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Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Action

Fantasy

Open world

Role-playing (RPG)

Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Adventure

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.

4.1

External Ratings

219 ratings
Release Date:

28 Jan, 2022

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

About this game

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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Details

platform

Platforms:

Nintendo Switch

release date

Release Date:

28 Jan, 2022

mode

Modes:

Single player

theme

Themes:

Action, Fantasy, Open world

genre

Genres:

Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure

perspective

Player Perspectives:

Third person

IGDB Rating

3.8 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.8

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

210

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

76%

Rating %

Critics Rating

4.1 ;
IGDB User Rating

4.1

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

219

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

82%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Game Freak

Supporting Developers

Creatures Inc.

Publishers

Nintendo

The Pokémon Company

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