Pokemon Legends Arceus - Nintendo Switch
Catch, survey and research wild Pokemon to create and complete the Sinnoh region’s first Pokedex. Honours past Pokemon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements. Story unfolds in a long-gone era, before ideas such as being a Pokemon Trainer or having a Pokemon League even existed. All around, you’ll find Pokemon living wild in harsh environments that make for a Sinnoh unlike the region you may remember from the days of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. To catch Pokemon, you can observe them to learn their behaviour, then carefully sneak up, aim your Poke Ball and let fly. Have your ally Pokemon battle wild Pokemon that you hope to catch. Just throw the Poke Ball holding your ally Pokemon near a wild Pokemon, and you will seamlessly enter battle. Command your Pokemon by choosing from moves it knows.
Catch, survey and research wild Pokemon to create and complete the Sinnoh region’s first Pokedex. Honours past Pokemon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements. Story unfolds in a long-gone era, before ideas such as being a Pokemon Trainer or having a Pokemon League even existed. All around, you’ll find Pokemon living wild in harsh environments that make for a Sinnoh unlike the region you may remember from the days of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. To catch Pokemon, you can observe them to learn their behaviour, then carefully sneak up, aim your Poke Ball and let fly. Have your ally Pokemon battle wild Pokemon that you hope to catch. Just throw the Poke Ball holding your ally Pokemon near a wild Pokemon, and you will seamlessly enter battle. Command your Pokemon by choosing from moves it knows.
Catch, survey and research wild Pokemon to create and complete the Sinnoh region’s first Pokedex. Honours past Pokemon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements. Story unfolds in a long-gone era, before ideas such as being a Pokemon Trainer or having a Pokemon League even existed. All around, you’ll find Pokemon living wild in harsh environments that make for a Sinnoh unlike the region you may remember from the days of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. To catch Pokemon, you can observe them to learn their behaviour, then carefully sneak up, aim your Poke Ball and let fly. Have your ally Pokemon battle wild Pokemon that you hope to catch. Just throw the Poke Ball holding your ally Pokemon near a wild Pokemon, and you will seamlessly enter battle. Command your Pokemon by choosing from moves it knows.
Catch, survey and research wild Pokemon to create and complete the Sinnoh region’s first Pokedex. Honours past Pokemon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements. Story unfolds in a long-gone era, before ideas such as being a Pokemon Trainer or having a Pokemon League even existed. All around, you’ll find Pokemon living wild in harsh environments that make for a Sinnoh unlike the region you may remember from the days of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. To catch Pokemon, you can observe them to learn their behaviour, then carefully sneak up, aim your Poke Ball and let fly. Have your ally Pokemon battle wild Pokemon that you hope to catch. Just throw the Poke Ball holding your ally Pokemon near a wild Pokemon, and you will seamlessly enter battle. Command your Pokemon by choosing from moves it knows.
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Pokemon Legends Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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Pokemon Legends Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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Pokemon - Legends Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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It's beautiful and fun to finally have a more open, sandbox-like world for Pokémon.The graphics are very basic even in keeping with Nintendo style but poorly rendered. The gameplay is very limited, Pokémon has one of the most complex strategy requirements and a lot of that has been lost with the removal of held items or abilities. Maybe the abilities could have remained intrinsic but just not recorded somewhere? Also the Pokémon are highly unbalanced suddenly a level 5 wild Pokémon can stand up to the players trained one at level 20. The agile style allows wild Pokémon to get in 2 and sometimes 3 hits but the player using agile style will only get in 1 attack. (Even when the wild Pokémon uses strong style and player agile it was still only one hit each). The alpha ... MoreIt's beautiful and fun to finally have a more open, sandbox-like world for Pokémon.The graphics are very basic even in keeping with Nintendo style but poorly rendered. The gameplay is very limited, Pokémon has one of the most complex strategy requirements and a lot of that has been lost with the removal of held items or abilities. Maybe the abilities could have remained intrinsic but just not recorded somewhere? Also the Pokémon are highly unbalanced suddenly a level 5 wild Pokémon can stand up to the players trained one at level 20. The agile style allows wild Pokémon to get in 2 and sometimes 3 hits but the player using agile style will only get in 1 attack. (Even when the wild Pokémon uses strong style and player agile it was still only one hit each). The alpha Pokémon suddenly stop being able to stand up to their wild counterpart as soon as it is captured. -my level 40 alpha rapidash got wiped out by the newly spawned lvl 40 wild alpha counterpart.I don't mind that is challenging-(bring it on). It just feels a bit of a let down to battle a really tough Pokémon and finally catch it and then it loses what made it a challenge anyway. - to make the system fair instead of unbalancing it, alpha Pokémon should have been uncatchable instead and just become an area where the alpha will respect your presence but agree to the occasional battle Good game, enjoying it but some of that is being so starved of innovation that anything different is appreciated. Feels like before Arceus, Pokémon stadium for N64, rangers & snap were the last time there was any innovation.
