Heads-up: it seems as though the latest update for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is seemingly deleting save files for many players.
According to Kotaku, a rather inauspicious bug in the latest update for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet can ease a player’s save data. There doesn’t seem to be a single cause for these save-corruption woes, but many users on Reddit mention that the issue began after connecting their Pokémon GO account. Furthermore, others claim that simply downloading the DLC also wiped their save data. One user states they lost almost 600 hours of progress – brutal stuff.
So, if you haven’t updated Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in a bit – maybe don’t do it. At least not until the issues are ironed out. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have yet to acknowledge these bugs publically, though players in the aforementioned Reddit thread mention customer support is looking into it. Don’t worry about it too much, though – as this glitch seems to be only impacting a handful of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet players.
There’s quite a bit of new content coming for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in the near future – specifically, two new Paradox Pokémon: Walking Wake and Iron Leaves. There’s also Okidogi, which is making fans go wild.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
