The Pokémon Company is pleased to share the news about the Pokémon Legends: Arceus! which is available to pre-Order starting today.
Your adventure will be set in the expansive natural majesty of the Hisui region, in an age long ago when it was rare for people and Pokémon to live in close harmony. In time, this land of Hisui will come to be called the Sinnoh region—a region you may know well. The Hisui region is home to Jubilife Village, a bustling settlement that many call their home. The village is the center of operations for the Galaxy Expedition Team (or Galaxy Team for short)—a collection of people from various regions who have come to study the Hisui region. The team includes various corps, such as the Medical Corps and the Security Corps, as well as the Survey Corps, which carries out research on how Pokémon live. As the protagonist of this game, you’ll meet a professor named Laventon, who studies the ecology of Pokémon as a member of the Survey Corps. Your encounter with him will lead you to meet—and earn the approval of—a young Survey Corps member around your age, the corps’ captain, Cyllene, and Commander Kamado, head of the entire Galaxy Team. Before long, you’ll join the Galaxy Team yourself and get to work as a member of the Survey Corps. Your goal will be to meet every species of Pokémon in the region. Thus begins an adventure that will send you all over Hisui, working to complete the land’s first-ever Pokédex.
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you may become unable to go on with your survey if you take too much damage, whether it’s caused by wild Pokémon attacks or falling from high places. If you get into danger, don’t be reckless—use your base camps to full effect as you carry out your survey work!
Gotta catch em all…
As you dash about through the wilds, seek out the Pokémon you want to catch. They live freely in all kinds of places—in grassy fields, in forests, or out on the water, to name a few. Their modes of life can be closely linked to the environments they live in. There may be certain Pokémon behaviors—or even entire species—that you witness only under the right conditions, such as during a particular time of day or in certain kinds of weather. Word has it that some Pokémon even act in ways that are unique to their species!
You can try to catch wild Pokémon by throwing Poké Balls at them. When you find a Pokémon that you want to catch, get close to it, then try to catch it using a Poké Ball. Aim carefully at your target, and hit it with your Poké Ball before you miss the opportunity! If the wild Pokémon doesn’t pop right back out of the Poké Ball you hit it with, then you’ve done it! That’s a successful catch.
The battle can be a critical step in catching some Pokémon. Wild Pokémon become easier to catch when they’ve been weakened through battling. It’s a good idea to try battling as you attempt to catch certain species—particularly when it comes to aggressive Pokémon, which may attack you relentlessly and put you in danger if they notice you.
Pokémon Battle
In the Pokémon battles of the Hisui region, acting strategically will be key to victory. In past games in the Pokémon series, battles have proceeded one turn at a time, with each participating Pokémon typically taking one action per turn.
In this game, however, each Pokémon’s Speed stat and the moves that it uses will decide the order in which turns come up and how many actions a Pokémon can take before its opponent gets a turn. You may see a single Pokémon getting to act multiple times in a row. You could heal your Pokémon immediately after dishing out an attack or throw yourself all-in with a no-holds-barred flurry of attacks. Look forward to this new flavor of strategic Pokémon battling!
Unleash agile style or strong style moves
Pokémon can remember four moves at a time to use in battle. In this game, the moves your Pokémon can use can also be unleashed in two new styles: agile style and strong style. Use these different styles skillfully to gain the upper hand in battle!
What is agile style?
In this style, a Pokémon unleashes a move with such swift movement that the eye can hardly catch it. Using a move in the agile style will increase Pokémon’s action speed, which may make their next turn come sooner. However, this style does have a downside: moves used in the agile style have less power than usual. Try using the agile style when the chance to act multiple times in a row might bring you an advantage, such as when you want to weaken a wild Pokémon before catching it or when you want to have your Pokémon use a move that boosts its stats before unleashing an attack.
What is strong style?
The strong style allows your Pokémon to tap into some serious power by unleashing moves without holding back. When a Pokémon delivers a move in the strong style, that move’s power will be boosted, and you’ll be able to deal more damage than usual to an opponent. But there’s a trade-off: after using such a move, your Pokémon’s action speed will be lowered. Use the strong style when you want to settle a battle with a single blow or when you think it’ll make a real difference!
Pokémon Legends: Arceus will release on January 28, 2022, on the Nintendo Switch Platform.
