I’ve been plucking along in Pokémon Scarlet since last Friday, while the rest of my coworkers have been power gaming through like a bunch of speed runners. Today I ran into the whole sandwich and picnic gimmick, which I have only scratched the surface of. And here at Prima we have a thing where if someone has to ask a question, that means a new guide has been born. So it’s entirely my fault we’re here talking about how to check your Meal Powers in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
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The thing I’ve learned about this game so far is that information is stored in its menus about as well as I store information in my head. After learning how to make sandwiches, what they actually do and how to get the stuff I need for them, I realized I couldn’t figure out where my current Meal Powers were displayed, if anywhere. Of course it was in the last place I looked.
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To view your active Meal Powers you need to press “right” on the d-pad. This opens up the “Notices” menu, which seems to be a quick look at information on things that can change quickly. So you’ll also see things like a TM machine recipe if you’re tracking one, or your current Meal Powers and how long you have left with them. If there’s other kinds of information that show up there, I haven’t seen it yet.
Hopefully this little guide was helpful in reminding you that in addition to pressing X to look at the game menu and Minus to open up the Pokédex, Map and Profile views, you also have information you can access with the d-pad. That little thing is good for something besides accessing the camera, turns out.
