Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Glitch Lets You Run Twice As Quick With Two Controllers

Plugging in a second controller to make your character run quicker sounds just like the setup for a foul online game meme. Nonetheless, that is precisely what some gamers have found you are able to do in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, although the setup is definitely a bit extra complicated than the viral social media posts could have you consider.

As one in style tweet reveals, sure, it’s true that you could double your character’s run velocity in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet by urgent ahead on two controllers directly. Nonetheless, your Swap have to be undocked, and you must use a Pleasure-Con connected to the Swap, together with a wi-fi controller.

The sport apparently confuses the connected JoyCon and the wi-fi controller, which permits each controllers to supply enter to the character concurrently. As one reply to the unique put up reveals, this doubled enter permits the joystick to transcend its regular vary, thus considerably growing the velocity of the character. We had been capable of get the trick to work in our testing, although it would not work if you happen to go instantly backward or ahead, which makes navigation a bit extra annoying than standard.

This speedrun-worthy exploit is however one in every of many points that Pokemon followers have reported with Scarlet and Violet. Whereas this newest entry within the sequence has garnered principally constructive evaluations, this “open-world” Pokemon expertise is marred by important technical flaws, together with low body charges, visible glitches, and frequent stuttering. Nonetheless, our critic Jake Dekker nonetheless loved the expertise in GameSpot’s Pokemon Scarlet and Violet overview.