A popular video clip of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has captured the immensely painful moment when a player narrowly misses out on the chance to catch themselves a shiny Psyduck. Any gamer who frequents the franchise is well aware of just how hard it is to come across a shiny version of a Pokemon, with the variants infinitely more sought after than their standard counterparts. However, the circumstances which caused the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player to miss their chance makes the situation that much more painful to witness.
Officially launching just a few weeks ago, the pair of new core titles in Game Freak's long-running video game franchise are the first to introduce Pokemon Generation 9, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has been met with mixed reviews. While the new titles take players to the open-world region of Paldea, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been review bombed as the result of copious amounts of technical issues.
The painful Pokemon video comes from Redditor u/LeNomadicBoi, who decided to share his extremely unfortunate situation with other fans. The short clip shows the player at the tail end of a trainer battle, having just defeated an opposing Nymble. In the distance, a blue figure can be seen walking along the edge of a cliff, which is the shiny Psyduck in question. Before the player can finish the dialogue and get to the notoriously glitchy Psyduck, it disappears. Despite the player racing to where it was last seen in hopes of it reappearing, the trainer is out of luck.
The extremely frustrating moment is enough to make any Pokemon player red with frustration, with plenty of upvotes and comments from other players feeling the trainer's pain. Most commentors attribute the Psyduck's sudden disappearance to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's various technical issues, which have already caused several infuriating situations with shinies. Another Pokemon Scarlet and Violet clip shows shinies can spawn out-of-bounds as well, with a streamer finding a shiny Frigibax on the wrong side of a cave wall.
While a number of players of the new Pokemon video games seem to be suffering from bad luck, other players are having superb luck. While flying around on new legendary Miraidon, a Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player manages to land on a shiny Eevee. The inexplicable moment was captured on video, with the player seeming to abruptly decide to make a landing in the middle of a field, landing directly adjacent to the shiny Pokemon. With so many bugs and technical issues, though, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players are hoping for a patch sooner than later.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are available now, exclusively for Nintendo Switch.
