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Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Game Freak

2022•Strategy•PEGI 7•About 29 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyvehiclesfastlightimaginaryglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, sweeping strategy game, light rather than heavy. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

81 / 100

227 ratings

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About This Game

The Pokémon Legends: Arceus game honors 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.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The story starts with the main character getting sent back in time by Arceus to the Hisui region, the Sinnoh region of ancient times, with one task in hand—to seek out all Pokemon. From the same day onward, strange lightning from the rift starts striking the Noble Pokemon, causing them to enter a frenzied state.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyVehiclesAll consuming questFish out of water/culture clash

Keywords

Time travelPikachu

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Game Freak
Publishers: Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Released: 28 January 2022
Series: Pokémon
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 29h normally
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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