Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask
In this year's annual school trip, students from various schools - including you! - will be sent to the land of Kitakami, where people live at the feet of tall, towering mountains and the tranquil landscape is…
Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 13 September 2023 on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
What Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask is
Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2023. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this year's annual school trip, students from various schools - including you! - will be sent to the land of Kitakami, where people live at the feet of tall, towering mountains and the tranquil landscape is teeming with nature unfamiliar to Paldea, flourishing among rice paddies and apple orchards. At this time of year, the villages hold festivals, bustling with all kinds of stalls and stands. Make new friends and meet new Pokémon as you unravel the old legends of Kitakami. - You need to have begun the Treasure Hunt in Pokémon Scarlet to access the main story of Part 1: The Teal Mask. It takes approximately 3 hours of play to unlock the Treasure Hunt, depending on the player.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask is the 281st of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Detective Pikachu Returns in 2023. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask launched on 13 September 2023, within three weeks of Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P and Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Scarlet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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