Last weekend was supposed to be a big weekend with the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet raid. Not only is it a chance for players to fight and catch the exclusive Iron His Treads and Great His Tasks, but it’s also a second chance to add Chessnotes to their collection. Unfortunately, he hasn’t returned yet, as he reports that all three raids were canceled immediately and players received nothing for defeating the raid due to a bug.
As reported by Destructoid, a memo informing players that the raid has been canceled was posted on Pokémon’s Japanese Twitter account just hours after it went public. The raid was scheduled to be broadcast live from Friday to Sunday, forcing those who had planned to attend all three episodes to take unexpected breaks in their schedules.
Information explaining why the three raids weren’t available didn’t make it onto other Pokémon accounts until a little later, leaving many confused as to why no one was waiting for them when they returned to Pardea. Did. Even more confusing was the decision to cancel Chesnaught raids, even though the bug seemed to only affect players who beat the 5-star Great Tusk and Iron Tread raids. bottom.
It’s a particularly annoying detail for those of you playing Tears of the Kingdom (I mean, you guys, right?), because your first chance to catch Chesnaught coincided with the Zelda game’s launch weekend. Many of you have explored Hyrule the previous week, so you may have been counting on Chesnaught to return for raids last weekend. No new dates have been announced for the canceled attacks.
What exactly happened to some players who joined the raid early on, apparently, was that the game crashed and simply left the player with a “none” message. There are no Pokémon or additional items to show their efforts. The bad news is that just hours after the Pokemon Home and Scarlet & Violet integration was confirmed, the problem got worse, only to return to darkness again soon after.
Scarlet & Violet was a huge success at launch, selling 10 million copies in the first three days. This may be the same number as Tears of the Kingdom last week, but the Pokémon game hasn’t received the same glowing praise that the Zelda sequel has enjoyed over his past week and a half. Scarlet & Violet was riddled with issues at launch, and unfortunately many of those issues still seem to be unresolved.