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I can't say enough good things about this game, it's an amazing new take on Pokemon and has a very different theme, gameplay and story than previous games in the series. I've been playing Pokemon since the first games came out and this is probably my favorite game in the series. The battles are very challenging and have new mechanics. The story is based on the Sinnoh region from Diamond and Pearl, but set in the past when the settelers first came to the land. Wild Pokemon will attack you as you travel through the region, the world is huge and wide open for exploration. The characters and story is great and in my opinion the best story since Pokemon Black/White and Black 2/White 2 came out. I highly reccomend this game, you'll enjoy it!
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It is sad to see the little progress or backwards progress pokemon games make. Pokemon Lets Go treated even kids like idiots with how easy it was but at least it was oozing that visual pokemon charm and pokemon matched their sizes. Pokemon Sword and Shield was an unfinished mess that was incredibly pathetic. Now Shining Pearl/Diamond, which isnt as unfinished a mess as sword/shield but it is a complete lack of effort. Sword/shield and Diamond/pearl look like they came wayyyy before Lets go. Considering how big a franchise pokemon is, i cannot understand how so little investment can be put into this game. I love Zelda Windwaker, i dont need pokemon to be hyper realistic but it needs to at least have that pokecharm. In 2021 we are still getting Garydos/onix etc come ... MoreIt is sad to see the little progress or backwards progress pokemon games make. Pokemon Lets Go treated even kids like idiots with how easy it was but at least it was oozing that visual pokemon charm and pokemon matched their sizes. Pokemon Sword and Shield was an unfinished mess that was incredibly pathetic. Now Shining Pearl/Diamond, which isnt as unfinished a mess as sword/shield but it is a complete lack of effort. Sword/shield and Diamond/pearl look like they came wayyyy before Lets go. Considering how big a franchise pokemon is, i cannot understand how so little investment can be put into this game. I love Zelda Windwaker, i dont need pokemon to be hyper realistic but it needs to at least have that pokecharm. In 2021 we are still getting Garydos/onix etc come out and be smaller than a gym sign. Giant patches to try fix unfinished games with duplication glitches and lots more. Someone please save Pokemon from Gamefreak management ? There is no excuse for this little progress after decades and other games making amazing advancements despite being far smaller IPs that put Pokemon games from today to shame, even compared to games that came out over 5 years ago.
| Game edition | Standard |
| ESRB rating | E (Everyone) |
| Developer | Game Freak |
| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 28.01.2022 |
| PEGI rating | 7 |
Nintendo Pokemon Legends Arceus Game
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Pokemon - Legends Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus Nintendo Switch Nintendo Game Cartridge
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It's beautiful and fun to finally have a more open, sandbox-like world for Pokémon.The graphics are very basic even in keeping with Nintendo style but poorly rendered. The gameplay is very limited, Pokémon has one of the most complex strategy requirements and a lot of that has been lost with the removal of held items or abilities. Maybe the abilities could have remained intrinsic but just not recorded somewhere? Also the Pokémon are highly unbalanced suddenly a level 5 wild Pokémon can stand up to the players trained one at level 20. The agile style allows wild Pokémon to get in 2 and sometimes 3 hits but the player using agile style will only get in 1 attack. (Even when the wild Pokémon uses strong style and player agile it was still only one hit each). The alpha ... MoreIt's beautiful and fun to finally have a more open, sandbox-like world for Pokémon.The graphics are very basic even in keeping with Nintendo style but poorly rendered. The gameplay is very limited, Pokémon has one of the most complex strategy requirements and a lot of that has been lost with the removal of held items or abilities. Maybe the abilities could have remained intrinsic but just not recorded somewhere? Also the Pokémon are highly unbalanced suddenly a level 5 wild Pokémon can stand up to the players trained one at level 20. The agile style allows wild Pokémon to get in 2 and sometimes 3 hits but the player using agile style will only get in 1 attack. (Even when the wild Pokémon uses strong style and player agile it was still only one hit each). The alpha Pokémon suddenly stop being able to stand up to their wild counterpart as soon as it is captured. -my level 40 alpha rapidash got wiped out by the newly spawned lvl 40 wild alpha counterpart.I don't mind that is challenging-(bring it on). It just feels a bit of a let down to battle a really tough Pokémon and finally catch it and then it loses what made it a challenge anyway. - to make the system fair instead of unbalancing it, alpha Pokémon should have been uncatchable instead and just become an area where the alpha will respect your presence but agree to the occasional battle Good game, enjoying it but some of that is being so starved of innovation that anything different is appreciated. Feels like before Arceus, Pokémon stadium for N64, rangers & snap were the last time there was any innovation.
