Game Freak has really painted themselves into a corner. Where Metroid Prime was shunned for switching to first-person. Where Ocarina of Time was panned because it did away with the top-down method of the previous Legend of Zelda games. Imagine a world in which Donkey Kong Country came out and people got upset that you no longer played as Mario so people avoided it. I’m not sure why we started doing that with games. It almost makes as much sense complaining that Pokemon Legends Arceus doesn’t have Hidden Abilities as it does complaining Pokemon Snap didn’t have traditional battles. These are steps necessary to make the kind of different game Game Freak is going for. But these are things that work for this particular game. It won’t have a large connected map and rather small ones relating to the quest that you’re on. So why have we decided Pokemon Legends Arceus needs to be compared to the mainline games? Sure, the game won’t have abilities. This is a game where, if you’re going to compare it to anything, would be almost more akin to a Monster Hunter type game where only your pets can fight. It’s not a mainline game where your character goes out into a Pokemon-obsessed world and collects gym badges, occasionally stopping for a brief moment to stop a bumbling crime family from fundamentally altering the properties of space and time. Pokemon Legends Arceus isn’t just a new Pokemon game like most of these articles state. And sometimes we get lucky and get to enjoy them as adults too. We keep forgetting that these games are meant for younger players. I watched it with my six-year-old, who kept saying how beautiful they thought the game looked. Headlines like “ Pokemon Legends Arceus removes fan-favorite feature,” or something like “Pokemon fans disappointed in the change in the latest game.” Well, this article exists for one reason and one reason only, to remind you it’s okay to ignore that mess. You’re probably seeing a lot of targeted articles on social media all saying that same thing about Pokemon Legends Arceus. If you are on the internet and you occasionally read up on Pokemon, you’ll know what I’m talking about. While Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were a colossal letdown for me, having a Pokemon game I can actually be excited about is a nice bandage to place on that wound. Pokemon Legends Arceus is set to release this month and Nintendo has been hyping its launch with more trailers. By Eric Halliday 8 months ago Follow Tweet
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