Version Differences and Exclusives - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Guide - IGN (2024)

There are Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet exclusives and differences, such as exclusive Pokemon, different professors, and different outfits. This version differences guide includes all the differences between Pokemon Scarlet vs. Pokemon Violet.

List of Scarlet and Violet Version Exclusives:

• Scarlet and Violet Exclusive Pokemon
  • Pokemon Scarlet Exclusives
  • Pokemon Violet Exclusives
• Different Lore and Books (See them all!)
• Version Exclusive Professors
• Different Academies and Outfits
• Late Game Exclusives (Spoilers)

Scarlet and Violet Exclusive Pokemon

Watch the video below to see a breakdown of every version exclusive and differences between Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

There are always version-exclusive Pokemon in Pokemon games that release as a pair in order to encourage trading between players. In addition to the "Box Legendaries" and late-game "Tap to Reveal" below, there are many other exclusives.

Koraidon and Miraidon are the two Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Box Legendaries and serve as a mode of transportation across land, air, and sea.

Pokemon Scarlet Exclusives

See the Pokemon Scarlet exclusive Pokemon below - the end-game Tap to RevealPokemon are at the bottom of this page to avoid spoilers. This table also includes all the Scarlet Exclusive Pokemon locations, so you can catch them to trade!

Pokemon Scarlet Teal Mask DLC Exclusives

Pokemon Violet Exclusives

See the Pokemon Violet exclusive Pokemon below - the end-game Tap to Reveal Pokemon are at the bottom of this page to avoid spoilers. This table also includes all the Violet Exclusive Pokemon locations, so you can catch them to trade!

Pokemon Violet Teal Mask DLC Exclusives

Different Lore and Books

Both Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet have some different lore and completely different books and magazines available to read at the academy library and elsewhere. Click through the Slideshows below to read each versions' titular book and occulture pages.

Scarlet Book and Occulture

Violet Book and Occulture

Version Exclusive Professors

There are only Version Exclusive Professors. Professor Sada is the professor in Scarlet, and Professor Turo is the professor in Violet.

Different Academies and Outfits

Though Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet both take place in the Paldea Region, the academy you attend in the large city of Mesagoza is different.

• In Scarlet, you'll attend Naranja Academy
• In Violet, you'll attend Uva Academy

Naranja has an orange motif and Uva has a purple motif, changing the outfits the main character starts with and the associated crests.

As you can see above, the starting outfit in Pokemon Scarlet includes a red-orange tie and red-orange shorts with yellow pinstripes, white socks, casual black shoes, and a white hat with a blue inner-rim. The starting outfit in Pokemon Violet includes a purple tie and purple shorts, black socks, more formal-looking brown shoes, and a dark hat with a light-gray inner-rim. The crest images are from the announcement trailer.

Spoiler Warning! End Game Pokemon Below!

Late Game Exclusives - Version Exclusive Paradox Forms

Great Tusk and Iron Treads are two mysterious Pokemon who have ties to the Generation's theme of past and future and are revealed examples of the version exclusive "Paradox Forms." Great Tusk is exclusive to Scarlet, while Iron Treads is exclusive to Violet.

These Pokemon are obtainable at the very end of the game in Area Zero and change depending on whether you have Pokemon Scarlet or Pokemon Violet. These are all of the late-game exclusives known as Paradox Pokemon.