My Hopes for Pokémon Legends: Arceus
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus has a lot of potential. Here are my biggest hopes for the game.
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@Tommy Gaming 🅥 Uhhhh
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@@SomeAT-AT Bruhhhh
An underrated part of this is the fact that there’s only one version of this game. They didn’t feel the need to make two separate editions of the same game and that’s got me hype lowkey
That’s such a good point, Reggie
Could just be that it does not seem to be a true main line pokemon game. Just a side test game. Wait until the next game comes out, we shall see if they even keep this setup. Probably the deciding factor is if this game pleases or fails... Might fail just because people expecting a mainline game like this, but ironically kills the potential for one actually happening, and them just going for a traditional setup again.
@@merccc1 It seems to be going well, I'd like Legends to be a secondary series getting new games along with the normal Pokémon games... Just without the need for both Legends games and normal Pokémon games to be constantly worked on together, and I would say the title is already perfect as all of these side games could be Pokémon Legends games with the first one being Pokémon Legends Arceus.
Wait; so now you're suddenly back to hating Scarlet and Violet right?
Even though they're _based_ right off this very game and then finally break the 25-year old Pokémon mold and are _true_ Open World. Not 'vast Areas' like Legends; actual total freedom in traversing between towns in any order (and as clearly seen; their gyms).
@@netweed09 SV not even out yet.
And trailers for PLA also seemed for it to be open world.
Don't count your Mareep before the release
I hope they actually figured out that "open world" doesn't just mean "big empty space where you do the same gameplay as older pokémon games". Open world games are all about discovery and if the only thing to "discover" is Pokémon then there was no point in making a big empty space cause we already could do that. I want puzzles and vistas and collectables.
Game designers know these things. If there's no discovery, it's not because of a lack of understanding. It's because the games sell like hot cakes anyway.
Pokémon is about the collection of the Pokémon themselves, though. It’s simply not the kind of franchise that the Zelda series and Skyrim are.
@@LinkMountaineer yes but there is a world worth exploring, collecting pokemon is like thr mix of finding a new enemy or new weapon in botw, but the cool stuff is when you find a whole structure or interest location, the little korok puzzles, the shrines the thints that make you want to walk around instead of zip zappy teleporting everywhere and not bothering with anything in the game
I want this game to be great, they have no excuse to fail, an after fucking the *faithful* port over so badly this better be magic, or pokemon is truly dead to me, this is their *last* chance
If this fails they better release a platinum port so people like me can have at least *SOMETHING* pokemon to play on the switch, because this is fuckin sad
This, exactly. This is what has me worried because that really does look like it might be the case. If they've showed all it has to offer it just looks really shallow.. I really hope it's not
@@ParaFox404 Did you miss where I said Pokémon and Zelda are vastly different styles of games? Pokémon isn’t meant to be that kind of experience. The rest of your comment reeks of entitlement. “This is their last chance”? Who even are you? Just go. You don’t need to announce your departure from the series. Quite literally no one cares. I’m really enjoying the Sinnoh remakes, actually. Several other people are as well, so I wouldn’t call that a “fucked up remake”.
I just like that the Pokemon seem to visually approach other Pokemon in battle to attack them instead them hitting air and magically hitting them. That's something that should've been done since Pokèmon X/Y.
Why wouldnt it be a silly Cash-Grab?
Can you name me an actual reason why things have changed?
I mean, think about it like this: If theres a Train... and the Train would arrive in Berlin... and then... nothing happens
to change the Trains direction... wouldnt it end up in Berlin??
@@nenmaster5218 I haven't played Pokèmon since Blue on the Gameboy. As a franchise, I don't care about it. I was just pointing a change I liked.
To answer your question, no.
@@superchiefdunga5394 Ok... ok then...
...I recommend playing Pokemon Platinum though. Or Pokemon Ranger. Or Mystery Dungeons. Just because the franchise is rammed-into-a-wall now doesnt mean it always was; some games are epic.
It was done back in old3d colosseum/XD days.
@@nenmaster5218 Mystery Dungeon is better than the main games.
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@@BrianMagnan yes
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I really hope this game does well enough to get a sequel in unova where we see the legendary dragon kyurem, reshiram, and zekrom were.
I’d absolutely love this. They could even make it into a game series if they wanted to, like there could be one focused on the draconids and rayquaza, the war in Kalos or the island guardians in alola
Also Hilda's ancestor.
I don't feel like we will get a legends sequel. The purpose of this game seems more like a way to transition to this style of gameplay for mainline pokemon games
@@firesnakex8 it feels weird for it to get a double subtitle then? Like imagine if Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team ended up being the only "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon" game. The name would feel very weird.
Oh yeah back when they used to be just one dragon
I want this to be a Pokémon game that I can come back to. With the recent games, I just beat it and never pick it up again.
And you will likely do the same here.
The days of battle frontier gba and DS peak era are long gone
I mean that's what happens when your series runs on one save file only
@@ImThEmAsTeRGaMeR100 botw begs to differ
@@ImThEmAsTeRGaMeR100 You have more save files in the Switch Games
You are begging for replayability when what you should be begging for is that the game is good enough to be played ONCE in the first place.
And if you played Pokémon Bored & Shield then your standards are pretty low and you should be just fine bc Pokémon Lengthens: Arcadia looks ABYSMAL
I hope it has dungeons or something. It needs a progression system of some kind.
It can’t just be the Pokédex and if it’s based around those enraged Pokémon or whatever it can’t just be “grind until you’re ready to face the next enraged boss Pokémon”
Far as we're aware atm progress appears to be by doing required tasks
So, in theory, its: do the little missions, noble pokemon battle, rinse and repeat with probably some other events and stuff scattered throughout imo
Sadly I'm 99% sure that if they had puzzles or collectables or dungeons they would have shown them off already.
That said, if they actually treat pokemon like collectables where there are a ton of pokemon that only spawn in very specific areas at very specific times, it could still work alright.
Oh, a good example would be Big Game Hunter on the wii. There are times when you have to be ready to hunt a bear right away or go across/up a log.
Sadly from the trailers I think that is exactly what it is
Lol, is this some sort of a joke comment or irony?!
You've got the wrong game fella. 😂I think you're looking for Breath of the Empty when mentioning dungeons lol!
The way Arlo adds a caveat to each hope he has is hilarious to me. His hopes are so dwindled by the past history of Pokémon XD
Hey! Pokemon XD wasn't that bad!
/s by the way.
I want a Pokémon xD before anything else if not a shadow Pokémon REBOOT
It’s the same with many long-time Pokémon fans and I’m one of them. Pokémon hasn’t really been good since Black and White 2 and all we’ve really gotten since is mediocrity. I enjoyed BDSP because they were remakes of Diamond and Pearl which were already good games to begin with. I want modern Pokémon games to be exciting again and not just look forward to playing remakes of previous games
@@minasthirith6314 oh my gosh
I just had a super cursed thought
Would you choose Pokémon Uwu or Pokémon OwO
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@@thespeedyyoshi pokemon makes me QwQ
Personally, I'm hoping that Nintendo was looking over Capcom's shoulder when they made Monster Hunter, because the field research from that game is pretty much what I'm hoping for and what I think I'm seeing here. Except I want it like 10 times deeper. I want the primary focus of this game to be observing and catching specimens to incrementally fill out bits of research. I don't want this to be another kid on a generic "best that ever was" journey, I want to be a field researcher out to write the first Pokedex. If I see a rare Pokemon in the wild, I want the excitement to be not just to catch it, but to be able to observe it and maybe find some new clue that will fill out more of my data. I've conquered enough gyms and champions in my time, let me be a scientist for once.
Funny enough the field research in MH Rise was significantly reduced from MH World as Rise was made to be a "portable" MH game so they reduce things to do outside of actual combat
Doesn’t invalidate what you said, and I want to spread knowledge not just correct people to be right. But Nintendo doesn’t make Pokémon. Nintendo doesn’t own Pokémon. The Pokémon company owns Pokémon. Nintendo and Pokémon have a long-standing exclusivity deal. It’s just a pet peeve of mine. An understandable mistake, but it’s just about giving credit where it’s due and criticism where it’s due.
