It's the only game that's made we WANT TO complete the pokedex instead of just feeling kind of obligated to.

the S/V technical problems are such a shame, if it actually performed and looked well it would probably be considered on of the better games in the series.

Short answer: Yes. But it's first official pokemon horror survivor game in my opinion. Those chased my an Alpha Snorlax or Alpha Rapidash, You know

Legends Arceus felt like rediscovering Pokémon. Best Pokemon game since Gen 1-3

this became my favorite Pokémon Game ever. It's so refreshing. The formula is there, the classic Pokémon is there, but...better. Different. Fun.

My initial reaction to PLA was that it had a lot of potential. It is a great blueprint for future games to build further upon. PLA itself contained a lot of good concepts, even though the game itself was kinda small compared to games like BotW. Still it had great innovations like: - correct 3D Pokemon scaling - Pokemon actually react to you in the overworld like they should (running away, ignoring you or even attacking you) - Streamlining your choice of item and Pokemon, that felt way more natural than always choosing the Pokemon you just happen to have at the 1st slot - Sidequests (where have these been all those years) - Dynamic weather and day/night cycles - Actually having to catch multiple of the same species to really complete the Pokedex, but it isn't tedious for the most part - Actually throwing a Pokeball of choice at a wild Pokemon and approaching them the way you want and also throwing a Pokeball at them from behind increases the chance of catching them

It’s the best Pokémon game since black and white 2 tbh.

I think one of the more underrated parts of PLA are the move animations and the animations of the Pokémon using them, they FINALLY match up for the most part and look excellent in my opinion. Scarlet and violet rly let me down when I saw the move animations, it was such a step back from PLA

Best Pokemon game I played since BW2 tbh

PLA is the ONLY modern Pokemon game that made me excited about Pokemon again after I stopped playing R/S/E. A complete breath of fresh air in the series that made me feel like a kid again about a Pokemon game and made me actually want to get a Switch just for this game. Not even Lets go Pikachu/Evee made me excited and R/B/Y were my first Pokemon games.

I literally just bought this yesterday, it’s going to be my first Pokémon game

If Pokemon Legends Arceus was this good, I wonder what Legends Z will be like. I haven't played pokemon since sun and moon, just bought arceus yesterday and am enjoying it so much. The core gameplay mechanics are so great and fast paced. Only cons really is the lack of voice acting and the visuals are very pixelated. I hope they optimize Legends Z better.

Thanks for showing off the complete in-box experience! As a digital exclusive gamer only because I don’t have the space for physical media, I enjoy seeing the case and art - it makes me nostalgic for the car rides home engrossed in a new game purchase!

Just found your channel and much like you said in this video, so much of what I play these days is based on the vibes I get from the game. Sometimes things are critically acclaimed and I just can't get into it. I would LOVE to see your take on Legend of Dragoon!

I understood the nostalgia of a recent game the way you worded it. I felt the same way after 100% completing Sea of Stars after watching your first impressions of it and loving the journey and wanting to experience it for the first time all over again

This is absolutely one of my favorite Pokémon games, right up there with my nostalgia for gold and silver when I was a kid. The evolution of the capture and battle system was absolutely perfect. As excited as I am for the next one, I still wish we could get a legends in Joto, my absolute favorite Region

As someone who plays Pokémon alone, I liked how I was able to complete the Pokédex by my self. I never completed one before and this is the only game where I was able to

Love this video! I really enjoyed that game! I plan on revisiting it soon. Life and other interests took over when this came out. You've inspired me to finish the game.

PLA was the game that got me back into Pokémon (my last game before it was Pokémon Sapphire) so it will always hold a special place in my heart. I can't wait to see what PLZ-A does to make the experience even better.

