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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 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
Reviewer: Jake
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It's the Pokémon game I have waited for.
Review: TLDR: The Game is really good. The systems work great and its a world you can get lost in and play for a very long time. It's the Pokémon game I have been hoping for.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.)

Reviewer: Mark Vanderlinde-Abernathy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing Game
Review: Let's nip one issue in the bud. This game, along with others of its kind, suffer from the limitations of the system it is on. The clearest example is the slow FPS of objects in the far distance, which funny enough is intentionally programmed into these games to prevent further quality degradation during playthrough.It's not really this game's fault, and the developers did wonderful work around it. If you can live with that visual you're in for a treat.The gameplay flow is absolutely wonderful. It does what main-series Pokémon can not: Make catching and collecting fun. The problem with main-series games is it holds on to traditional RPG mechanics too tightly in an era where they've the option to upgrade and improve. Legends Arceus does this with eliminating "You've Caught XYZ! Now look at it's Pokédex Entry, again!" and applying lock-on targeting and real-time action with the catching. Pokémon attack and run away, making it a skill to smack with a Pokéball.Included with each dex entry is a long list of tasks, not all of which are required to progress but for those who enjoy total completion it adds some variety.Shiny hunting is an enjoyment compared to previous entries and the future entry of Scarlet and Violet. Every shiny is accompanied with both a visual and auditory notification so you know it is there.Story wise, the game dives into lore about the Pokémon universe. This does not mean you need to know it to enjoy the story, but it helps they released Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl to give you an idea of what this region is. You do end up caring about the characters you meet, as opposed to a game like Sword/Shield which fails in the story department.Boss fights are also a tricky and fun experience, and you'll find yourself with plenty of challenges along the way.I consider this to be the best Pokémon game they've made thus far. Scarlet/Violet do continue with improved storytelling and better open-world design. But, Legends Arceus is very polished in design and concept.

Reviewer: Ashley H.D.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is the best Pokémon game I’ve ever played.
Review: I love the game, the story is great and the final battle is the hardest battle in any game I’ve ever played, I love when a giant teddy bear hits me, the player instead of my samurott. Honestly fighting for your life against Pokémon is just such a breath of fresh air from the usual Pokémon only fighting each other.

Reviewer: JBlairNY
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun game- kids love it!
Review: My kids love the Pokemon games, this is no exception. Fun game play, nothing particularly controversial for parents.

Reviewer: Daelyn Knyght
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Honestly the best mainline Pokémon game
Review: As the title says. Lol. Even without a lot of the modern QOL improvements, the game was incredible. The open world was the best yet and the catching system was second to none. I hope ZA is similar.

Reviewer: Ingrid
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llegó muy rápido y funciona muy bien

Reviewer: TIAGO JUNIO PEREIRA FERREIRA
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: De longe foi um dos melhore jogos que Pokémon lançou nos últimos anos. Tem diversas formas de se divertir e a que mais me prendeu foi a vontade de completar a dex perfeita de todos os Pokémon. Dá trabalho mas é satisfatório. Encontrar shiny também é uma delícia.

Reviewer: Moha
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: ما يحتاج أقيمها المعروف لا يعرف

Reviewer: lester ivan cabatit
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Love playing with it

Reviewer: Molly
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 'Brought as a Christmas present so hope it's ok