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- Action meets RPG in this new take on the Pokémon series
- Study Pokémon behaviors, sneak up on them, and toss a well-aimed Poké Ball to catch them
- Unleash moves in the speedy agile style or the powerful strong style in battles
- Travel to the Hisui region—the Sinnoh of old—and build the region’s first Pokédex
- Learn about the Mythical Pokémon Arceus, the key to this mysterious tale
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Publication Date | January 28, 2022 |
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Computer Platform | Nintendo Switch |
ASIN | B0914YGQSH |
Release date | January 28, 2022 |
Customer Reviews |
4.8 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #267 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #30 in Nintendo Switch Games |
Product Dimensions | 6.69 x 4.13 x 0.47 inches; 1.76 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Language | English |
Rated | Everyone |
Item model number | TBD |
Item Weight | 1.76 ounces |
Manufacturer | Nintendo |
Date First Available | May 26, 2021 |
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Action meets RPG as the Pokémon series reaches a new frontier
Get ready for a new kind of grand, Pokémon adventure in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a brand-new game from Game Freak that blends action and exploration with the RPG roots of the Pokémon series. Embark on survey missions in the ancient Hisui region. Explore natural expanses to catch wild Pokémon by learning their behavior, sneaking up, and throwing a well-aimed Poké Ball. You can also toss the Poké Ball containing your ally Pokémon near a wild Pokémon to seamlessly enter battle. Travel across land, sea, and sky on the backs of Pokémon to explore every corner of the Hisui region.
Travel to the Hisui region—the Sinnoh of old—and build the region’s first Pokédex
Your adventure takes place in the expansive natural majesty of the Hisui region, where you are tasked with studying Pokémon to complete the region’s first Pokédex. Mount Coronet rises from the center, surrounded on all sides by areas with distinct environments. In this era—long before the events of the Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl games—you can find newly discovered Pokémon like Wyrdeer, an evolution of Stantler, and new regional forms like Hisuian Growlithe, Hisuian Zorua, and Hisuian Zoroark! Along the way, uncover the mystery surrounding the Mythical Pokémon known as Arceus.
A free software update brings special mass outbreaks and new challenges
In the free Daybreak update, you will begin investigating mysterious mass outbreaks of Pokémon that are popping up all over the Hisui region. You’ll also have a chance to battle powerful opponents like Legendary Pokémon in Eternal Battle Reverie and wardens at the Jubilife Village training grounds. Daybreak content will be available after viewing the game’s end credits. The Eternal Battle Reverie will become available after completing all missions.
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Action meets RPG as the Pokémon series reaches a new frontier
A brand new Pokémon adventure that blends action and exploration
Get ready for a new kind of grand, Pokémon adventure in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a brand-new game from Game Freak that blends action and exploration with the RPG roots of the Pokémon series.
Travel to the Hisui region—the Sinnoh of old
Your adventure takes place in the expansive natural majesty of the Hisui region, where you are tasked with embarking on survey missions and studying Pokémon. After receiving an assignment or a request and preparing for your next excursion, you'll set out from Jubilife Village to study one of the various areas of the Hisui region.
Mount Coronet rises from the center, surrounded on all sides by areas with distinct environments.
Build the Hisui region's first Pokédex
Study Pokémon in the Hisui region to complete the region’s first Pokédex. Explore natural expanses to catch wild Pokémon by learning their behavior, sneaking up, and throwing a well-aimed Poké Ball. You can also toss the Poké Ball containing your ally Pokémon near a wild Pokémon to seamlessly enter battle.
Choose either Cyndaquil, Rowlet, or Oshawott as your first partner Pokémon.
As the protagonist, you'll meet Professor Laventon, who studies the ecology of Pokémon as a member of the Galaxy Expedition Team. Before long, you'll join the Galaxy Team yourself and get to work as a member of the Survey Corps. Your goal will be to meet every species of Pokémon in the region!
Uncover the mystery surrounding Arceus
Learn about the Mythical Pokémon Arceus, the key to this mysterious tale.
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Customers like the fun, immersive gameplay, and quality of the video game. They mention that it makes catching and collecting fun, and the variety of pokemon are pretty fun. They also appreciate the story, which retains all the best aspects from previous games and adds an exciting layer of strategy. However, some customers differ on graphics.
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Customers find the game fun, awesome, and immersive. They also say the variety of pokemon are fun, and the feeling of adventure is immense. Customers also say that the open-world gameplay is interactive and challenging.
"...The Pokémon all around make the world feel alive and exciting. Plus, lots of things to pick up for crafting and using in the open world...." Read more
"...It does what main-series Pokémon can not: Make catching and collecting fun...." Read more
"It’s a refreshing semi-open world concept for Pokémon. Would love to see more Legends games." Read more
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Customers like the quality of the game. They say it has a decent story, and overall gameplay is 9/10. They also say it retains all the best aspects from previous games, and adds an exciting layer of strategy. They mention that the sneak mechanics are fun, and the play style is amazing.
"...I think they are cool parts of the game that do well to make each battle memorable and fun. They are not my favorite part of the games though...." Read more
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"...The story is so boring and convoluted, with no buildup or genuine emotional beats at all. You have a cellphone from essentially God...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the graphics. Some mention that the graphics are stylized well, delightful, and fine. They also say the game is set in a beautifully crafted open-world environment. However, others say that the visuals are very underwhelming, and blurry.
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This review is going to be a bit long so hold on.
1. Open world! Pokémon has been in need on an open world type game for a very long time. The areas feel alive and fun to explore as you go walk around. If you are anything like me exploring has always been a large part of the Pokémon games and this game lets you explore and find fun things and Pokémon wherever you go. It is broken up into several main areas. I understand that they did this to help streamline the story better but, I think they could have gotten away with just letting the player have one big open world. That might just might be my preference though. The Pokémon all around make the world feel alive and exciting. Plus, lots of things to pick up for crafting and using in the open world. Plus plenty of secrets to find lying around. Including Unown and weird will-o'-wisps hiding is various places.
2. Mechanics! We have some brand new mechanics.
- The core mechanic in the game is throwing things. You throw things to catch Pokémon, you throw things to battle Pokémon, you throw things to lure/distract Pokémon. Lots of throwing. But, it is interesting and complex enough that it feels good. Lots of things that you need to do can all be wrapped up nicely into one mechanic so it's not too complicated to learn how to play.
- Lots of the mechanics that got in your face in old games have become a lot less intrusive. For example the whole game doesn't pause when you catch a new Pokémon to ask you if you want to give it a nickname or when one of you Pokémon are ready to evolve. This means that you get to focus on what you are doing in the open world. The downside of this is that you have to go into the menu to give nicknames or evolve your Pokémon.
- Locomotion is great and varied. To put it simple, it's fun to move around in the game. Even if you aren't doing anything else walking or swimming or flying across the map is fun. Personally the sneaking is really slow but its not annoying enough to be bad.
- Pokémon battles are cool and more complex than previous game titles. I won't get too much into it, but I think the battle mechanics are really well thought out, fun and interesting. My biggest complaint of the game is that there aren't any random trainers wandering around the open world map that want to challenge you!
- Nobel Pokémon. The bosses of the game are cool. They also use the core throwing mechanic as a way to make the boss fights different from regular battles. I think they are cool parts of the game that do well to make each battle memorable and fun. They are not my favorite part of the games though.
-New online mechanics. When you black out in this game you drop items that other players can pick up in their game to return them to you.
3. Story. I don't want to give a big breakdown of the story here as I don't want to spoil it for anyone. I think it is one of the best stories Pokémon has had in a long time. It's not a masterpiece, but it is better than what is expected for Pokémon most of the time.
4. Graphics. I think it's a good thing that I have mostly seen people compare this game's graphics to Breath of the Wild instead of other Pokémon games. It means that the games are moving forward. The graphics are just okay when compared to other games, but they are the best graphics I have seen in a Pokémon Game. So, progress!
5. Sound Design. Personally, I love the sound design for this game. It feels great. I don't have the expertise to give it a full analysis but it feels great and the music sounds good!
6. Side quests! There are so many side quests and most of them feel pretty good. Lots of fetch quests though. Overall they are a good addition to the game and help make the world feel alive.
7. Things that could be improved. Now, remember that even if you love a piece of media you can always find things that you don't like.
- Trainers. So, as I said earlier. I would love to see trainers that challenge you to battles just hanging out in the wild.
- Gyms + elite four. While the Nobel Pokémon were a cool thing to replace gyms as Boss fights I would have loved to see Gyms still in the game. Same with the elite four. I just want more reason to have battles in this game.
- Why is the save menu in the bag? I think online and save functions would make more sense with the Map in the "Phone" menu. I keep pressing the wrong menu to save.
- This game is for slightly older kids. This is not really a bad thing, but it could be for some people. It will be hard for younger kids to play compared to older Pokémon games. (Although my young kid still loves it.)
Arceus rips alot from Breath of the Wild, and potentially could've ripped even more (you'll understand when you are attempting to climb up a tiny curb of a hill) to be even more fun in terms of traversal. As you progress, you will find more tools to help your movement, but I found myself imagining a pokemon world with even more personal choices of character movement or interaction with the world.
Supplies are plentiful and easy to aquire, and funds for more gear are increasingly plentiful as the game rewards you for completing research on pokemon.
Battling is incredibly streamlined and the scaling of levels and damage has been changed so the risks (and the tension is higher). If you are seen by multiple aggressive pokemon, you can run a risk of being overrun if you aren't careful. It isn't perfect and later that risk becomes more obsolete, but it is a good step. One regret I have is that in the simplification of the battling, alot of strategic value is lost. Pokemon do not have abilities anymore like levitate, etc as well as item holding. I imagined what it would be like to have that aspect with the new scaling of damage and level differences as well and I hope they revisit it in the future.
One thing I do really like is the scrapping of the IV system with grit dust. For casual players, IV and EVs are just additional flavoring to make every pokemon different, but more hardcore players well spend ages grinding in the same area or breeding pokemon for perfect stats (back in the day when I played pokemon silver, I literally taped my Gameboy control button down at a gym with a panel that slid you back so I could "walk" and hatch pokemon eggs for better stats) Rather then grind for 85 hours for a single one of your favorite pokemon with perfect IVs or EVs then painstakingly train them on a specific type of pokemon that raises one specific point of EV, which, by the by, almost none of that information you can see or keep track of easily except for a bare minimum web chart and some numbers by your stats. I know there's alot of bragging rights for "legit" perfect statted shiny pokemon, but it always bothered me because you are essentially gambling and wasting time for the chance of finding one. There is no real skill involved, just a test of your will and patience to endure.. Also, plenty of hackers in the newer games make all that effort obsolete.
Instead just take your favorite pokemon and invest in them instead. Got a shiny and it's junk? No worries, you can raise their stats instead while you're out exploring. Your starter is no longer a footrung to better pokemon to grind for later, it is a partner you can invest in. It is all much more clear and concise. In a purely sentimental note, I also feel it fits pokemons theme much better of its more about what pokemon you like and put the effort into, rather then just a team filled with the current metas of the strongest that are all relatively the same. My bidoof maybe can't take on a perfect statted Arceus, but it can probably give it a run for its money now.
Arceus's biggest weakness is its plot and its characters. The tutorial is two hours too long with way too much talking and no way to skip. The story is so boring and convoluted, with no buildup or genuine emotional beats at all. You have a cellphone from essentially God. They stole bits of plot from Breath of wild and made it kiddie version including a "calamity" and literal rips in space and time that no one seems overly concerned for and somehow know quite a bit about. I know this is a game marketed for children, but aside from the fact that pokemon is multi generational now as well, there are plenty of examples of children's media with excellent stories and character development.
All in all, between Sword/Shield and Arceus there have been many steps in the right directions to bring more innovation into the series. I hope Nintendo continues development of more open world pokemon games. I would love to have more interactions with my pokemon directly, have more trainers (and other players) to fight, watch the interactions of even more pokemon in the wild, and feel even more like the wandering trainer that as a kid I wanted to be.
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Reviewed in Mexico on April 19, 2024
I loosely followed the games and their regions over the years but when I heard of Legends Arceus I really wanted to get back into the franchise, and 6 months after the game launching, I finally bought the Switch and the Pokemon Legends Arceus was the first game I got.
This game is a MASSIVE shift from the general dogma of Pokemon games. It's Open World and doesn't focus on the things generally Pokemon games want you to do. I'm not going to leave spoilers incase you're considering buying it and you should buy it, it's just that great. A lot of aspects have been taken from Zelda BOTW. The graphics are great and story is somewhat made for mature audiences, I genuinely felt the story could only be truly understood by a mature adult (you'll know what I'm talking abut if you play it). It's interesting, really fun and intuitive. It's kind of warming to know you can feel an authentic bonds with the Pokemon you raise and can fully interact with them in ways the past games would never let you. 10/10 recommend.
EDIT: I played the game for over 100 hours at this point, after my previous initial impressions. Here are some few other stuff I'd like to say.
The graphics are strictly fine. Coming from the biggest franchise in the world, it should be way way better. There are some areas which are really choppy and feel like the game is running on 10 FPS or less, lol.
Coming to the gameplay aspects, it's really really fun. Where it's lacking is the AI of the Pokemon themselves. I mean they're just there in the overworld, hanging and mucking about doing nothing. No interaction with the environment and each other. You will occasionally find some Pokemon sleeping here and there, and doing unique stuff which kind of excites you but should've been more appealing.
I just completed the living Pokedex, and it was a grind. it was a HUGE grind, but I enjoyed a lot of it. One tip I can give is, finish the respective Pokedex entries till level 10 of each area, it will take time to clear an area but it'll be more fun too. After which shiny hunting got a lot easier. If you enjoy gathering and switching Pokemon and the free to roam aspect in Pokemon, it's a must get. It's a snappy game.
Reviewed in India on August 30, 2022
I loosely followed the games and their regions over the years but when I heard of Legends Arceus I really wanted to get back into the franchise, and 6 months after the game launching, I finally bought the Switch and the Pokemon Legends Arceus was the first game I got.
This game is a MASSIVE shift from the general dogma of Pokemon games. It's Open World and doesn't focus on the things generally Pokemon games want you to do. I'm not going to leave spoilers incase you're considering buying it and you should buy it, it's just that great. A lot of aspects have been taken from Zelda BOTW. The graphics are great and story is somewhat made for mature audiences, I genuinely felt the story could only be truly understood by a mature adult (you'll know what I'm talking abut if you play it). It's interesting, really fun and intuitive. It's kind of warming to know you can feel an authentic bonds with the Pokemon you raise and can fully interact with them in ways the past games would never let you. 10/10 recommend.
EDIT: I played the game for over 100 hours at this point, after my previous initial impressions. Here are some few other stuff I'd like to say.
The graphics are strictly fine. Coming from the biggest franchise in the world, it should be way way better. There are some areas which are really choppy and feel like the game is running on 10 FPS or less, lol.
Coming to the gameplay aspects, it's really really fun. Where it's lacking is the AI of the Pokemon themselves. I mean they're just there in the overworld, hanging and mucking about doing nothing. No interaction with the environment and each other. You will occasionally find some Pokemon sleeping here and there, and doing unique stuff which kind of excites you but should've been more appealing.
I just completed the living Pokedex, and it was a grind. it was a HUGE grind, but I enjoyed a lot of it. One tip I can give is, finish the respective Pokedex entries till level 10 of each area, it will take time to clear an area but it'll be more fun too. After which shiny hunting got a lot easier. If you enjoy gathering and switching Pokemon and the free to roam aspect in Pokemon, it's a must get. It's a snappy game.