I mean, they could’ve done this in a standard formula Pokemon game. Yeeting the structure out might prove an unwise decision. Time will tell.
@Penguin Economics They partially own it but they have nothing whatsoever to do with the making of the games. That's all TPC
Did you seriously say you're hoping for Pokemon to be deeper?
I feel like everyone’s expectations are so low that if Legends Arceus is even a bit decent then everyone will be calling it game of the year. Lol. Personally, I’m cautiously optimistic. It seems like Game Freak is at least trying a little to do something different, but, considering it’s still Game Freak, there very easily could be aspects that feel rushed or unpolished. So it could still be a disappointment. However, we won’t know that until we play the game next weekend.
At least Masuda didn't have his grubby mitts on and/or in this game development this time.
I've seen two types of people, those who have very low expectations, and people who are expecting BOTW with Pokémon, and the latter are going to be very disappointed
@@codo8584 can confirm as someone who played the leak that the latter will not be disappointed
Now that the game is out is absurd how sad this franchise ended up, there's zero life in it, barren open-world, the terrain texture of the entire game have less quality than Metroid Prime from Gamecube 20 years ago, bad shadows and physics is a literall teenage fan game unity level
"I just want to like it. I want to play it and have fun" struck home for me. I'm nervous as hell that this game is just going to be either a half-step, or just not be much fun. I really want to be hopeful that it will be good, like several other of my Pokemon friends, but I know, with Pokemon's track record, that it's very unlikely.
As someone who's managed to get a copy of it, don't get overhyped. The usual quote for pokemon is "one step forward and two steps back", and this game is more like the embodiment of "three steps forward and four steps back". I won't spoil much but there are so many cool quality of life changes and interesting ideas that would be amazing in a fully fledged pokemon game but they also take away so many other things that it's hard to fully enjoy it.
I feel so bad for Arlo right now, I already know the follow up is going to be "well it's.....something new."
@@joelnelson4228 Did you get it through a switch emulator for pc?
The thing I hope the most is that the execution (at least mostly) lives up to the concept's potential, because they will probably just drop the whole idea before it gets any good if not.
In the worst case, they might never try something new ever again, because "people did surely not like it because it is new; the reason can of course not be the game's quality, right?".
Like what happened to Gen 5, the games went downhill after it because of the initial negative reception.
Thank you for reminding me how stupid the community was with Gen 5's changes back in 2010. *Vietnam Flashbacks*
That's what happened to gen. 5, but at least this experiment has the Switch game sales backing it up so honestly the ball is in their court.
Hoping the game is good, and admittedly, it looks refreshing enough that I am already a suckered into buying it.
@@JesusHerrera-rl2rx Who would've thought an entire game series would backtrack on so much all for a snowcone, a trashbag and an entirely new pokedex.
I still hold a grudge against those pokemon fans. They surely sent a message to Nintendo, but Nintendo received the wrong translation of the message based on sales..
@@JesusHerrera-rl2rx I understand most of the negativity for Gen 5, however the games were good, story and difficulty was good its just the pokemon designs and concepts were mostly bad or just rehashes of Kanto.
The Gen 1 nostalgia has been a plight on Pokemon for awhile now.
that said the game just sold badly because the game was marketed terribly and the then pokemon fans either just started living life outside school so they couldn't buy things or they entered high school with the massive hate on pokemon existed so people stopped playing.
Gen 5 came out at a bad time.
I think AntDude opened the floodgates with wishing that he would get sponsored by Hello Fresh back on Arlocast because it seems like everyone is getting sponsored by them now
I’m so glad someone remembered ^^. It happened finally WOOOO
@@thespeedyyoshi Yeah.
@Tommy Gaming 🅥 Please stop spamming
I mean literally every channel has the same like, 5 sponsors they bounce between. It's like, raycon, better help, hello fresh, like in 60 years, when maybe these companies don't even exist anymore, I'll still have their names burned into my fucking brain lmao
@@jamesthomas9619 That means it's working
I've been so disappointed with the Pokemon company lately that I'm going to wait on Legends Arceus. I'm counting on Arlo and other people like him to take the plunge into this new game and show me if it's a game that's worth my time and money.
@Damien Cl Arlo and I have pretty similar opinions on Pokemon.
@@affinityforanime let Shofu tear into it lol
@Damien Cl butthurt Pokémon fan alert. Pokémon has sucked since gen 6
Gen 6? You mean Gen 5.
Gen 6 is when they started to mail it in citing "kids have tons of options with their mobile games and smart phones. No need to make a fleshed out post game these days or making it challenging" was what the director said (paraphrased)
Pokemon as a quality series died long ago
@@enzog1078 you know that's a silly statement to make, right? The problem with the games is that they have evolved too little, all the games are pretty much the same, so saying "since this gen it sucked" is ridiculous. I started with blue, then gold, and after I felt like it had gotten stale. What gen anyone feels it has gotten stale at just depends on how quickly they get tired of things and at what gen they started playing, not on the actual games themselves, as like I said they're all too similar
One thing I'm hoping for is a good backstory. I want to know things like how we got to this region, why is the player doing the research and what are the goals of the people that are now living here.
This is so true
@MayorBryce it's not that no one else can, it's just that they aren't as good with pokemon as we are because we effectively pokemon trainers in a land where there are none. Sure the wardens have their pokemon and lords, but it doesn't seem to be the same thing.
I feel like people will definitely be disappointed if they go into this expecting Breath of the Wild but with Pokémon. From everything we’ve seen so far, it looks a lot more reminiscent of Monster Hunter, in terms of scale at least.
The monster hunter aspects look pretty cool actually, it was a route I didn't expect
My concern with this is that the real draw of MH is that you, as a player, get more skilled with each run. You learn the monster attacks, learn your weapon combos, learn how to use the enviroment to your advantage, and there's a real satisfaction to mastering a monster so that you can dance through its attacks based entirely on your skill and knowledge of the game.
I... Can't see that working as a turn based game. Legends has no multiplayer and single player experiences in Pokemon are never really challenging. After you've seen each area... What's the incentive to go back?
@@richardlee3679 From what we saw in the Gameplay Preview, the incentive to go back after you've done everything story-related in an area is to catch more Pokemon, whether it be for a mission given to you by an NPC, or just to fill out the PokeDex.
Yah know, if Legends committed fully to a pastel watercolor art style like I think they wanted, it would look a lot better than it currently does.
Cell shading would have worked wonders.
they just did a bad capture using the wrong color space, I notice it too in the kirby trailer but the last one the colors pops way more, also you can notice in the last pokemon trailer some of the colors are more vibrant, that's capture issues. So I don't think the game looks like this with washout color, also the frame rate is way more stable in the last gameplay trailer.
@@DarkP1 you’re right, but there are clear issues with shading and resolution that are present even still. Just look at SwSh which had much the same issues. The fact they didn’t fully commit to an art style (like BoTW, Monster Hunter Stories, or even Okami) just makes those issues more apparent. All I’m saying is that if the fully committed to the art style, a lot of these issues would have been covered up.
Why? I think it looks great as it is, certainly when compared to SwSh and the Gen 4 remakes.
@@nathangamble125 You're basing that on the chibi artstyle of the remakes, I'd assume, but look at the actual visuals. Look at the water, look at the battle environments, look at the trainer models, and how fluidly they move. I think ILCA does a much better job with modeling and animating than Gamefreak.
My biggest worry is an empty overworld. From what I've seen from trailers and gameplay, it looks like an empty map with pokemon dotted around.
My biggest worry is that it won't nuzlocke.
@@faceofbear8024 how can you even tell if you're in a different area, it sounds very confusing to nuzlocke
@@EBgamesEvan45 Who knows, maybe the map has regions
An empty overworked with creatures in it like in real life?
@@wackko300 Implying real life doesn't have caves, mountains, all kinds of amazing areas to explore? Nah, mate- real life Earth is just a giant, empty field with a few shrubs and trees here and there.
Part of what I’m hoping for is a reprieve from one of my long-standing pet peeves in the franchise: tons of Pokémon have been nigh unusable based on stats, stat spreads, or movepool for a VERY long time.