I can't say enough good things about this game, it's an amazing new take on Pokemon and has a very different theme, gameplay and story than previous games in the series. I've been playing Pokemon since the first games came out and this is probably my favorite game in the series. The battles are very challenging and have new mechanics. The story is based on the Sinnoh region from Diamond and Pearl, but set in the past when the settelers first came to the land. Wild Pokemon will attack you as you travel through the region, the world is huge and wide open for exploration. The characters and story is great and in my opinion the best story since Pokemon Black/White and Black 2/White 2 came out. I highly reccomend this game, you'll enjoy it!
It is sad to see the little progress or backwards progress pokemon games make. Pokemon Lets Go treated even kids like idiots with how easy it was but at least it was oozing that visual pokemon charm and pokemon matched their sizes. Pokemon Sword and Shield was an unfinished mess that was incredibly pathetic. Now Shining Pearl/Diamond, which isnt as unfinished a mess as sword/shield but it is a complete lack of effort. Sword/shield and Diamond/pearl look like they came wayyyy before Lets go. Considering how big a franchise pokemon is, i cannot understand how so little investment can be put into this game. I love Zelda Windwaker, i dont need pokemon to be hyper realistic but it needs to at least have that pokecharm. In 2021 we are still getting Garydos/onix etc come ... MoreIt is sad to see the little progress or backwards progress pokemon games make. Pokemon Lets Go treated even kids like idiots with how easy it was but at least it was oozing that visual pokemon charm and pokemon matched their sizes. Pokemon Sword and Shield was an unfinished mess that was incredibly pathetic. Now Shining Pearl/Diamond, which isnt as unfinished a mess as sword/shield but it is a complete lack of effort. Sword/shield and Diamond/pearl look like they came wayyyy before Lets go. Considering how big a franchise pokemon is, i cannot understand how so little investment can be put into this game. I love Zelda Windwaker, i dont need pokemon to be hyper realistic but it needs to at least have that pokecharm. In 2021 we are still getting Garydos/onix etc come out and be smaller than a gym sign. Giant patches to try fix unfinished games with duplication glitches and lots more. Someone please save Pokemon from Gamefreak management ? There is no excuse for this little progress after decades and other games making amazing advancements despite being far smaller IPs that put Pokemon games from today to shame, even compared to games that came out over 5 years ago.
In general, it's a welcome change to the tried-and-true Pokémon "trainer defeats X gyms in sequence" formula (which has grown a bit stale over time). I really like how seamless it is to go from battling to catching the critters now, and the much heavier emphasis on learning how they behave before approaching them.It's great to be something other than a trainer for once, and the research tasks ensure that you change up your team often and try many Pokémon instead of staying with the same team throughout the game. The gameplay is excellent in general, though it could be improved by having more activities to do in the field, or by adding more variety to the type of terrain you find.I also think the level of challenge is better than in other Pokémon games, as you have ... MoreIn general, it's a welcome change to the tried-and-true Pokémon "trainer defeats X gyms in sequence" formula (which has grown a bit stale over time). I really like how seamless it is to go from battling to catching the critters now, and the much heavier emphasis on learning how they behave before approaching them.It's great to be something other than a trainer for once, and the research tasks ensure that you change up your team often and try many Pokémon instead of staying with the same team throughout the game. The gameplay is excellent in general, though it could be improved by having more activities to do in the field, or by adding more variety to the type of terrain you find.I also think the level of challenge is better than in other Pokémon games, as you have to avoid being swarmed by many Pokémon at once, or being ambushed by an alpha Pokémon far above your level. Enemies hit pretty hard, and distortions add a good bit of variety to the mix. Generally, you have to stay engaged with the game much more than before.My major gripe with this game is the graphics. Rather than the visual fidelity (which is on par with Sword/Shield), my issue is with the "pop-in" effect and the limited draw distance. When running across the field, there is a very striking effect where NPCs, terrain and trees will just appear out of nowhere at times, or significantly change their geometry. I don't mind simplistic graphics, but this does impact gameplay at times, especially when riding Pokémon. Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade Chronicles don't seem to exhibit these issues.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an amazing video game mechanically. When it comes to mechanics and gameplay. Game Freak are seemingly masters at creating an addictive and highly re-playable gameplay loop that will have you yearning for more content in this already content rich video game. The game's soundtrack is just beautiful. Even just saying beautiful feels like an understatement. I can't stop listening to basically every track in the game, there's a healthy mix of nostalgic remixes that bring you back to the days of playing Pokémon Platinum Version on Nintendo DS which really makes you feel like you're playing the game as you imagined it as a child and there's a good amount of all new tracks that fit right into the setting and feel of the game. Audio design is at ... MorePokémon Legends: Arceus is an amazing video game mechanically. When it comes to mechanics and gameplay. Game Freak are seemingly masters at creating an addictive and highly re-playable gameplay loop that will have you yearning for more content in this already content rich video game. The game's soundtrack is just beautiful. Even just saying beautiful feels like an understatement. I can't stop listening to basically every track in the game, there's a healthy mix of nostalgic remixes that bring you back to the days of playing Pokémon Platinum Version on Nintendo DS which really makes you feel like you're playing the game as you imagined it as a child and there's a good amount of all new tracks that fit right into the setting and feel of the game. Audio design is at it's best in the series. Everything sounds like it fits right in and doesn't disrupt the flow.Graphics are a mixed bag, because on one hand the game has made great improvements over previous titles, mostly in the animation department, human characters emote and react to their surroundings and what's being said and with the Pokémon themselves, they are the most expressive they've ever been in and out of battle. Another positive would be the artstyle. I'm a big fan of this game's artstyle from the promotional material you could see the game was aiming to look like an old Japanese painting and it has that look to it in game so they accomplished it, and it overall just looks really nice. On the other hand however textures are rendered at a low resolution which can be very distracting in docked mode. There are also other blemishes such as the terrain pop-in, resolution of shadows, shadow pop-in, lack of anti-aliasing, world geometry, draw distance when looking over the landscape as well as when gliding through the air. These aspects are subpar or just bad. Better optimisation is needed for future games and hopefully future updates.There is a good amount of challenge however that challenge can easily be negated by veering off the beaten path and exploring the 5 biomes of Hisui to catch Pokémon. With the lack of level scaling it makes the game for those that play in that way extremely easy. For the future, dynamic level scaling needs to be implemented to keep the challenge presented by the altered combat system and stat calculation difference.Overall I think Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an amazing video game and is very much worth your time. Except for if video game visual graphics are what you play games for, then I wouldn't recommend at all.
The gameplay is so addictive if you're a big fan of collecting all of the pokemon - it is really fun to also explore the areas on the mounts you unlock over the course of the story. The music is fantastic as always, especially for certain battle themes later on in the game. I like the graphics of the game but i think they could do even better in future, sometimes the short render distance can be jarring as the land looks barren and strange before assets like grass load in. The game can be challenging despite the theme of collecting rather than battle, however there is a noticeable difficulty spike later on in the game and you will find yourself underleveled for some required battles, which could be difficult for those who may not understand the battle system so ... MoreThe gameplay is so addictive if you're a big fan of collecting all of the pokemon - it is really fun to also explore the areas on the mounts you unlock over the course of the story. The music is fantastic as always, especially for certain battle themes later on in the game. I like the graphics of the game but i think they could do even better in future, sometimes the short render distance can be jarring as the land looks barren and strange before assets like grass load in. The game can be challenging despite the theme of collecting rather than battle, however there is a noticeable difficulty spike later on in the game and you will find yourself underleveled for some required battles, which could be difficult for those who may not understand the battle system so well, specifically new players only just picking up the game. Overall, the game is great!! It is such a refreshing and new spin on the pokemon formula; it is very fun to play with a lot of content within it. I have just over 50 hours of playtome and still have many quests to complete as well as the pokedex to complete in order to meet arceus. I would totally recommend the game for those who are feeling like the more recent pokemon games have been lacking and want to have a new fresh adventure that isnt all the same 'get pokemon, challenge gym, go down linear routes' cycle that repeats until the end of the game.