Easily the best pokemon game on the switch

This game is so incredibly special to me. I remember the first trailer after the reveal coming out, and watching it over and over again. That trailer helped me convince my brother that we should go together on a switch just so we could play legends when it came out. My expectations going in to my first playthrough were unreasonably high, yet it was the most fun I'd had playing Pokemon. In one of the hardest times of my life (finishing highschool with plans on what to do next completely falling apart) this game was one of the few highlights. I doubt ZA will live up to Arceus in my mind, but I'm really happy gamefreak didn't have legends be a one-and-done situation.

First Pokemon game ive completed the pokedex on as well. Great Pokedex set up, fantastic gameplay loop

Yupp i'm 1 of those people you speak of. I have 6 entire pokedexs filled and 300 to 400 shinies. Shiny hunting is a passion of mine. I'm glad Legends can let the series try new things and bring in more people.

Most of this was a minecraft mod for almost a decade before it became actual pokemon mechanics.

I remember spending hours on my pokemon fire red file and after beating the league, i normally stopped playing. The last game i had played was pokemon black 2 and i didnt really want to buy any more games, i did still follow the anime but i never really got excited for the new games. However when i saw the trailer for legends, i knew i had to play it. It got me back into the pokemon games and i have spent hours on it, i didnt complete the dex but i did do a second playthrough with very loose nuzlocke rules where i shiny hunted eevee and learned the horrors of shiny hunting. My current save file is already over 50 hours and i have yet to beat the main story in the second playthrough. And its mostly because the open world aspect is so fun

1:00 I mean this made me realize it's already 2 years old 😳 Also I LOVE Legends Arceus! Can't wait for Legends ZA!

Great video! I’d love to see a video on pokemon rumble blast or the rumble series.

It definitely has its flaws but it’s the most fun I’ve had with a Pokémon game since black and white 2. It’s the shakeup the Pokémon formula needed and for that I think it’s awesome.

Amazing video. I like Legend Arceus, especially for its content and how it handled trade evolution.

I totally get it. Although a new game, legends arceus is oddly nostalgic for me as well. The music, the vibes, everything !

If they do the pokedex similar to PLA i hope they do more interesting tasks for each pokemon instead of just catching and evolving multiple of the same pokemon. Like maybe add pohotgraphs and more feeding wild ones. Just more variaty of how to fill out pokedex entries.

I love this game so much. It was a little rough around the edges but it was definitely a step in the right direction. I never got into any battles in those space-time distortions, I’d just find a space to hide or use ax smoke bomb.

I was also playing through gen 5 again because it’s such a good blend of elements.

Pokémon legends Arceus was some of the best memories in a Pokémon game in 15 years for me. Truly a magical experience

Yes! Its the freshest game weve had. Even though its missing some features, it was a joy to play and explore

I get nostalgic for games that haven't released yet. It happened for Tears of the Kingdom.

I also have a deep connection with PLA, when it was announced, I just remember being so excited for the future of the series, I have always wanted a Pokémon game like this, action based gameplay and set in the past. I remember midnight of launch day playing the game until like 3 in the morning and being absolutely blown away with everything it had to offer the music, scenery, gameplay loop, just perfection. This is by far my favorite Pokémon game I ever played (emerald and White 2 are close) but no game I’ve ever played hit the same way PLA has for me. Completed the pokedex and pretty much all the side content and done lots of shiny hunting prob have over 80 hours in the game because I just couldn’t put it down. I’m so happy game freak decided to keep the Legends series of games going because I can already tell Z-A is gonna be something special as well. Will prob end up doing a second playthrough next year before Z-A.

This game is the future of pokemon

They have announced it will be released on the switch and (probably) the last one on it

Comfortably my favourite Pokemon game. Trying to complete an alpha and a shiny dex I found issues with the space time distortion mechanics, just standing there for upto 40 minutes while waiting for one to spawn in isn't too engaging. Also, I didn't mind the graphics, I know when I play a Pokemon game it isn't going to be the best visually. But personally, that's low down on my list of what I want from the game anyway.

I watched maybe 60 seconds of this in different spots and you may have just convinced me to go back and play Arceus again.