Some Pokémon have movepools that don’t fit their stats(Electivire, Banette, Sceptile), but others simply have unreasonably bad or disjointed stats and/or ridiculously limited movepools that sometimes make otherwise incredibly cool Pokémon into something infuriatingly useless.
(Castform, Ariados, Girafarig, Komala, Plusle/Minun, Lumineon, Carnivine, Ledian)
If they’re updating stat-spreads as a whole, like they seem to be according to some recent trailers, I sincerely hope that they fix their recurring bad habit.
The worst is when the pokemon has interesting competitive sets and in the story they only learn the same handful of moves that every other pokemon of their type learns.
There's a good reason hacks like to change a bunch of pokemon so much, way too many are boring and sucky
Fingers cross 🤞🏿 I really hope this game succeed quality wise. Sales doesn't equal good game. I have to see the review first. Both mainstream and independent. Come on gamefreak give us greatness
Bruh you actually take mainstream reviews into consideration? 💀
@@Devon.with.an.i To be honest no. Looking back at the history I can't take it seriously. Independent reviewers are better
Never trust reviews. Cyberpunk had decent reviews, despite being the biggest lie in video game history.
@@lucashen9686 indeed
@@Devon.with.an.i it's a deeply flawed game with little to no replayability. There are many bugs and glitches that ruin the immersion. It's easy to tell this game was rushed to meet holiday season deadlines. This all being said, it's got a little something for everyone! 7/10
I would love to see quests in this game, this open world could really prosper from it.
Imagine this, your walking through a town you haven’t been to yet and you find what seems to be another traveler but they seem very worried. You go up and talk to the frightened explorer and they talk about how he saw a woman near the summit of a mountain, “she was calling for me, calling for help” he says, but before he could get to her a bad snowstorm started and the traveler had to leave the mountain. He explains how near the summit of the mountain there’s a little opening in the mountain and that the woman might be there so you go off to go save the woman. When you get to the mountain it seems really calm as if it is too calm, you get up to where the traveler told you where he was and you see a couple backpacks on the ground. You see the woman (who’s not dressed in snowy attire but more like a kimono) she calls for help and runs to the small opening in the mountain so you go after to her. When you get to where she was your not met with a woman but.. a boss froslass! You can either defeat it or catch it to save the future explorers of the mountain.
Not only does this add so much lore it also goes back on the Pokédex information, not only that it would be YOUR encounter that the Pokédex refers to in the original DPP games!
I really hope they implement some sort of quests or anything like it!
The story telling of this was exciting and dope, it’d be cool to get deep dives on how the entries became what they are through a game that is insinuating that you’re creating the original dex!
@@Bassynater2500 thank you!
Yeah this reminds me of something like the contracts in witcher 3. Would love quests like that in pokemon and tying the pokemon to their pokedex entry makes the world feel richer.
If we are being realistic, it's much more likely to be a town job board with that specific job having a 1-2 sentence description of the job on it, and when you accept it gives you a point on the map to follow. And when you get there there is a boss frosslass (no fanfare). Then when you beat it you go back to town and collect the reward without explaination.
I feel that if a standard quest is "catch [x] number of pokemon [y]", then that will naturally encourage players to try to catch pokemon without battling if only to save on pp, hp, and time.
To me, turn based pokemon is essential for the reason I play a mainline pokemon game.
Pokemon battles are about strategy, so the kind of skills needed are different than action games.
I just hope that this game just feels like they tried, at all. For the first time in what feels like a decade. Im carefully hopeful for this game.
This is pretty much how I feel too, if it isn't the best I wanna see them at least show effort
HEY! Sun and Moon were amazing and they're just under 6 years old.
I mean, they did tried with let's go games
'doesnt mean the games are good at all
@@Oburn yeh. Probably my favourite games in the series, just wish they got sequels honestly
Nah, I think they tried with every single game. The problem is the higher ups in charge setting 1-2 year deadlines for each game _no matter what_ despite any complications in switching engines or creating a brand new system like in Arceus. A rushed game is a rushed game, even if there’s passion behind it.
This is just how I've been feeling and just by looking at the trailers for the game so far is that something about it just feels empty even in the environments.
True. Even though they've shown us a lot of gameplay recently, I don't know if it's enough to be really interesting or even fun. Right now, I'll just wait for reviews.
Breath of the Wild felt empty at face value yet there was tons to do.
@@carbon273 something tells me, and I can’t quite put my finger on it, that gamefreak won’t achieve even remotely a fraction of the substance BOTW had with this new release. Just a hunch though.
@@carbon273 At least the environments were very pretty in BOTW
Why wouldnt it be a silly Cash-Grab?
Can you name me an actual reason why things have changed?
I mean, think about it like this: If theres a Train... and the Train would arrive in Berlin... and then... nothing happens
to change the Trains direction... wouldnt it end up in Berlin??
l'm glad they're doing something new, but l'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to how actually capable the game will be before l've seen other people play it. They've shown willingness to rush and not really care far too many times in a row,, it just makes sense to be more hesitant when it's about their games.
Gamefreak and the rest of the industry
I am 100% emulating it for a while before deciding whether or not to buy it.
There needs to be a "returning player" and "new player" option at the start of the game so they can skip the mandatory "how do you catch pokemon and etc" tutorial
They should still have a small tutorial on that games new mechanics and that about it. Learning how pokemon react to certain moves and where to go ismore than half of what it mean to go on an "adventure"
Based on everything they've shown thus far, I feel fairly confident that Legends: Arceus will be good *enough*. I hope the two methods for catching will make tasks requiring catching more enjoyable (e.g. catching 15 wurmple is a bit less tedious because you can just throw a ball, whiile catching a garchomp requires a battle and feels more eventful). The pieces are there for this to be a good pokemon game, I just hope it pulls it off and enough people buy it to encourage GameFreak to keep trying new things.
It's a shame the highest hopes most Pokemon fans can have is that a game will be "good enough" considering it's basically the most popular and best selling series/IP EVER and they have the resources to make something great if they cared at all.
@@WinterReflections Watch it be a better game, but not 100%. More like, 50%.
I don't understand why Arlo is so reluctant to the idea of just throwing, apparently he has been playing Pokémon wrong his whole life, for most Pokémon, there has always been a fair chance to catch them with an appropriate Ball without weakening them. You could always just throw Pokéballs at early route mons, later the same with great and ultra balls, and then quick balls.
I hope so I haven't bought one since sun and moon
@@WinterReflections Well it was fan's that made sure that GameFreak focused more on Nostalgia than anything substantially different.
Generation 5 did poorly compared to Generation 4 Games and Generation 6's XY Games made more than Generation 5's BlackWhite Games.
And Generation 5 was the game that every now claims to be what they wanted back then when they were the ones that didn't vote with their wallet.
Gen 5 had a Good Story, a Story Sequel, a change in Gym Leaders, a Pokedex that didn't include older Gen Pokemon until the PostGame.
In fact, Gen 5 was the Gen that had the same amount of New Pokemon as Gen 1.
Generation 6 was where all the Nostalgia-bait was made.
Idk man my expectations are like rock bottom at this point and even still im worried that their gonna dissapoint me. Pokemon has been such a disappointment in the past few years that i dont really want to get my hopes up.
Facts
@@partimentieveryday Why wouldnt it be a silly Cash-Grab?
Can you name me an actual reason why things have changed?
I mean, think about it like this: If theres a Train... and the Train would arrive in Berlin... and then... nothing happens
to change the Trains direction... wouldnt it end up in Berlin??
I just want the game to SHOW some signs of actual passion and effort put into them. They already blew that chance with the visuals, so I am just hoping the gameplay and the story are decent enough to counterbalance that.
Them not showing much about the story has me spooked. Like okay, there's the clans and they're fighting, and there's Team Galaxy, but we don't have any clues to how involved the story is beyond being a reason to do side quests and fight trainers. I mean I guess they didn't give us a whole lot of details on Breath of the Wild's story before it released and that turned out great, so who knows.
As much I dont like Lets go. Its the most polished and detailed main pokemon switch game
@@Lordodragonss Which is pretty depressing, when you think about it.
@@starmanexe7721 Yeah...
@@neonlights_12 The difference here is that Zelda games have a reputation for being quite masterfully made.
Pokemon, by contrast, has dropped significantly on that regard lately...
