Ever heard of a camera-shyPokemon? One Pokemon Violet player recently shared a clip of of their Lucario who appears to be strongly opposed to taking a selfie.
The camera function inPokemon Scarlet and Violetis a lot of fun. It allows you to snap pictures of the sky, of your character, and of your party of Pokemon, too making it a perfect way to record your adventures to look back on later.
It’s a fairly standard feature, but Pokemon Violet playerdimsumlasagnarecently posted a funny clip of their camera mishap tor/PokemonScarletVioletthat shows what can happen when the camera feature decides to play up, or when a Pokemon really doesn’t want to be photographed.
Pokemon Violet player gets camera “punched” out of hands
Posting on Reddit with the caption “did you know that your Pokemon could punch you out of camera mode? Bc I did not”, is a hilarious example of a minor glitch messing with someone’s game.
In the clip, dimsumlasagna can be seen hanging out with their Pokemon at a beachside picnic before trying to take a selfie with the camera.
The Lucario spots the camera, makes a beeline for it, and then whacks it, causing the camera menu to close.
Pokemon fans in the thread agreed “he did NOT want his picture taken” and suggested that Lucario was simply “sick of the paparazzi”.
“Is your lucario a problem child too? mine loves to throw the balls super far, especially when we’re near water” joked another player proving that this Pokemon seems to cause trouble for multiple fans.
As some keen-eyed readers pointed out, what actually seems to have happened is Lucario pelted the ball at the user which in turn caused them to move. If you’re moving in Pokemon Scarlet or Violet, you can’t have the camera open. It’s much funnier to assume Lucario was protesting being part of an Instagram photo dump, though.
Em Stonham was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in Pokemon coverage. They are a Pokemon TCG expert, and also covered Pokemon Go, and Pokemon Sword & Shield. Em is also a big fan of trading card games and World of Warcraft, with bylines at Only Greats, Sleeve No Card Behind, and Diamond Lobby.
