What is Pokémon Legends Arceus? Good question. With just a little over two weeks until its full release, this is by far the most secretive the Pokémon Company has been about one of its core series games, at least in our memory.
Pokémon Legends Arceus previewPublisher: Nintendo, The Pokémon CompanyDeveloper: Game FreakAvailability: Out January 28th on Switch
We have, finally, been treated to an advanced look at the latest overview trailer, however, and that gives us just a little bit more of an idea as to what this game is really all about. It’s still a hands-off preview, though, still just the same trailer that’s been released to the public today, and there were no opportunities to ask any proper questions to follow up, which means we can’t really give you our own critical impressions of how it’s shaping up.
What we can do, however, is explain it all. So let’s dive in: what, exactly, is Pokémon Legends Arceus?
Pokemon Legends Arceus Gameplay Preview Watch on YouTube
By the looks of things, Legends Arceus is a cross between a traditional, main series Pokémon game and Monster Hunter. The setup is you are a new recruit for the Galaxy Expedition Team, an organisation that’s just arrived in the region of Hisui, an ancient version of the generation four area that’s presently known as Sinnoh. You join Galaxy’s Survey Corps, one of a few groups within the team (there’s also a Medical Corps and Security Corps, for instance), and your job as a Survey Corps member is to conduct research on the wild Pokémon of Hisui, gradually assembling the region’s first ever Pokédex.