I would love a little more insight into the history of the pokemon/human relationship and how it came to be. It seems like a fairly new thing in this game, so any kind of insight on how it all began would be great.
I feel wrong to be excited for this game. It's like seeing a transparent promise from an abusive partner... but I still wanna fall for it 😵💫
Don’t be scared. It’s not gonna be perfect but at the very least it’s a Pokémon game with an interesting (slightly) new battle system. At most it’ll be fun to explore and catch Pokémon.
Yeah I’d say this is pretty accurate
Abusive? Pft, pretty sure it's it's other way sround
I’m sure it’ll be fine. Just like Sw&Sh nearly gotten boring, until they turn the tides. And I’m sure that Arceus version will do great, due to Zorua and Zoroark’s new form and types.
@@benthecrusherofbooty676 you talk as if the company cares about you
I feel like what we saw in the trailers is what we’re get. An empty open world, one village and just missions. Like monster hunter
Why wouldnt it be a silly Cash-Grab?
I have the same feeling.
You're saying that as if Pokemon meets Monster Hunter isn't an idea that gives me a stiffy. I put over 200 hours into MH:W and then another 80 hours into MH:Rise.
I could see this happening too. Hopefully in the future they’ll release DLC that has puzzles, dungeons, etc
@@Donut0389 same here my rise was easy can’t wait for sunrise dlc
I wish the research portion would let you carry around a camera to document specific behaviors of different Pokémon/ rare occurrences in the wild aside from catching/ taming them. I thought that's what was going to happen when the townsperson from the gameplay trailer wanted to get a look at a shinx's ears.
Arlo, if the information I’ve gathered from the recent trailer is correct, you have empty poke balls and ones filled with your own Pokémon. If you throw an empty ball on a low level Pokémon you sneak up on, you catch it. If you toss one of your used poke balls with one of your team in it at a tougher Pokémon, it imitates a battle. Failing to catch a weak Pokémon with an empty pokeball or startling an aggressive Pokémon also initiates a battle.
It's acutally much more complex than that. It's not about weak and tough Pokémon, it's all about the sneaking mechanic. If a Pokémon notices you, they will go into alert mode, they will reflect every Pokéball you throw at them, the only way to catch an alerted Pokémon is weakening it in battle.
To sneak up on Pokémon, you can hide in tall grass (funny how things got inverted) or use items like berries to distract the Pokémon, smoke bombs to hide yourself.
Honestly, the system seems very fleshed out, it looks amazing!
@@lucashen9686 yea but if you’re level 4 and you come upon a level 40 aggressive Pokémon then sneaking or berries won’t even be an option.
@@JadesOfGrey Alpha Pokémon must be battled first, and they are strong
@@JadesOfGrey no that's wrong. Of course you can sneak up on Level 40 Pokémon, what does have to do with the level of your own Pokémon, that doesn't make any sense.
You are not understanding how the game works.
@@lucashen9686 what are you babbling about? In an MMORPG or Assassins Creed Odyssey can you just go and stealth kill something that’s a way higher level than you? No. If you could just walk up to a Legendary level 100 Pokémon and sneak up in a bush and toss a pokeball at it and catch it just because you “caught it off guard” the game would be incredibly stupid and easy.
I keep wanting to get interested in this game, and then I become aware of my still unfinished copy of Monster Hunter Stories 2 staring menacingly at me from my backlog.
same here! mhs2 was really nicely done from what i played, though i’m eh about the gameplay loop of hatching monsters. there’s not much more to do.
Love stories 2
8:22 Pokémon isn’t going to move away from turn based battles ever, that’s literally the core mechanic of the series
Something I'm really excited about is the prospect of ACTUALLY being one of the first adventurers and researchers in the Pokemon timeline. This time it actually seems like you're doing important field work to learn more about Pokemon.
That's exactly it!
Diamond set the bar so low I have no expectations for this game. Also because I had my way there would be a tie in to explore the area via pokemon snap (but I ignore how much charm snap had to keep those expectations low).
Sucks to be you honestly. I’m hyped but I’m more hyped for silksong, so I feel pretty safe.
Everything sucks now. Nothing releases ready on day one
My top two favorite Pokémon are Oshawott and Weavile (A Sinnoh Pokémon) and I love open world games. This could be the perfect Pokémon game for me yet I’m still skeptical and doubt it will be good. I think that shows how much GameFreak has lost faith with us.
From what I understand, in relation to the catching mechanic, some weaker ones can be caught without battling, but many of them will have to be weakened first, ESPECIALLY the Noble Pokemon (the ones with red eyes).
And in terms of things to find, theres an item gathering and crafting mechanic, where you can make your own pokeballs and such. There's likely a lot of quests around these items as well.
Congrats on finally getting the Hello Fresh sponsor Arlo! I remember you talking about it a lot on Arlocast so it’s great to see you finally got it.
From what Game Freak have shown so far, it really feels like they are proud of what they've made and want to show it off. Here's hoping this actually means the game is good 🤞
really? to me the game feel empty and devoid of life
they gave it 2 years of developement time, we are talking about Pokemon here, if they'd care they would have given the studio 3-4+ years to make a GREAT game and not rush something like this out
@@ZanarkandFFX for sure, the game graphically still looks like a tech demo
Idk about proud. They’ve shown the same clips over and over, and the “game footage not final” shown 2 weeks before the release is not a good sign. Just a blatant lie, like sw/sh
@@jackstclair6832 I strongly disagree but each to their own
I feel like this game will either be great, or I’m just going to be done with Pokémon for a while. I’m just tired of falling for Game Freak’s promises that the new game will be better, only for it to feel worse than the last. But my hopes are up again, perhaps for the final time.
Same.
Me too. If this game flops, I won't be buying another Pokemon game until I see raving reviews.
BDSP was the first Pokémon game I haven’t bought on release (or at all, for that matter) in ages. And I don’t plan on getting Arceus on release either, I’m pretty burnt. I really do hope it something great.
@@pharoahcaraboo9610 that’s kinda the point though. Just like how Gen 4 was only good for older fans that skipped gen 3 and possibly gen 2.
Just don’t bother with the games till the 2032 game or whatever and suddenly you’ll see such improvements you’ll actually enjoy yourself.
Just like as much as SwSh stuck for many people, if the last game they played was HGSS or BW, suddenly a quick paced 3D Pokémon game with more character in the animations and tons of new features will feel like a proper sequel instead of the usual 2 steps forward, 1 step back they always do
@@pharoahcaraboo9610 i bought bdsp and it was so bad i gave up at like the 4th gym, ill finish it eventually
My hope is they'll keep things interesting in the overworld like have hidden puzzles to solve etc and I also want a superb narrative.
Watching this reminds me some of Quest 64. You can move around during enemy turns to dodge their attacks, and there's a TON of that in both this footage and in Quest 64.
I'm hoping the game is a good challenge. Not the kind of challenge that USUM had, where the game was easy until the wall of Ultra Necrozma that you could absolutely cheese with Zoroark, but a pleasant challenge that you can work towards overcoming any difficulties you come across. One that gives you the warm fuzzies for defeating bosses.
Looking forward to this one, hopefully the mechanics being used in this is just a peak to what's to come for future titles mainline or other spinoffs like this. This is pretty close to what people have had envisioned for the route Pokemon to take. Also like how the pokemon seem like they're behaving animal like in the environment than just being dropped there and waiting, Seem to be actually doing animal/pokemon stuff
What's I'm feeling about Legends Arceus is that the game is bringing back the "Gotta Catch 'em All" motto.
This game needs meaningful side quests that make you care about NPCs and their role in the lore. Like Horizon ZD or Witcher 3. Not that sugary fetch quest garbage they showcased in the recent gameplay preview that would have me tapping A as fast as I can through NPC dialogue.... Build a world I care about.
This is a problem mostly with jrpgs. For some reason japanese devs are resisting to do good side quests. I haven't played all jrpgs in the world but I haven't seen good side quests in a jrpg. Even in the high budget most anticipated Final Fantasy 7 Remake, side quests were just meh. Go and bring this item, and kill those monsters.
This. Just this. Make us care again!
The biggest thing for me is that story. We need motivation to keep the feedback loop worth it. I don't want Monster Hunter, with almost no story.
I mean monster hunter had no story. It was basically: here’s an interesting village and characters. Hunt monsters till you beat the box art monster in story missions and tutorials. End.
@@masteroflag You've got great combat mechanics and a good gameplay loop for Monster Hunter. PL:A looks like Monster Hunter lite.
@@masteroflag that's what I meant..
@@TheDahveeed ah. That last sentence seemed to imply you thought it had a story or confused it with monster hunter stories 2, which itself is the best Pokémon game on switch since it can have recolors and under 200 monsters without the fan base throwing a hissy fit
Oh brother. XD Yeah, World was fine enough, but Rise just made it feel more empty of motivation than ever. I can only maintain interest in that for so long. Really hoping the more promising signs of characters actually having some detail and purpose to them turn out to be true for this game.
I'm definitely going to get the game but I'm worried it's
1. Going to run poorly and not look that good (the textures look pretty low res in the trailers)
2. Not be what I want from a pokemon game, for example the game doesn't seem to have a lot of trainer battles and the actiony bits where you have to roll away and throw items feels like it will get old really quick
There will probably be about 20 trainer battles. It runs stable.
Check out then new preview trailer and then comment
So you’re very skeptical yet you’re still going to buy it anyway? This is why these games have issues. People keep buying them knowing it’s half-assed
I don’t know about the over world or the graphics but the battle system has evolved just enough for me to be intrigued
Also new better looking battle animations, yes please
They actually charge towards the opposing Pokémon when attacking it with a physical move. That’s a win in my book
One of my biggest hopes for Legends Acreus is to make the Pokemon feel more like real animals than ever before. What I generally mean by that is that I want to look like they are actual organisms living in an ecosystem.
Like I want to Snovers in only snowy habitats, I want to see Geodudes in only cave habitats. I want to see Aipoms in trees and Hippodon's in sand pits. I don't want Pokemon to be interchangeable with where they live, each ecosystem needs to offer exclusive Pokemon that fit into that ecosystem. I also want the Pokemon to act like animals, they need to naturally move around, eat, sleep, and maybe even hunt other Pokemon. I want social Pokemon to be in packs and I want solitary Pokemon to be by themselves. And critically, the animations need to make the Pokemon feel alive, I don't want them to look like static models that abruptly load in.
And I know there are limitations to the technology, obviously it's going to be impossible to get the 200+ Pokemon to act and live like real animals in a game but I need to see some kind of attempt that is respectable giving the current level of technology. I've wanted Pokemon to really feel like living beings in the games forever and this is Nintendo's first real chance to make Pokemon come alive in the way players have always dreamed them to be.
Dude, it's Game Freak. You're asking for too much. Maybe in 2032
I agree. That would be so nice. One thing I like about the New Pokemon Snap is that it has lots of cool moments where Pokemon are just living their lives in natural environments and interacting with each other. The only downside is that the player isn't necessarily free to explore and interact with the Pokemon in the same way that they might be able to in Legends: Arceus. I haven't played Snap myself, but from what I've seen, it's very charming. Would love to see those kinds of interactions in a mainstream Pokemon game, but can understand why it could be difficult to do well with current hardware limitations. Not a programmer, though, so I could be wrong.
I think that it would be really funny if this game is received well, sells amazingly, and Game Freak sees this and makes this the main thing going on, only to make the fan base angry with such thoughts as “Pokémon is ruined! It will never be the same!”
Ah well. Excited for it.
To be honest I kinda feel that way, but they're already fucking up the "traditional" experience and not listening so what the hell are we supposed to do?
Not convinced this will be all that good anyway, but it's Pokemon so it *will* sell
The one thing I’m worried about is: when Breath go the Wild came out, so many people were concerned we couldn’t go back to the “old style” of Zelda. I have a similar worry about Pokémon because in both cases there’s only so much that can be expanded on in this newer approach before that also gets stale. I’m all for innovation but I also like that Pokémon stays Pokémon and doesn’t become Digimon or Monster Hunter or Bugsnax or whatever.
to be fair to digimon though they try different things all the time. Some are hit and miss but the last few games have been great. Still waiting on Digimon Survive which will be similar to Phantom Brave and Disgaea.
Sure the new approach could get old eventually, but would you rather go back to the Pokémon formula we’ve been using for 20+ years?
Everything I like/love about Legends Arceus ON PAPER could come out feeling undercooked or just boring.
▫️The Diamond and Pearl Clan leaders _Adaman_ & _Irida_ ? Love their designs and on paper, they could be VERY interesting and crucial to the story. _HOWEVER_ I worry that they're just gonna be one note or a retread of Team Magma/Team Aqua from the original Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald games. There are many theories about them but... I'm not sure if the characters will end up being all that interesting in the end.
▫️Battling the Noble Pokemon with a combination of those balms you throw at them and occasionally throwing out your OWN Pokemon could be fun... But for how long I wonder? I think it's gonna be super tedious after a while. Especially if the attack patterns are laughably easy to spot.
▫️I'm mixed on the research stuff. On ONE hand, the tasks so far that we've seen from the previews involve just catching a Pokemon (getting a Shinx for someone or getting a Buizel that is larger than the one the task giver has) or having a Pokemon perform certain actions (X) amount of times but is there more than just that? Because I think it's gonna get boring real quick otherwise despite how fun the gameplay loop itself COULD be. Also... How much freedom do you actually HAVE?
I'm cautiously optimistic but there's still a part of me that doesn't want to fall for the hype trap, ya know?
So basically you can catch Pokémon without battling it only if it doesn’t spotted you, but when it sees you it either run away or enter a state in which it will deflect your pokeballls and start attacking you, so you have to dodge his attacks and then throw your own Pokémon into action to start battle. And then it’s like you have to weaken it in battle and catch like in older games.
They definitely ramping up this whole process of encountering and catching Pokémon. Heck, in latest preview they showcased what you even can lure pokemon in real time by using a berries or other food they like, so they will eat it and while they are at it you can sneak up on them and catch them.
This is truly level of detail you couldn’t expect from Gamefreak, BUT they did it somehow... Nad all that feels really promising, not gonna lie..
I expect the most interesting thing about the characters is design and that’s as far as I expect the game to flesh out
My expectations are pretty basement level as well. Pokemon has earned this feeling unfortunately from me. I would absolutely love to be wrong.
after bdsp... my expectations where in the gutter and I was still somehow overhyped compared to what was delivered.
This is no longer oh neat botw pokemon that might br fun this is, fuck it up and pokemon is dead to me, I was happy with a bare minimum gen4 port but they didnt care enough to give us even that, so now they better impress me because otherwise I am playing plat on my ds and ignoring any pokemon themed thing these lazy fucks churn out.
I expect them to fail, but I do not accept that, they probably will fail and I will never buy pokemon again.
They better do something amazing, delay the game if they need to but this better be breathtaking, because there is only so much people can tolerate, if this goes down I don't feel I'd be the only one ditching pokemon afterwards.
but who knows maybe they'll surprise me and make a game I love, to watch getting bullied by game review channels, the next fallout76 if you will
Game Freak is good at three things : chara design, pokémon design, and music. The other things...not so much.
@@ParaFox404 Your whole comment comes off as kind of entitled. Sure, others may leave the fandom, but it's almost like you're threatening to leave as if it's going to make some big impact on other fans.
@@chris07 I dont give a fuck about other fans why should you care what I do, and yeah I do sound entitled it costs 70 fuckin bucks, and they cant even make the 15 year old game they are copying square for square run properly. I dont care if you play it or like it, that's your deal but they make billions, with a B they dont get to go uh oh we did a fucky wucky please forgive us, they arent some small indie team, they are running with one of the biggest ip's to ever exist.
be grateful I just cut out like a page long rant, *twice.. you're welcome normal human.
