The long wait forPokemon Legends: Arceusis nearly over, withPokemonfans able to jump into the new adventure later this week. Nintendo is keeping thePokemon Legends: Arceushype train rolling by regularly releasing new trailers for the game, recently dropping a lengthygameplay overview trailer forPokemon Legends: Arceusas well as a new trailer that confirms the existence of new final evolutions for the starter Pokemon.
The latestPokemon Legends: Arceustrailer is mostly focused on showing off a general overview of the kind of gameplay that fans can expect when it launches later this week. It shows the player character starting theirPokemon Legends: Arceusadventure, interacting with various NPCs living in the Hisui region and catching wild Pokemon. It also showsPokemon Legends: Arceusplayers doing battle with hostile Pokemon as well, with fights against Noble Pokemon Kleavor and more shown.
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The trailer concludes by showing thePokemon Legends: Arceusstartersevolving to their final forms, teasing that they will be transforming into new Hisui region variants of their previous evolved forms. So they’ll still have the same names (Rowlet will become Decidueye, Cyndaquil will become Typhlosion, and Oshawott will evolve to Samurott), but they will look different and will likely be different types.
Unfortunately, there have been someextensivePokemon Legends: Arceusleaksthat have spread online, showing fans a bunch of different Pokemon that weren’t officially revealed by Nintendo, including the Hisui region starters' final forms. Since Nintendo has opted not to officially reveal thePokemon Legends: Arceusstarter evolutions, it’s clear that it wanted them to be a surprise, so fans who don’t want spoilers for the game should be cautious on social media leading up to launch.
Changing up the final forms for the starter Pokemon is just one of many changes coming inPokemon Legends: Arceus.Pokemon Legends: Arceusis set to be quite different from the other main seriesPokemongames, abandoning the established formula in favor of embracing a more open framework inspired by games likeMonster Hunter.Pokemon Legends: Arceusis not a true open world game, but it’s the closest that thePokemonfranchise has gotten to it at this point, and it will be interesting to see how far it takes its concepts.
Fans will find out sooner rather than later if this ambitious newPokemongame lives up to the hype as thePokemon Legends: Arceusrelease dateis later this week.
Pokemon Legends: Arceuslaunches Friday, January 28, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
