The Pokemon Company’s chief operating officer, Takato Utsunomiya, has categorically said that “Pokemon Legends: Arceus represents a new approach for the Pokemon video game series” and the the developer wants to break “new ground” with this title.
The name of the game in Pokemon Legends: Arceus is discovery; as a young researcher, your job is to catalog the Pokemon of the historical region and build the very first Pokedex.
We don’t yet know exactly how it’s going to work, but this latest Pokemon game has a big focus on crafting.
It’s clear from the footage we’ve seen in trailers that Pokemon Legends: Arceus has taken more than a little inspiration from Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but that doesn’t mean the title is fully open world.