Bonuses for Playing Previous Pokémon Games

This page outlines all the bonuses you can get for playing previous Pokémon games.

As an incentive for making you buy ‘em all, some Pokémon games give you small bonuses for playing a previous game. For example, you can get a Gigantamax Pikachu or Eevee in Pokémon Sword & Shield if you played Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu or Eevee.

What Bonuses Are Available for Playing Older Pokémon Games?¶

Rotom Phone Cases¶

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(1 of 4) Phone case obtained from Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee. (Credit: The Pokémon Company)

In Scarlet & Violet’s case, you can receive a unique phone case for your Rotom Phone depending on which Pokémon game(s) you’ve played.

The eligible games include:

Game(s)	Phone Case
Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu or Eevee	Based on a GameBoy Pokémon battle.
Pokémon Sword or Shield	Based on the Ball Guy.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl	Based on the Pokétch.
Pokémon Legends Arceus	Based on the Arc Phone.

For each pair of games (or singular game in Arceus’s case), you can obtain a phone case inspired by those game(s).

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Look for this woman at Mesagoza. (Credit: The Pokémon Company)

To physically receive the unique phone cases, you should speak to a woman with sunglasses standing in front of the stairs leading to the central plaza, in Mesagoza, the main city of the Paldea region. According to Nintendo, it can take roughly 2 hours to reach her.