for the game will be released in late February 2023. In that case, it seems likely that the update will coincide with National Pokémon Day 2023 on February 27.

Supposedly, the update will contain bug fixes and “added functionality”, though no details are given on what this could entail. Some fans are speculating that it might be the integration with Pokémon HOME, but that would hardly require a patch on Scarlet & Violet’s side. There will be an update for the mobile version of Pokémon HOME in early February, but that will only enable you to check your battle data from ranked matches in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

In any case, bug fixes are probably more important than new features for now. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet had a rough launch, suffering from a multitude of performance problems and glitches that made it nearly unplayable for a lot of people, as we outlined in our review of the game.

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s first patch, which updated both editions to version 1.1, started with some bug fixes such as an annoying music glitch, but hardly made a dent in the ongoing issues with performance. We’ll have to wait and see what the patch notes say.

February is shaping up to be a busy month for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, as a new wave of Tera Raids has also been announced, featuring Fairy-type Tandemaus from February 13 to 15 for Valentine’s Day as well as a new 7-Star Tera Raid with an as yet unknown Pokémon of the Poison-type from January 27 to 30 and February 10 to 13.

Published Jan 12, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg