Pokémon Legends: Arceus

What a breath of fresh air for Pokémon! The gameplay feels new, the blending of different gens of Pokémon is fun, and the era difference makes it fascinating to explore. That being said, this is definitely Gamefreak's first attempt at a game like this. The graphics are not great by any means, but it looks like they sacrificed those to save frame rates. The open world concept is also a bit cautiously done; like a dog getting into water for the first time. That's to be expected, however, considering how much of a departure it is.

All in all, I would absolutely recommend it, if only to encourage Gamefreak to continue exploring this new path!

Pokemon is and has always been made to include Nintendo's target demographic: children. This is not a typical RPG, this is an introduction to RPGs using Pokemon. Stop having unrealistic expectations from a children's game and go play an RPG geared towards young adults or adults if that's your complaint. End rant.

The game has a lot of dialogue and a repetitive gameplay. At some level it reminded me of a Visual Novel and something that would make a huge difference would be introducing voice actors to the franchise - which would also be a major risk considering other games aren't as dialogue heavy as this one. However, they would still need to revise the dialogue because there are a lot of uncalled for repetition. You can't even skip the dialogue and cut scenes, you have to sit through the whole thing.

I reckon they tried something new with the open world approach, but the gameplay itself is so repetitive and I find hard to believe that a majority of players of the franchise play Pokémon as developers wrote this game, for instance to complete the Pokédex it isn't enough to capture one pokémon, some times you have to capture 25 of the same pokémon and there are other "challenges" as well.

I must say however that most of the Hisuian forms are really cool.

I'm 35 and I've been playing the first games when I was a kid. Some friends were into Switch and over time I wanted to make myself a little gift and got the Nintendo Switch Oled and this game.

To be honest, I've been out for like 15 years. So maybe I shouldn't even complain. First I was super disappointed that there are no voices at all in this game. In 2022 I would've expected that the characters and creatures have real voices. And this is joined by average graphics and annoyingly silly and repetitive music. Honestly the music reminds me of music from adult flash games. If you know you know. The trumpets and instruments sound like farrting elephants.

And since there are no voices of characters we have to read a whole lot. I mean I get it. It has that old feeling and maybe also trying to make the kids read and use their imagination, but to me that was a bummer.

Think back of the first three iconic Pokémons you got to choose from in the first games. And now you get some random looking ones. Honestly. As if someone had like a randomize button to design them.

If I had a wish or two it would be that they make a new version of the original games. In 3D. With all the original characters. Imagine running through them spooky houses in a version for the switch.

And make a new one that is a little darker. I read another version that mentioned that. We grew up. Make kiddy versions and make something for us. Nostalgia and new stuff. Will ya ?

This game is very enjoyable to play. It really feels like a Pokemon adventure similar to the animes.

This game needs more visual polish, but the mechanical direction is far better than previous installments in the franchise.

This game leaves me wondering and excited about were the franchise will go next.