I just want to be excited about a game again, especially pokemon my childhood was platinum on my ds under the covers, I bought a copy again started playing it and nostalgia was so good, but just after sword seeing the world all interconnecting and not having someone baby me the whole way it felt like an adventure instead of whatever the fuck sword was. Bdsp fucked up the most basic port, like I said I had no expectations I expected it to look cheap and shitty and probably ruin all the good music and sfx but the game play was gonna be faithful so whateveeet, but they couldn't even do that. Even when I expected nothing and was willing to spend 70 bucks on what was already going to be a worse version of a game I bought for 3 a few months prior, they managed to disappoint, part of me is glad they did cause I got metroid dread instead, and I fuckin adore that game, but I didnt even know what that game was when I got it, I had never played metroid before it had good general reviews unlike bdsp so I said fuck it, and it is in my top 2 switch games, easily. going toe to toe with botw in my list. I would LOOOOVE arceus to be up there in the top 4, but why should I hope, when even a 15 yr old game was too difficult to handle.
Yeah I know it was made by different people and on a budget but it is pokemon, they make Billions, with a B it isnt my fault they choose not to invest any care into their games, maybe I am entitled but I just want a game that is worth my time let alone my money. I just want to be allowed to be excited about video games again because right now, being excited is just asking to be hurt
Pokémon Legends: Arceus looks very promising
I really hope it doesn't completely turn into a dumpster fire.
It won’t be a dumpster fire unless people make it out to be a dumpster fire. That’s what happened with Sword/Shield and BD/SP.
@@LinkMountaineer No, these game weren't made out to be - they *were* dumpster fires. If you would take one look at other similar priced games, you would notice that in an instant.
@@Smeik2901 Every game on the Switch $60. That’s the standard. Go bark at PlayStation’s $70 games and show some consistency if you really want to gripe about prices.
@@LinkMountaineer At least fucking PS games run on their hardware, and don't tell me 60$ is a good price either, it's fucking theft, specially for games of this low quality and polishing.
@@hamster_drip7835 Switch games run well, too. So, your statement is just flat out wrong. The quality and polishing of Switch as absolutely up to par with other systems. If you hate the Switch so much, go back to your precious Xbox and screw off.
I'm most interested in the research part. Judging from the last trailer it sounds like adding Pokemon to your Pokedex is more than just catching the and doing so gives you a reward. This motivates you to actually fill it out compared to previous Pokemon games where you just completed it for the sake of completing it. Ultimately though I hope this is more than just a spin-off game and some of the mechanics get picked up and/or improved on in the main line pokémon games.
In the Japanese pokemon presents they called Pokemon Legends Arceus the new era in Pocket Monster Series and in japan Pocket Monster Series is only use for mainline game, so it mainline
11:20 so glad that battles have been sped up. I've started both Sword and Let's Go Pikachu but stopped playing both games around the 8th gym since the slowness of battle made it more of a chore to play.
Arlo saying "Pog!" was not something I knew I needed
As a person who loves SwSh, I still hope Gamefreak goes in a new direction with Pokemon which it definitely seems to be the case with Legends Arceus. I hope they learn from past mistakes and good things, I also hope they listen to the fans as well.
I hope that they keep a lot of things that Legends will do well, like the more open world design, action elements etc. but also keep certain things from SwSh like the spectacle and grandeur of the gym battles. If they just mixed what both games did right then Gen 9 could be fantastic.
I assume this was made much much earlier in the season because we’ve seen now that the frame rate drops have been MUCH improved
I bought Pokémon Sword and Shield with a heavy heart after skipping Ultra Moon/Sun and Let's Go. I was massively disappointed. I skipped the DLC and thankfully skipped BDSP. Definitely going to wait and see with Legends. My hopes aren't high because the Pokémon company is swimming in the dough with Pokémon Go and doesn't care about the longtime/hardcore Pokémon fans.
This is exactly me brother, I feel your pain.
The DLC is the only good part tho
@@Th0cast In for a penny in for a pound I suppose. Though in this case I decided to withhold $30 from the Pokémon company because I would rather play the older games I have than pay $90 to get a full experience when it should have been included for $60.
@@TitaniusCornwood Yeah that's the issue, you already invested 60$ in an unfinished game and you have to invest 30 more to get your time and money's worth...
@@Th0cast Yeah, I'm with Thomas; the DLC was one of the few things I legitimately enjoyed about the game. Wish the main game had been more like that.
Honestly, all I really want is for the games to feel worth my time. With bdsp I just felt like they were a waste of time and energy to get through, not the fun Pokémon experience I’m used to, so I really hope these games are good enough to simply be worth my time and (probably most importantly) my money
I'M a bit unimpressed with the graphics of the game. I mean the Breath Of The Wild is about 5 years old, and it had better graphics on the freaking WiiU.
Personally i hope for some sort of more significant post-game content, in regular pokemon you usually get your gym/ E4 rematchs, battle facilites against more comp designed teams and the occasional hidden legendary. But from this i want something more impactful to work towards, like a hidden endgame superboss fight that requires a large amount of prep time after beating the main story to beat.
i think for me personally the depth of exploration in open world games is what appeals to me most. i remember playing breath of the wild and i would spend ages coming through absolutely every inch of the map, getting lost on side quest after side quest, i had spent over three hundred hours of the game without completing nearly a single story element. despite the sheer size of the world the map was just so packed with interesting locals, secrets, missions and quests, people and animals, it was just packed to the brim i never felt bored going off the beaten path. if the gameplay loop gives me good enough reason to explore and the world is as densely populated as BOTW i think this could seriously live up to be one of my favorite games of all time
I'm very cautiously optimistic about this game. I haven't played a Pokemon game in many years now and the recent Switch titles I've seen haven't been enough to draw me back in. I don't have a lot of faith in Game Freak at this point personally, but if executed well, this might just mix things up enough for me to give Pokemon another shot.
I can see there being a LEGENDS series of games. like the next one is like... settles coming to the Unova region or something
DONT BUY BEFORE Arlo and Distant Kingdom will tell us if it's good or not. They are pokemon experts that know how to judge.
There was once an old text adventure which ended once you had enough, end of the 70s or the beginning of the 80s (Yes im old). You could explore ruins, explore landscapes and dive deep into the ocean. It was completely your adventure. But once you decided its enough you could quit. The game gave you a statistic and info hiw you did. Would be cool to see the concept back with Pokemon. But brought into modern times.
Hey Arlo!
On the note of battling: considering how rare pokemon centers probably will be seeing how people don't seem to actually ENJOY pokemon in this time, battling may be a last resort considering you may very well have very limited healing options. So once your pokemon take damage, that might be it and you have to play throughout the rest of the mission with that chip damage still there. Meaning even strong pokemon in your team might eventually be whittled down by constant fighting, leaving you in a real bind if you haven't even faced the alpha pokemon yet.
Battles:
The new battle mechanic; styles, uses up much more PP than normal play, but particularly powerful pokemon will use styles against you. Not just your pokemon, according the trailer it may also use them against YOU THE PLAYER IN BATTLE. WHich may make styles absolutely vital if you want to survive. But they have limited the amount of PP by a lot. THe trade off seems to be that attacks that once didn't do damage (like stealth rocks) now DO do damage. This will change a lot of things.
LEAK NEWS BELOW: GAME LENGTH
According to a very trust worthy source, they said the game was so incredibly long that the play testers weren't even sure how many people would be able to 100% or even finish the game. Apparently there was so much to do they almost gave up. So in terms of content in terms of things to do, the game will probably be extremely long. So keep that in mind, There are also a pretty good number of new forms, and many of them are apparently very formidable.
I just hope people don’t overdo it when reacting to this game *just because it’s different*, and that the main series isn’t just gonna stick to this concept from now on.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t need the Pokemon franchise to change drastically, just IMPROVE.
Why is everyone against turn based battles…?
As someone who enjoys the competitive aspects, I feel like the battle system was never implemented in a good way in the main game. Pokemon is the definition of "hit the same button over and over again to win"' cause there isnt a better strategy than to just hit super effective moves. Its a shame really cause when its PvP the battling can get really deep.
Nah, I'm with you. I also am still a strong believer that the national dex should return. Not in the "Burn down GF HQ if they don't do it!" kind of way.. but like... the excuses were.. just that, excuses.
Absolutely colossal franchise with boat loads of money, all the models are made by Creatures Inc (Not GameFreak) and remain primarily unchanged from X/Y, animations are recycled. They -should- have a database of stats, moves and models that can be moved between games. If fans can do it, no reason they can't, they control what engines and tools they use after all.
