Since Game Freak released Pokemon Scarlet and Violet last month, several glitches have been discovered including one that reveals what Diglett looks like underground. Since Diglett was first introduced in the initial generation of Pokemon, Game Freak has kept the underside of the Ground-type Pokemon secret from players until this Pokemon Scarlet and Violet glitch.
Reddit user Glittering_Help8576 recently shared a screenshot of their Diglett evolving which glitches through the nearby ground to show what the underside of the Pokemon and Paldea look like. Diglett is one of many Gen 1 Pokemon featured in the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Pokedex, and although it received a regional variant with Pokemon Sun and Moon, it has the original appearance in Gen 9. While Wiglett first appeared to be a Paldean variant of Diglett when it was unveiled, it's featured alongside the Gen 1 line of Pokemon and has its own unique evolution, Wugtrio.
Glittering_Help8576's image shows the evolution text at the base of the screen, and the open world of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Paldea is clipped in a way that shows the grass floating in midair. With the camera focused on Diglett and clipping through the ground, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans are able to see a diamond-shaped rock that's smoothed out and is holding the bottom of Diglett like a cup holding ice cream. Although the screenshot doesn't focus on the full evolution process, it's possible that this rock clump is then simply made larger when it grows by two to become Dugtrio.
The plethora of glitches in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have made clipping through the ground as the camera has in Glittering_Help8576 screenshot possible, with some players even falling through what's supposed to be solid ground. Underneath the Diglett in what may be a long distance, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's coast can be seen in Glittering_Help8576's image, with a large boulder that's seen in the background also extending beneath the invisible patch of ground. A small Rotom Pokedex can also be seen on the right side of Glittering_Help8576's screenshot as it's preparing to update with information about Dugtrio, something that the living Pokedex does upon each new discovery.
As multiple Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans speculated on what could be within this rocky structure underneath Diglett, another questioned how it could possibly learn the Normal-type Pokemon move Slash if it doesn't have claws. One Pokemon fan suggested that this Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Diglett is simply headless and that they're actually supposed to have sculpted bodies underground, while a researched observer referenced a comment from Hironobu Yoshida directly that hints Diglett has a hand hidden below the ground.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are available now for Nintendo Switch.