Pokémon Legends: Arceus

January 28, 2022 Game Freak Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Adventure
Switch
About

The Pokémon Legends: Arceus game honors past Pokémon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements.

You’ll need to catch, survey, and research wild Pokémon in a long-gone era of the Sinnoh region to create and complete the region’s first Pokédex.
Storyline

The story starts with the main character getting sent back in time by Arceus to the Hisui region, the Sinnoh region of ancient times, with one task in hand—to seek out all Pokemon. From the same day onward, strange lightning from the rift starts striking the Noble Pokemon, causing them to enter a frenzied state.
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Game Info

Release Date January 28, 2022
Developer Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person
Themes Action, Fantasy, Open world
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

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