This Pokémon Scarlet and Violet mod removes all traces of Ed Sheeran

A new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet mod removes all traces of Ed Sheeran from the game.

As spotted by GamesRadar+, the newly released mod – simply called “Remove Sheeran” – does exactly what it says on the tin, deleting Sheerans tracks from the credits and replacing it with a track from the late notable Japanese singer, Wada Koji.

“Removes Ed Sheeran from the game and replaces him with Wada Koji (may he rest in peace),” explains the mods creator, before adding that as they only own Violet, the mod has yet to be tested on Scarlet. It should still work, though.

It seems not everyone is chomping at the bit to de-Sheeran their games, though; at the time of writing, its only had 140 downloads.

“I left Paldea feeling conflicted,” Lottie wrote in Eurogamers Pokémon Scarlet and Violet review, in which she said “the ambition is betrayed by the performance”.

“I like the open-world gameplay, especially the level scaling, and new Pokémon, but theyre entangled with a region which, despite its size, always feels slightly empty, and theyre presented in graphics we know are beneath the Nintendo Switchs top performance.

“If more time and polish had been applied to Scarlet and Violet, then they could have lived up to their ambition and been the expansive world many fans, myself included, have dreamed of. Yet the Pokémon series has a schedule to follow and it waits for no Slowpoke.”