Pokémon Scarlet (2022)

Developer: Game Freak
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Rating: 3.6 of 5, 103 player ratings
Main story: about 50 hours
Completionist: about 70 hours
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

Freely roam a vibrant open world where wild Pokémon appear in the environment and battles are a gentle, turn-based pastime.

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About

The Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, the newest chapters in the Pokémon series, are coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. With these new titles, the Pokémon series takes a new evolutionary step, allowing you to explore freely in a richly expressed open world. Various towns blend seamlessly into the wilderness with no borders. You’ll be able to see the Pokémon of this region in the skies, in the seas, in the forests, on the streets—all over! You’ll be able to experience the true joy of the Pokémon series—battling against wild Pokémon in order to catch them—now in an open-world game that players of any age can enjoy.

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