Pros: Throwing pokeballs and catching pokemon outside of combat is great. The side quests are fun and largely non-intrusive. The main story is fun (even though the dialogue could use some work)I appreciate the new moves the pokemon can learn, and the variety of regional variants. I appreciate how simple the crafting element in the game is, and how streamlined the process can be without the need of 100+ crafting materials.Cons: There are games with worse graphics (on a Gamecube) And I understand moving from largely pixel art to 3D can be hard, but there are a lot of pokemon designs that leave a lot to be desired. Just look at the inside of Parasect's claws.The music can be cacophonous and tinny, but there are a few more pleasant moments.The dialogue sounds are ... MorePros: Throwing pokeballs and catching pokemon outside of combat is great. The side quests are fun and largely non-intrusive. The main story is fun (even though the dialogue could use some work)I appreciate the new moves the pokemon can learn, and the variety of regional variants. I appreciate how simple the crafting element in the game is, and how streamlined the process can be without the need of 100+ crafting materials.Cons: There are games with worse graphics (on a Gamecube) And I understand moving from largely pixel art to 3D can be hard, but there are a lot of pokemon designs that leave a lot to be desired. Just look at the inside of Parasect's claws.The music can be cacophonous and tinny, but there are a few more pleasant moments.The dialogue sounds are non-existent. Haven't seen that in a video game in a long time. I wouldn't want fully spoken dialogue, and Animal Crossing speak just wouldn't be suitable, and I'm glad they didn't do anime gasps as well. But a few sounds would be fine, the susurration of speech would be acceptable.Lastly, this game is kinda jank travel 3000. Have you seen the way the deer thing jumps and travels upwards? What is this, Skyrim? Why doesn't the player have a jump/climb button? Why can't they jump?Oh yeah, also, if you're gunna have me do puzzles, DON'T TELL ME THE FREAKING ANSWERS BEFORE I'VE EVEN TRIED GAME!!
Probably the best Pokémon game I've played. Pokémon Legends: Arceus moves away from the gameplay we have come to expect from the Pokémon franchise in a way that would introduce new players and more established players alike into challenging immersive play. The main part of the story can be completed fairly swiftly by an experienced played, but the so-called 'post-game' will leave you busy for countless more hours. Sound and background music is reminiscent of the modern Zelda games and of a very good quality. Graphics are in the main very good, with occasional glitches appearing like a white outline when in caves, or the stilted movement of Pokémon when they are way into the background. Those minor points aside, this has been, and continues to be a fantastic new take ... MoreProbably the best Pokémon game I've played. Pokémon Legends: Arceus moves away from the gameplay we have come to expect from the Pokémon franchise in a way that would introduce new players and more established players alike into challenging immersive play. The main part of the story can be completed fairly swiftly by an experienced played, but the so-called 'post-game' will leave you busy for countless more hours. Sound and background music is reminiscent of the modern Zelda games and of a very good quality. Graphics are in the main very good, with occasional glitches appearing like a white outline when in caves, or the stilted movement of Pokémon when they are way into the background. Those minor points aside, this has been, and continues to be a fantastic new take on a game I have loved for years and I hope a style which endures for subsequent games.
First, the negatives: I have had the game freeze up on me once, as well as having assets not load in properly. Visually the game is a little lacking and very often you will find parts of the games that appear buggy or visually displeasing. The difficulty and balancing is odd to say the least with a strange feeling of the world being tougher than the player much of the time, and a vast change from the mainline games. However, I have found the game to be really enjoyable, one of my more favourite games from the franchise. The exploration is fun and often rewarding, finding a new pokemon or an alpha to challenge. Filling the pokedex has a new method, requiring you to actually work on researching them, although at times can be a chore, does feel really engaging, and you ... MoreFirst, the negatives: I have had the game freeze up on me once, as well as having assets not load in properly. Visually the game is a little lacking and very often you will find parts of the games that appear buggy or visually displeasing. The difficulty and balancing is odd to say the least with a strange feeling of the world being tougher than the player much of the time, and a vast change from the mainline games. However, I have found the game to be really enjoyable, one of my more favourite games from the franchise. The exploration is fun and often rewarding, finding a new pokemon or an alpha to challenge. Filling the pokedex has a new method, requiring you to actually work on researching them, although at times can be a chore, does feel really engaging, and you are rewarded well for doing so. I found myself making notes on what I need to do in order to complete research notes and it feels as though I am really working on researching pokemon. The story is somewhat formulaic and I can easily see people not enjoying it all to much, but it's still fun and acts as a stepping stone to more exploration of new areas and new encounters. As well as this, new quests to occupy your time too. Some are a little harsh and required some googling to figure out what I was meant to be doing, but for the most part I've also been going out of my way to complete them as it a good way to take a break from the story and it drives you to find more things and fill the pokedex. The game has flaws, and it took some getting used to in the visual department. The new pokemon designs are questionable at times. But looking past all that is an incredibly fun game that I'd easily recommend for pokemon trainers looking for a fresh take on the games they've loved prior.
| Game edition | Standard |
| ESRB rating | E (Everyone) |
| Developer | Game Freak |
| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 28.01.2022 |
| PEGI rating | 7 |
