Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022)

Developer: Game Freak
Publisher: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Rating: 3.9 of 5, 217 player ratings
Main story: about 29 hours
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Feels like discovering a wild, ancient world where you actively engage with creatures rather than just battling them.

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About

The Pokémon Legends: Arceus game honors past Pokémon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements. You’ll need to catch, survey, and research wild Pokémon in a long-gone era of the Sinnoh region to create and complete the region’s first Pokédex.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.