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Pokemon Scarlet / Violet player survey covers version and starter choices, total playtime, more

Posted on April 23, 2023 by (@NE_Brian) in News, Switch

Pokemon Scarlet Violet survey

Japanese magazine Famitsu recently held a player survey to get feedback on Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet for a variety of questions.

257 of the respondents were men, 256 were women, and 34 are listed as other. 16 were for the 12 or younger crowd, 124 were in their teens, 64 were in their 20s, 185 were in their 30s, 40 were in their 40s, 16 were 50s and older, and 22 didn’t say. Note that responses weren’t required for every question.

Which version did the survey participants end up purchasing? Pokemon Violet was the most popular choice with 249 going for that one, with Pokemon Scarlet following at 170. There were 141 people who actually picked up both.

For starter Pokemon, Sprigatito was the most popular choice with 260 respondents choosing that creature. Fuecoco followed next at 167 and Quaxly came in third at 132.

For total play time, here’s how that breaks down:

– 1 – 10 hours – 5 people
– 11 – 20 hours – 7 people
– 21 – 30 hours – 17 people
– 31 – 40 hours – 22 people
– 41 – 50 hours – 135 people
– 51 – 100 hours – 158 people
– 101 – 200 hours – 174 people
– 201 – 300 hours – 45 people
– 300 or more – 71 people

Next, here’s a look at the number of Pokemon they registered in the Pokedex:

1 – 30 – 2 people
31 – 50 – 11 people
51 – 100 – 15 people
101 – 200 – 62 people
201 – 300 – 94 people
301 – 399 – 146 people
400 or more – 214 people

Finally, as for how players went about their adventure, 4 people said they focused on Starfall Street, 26 went after Victory Road, and 70 people said Path of Legends. The biggest response at 240 people was that they started at low-level-looking areas with a good balance of all three stories. Only 4 started with challenging far off areas. 63 looked to go to places in order. 143 just went freely to the places they wanted to go. Finally, five said “other”.

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are available on Switch.

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