Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players create Synchro Machine swimming minigame
The Pokemon CompanySome inventive Pokemon Scarlet & Violet trainers created a fun, multiplayer minigame out of the game’s Synchro Machine mechanic involving some speedy Water-types.
Players who played through Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC may remember the Synchro Machine mechanic, which allowed trainers to take control of their Pokemon to explore the overworld.
Despite many trainers finding the mechanic fairly forgettable as a whole, some creative fans decided to try and find new ways to use it.
Now, some trainers have created a multiplayer minigame that uses the Synchro Machine mechanic to race Water-type Pokemon around the Blueberry Academy Terarium’s Coastal Biome.
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet fans create Synchro Machine minigame
The minigame came from the Poke_Times Japanese X account, which shared a post with a video attached.
In the clip, three trainers used the Synchro Machine mechanic to take control of different Water-type Pokemon to race around the Coastal Biome.
The video featured trainers controlling Buizel, Finizen, and Blastoise. The three Pokemon featured different swimming styles and animations, and they raced through a predetermined course in the Coastal Biome.
While many Pokemon fans online felt that the Synchro Machine feature was underbaked, there’s actually quite a bit of depth to the mechanic.
Specifically, every Pokemon has a different animation for walking, flying, or swimming, depending on their build and Type.
As such, this specific swimming minigame could have plenty of potential. Trainers could make a predetermined racecourse somewhere in the open world and pick a random Water-type from their Box to race.
Depending on their swimming animations and skill the outcome of the race could be quite unexpected.
This isn’t the first unofficial minigame that Pokemon Scarlet & Violet trainers have created, but it’s certainly one of the most creative.