I love this video so much! I'm so excited for the ZA! I love how pretty much every reaction video about Legends ZA is all positive! Unlike that one poketuber with the red and gray wolf mascot that just loves to talk so much trash on Legends Arceus and now ZA

I have been grinding my old save on this game since the announcement on Pokemon day! Close to getting the shiny charm (then the real game starts)

I went into this game initially as someone who didn't experience Pokemon _games_ as a kid and only really had the experience of the anime and card game at the time. I'd eventually get into them after the release of Sword/Shield and decided to play catch up from that point on with what entries I could possibly try as I made my way to modern times. BD and Legends Arceus were the first I actually had the chance to pre-order. As someone who hasn't had a disappointing Pokemon experience aside from maybe trying HGSS (I just didn't like the music and wasn't a fan of most of the designs) and the original gen 3 titles (pacing was absolutely abysmal in Sapphire), and even found titles like BDSP, XY, USUM, and SWSH overhated.. Legends Arceus is my favorite in the franchise, second maybe only to Fire Red. It's not difficult to return to past gen games, but it'd be difficult to see several of the improvements not be in future titles (though I don't mind ScVi, myself, so far). It was my GOTY in 2022. I'd adore seeing Z-A as my GOTY in 2025 against all odds.

I put it in a similar category to the alternate universe Pokemon movies. It’s an experiment that isn’t for everyone but takes some much-needed risks.

Everytime i start a new game i got retro here hyping up the exact games im playing w a review ty just the inspiration i need to give arceus a full playthrough

I bought it a couple days ago waiting for my capture card in the mail to start streaming !:)

You pretty much pointed out every detail of why I love Legends Arceus

I absolutley loved this game. I really hope we get a similar experience in Z-A

Ye arceus is the greatest mainline game so far. I loved it. I beat it with a passion. I enjoyed live boss fights so much

Legends Arceus is special to me for so many reasons. First of all because gen 4 is my favorite gen - Pokemon Pearl is the first Pokemon game that I really got into and have distinct memories of. I think I had played a little bit of one of the earlier GBA games but can barely remember it. On the other hand, Pokemon Pearl was my most played DS game ever. I remember playing with friends at after school care and hunting underground for fossils together, visiting bases, and even setting traps for each other. My original copy has over 200 hours on it, I also put a ton of hours into Platinum and I even got a copy of Diamond later on so I could play through it all again without deleting my original save. On top of having a soft spot for Gen 4, this game came out right before I got my first big-girl job. Since I wasn’t working yet I was able to put a ton of hours into this game the first week or two that it was out. Yes I remember the visual quality being iffy, but every other aspect of the game was so good that I had to forgive it (although this is something they definitely need to work on for Legends Z-A)

This game got me excited to play it and I've not actually been interested in a pokemon game since diamond and pearl so hats off to it can't wait for ZA

There are many things they could update but my number one thing I want is voice acting it would help bring so much life to the world of pokemon like I said there others things but that's what I want most

Personally, I loved Scarlet and Violet. I played them before playing legend, and they are the most fun I’ve had since generation five. But I also have a lot of positive things to say about legends! I love the music, I agree that it is so peaceful. I really enjoy the catching mechanic, and the whole catching system, and filling out the Pokédex is so rewarding. The battling feels more like a demo, just because there aren’t that many battles, and every battle only has one or two Pokémon, but I do love the twist that they put on it

I really liked the web promo videos they did that spoofed TV shows. I wish they had done a MythBusters spoof around the stealth mechanics, though.

It really is, love that game so much can shiny hunt on there for hours on end.

As someone who has been playing pokemon since gen 1 its prob my favorite pokemon game ive replayed it a few times and its still as good as the first its also the first game ive completed the pokedex on

PLA Surprised me at first with how well the game design was, then it proceeded to further impress me with the soundtrack and the unique gameplay. It's one of the very few pokemon games that I completed my pokedex and tried to 100% complete.

