Pokémon Legends: Arceus announced for Switch (Early 2022). Open World, turn-based

[raeaburame]

Going to be a good game and nice evolution of franchise that stans will hate as they switch up on sword and shield

 

[jpv_13]

I feel like this is going to be a Cross-Gen launch title with whatever new system they might be working on.

 

[Reigning Empire]

Guys it was NOT a stream lmao
It was a premier yt upload, that lets fans talk live during a video and watch it together.
But YT has a no kids policy, which stops people from commenting on certain videos.

 

[Damn Silly]

Time to get Hugh Laurie in to promote it



Looks like a neat spin, anyway

 

[CaptainBojangles]

I need to see more of this, but I thoughf the wild area was dreadful in Sw/Sh so I don't have a lot of faith in this

 

[Rowsdower]

I'm really into the idea/scope, but it looks rough as hell. Still, there's time to improve.

The Switch Pro better come soon.

 

[pappacone]

yes, Nintendo really needs a new console

 

[Archduke Kong]

This... actually looks kind of of cool. Also why is there a dodge roll for the Pokemon trainer lmao

I figured framrate was an issue with the stream, mine kept buffering every five seconds (while insisting that it was still live, even after a refresh) and ended early, but maybe that's just what it is? At least it's a year out.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Just as prophesied


This opens up Pokémon setting possibilities wide open. Let's go ancient Egypt pokémon with anubis-style Lucario and a pre-mummification Cofagrigus

 

[show me your skeleton]

set it in a different time period: has no affect on anything whatsoever

why the heck did they go with the same old professor/pokedex thing again

 

[Catalyst]

This game has Age of Calamity syndrome, except it doesn't look nearly as nice as AOC so there's less of an excuse. Still is a good concept though.

 

[Einbroch]

Not sure they know what action RPG means.

 

[renegade_sylens]

Now this is much more in line with what I was expecting console Pokemon to look like

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My dream has finally come true!!! WTF?!? How is this happening?!? Open world...this is the ultimate form of Pokémon!!!

 

[Jimnymebob]

Ancient flat cap lol

 

[Village]

I guses this will be the start of a new series. I wonder if there will be old versions of other regions as well. Interesting from a lore perspective

 

[scare_crow]

About what? There are two games releasing.

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Well, we're in the Arceus thread, so...

 

[Cruxist]

Very very cool. Hoping it runs well on the switch, that's the only thing that scares me at this point.

Great starter selection, too. Cyndaquil needs more love!

 

[TheRaidenPT]

Technical aspect looks pre-alpa, sky almost feels like it isn't dynamic at all.

Gameplay and story wise seem interesting

 

[Lord Azrael]

I know this is prerelease footage but those framerates looked dire
What was that, like in the teens? And some of the Pokémon were literally running at low single digits
Obviously this is still a ways out but I don't really trust Game Freak in any technical regard

 

[Armoredgoomba]

Gameplay seems kinda light on content just running around throwing balls. Not sure what the quests and game structure would be. Interesting at least.

That's a nice render of Cyndaquil...so I'm in.

 

[hiryu64]

Game Freak with the "and I took that personally" dropkick on people who accused them of being lazy/unambitious

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I will personally insult Masuda to his face if this is the kind of stuff we get out of it lol

 

[NabiscoFelt]

Well, its not the prettiest game, and performance was...ouch, but hey this is basically everything kid me dreamed Pokemon would be, so I'm totally in

Interesting choice of starter Pokemon. Of course, it had to be three of my favorites and my choices in each of the gens they're from. This is going to be a tough choice...

 

[VPplaya]

Call me a hater, but this shit looks rough as hell. Would rather them put all their dev into Gen 9 than whatever this is. And holy hell at those DP "remakes"

 

[ravn0s]

Holy shit this game was not ready to be shown, the graphics, resolution and frame rate were all ridiculously rough.

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Yep, they definitely should have waited until later in the year to reveal it.

