During today's Pokémon Presents event, we got a more detailed look at Pokémon Legends: Arceus, including new Hisuian Pokemon like Wyrdeer, Basculegion and Hisuian forms of Growlithe and Braviary, its updated battle system, story and open world details, and much more.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is still set to be released on January 28, 2022, and it will take place in the Hisui Region, which will eventually become the Sinnoh Region that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl take place in. Your adventure will begin in Jubilife Village, and players will work to become a member of the Galaxy Expedition Team, which includes different sub-groups like Medical Corps, Security Corps and Survey Corps.
Jubilife Village will be your home base in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and is where you will accept quests and assignments and prepare for your upcoming adventures. Your goal in this new game is to complete the first-ever Pokedex, and players will be able to choose to have either Akari or Rei be the protagonist, with the other becoming a team member. Fun fact: Jubilife Village will become Jubilife City in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.
The massive Mount Coronet is located in the center of the Hisui Region and the surrounding areas are more-or-less their own ecosystems with different weather, landscapes, and Pokemon that call it home. Obsidian Fieldlands was shown off in the latest trailer, and is filled with trees and flowers and grass and "appears to teem with Pokemon that favor meadows and forests."
Along your journey, you will meet with such characters as Commander Kamado - the leader of Galaxy Expedition Team and ancestor of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl's Professor Rowan - and Captain Cyllene - the leader of Galaxy Team's Survey Corps. As with all Pokemon games, you will also be introduced to a Professor who will help you on your way. In Pokemon Legends: Arceus, this professor is named Laventon.
After you meet Professor Laventon and choose one of your starter Pokemon - Rowlet, Cyndaquill, or Oshawatt - you will be able to go out and explore Pokemon Legends: Arceus' open-world and experience its new battle system.
While you will be able to catch some Pokemon by just aiming and throwing a Pokeball, stronger Pokemon will need to be weakened by those Pokemon you have already caught. However, the battle system in this new game is a bit of a twist from the main series entries.
Instead of Pokemon using their moves one after another, Pokemon's stats and other factors may allow them to use multiple actions in a row. One of these other factors is the Agile Style and Strong Style system. Pokemon are still limited to four moves at a time, but these new styles can change the flow of battle and mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Agile Style moves will raise the user's action speed, but it comes at the cost of a move's power. Strong Style, on the other hand, raises the power of a move at the cost of your Pokemon's action speed.
Once weakened, players will be able to capture these Pokemon to add them to your Pokedex, yet there is much more to completing this Pokedex than simply catching them all. There will also be research tasks to complete that will raise your rank in the Galaxy Expedition Team and will help unlock new areas to explore. These tasks include seeing them use certain moves, evolving them, defeating them, and more.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus was first announced this past February at a different Pokémon Presents broadcast, where we got our first look at an ancient Sinnoh region, starters Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott, and an open world with roaming wild Pokémon. We've since gotten a release date of January 28, 2022 for the game, while Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are coming on November 19, 2021.
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus is still set to be released on January 28, 2022, and it will take place in the Hisui Region, which will eventually become the Sinnoh Region that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl take place in. Your adventure will begin in Jubilife Village, and players will work to become a member of the Galaxy Expedition Team, which includes different sub-groups like Medical Corps, Security Corps and Survey Corps.
Jubilife Village will be your home base in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and is where you will accept quests and assignments and prepare for your upcoming adventures. Your goal in this new game is to complete the first-ever Pokedex, and players will be able to choose to have either Akari or Rei be the protagonist, with the other becoming a team member. Fun fact: Jubilife Village will become Jubilife City in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.
The massive Mount Coronet is located in the center of the Hisui Region and the surrounding areas are more-or-less their own ecosystems with different weather, landscapes, and Pokemon that call it home. Obsidian Fieldlands was shown off in the latest trailer, and is filled with trees and flowers and grass and "appears to teem with Pokemon that favor meadows and forests."
Along your journey, you will meet with such characters as Commander Kamado - the leader of Galaxy Expedition Team and ancestor of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl's Professor Rowan - and Captain Cyllene - the leader of Galaxy Team's Survey Corps. As with all Pokemon games, you will also be introduced to a Professor who will help you on your way. In Pokemon Legends: Arceus, this professor is named Laventon.
After you meet Professor Laventon and choose one of your starter Pokemon - Rowlet, Cyndaquill, or Oshawatt - you will be able to go out and explore Pokemon Legends: Arceus' open-world and experience its new battle system.
While you will be able to catch some Pokemon by just aiming and throwing a Pokeball, stronger Pokemon will need to be weakened by those Pokemon you have already caught. However, the battle system in this new game is a bit of a twist from the main series entries.
Instead of Pokemon using their moves one after another, Pokemon's stats and other factors may allow them to use multiple actions in a row. One of these other factors is the Agile Style and Strong Style system. Pokemon are still limited to four moves at a time, but these new styles can change the flow of battle and mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Agile Style moves will raise the user's action speed, but it comes at the cost of a move's power. Strong Style, on the other hand, raises the power of a move at the cost of your Pokemon's action speed.
Once weakened, players will be able to capture these Pokemon to add them to your Pokedex, yet there is much more to completing this Pokedex than simply catching them all. There will also be research tasks to complete that will raise your rank in the Galaxy Expedition Team and will help unlock new areas to explore. These tasks include seeing them use certain moves, evolving them, defeating them, and more.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus was first announced this past February at a different Pokémon Presents broadcast, where we got our first look at an ancient Sinnoh region, starters Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott, and an open world with roaming wild Pokémon. We've since gotten a release date of January 28, 2022 for the game, while Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are coming on November 19, 2021.
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