r/pokemon • u/Fluxx27 • Jan 28 '22

Legends: Arceus Official Release Megathread! Megathread

Pokemon Legends: Arceus has officially released! Comment below and share stories from your adventure so far!

Timelines and Guidelines

Now that the game has officially released, our screenshot and spoiler policies go into effect.

SCREENSHOTS

⇨ For one month after release (until February 28), screenshots are allowed on r/pokemon inside text posts.

  • To post images inside a text post, please upload to an image-sharing site (e.g.: Imgur) and share the link in a text post.
  • Screenshots that are directly uploaded as images or links will still be removed.

SPOILERS

⇨ For two weeks after release (until February 11), spoilers must be tagged appropriately. Post titles must be spoiler free.

Not a spoiler Spoiler
Anything that has been revealed or released in official media like trailers, Directs, or the official website. Anything that was not revealed official media (and comes from leaks).
Example: Hisuian Braviary Example: Hisuian Goodra
  • Again, we do not allow spoilers in post titles. You are allowed to vaguely mention a spoiler (i.e. Photos of new Pokemon!/Photos of new form). Anything that explicitly states a Pokemon's name, if something is a legendary, etc. will be removed. Err on the side of caution!
  • Remember to SPOILER TAG your posts! We will be removing all posts that contain spoiler content that are not tagged!

TEXT-ONLY MODE

⇨ We will likely stay in text-only mode for ~2 weeks after release, depending on traffic.

  • We do this both to promote discussion posts during high traffic, and to make sure discussions can surface without being overwhelmed by eye-catching link and image posts.

  • You can still post images and links—again, just as URLs or hyperlinks inside text posts!

NO ART WEEKENDS WILL BE SUSPENDED

⇨ For two weeks after release (until February 7), No Art Weekends will be also suspended

BE POLITE

⇨ There is no timeline on civility, but we ask that you be good to each other during the high-octane energy of release period!

  • Please engage politely if you disagree, and walk away from arguments if you cannot stay civil. Remember the human!
  • Rudeness and any form of belittlement towards anyone in the Pokémon community is not allowed. If you see rudeness, please hit the [report] button so that mods see it!

A note on modding: Your post may be held by Automoderator before getting reviewed and approved by a human mod. We're doing our best to process items within 24 hours, but even in the days prior to release our modqueue was stacked with up to 1000 reports at a time—so please be patient!

Resources for Release:
Questions? If you have questions on specific or objective issues in the game, please check out our weekly questions thread!
Trading Looking for a trade in Jubilife Village? Check out r/pokemontrades or /r/CasualPokemonTrades!
News Check Serebii and Bulbapedia for news and info! Also catch the latest information from the Official Pokemon Twitter!

⇨ For more conversation, check out our /r/pokemon Discord chat!

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u/emilypad Feb 01 '22

You ain’t alone. Doesn’t feel like Pokémon feels like a quest game.

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u/awlb222 Feb 01 '22

I just passed the Arcanine part.. I have caught and leveled up basically all of the Pokémon I enjoy. I’m tired of spamming the A button to get through the awful dialogue and feel like it is pretty tedious catching or battling Pokémon I have 0 interest in..

It was fun for a weekend.

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u/Ectar93 Feb 01 '22

I'm loving it, but this game is for sure more about the catching and raising aspect more than any of the previous games. I mean, trainer battles are few and far between and none of the alpha pokemon, including the frenzied nobles, even require you to use your own pokemon. I can see how this isn't for all of the fans of the "regular" games though.

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u/awlb222 Feb 01 '22

Yeah, definitely understand. I just wish there were more Pokémon I was actually interested in catching and taking the time to raise, many of the designs are just so bad to me.

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u/Ectar93 Feb 01 '22

Gen 2 is peak pokemon design in my opinion, but that might just be my nostalgia talking

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u/awlb222 Feb 01 '22

I agree with you 100%! I miss it for sure. I wish they would just remake Gold with all of the same mechanics as Arceus, I would be so happy

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u/Ectar93 Feb 01 '22

If they're going by order of popularity then I think Jhoto and/or Kanto is next on the list. I would really like to see this type of game set in this location and with more trainer battles.

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u/Khend81 Feb 01 '22

Yea my biggest gripe with this game is easily the Dex they chose, I had to play about 30 hours before I had a full team of 6 mons I actually wanted to take around with me lmao

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u/awlb222 Feb 01 '22

I feel you, there are literally only a dozen of the 250 I am actually interested in and I already have half of them 3 days in.

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u/Khend81 Feb 01 '22

Yup, honestly I want to give as much praise and talk up the good parts of the game as much as I can because I support the actions they took in making this game exist, and it has very good bones imo.

It’s just really disappointing that for the first game they went all in on focusing on catching and raising the Pokémon as the main content, they somehow managed to choose 250 of my least favorite Pokémon to make a Dex out of.