A Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leak teases that egg hatching may have more similarities with Pokemon GO than previous mainline titles.

Since Pokemon Eggs were introduced in Pokemon Gen 2, every mainline title has included the carried items which are traditionally yielded after breeding Pokemon and that seems to be no different with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. One Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leak teases how the egg hatching will work in the upcoming generation of Pokemon and it may differ from previous games.

Since Pokemon Gold and Silver, breeding has undergone a few minimal changes like the introduction of Incense and Everstone which can both play a role in breeding Pokemon to guarantee certain results. Like these few advancements that have already been made in moving Pokemon breeding from Gen 2 to Gen 8, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet may be making their own adjustment to the process, specifically with how eggs are hatched. Reddit user ShinyHunterEthan16 recently shared a major Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leak that suggests Pokemon Eggs may have a similar function to hatching in Pokemon GO.

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Some Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leaks have been released since the new generation was confirmed by Nintendo in February and according to ShinyHunterEthan16, a few have been teased by a known dataminer called Kaka. One of these small details has been decoded by ShinyHunterEthan16 from a statement that included multiple blank spaces for Pokemon fans and others anticipating Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to fill in for themselves. Taking knowledge from Pokemon GO's Egg hatching, ShinyHunterEthan16 proposes that the leak is saying that Pokemon Eggs could be placed in Incubators for upwards of two hours to cause the egg to hatch in a stationary position.

Pokemon titles usually task trainers with running around for thousands of steps in order to hatch eggs, and this process has been mimicked in multiple generations including Pokemon Eggs given to trainers by important NPCs. Although this Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leak hints Incubators will play a prominent role in hatching Pokemon Eggs in Gen 9, ShinyHunterEthan16 has noted that the Incubation process doesn't mean the standard method of hatching won't also be included in the upcoming games. This may mean that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players can leave a Pokemon Egg in an Incubator at a Pokemon Center while keeping one in their party to run around with and potentially hatch two in the same time frame.

Because Shiny Pokemon hunters have optimized Pokemon breeding over the generations of games, one response to ShinyHunterEthan16's leak stated that these players may have to form a new strategy that accounts for the Incubators. Although some Pokemon fans have suggested that the use of Incubators will limit how many eggs a Pokemon trainer can hatch per hour compared to previous titles in the series, others remain hopeful that Incubators won't be rare to come by in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet release for Nintendo Switch on November 18.

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