I just feel they lost the magic in the transition to 3D. The game started having less care put into them, there are less easter eggs, smaller post-games, they just feel 'safe' by comparison. Maybe it's because they were good at 2D, then had to learn how to make 3D games? I was willing to let that be the reasoning for Gen 6, their first attempt at a mainline series.. but.. here we are. I dunno, I just kinda gave up. Cutting features that were introduced just so you can add a new one, instead of building on it all... ehh.
Diamond and Pearl remakes were just the DS games, with some features removed and ported to 3D. A remake in the most direct way, unlike HGSS which added instead of removing.
@@thunderfister7536 I agree. But I’m not one to demand change to the system, as I’m just worried it’ll go overboard.
@@shipool literally agree 100%. It just annoys me when people say “clearly they need to shake things up!”.
Like, no, they just need to do what they did 4 generations ago and flesh out an expansive game. I cringe at the thought, but generally speaking will be happy to wait for these games to cook longer in the oven.
I’m looking forward to Arceus, but as a new side series, not the “log awaited retooling of the franchise that we’ve need for so long!”.
@@reginlief1 the thing is, from my perspective these problems have existed in pokemon for ages, even before they started getting really bad in gen 6. I just don't see any way the games can improve without drastically changing a lot.
I am so damn excited for this game it’s so different than normal Pokémon games and it makes me happy that game freak is trying new stuff
Even the story looks slightly promising. It looks so fun
"The handholding in Sword and Shield, particularly in the first chunk of the game, was *absurd.*"
Y'know, sometimes I forget Arlo never played any of the Alola games
I didn’t mind the tutorials in Sword. People seem to forget that every Pokémon game is designed to be entry level and that younger players are the target audience.
Was not too bad in the Ultra Games, still a bit too much i Will admit
the combat system is interesting: it seems to mix some bravely default daring mechanic (the strong style/agile style reminded me of brave and default) with some dark souls type dodging. if done correctly it could be a blast. besides, the emphasis seems to be on cataloguing pokemon rather than using them to fight, so i expect some pokemon snap-like elements in this too. they said pokemon have different behaviours in this one: some are friendly, some are shy, some are aggressive, so i think they'll have different catching methods according to how they work in their environment. i guess you'll fight the aggressive ones, sneak on the shy ones and interact/catch the friendly ones, and it will be interesting to just sit there and discover how pokemon behave.
this i think is a given.
what i hope for is for the exploration to be compelling (beautiful landscapes, acceptable amount of interaction, points of interest, secrets to find and rewards for wandering around), and possibly a good story. hell i'd settle for just a story, not even a good one. but there's potential for a plot in this one, so please don't waste it.
oh, and new forms for the starters please. i wanna love samurott but damn he ugly. so far i'm torn between picking cyndaquill and rowlett which i equally like, so i wouldn't mind being surprised last minute and going for the water starter (my all time favourite)
Maybe they'll add some kind of sticker or card system. That would put it over the top.
Or, better yet, rearranging rings.
Idk why everyone is so upset, I'm just amazed they're still making games for the GameCube!
Oh, this is supposed to be for switch...
I wish I could upvote this 10 times
"I gotta stop eating chips for dinner." I LITERALLY FROZE WITH MY HAND IN THE CHIP BAG! Where the heck is the hidden camera! XD
Something I wanna mention: Legends Arceus actually made a huge change to Stealth Rock.
Stealth Rock has been a meta-defining move for ages in competitive. A lot of Pokemon are almost unusable because they're weak to Rock, so switching them in deals a quarter of their health, and effects that require full HP are even less usable. Unless you have a Pokemon specifically built to counter entry hazards, Stealth Rock stays up for the entire battle, crippling these strategies, and even then if you can't deal with the Rock-setter, they can just keep switching in and setting it unless you have your own setter to lock them out.
In Legends, Stealth Rock sticks to the Pokemon currently in battle, and presumably deals damage when that Pokemon switches out and then back in.
It still counters Pokemon weak to Rock, since it deals damage on hit now, but now it doesn't affect other Pokemon in the party. If you can KO the setter, you can immediately switch in your Flying-types without worrying about entry hazards. A huge change to the meta, and hopefully a sign of things to come for competitive.
I would really like it to have real time battles, I always had a problem with the turn base system. Not that it's bad, it has been done well in Pokémon for the most part.
But I would love to have to make a quick-second decision about what move to make. It would really help with the immersion of "I'm a trainer fighting a battle with my partner, if I make a mistake we suffer, but if I keep a cool head we will succeed."
In the Anime, Ash and other trainers have to make spot on decisions in order to win, that is something that I have never felt in a turn based game.
Anyway that's my thoughts on it
Uhhh a time gauge would be nice tbh!
It would be sick if one day we'll get an active battle system where you could move with your Pokemon in battle and aim your moves... kinda like in a MOBA (Pokemon Unite) but that might happen in 50+ years...
Question for Arlo: I'm new to Pokemon, never played one before. What is the latest, most modern Pokemon you recommend to me?
Just play sword shield.
I greatly look forward to the 3 hour Arlo rant on how all his hopes were dashed.
My main hope is that there’s more significant things to do other than catching and battling wild Pokémon and completing the Pokédex, I’ve never been a fan of getting every little collectable in a game or 100%ing games, most of the time it’s just a tedious side quest that I can avoid, and most of the time completing the Pokédex is exactly that, a tedious side quest. The only time I’ve actually completed the Pokédex in a Pokémon game is in the Let’s Go games, where it was actually kinda fun to catch Pokémon, even then tho it was tedious at times. Catching Pokémon does look more fun to do than in previous games but still, if you absolutely 100% have to complete the Pokédex to beat this game, I will be VERY disappointed. Pretty much, I just want the Pokédex to stay an optional side quest, or at least make it so you don’t have to capture and study every Pokémon in every area to progress in the story
Also forgot to add, I hope it has a good amount of replay value. Pokémon games IMO are mostly pretty fun to replay, IMO the best ones to replay are BW2, ORAS, the Lets Go games and SWSH, and then games like Sun and Moon, while pretty fun games overall and great for a first playthrough, they’re also really tedious to replay because of how many damn cutscenes and dialogue there is, so I’m hoping Legends Arceus will be good to replay cuz personally, I’m more for replaying games than having a crap ton to do after the game
I guess one of my main hopes is that the world feels vibrant and full of life. In the most recent trailer, the open world just felt... kinda empty. The gameplay hardly showed any wild Pokemon, and the ones it did show were mostly the same four again and again (shinx, starly, buizel, and bidoof) It's possible they don't want to give too much away before the game releases, but at least show some variety in Pokemon. Maybe some bird Pokemon flying in the air, or some fish Pokemon swimming in the ocean. The Pokemon they showed were only in grassy fields. Im not trying to be too picky or critical, and I'm trying to keep an open mind. I just want to explore a Pokemon world that feels like... an actual world. At least SOME resemblance to what I saw in the anime show when I was a child. Is that too much to ask?
I loved Sword and Shield, thought it was incredibly fun. But I'm still holding on to my hypothesis that Sword/Shield was an experiment, the first major step toward the future of Pokemon and that Legends: Arceus is the next major step.
That is how I have always felt, sword and shield were there first mainline games on a console so they played it safe on the whole but introduced some new elements such as the wild area.
They then released the DLC were they expanded thecwild areas to the whole of the maps and now legends were the whole game features roaming pokemon.
I feel sure that the next future mainline game will feature a wild area type world with free roaming pokemon and maybe even battling in real time just like legends. They are testing the waters to see what works and trying out new mechanics for the next major entry in the franchise.
@@simonorourke4465 Gotta agree there it's a pattern defiantly although IDK is it weird I kinda hate the wild area. Like to me I feel Open World is just not fun so this game like I wanna be happy for people who wanted this type of game but also I feel kinda mixed on the idea.
@@digitaltailsmon4096 I actually agree with this. I like the turn based system. I’m fine with this change, but I also don’t want it completely changing everything going forward. I liked the Wild Areas, though.
I personally am so extremely excited. I am trying my hardest to keep my expectations down, but I just can't help but get hype over the idea of something new in this franchise and branching out past the every year formula.
