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Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.0

Users · RAWG

2022

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateJanuary 28, 2022

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

ActionAdventureRPGRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Playable on

Nintendo

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Nintendo Switch

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About this game

First came Sinnoh remakes. Then came Sinnoh pre-makes.

Introducing #PokemonLegendsArceus, a new challenge and a new frontier for the Pokémon world. The Pokémon Legends: Arceus game honours past Pokémon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements.

You’ll need to catch, survey, and research wild Pokémon in a long-gone era of the Sinnoh region to create and complete the region’s first Pokédex.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Changes the traditional Pokémon formula through active exploration and research.
Direct catching uses aiming, observation, and fewer initiated battles.
Large wilderness areas with ride Pokémon unlocking traversal.
Pokédex research objectives add reasons to revisit Pokémon.
Historical Hisui connects familiar Pokémon to Sinnoh's past.

Cons

Dated textures, character models, environments, and draw distance.
Large wilderness areas feature repetitive scenery and few interactive elements.
Research objectives become repetitive during full Pokédex completion.
Abilities, held items, breeding, and competitive systems are reduced.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

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