 

[Neoxon]

That looked ROUGH, but they have time to clean it up. However, GF track record with graphics doesn't inspire much confidence.

With that being said, #teamcyndaquil assemble!

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Yeah, they have a year to optimize the game.

 

[OmegaX]

Holy shit this game was not ready to be shown, the graphics, resolution and frame rate were all ridiculously rough.

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Don't expect it to get much better on release.

 

[Aloysius]

Everything about this game excites me except for how bad it looks.

 

[Alec]

This is the first time I've been excited about Pokemon in like 7 years.

 

[Ryuelli]

Gameplay-wise it looks great.

Visual-wise... not so much.

 

[Delaney]

This didn't look that good... I just don't see how this fits the franchise and it's anything other than a response to people who wanted Nintendo to turn all their franchises into BotW sequels.

 

[Goron3]

I feel like this is going to be a Cross-Gen launch title with whatever new system they might be working on.

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It's pretty obviously going to run like trash on the OG Switch.

 

[Chrno]

whew, looked hella bad.

felt like I was watching some tech demo on steam workshop with pokemon assets.

 

[RisingStar]

This would've benefited a lot from the Switch Pro. Either that or GF simply needs longer dev cycles for ambitious projects like these. Honestly, given that a "spin-off" like this is actually being done by GF makes me a whole lot more interested.

 

[Plasmid]

Very excited, a super interesting way to not go forward with new mons, but with new games. They're definitely learning more about what they can accomplish with the engine.

can't wait.

 

[Kordelle]

Day one.

 

[Valcrist]

Well, this is what the people wanted I guess.

Pokemon still moving at like 5fps in the world though. Pretty jarring.

 

[mudai]

I'm so in! This is what I hoped Sword & Shield would be. I hope they're going to work on that aliasing though.

 

[Empyrean Cocytus]

HOOOOLYYYY SHIT.

Is this like an MMO? It's gotta be an MMO. GOTTA BE.

 

[mk_68]

Definitely using the Sword and Shield engine based on the washed out textures.

However, if graphics were important to me in this series I would've stopped playing a while ago. Game looks interesting. A little barebones, but probably because they aren't showing everything. So I'm cautiously excited.

 

[Ushojax]

Visually it looks appalling but I'm still really excited. At last the series is moving away from the Game Boy design principles they have clung to for 25 years.

Now let us pray that with another year of work and a potential Switch Pro coming, it will look less hideous when it actually comes out. It's painful to watch such a huge franchise reveal a game full of terrible aliasing and frame drops.

 

[Sargerus]

Its the ATB rumor true as well?

 

[Lelouch0612]

Hype !

 

[hergipotter]

I thought after sw/sh I was done with pokemon but I guess I might not.

 

[Sagroth]

I'm cautiously excited for this.

 

[ElNarez]

if they had pokeballs in the old times then what the fuck is a pokeball and how does it work?

 

[Refrain]

Framerate and graphics look awful. Switch pro when?

 

[Hazz3r]

That framerate was ROUGH.

Everything is pointing at them having at Switch Pro available in 2022.

 

[PSOreo]

If BOTW can look as good as it does, there really isn't an excuse for the game to have a frame rate that bad and look rough once it releases. Cautiously optimistic but as I said before I would love to pick this up day one.

 

[PokémonSpears]

I'm excited, yet kinda puzzled.

I really don't know how to feel about these and the remakes being two different things. I'd love for the DP remakes look like Legends, and I hate that I'm complaining lol but yeah, it feels kind of frustrating because literally this is how I was imagining the remakes.

Now, obviously we're still yet to see what the adventure entails, but it seems to be heavily focused on catching. So I doubt we'll get gyms or Team Galactic or anything of that sorts, so I don't know, it feels weird lol

 

[Hours Left]

I found this to be very boring, personally. Catching Pokémon looks bland as hell, and the fights not much better.

Hopefully it's more than one town, with giant barren fields.