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Pokémon Scarlet

Game Freak

2022•Strategy•PEGI 7•About 50 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefamilyfantasyfresh & originalwholesomeimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemanding

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Boxlist takeWarm-hearted and expansive: an otherworldly strategy game, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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

IGDB rating

73 / 100

106 ratings

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About This Game

The Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, the newest chapters in the Pokémon series, are coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. With these new titles, the Pokémon series takes a new evolutionary step, allowing you to explore freely in a richly expressed open world. Various towns blend seamlessly into the wilderness with no borders. You’ll be able to see the Pokémon of this region in the skies, in the seas, in the forests, on the streets—all over! You’ll be able to experience the true joy of the Pokémon series—battling against wild Pokémon in order to catch them—now in an open-world game that players of any age can enjoy.

Summary: IGDB

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFamilyFantasy

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Game Freak
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 18 November 2022
Series: Pokémon
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 50h normally, 70h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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