The Pokémon tournament scheduled to return to London in August is a great way to wrap up the Pokémon Sword & Shield era just months after the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Although Gen 8 was poorly received at launch due to the pruning of the Pokedex, it eventually added more Pokémon through DLC.
As for the figures of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that are expected, nothing has been officially said yet, but there are rumors and alleged leaks about it circulating on the Internet.
According to leaks, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will feature Pokémon Paradox, so-called regional fakes, a handful of regional forms, cross-generation evolutions, and a bunch of new creatures. “Paradox” Pokémon are Pokémon that have traveled back in time from the past or future, while Regional Counterfeits are entirely new species of Pokémon that have some characteristics of other existing pocket monsters.
This distinction is important because today, a leaker shared the exact number of new Pokemon coming in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. Who answers to the name of Riddler Khu, and has shared an image of the regional Pokedex of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which only includes the new species of Pokémon that will arrive with Gen 9.
According to the visual representation of Khu from the Paldea Pokedex, there are a total of 105 Pokemon in the base game, excluding the extra forms, which probably refer to the regional variants. In this case, since there seem to be a total of 16 Pokémon Paradox, and 5 cross-generation evolutions, the exclusive evolution lines of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are 84.
Still, as the Paradox Pokémon supposedly have their own Pokedex numbers, it’s likely that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will bring back these Pokémon from other games with significant changes that aren’t just cosmetic. As for the cross-gen evolutions, they’re brand new Pokémon too, just with an existing evolution line outside of Paldea.
The regional variants that are not included in the leaked Pokedex are supposedly 4, one of them being Paldea Wooper, and the remaining three regional forms for Tauros.