A very strong, and obvious YES. It made me feel the way I did when I first played Pokémon. It was new, fresh, it made me feel part of the world. It struck every right chord in my mind, to be considered arguably the best Pokémon game to date.

all this game needed was a little more open world space in the zones, so that they had a little more exploration and wonder/replayability, and some lore akin to books or tablets or engravings throughout the main story about like spear pillar and the ancient race of people who inhabited there to fill out that open world a bit more. 8/10.

i haven’t played a pokémon game literally since crystal… this review might have convinced me to try this one before Z-A comes out.

The only pokemon game I've ever played is SoulSilver on my 2ds and I've been looking into this one to play to finally expand our of the one game I constantly play lol. I've seen a lot of good things about it, so I'm kind of hoping it's what I am actually look for as I play the game slowly rather than the grindy ways pokemon usually is played. So far, I think it'll end up being worthwhile to buy and spend time on :D

They finally changed the formula it was the one game I actually wanted to complete my dex with fun traversal and come on how we threw the poke ball to catch and how the battles made me feel like a real trainer not like the break screen to battle with the same battle with new animations every year Also exploration was amazing

Legends Arceus is my favorite Pokemon game. I wish they’d stick with this gameplay mechanics. ❤

This was the game I wanted to complete the dex in, but never did, so when Violet came out, I made it my goal and completed the base dex.

The hook for me is the scientific/history aspect of Arceus. Building the first ever Pokédex by studying the Pokémon gave useless interactions a true meaning and by making it influence shiny odds was brilliant as well. And freedom to run away from battle after getting what you want without hitting run and approving then waiting on a load of some amount of time. It’s just a terrific game. Can’t wait for the sequel of aoets

Legends Z-A takes place in Kalos (XY's region) not Unova

I’ve had the game for a year or so but I just finally started to pick it up, my 9th pokemon was a shiny shinx!!!🎉 first shiny ever too🎉

I love legends arceus. Especially being able throw a poke ball in an open world space. It also where I found my shiny yanmega

The one thing i feel missing is the status ailments. But all this game brings is so great ❤❤❤

Easily my favorite. I’ve played all of them and my god this one was absolutely amazing. It took me long to get a switch so this was the first Pokémon game I played on switch, jumped in blind and my god it was perfect. Played shield after and then pre ordered Scarlett, both don’t compare to Arceus. Hopefully the next Pokémon is more similar to arceus

I really do think switch 2 will make these games way better with the rumors and also hope that they have free ehcanments for older games like scarlet and violet

I still haven't beaten it buttttt I was just more interested in multiplayer aspect of pokemon so I now I feel lucky to be bale to complete the story in due time right before the next comes. I think Arceus is a great game, just needs a little multiplayer

I haven’t actually played Pokémon Arceus yet but after watching this video I think I will give it a try 👍🏼😊

hands down it was the best game ive played in a while. i had so much fun playing it as it was a refreshing pokemon experience

Pokémon Legends Arceus reinvigorated my love for the franchise. I’m so hyped for Legends Z-A

I just completed the main storyline of Legends Arceus and honestly it is an almost perfect game. The only complain I have is that it doesn't feature a "truly open world" like Scarlet/Violet do. I would've loved a lot to be able to travel across the whole Hisui without loading screens. My only hope for the next gen Pokèmon games are: - No Pokemon excluded from the games (like Sword/Shield did); - Wild encounter and catching mechanics are the same of Legends Arceus; - Speed mechanic is the same of Legends Arceus; - Truly open world like Scarlet/Violet but with good cities and more indoors; - No weird gimmicks like Dynamax, Gigantamax or Terastallization, but instead a reintroduction of Megas. It would be cool to have Alphas and mastered moves too. - A good and intriguing story that is enjoyable for everyone, and not "omg they're bullies because they were bullied before!!" or "omg the legendary pokemon likes you and not me now I'm upset!!!" kind of crap.

