Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been sparking multiple conversations online about what the Pokemon formula could truly look like in the future when each modern game changes it and breaks multiple rules regarding what the series can do. Each new release for the past few years has come with incredibly ground-breaking new features, or at least has dramatically changed how some key elements of the franchise operate, such as Pokemon Legends: Arceus making the player character take damage or Pokemon Scarlet and Violet eliminating tall grass encounters in mainline titles. Gen 9's The Indigo Disk is no different, and it keeps experimenting with the Pokemon formula in various ways, but in doing so it broke a big tradition for Fossil Pokemon.