'Pokémon Scarlet and Violet' might just revitalize the franchise

That expansive, console-sized Pokémon RPG you’ve been waiting for since you were a kid might finally be here.

Three years after Pokémon made its main series debut on the Switch with Sword and Shield, Nintendo and developer Game Freak are back with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It’d be easy to dismiss this as “just...