While an individual Pokemon comes along every so often that I do really love, I don't think I have truly cared about my team since X and Y. That is what I'm missing from modern Pokemon games, and what I feel is the reason I struggle to finish them now. I have three badges in Let's Go Eevee and I didn't even both getting the Diamond/Pearl remakes (first time I've done that); the experience of Pokemon for me is putting together a team that I care about and exploring the world/ getting strong together with them. I don't know if it's the handholding, or how easy the games are, or how uninspired the world is, but I just don't get that spark anymore and I want to so much. I understand that gets harder the more time passes and the more games come out, but lately they've been moving backwards in reaching that goal. So I guess that's my answer, I want a Pokemon game that can make me care again. And I am nervous as well, because this seems to be the best chance we've ever had at a game being able to do that, so if it fails... well, that will extra suck. Pokemon is big enough that another chance will probably come along eventually, but the question of when becomes pretty heavy. Alternatively, if this game does fail, it could make Gamefreak too scared to try moving out of that box for a while.
As a pokemon fan, I am so excited for this game! I know it has its flaws and I am hesitant, after all, it's modern game freak, but it looks SO GOOD! I am really excited to build a new team with these new regional forms and pokemon. The new strong and agile style is a new thing for the whole battling style that looks really interesting. Also, crafting is just a thing that I wanted for ages, more than I wanted it for animal crossing.
Im just happy to see a positive comment
I'm wondering why they decided not to split this game into 2 versions. I realize it's technically a spin-off, but it looks like something which could replace the current style of the mainline games.
I think cuz the mainline games sell like crazy even with the negative responses from people. This is new so they can't be as sure yet how people will feel about it.
I think I like it being in the spin off style better. It seems like a nice separate tie in, but also don’t want it to be a replacement.
@@LinkMountaineer this will be the next step if the game succeeds.
All the mainline games must evolve from this game, if they go back they will just end up shooting themselves in the foot.
@@magnus5747 If it is, great. It’s not a requirement, though. If they choose to keep a line of games in the traditional format, that still has merit in itself.
Pokemon Legends Arceus is a mainline game In the Japanese pokemon presents they called Pokemon Legends Arceus the new era in pocket Monster Series and in japan pocket Monster Series is only use for mainline game
I want to love it! I want to have a blast, to have memories that will last. Remember back ten years later after playing the game and how much fun it was.
I want the game to deliver on the concept and not just be half assed.
I aint holding my breath though, but if it reviews well with you and others, i may consider getting on sale.
Perspnally i hope that there will be the possibility to have more types of play styles, i really hope one could focus on being a resarcher or a trainer, or anything else, more role playability, if it's a word
And also exploration, i really hopd that thr map is big enough so that exploring becomes fun and is integral to the gameplay, to dicover secrets, lore elements, and stuff
I hope this game doesn't fall into the issue every game that lets you get multiple turns before you enemy falls into...
Anything not speed related being completely and utterly worthless.
From what I've seen, Agile Style severely weakens damage dealing attacks, so it might be balanced
@@commonviewer2488 You're not using Agile Style for raw damage, you're using it for Toxic + Confuse or Paralyze + Confuse followed with Bite to make the enemy helpless. (Paralyze also lowers speed.)
Or you'll lower Accuracy 2 levels for free then switch off Agile Style... and this is all without Speed Stat factoring.
With speed stat slow Pokemon look at 0.5-0.9 turn rates while fast look at 1.1-1.5
Agile Style's focus on doubling turns means you get 1.0-1.8 and 2.2-3.0 respectively.
This isn't factoring in speed buffing where you're looking at 2.0 norm and 4.0 Agile.
Even without EV/IV speed maxing is going to shatter the game, and effect abuse is going to be rampant in any PvP so I really hope PvP is not a thing in this game for that reason alone.
If by chance Agile Style ignores speed and sets you to a flat 2.0x turn rate.
Tank Power with status abuse still works while any good non-agile locked Pokemon are high base speed.
Fast Rock types with Rock Polish are scary as well as this is multiple different self buffs including speed.
They basically have to make Agile Style also reduce the odds of inflicting non-damage effects by at least 50% including positive ones not be broken at which point Agile Style then starts to become completely and utterly worthless.
But base Speed should still apply due to the ATB like nature this game looks to have.
Unless they completely butcher Agile Style to the point it is worthless it is exploitable.
Unless they completely butcher the active battle system to the point it is a non thing it is exploitable.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 All good points that were hopefully play tested. With Game Freak though...
Fingers crossed the team saw the priority issue
Seeing a lot of comments basically saying this is gonna be pokemon botw. That’s a setup for disappointment if you ask me
Edit: After seeing the leaks that have came out recently, im like 90 percent sure this is gonna be a day one buy for me.
Edit 2: Yea its gonna be a day one buy for me at this point
I'm so happy that after all the mention of wanting a HelloFresh sponsorship on the ArloCast, you were finally able to get a sponsorship from them! Great job! :D
I'm sure any of us can come up with so many new ways to freshen up, enhance the series. If they take it seriously imagine what they could do:
World to feel alive:
* Have roaming trainers in the wild who also catch, battle wild pokemon. Offer you assistance if they see you struggling for some reward or whom you can offer assistance, rescue
Good mission variety:
* Mission, hoping it's more than catch X, Research X or Evolve X. Hope there is find X item, find X location or land mark. Maybe in future rescue or battle missions such as fight X with Y, or fight X using Z move on Y and win. Some sort of challenge where you have to use your wits
Revamp the battle system:
* Instead of turn based, how about a real time system? Where based on base Pokemon speed or move priority you have an action gauge in real time. Eliminating the wait for your turn can speed up battles, freshen them up, make them quicker.
Make crafting more essential:
* Have a mix, match and substitute crafting system, that rewards experimentation and exploration. Substitute a different material to the recipe and see what happens. Whether the item evolves into a better version, mutates into another, down grades, gets destroyed or has an additional effect. Have quality variations on all ingredients. Have ingredients that you can't buy and items you can only obtain from crafting. Or make then expensive where you buy them in emergencies but normally you craft them, so you are incentivized for it
Pokemon Variation:
* If an individual pokemon isn't completely defined by its species but also partly its nature. So all starlies don't run, or some run faster, others attack you. But the species behavior can be the dominant, but a low chance some sort of change, bring some life into them. Way better change should be those boring animations, but perhaps that's off the table. Maybe accessories that are generic and any pokemon can wear? Doesn't have to be a lot, even a few or even archetype specific to cut down on dev time.
Pokemon Companions:
* Have your pokemon follow you, give it commands liketo stick close to you, or free roam. If you can see your own pokemon roam the world, interact with the world and other pokemon: run away from aggressive ones or suffer damage if they get hit, even outside the battle phase just from the wild area, or start their own fight, maybe even fight a battle on their own in the background while you gather stuff or catch other pokemon. That way they can fight and level up on their own, or lose faint and be sent back to the village and unavailable for a bit to heal up. High risk, high reward. Find items on their own. It feels like a waste to only see your pokemon in the battle screen and no where else. Maybe even evolve while they journey automatically unless holding a stone to prevent it. So it returns evolved to you. Would give your party a lot of personality like a version of daycare in a way, but you actually have a chance to encounter them during your adventure or they are deployed to just one map and you always find them roaming and training themselves in that area when you return no master where you go
World upgrades/Customizations:
* A purpose that you strive towards like what Arlo said. Improve your town, facilities, make some difference in the world. Change it in some meaningful way, leave your mark on it. Secret based returning, town building upgrades, farms of Oran berries?,your own safari with caught pokemon charge other trainers and collect fees each day, NPC trade posts, routes something that you can improve in some say
That's our dream bro
Legends: Arceus is gonna be make-or-break for me. If the game turns out bad, then I’m gonna be done with Pokémon for the foreseeable future. And that’s honestly kinda scary to think about for me, as I’ve been a fan of Pokémon for pretty much my whole life. My first game ever was LeafGreen, and I’ve played every game since. But, at the same time, I’m tired of giving Game Freak second chances. They’ve yet to meet the standards they set for themselves back when the Gen 5 games came out, and with how non-intensive the Pokémon games are there’s no excuse for the obvious lack of innovation, progression, effort, and _evolution_ after all this time.