Imo yes this game is good and a bit of fresh air for Pokemon as a whole, while it lacks some polish on it's own and needs some refinement, it really overhauls some core ideas that were drasticly needed for a long time, it's the most fun I've had with a pokemon game since gen 2, now with Legends Z announced I'm glad to see this will be a recurring series now

It’s the reason I bought my Switch. The only game aside from the battle with Cynthia in Diamond to give me an adrenaline rush.

My favorite Pokémon game since Gen 5. Adored PLA.

This is my favorite pokemon game since soul silver. I loved it.

It's fine to not be into the catching pokemon aspect of the previous games. I've known people who aren't big on the trainer battles, so this game's lack of trainers was a godsend for them. I always enjoyed battling and catching, but all the modern game-isms like stealth and crafting really put me off. Research tasks were also really unfun, but at least you don't HAVE to do them all. I pity the poor soul who actually had Magikarp use splash ONE HUNDRED TIMES.

Most fun I've had in a Pokemon game in the last 10 years.

I know you only mentioned it in the beginning but they used the switch logo when advertising Legends A-Z so even if it is on the supposed "Switch 2" it will probably be cross gen so it won't be using it to its fullest extent.

Yes, it is good. Looking forward to the new one.

PLA was actually a breath of fresh air from a series that has become too formulaic. While it didn't change too much some of the changes it did had were quite welcome. It wasn't perfect had its performance hiccups as well but not to the extent of S/V that was just riddled with bugs. I didn't mind that it wasn't a true OPEN WORLD experience, in fact the sectioned off map worked out well for its better performance.

After I finished it I immediately cleared my data and restarted it. Have never done that for any other Pokemon or game in general

I still haven't played Arceus. I need to get to this.

Pokémon legend arceus is peak pokemon. It was so good it brought me back to Pokemon after 12 years. Made me want to complete the Pokédex which I did and the story is so great. Love the game

It just broke up the monotony of catching pokemon and made the game more interactive. It’s not perfect but a much needed switch up. They’re taking baby steps with recent games with open world plus catching mechanics so I think we’ll eventually get the game everyone wants down the road. Even with legends Z I’m assuming the city’s gonna be much more interactive to test how they would do it for an entire region

Its definitely as good still as when it released, it quickly became my favorite pokemon game and i think its such a cool way for them to continue and change up the Main series formula, everyone seems to think Legends Arceus is a side game, but its actually a main series

Its really a good game and the fact that i got to re-explore Sinnih/Hisui made this game all the more special to me... so the legend series has me excited to explore the past of certain regions that im fond of i.e. ( Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos)

This is the first and only Pokémon game I ever liked and wanted to play. Amazing game with an awesome open world. $60 will get you sooooo many hours if you want to fully complete the Pokédex

I feel like I was the only person who loved this game, finally a change up from the old gameplay

You have to do a review of the greatest game ever made, The Legend of Dragoon!

This was the last Pokemon game I bought it kept my attention for 3 to 6 hours I've seen fan mods with more care and attention put into them. This is the number one piece of media on the planet.. look if you like this game I'm glad that you enjoy it but just know your expectations are in the negatives

It's INCREDIBLE!

Having gone back recently as in less than 6 months ago… (I never did the post game as I thought I was not able to do so )😅 THAT final boss fight is amazing even though I steamrolled it and I was actually able to get my very first Arceus at the end of it all!!❤ When going back to this game it’s amazing how much better it runs compared to a mainline title being S/V. For that reason alone I would say absolutely yes so whatever Legends has in 2025 I hope it’s polished but I highly doubt it.😢 This title was fantastic. It took time for me to appreciate it though. Also having the audible classic shiny pokemon noise 10/10❤

I loved Pokémon Arceus. It is a great entry.

This game is still my fave Pokemon game to date. I didn't even care if i catch them all because the game is that good. I still need the last 2 Sinoh games in order to catch 2 Pokemon, which will allow for me to catch Arceus. That doesn't bother me. I go for the alpha or shiny pokemon and that's so enjoyable to me.