Of course, the star of Pokémon Legends: Arceus is its cast of Pokémon. This new game has put a ton of attention into the behaviour, animations, and personalities of Pokémon...
Cute Pokémon
Your Pokémon talk to each other
WELL, that's just DARLING
Your Pokémon take naps
STOP it's too PRECIOUS
Sleeping Pokémon sometimes snore
TOO CUTE!!!
Wyrdeer gets mud on his legs
If you take your mounts through the mud, they'll get all mucky — don't worry, it fades away. It happens on your character's legs, too!
The Bidoofs sleep on the roof at night
A sidequest in the game asks you for a few Bidoofs to help out with construction. You'll see them around the town, except for at night, when they curl up on the roof. Awwww!
Mr Mime drinks tea when he's out of his Poké Ball
You can emote at your Pokémon
When your Pokémon are out of their Poké Balls, you can have a little chat with them by using a very short list of emotes. Press A to nod at them, B to shake your head, and Y to cheer them on — they'll even react in kind!
The space-time distortions feature Pokémon from the future
Isn't it weird that Pokémon like Porygon and Magnemite appear in these space-time distortions? Well, that might be because they're being warped from the future, where things like computers and electricity exist. It's also why the items you get in the distortions — like Linking Cables and Dubious Discs — are not found much in the overworld. They're future technology!
There's a subtle reference to Chinese folklore
In one of Pokémon Legends' open areas, there is a pond at the bottom of a giant waterfall which is full of Magikarp. At the top of the waterfall is another pond, full of Gyarados. This is actually a reference to the Longmen, or Dragon Gate, of Chinese myth — which says that any carp that can climb a waterfall will be turned into a dragon.
Pikachu and Eevee don't say their names any more
In Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee, the two titular Pokémon would say their own name — like they do in the anime. Not everyone liked it. Here's what that sounded like:
Now, they're back to using their old-school, Gen I calls, much like every other Pokémon in the game:
We don't doubt that there are a ton of references, details, and mechanics that we haven't noticed yet, so do let us know in the comments if you've seen anything cool!
This article is part of our Pokémon Legends: Arceus walkthrough and guide series. You can find every Pokémon in the game using our Complete Hisui Pokédex List And Pokémon Locations guide, or hunt for specific hard-to-catch Pokémon with our individual guides, including Where To Find Every Unown, Where To Find The Other Starters, Where To Find The Sinnoh Starters, How To Catch Darkrai, How To Catch Shaymin, Where To Find Hisuian Zorua, Where To Find Hisuian Growlithe, Where To Find Hisuian Electrode, How To Get Sneasler, How To Get Wyrdeer, How To Get Alolan Vulpix, How To Get Kleavor, How To Catch Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus, How To Get Every Eeveelution, How To Catch The New 'Secret' Legendary, and (of course) How To Catch Arceus.
Elsewhere we've got starter guides with answers to questions like "How Long Is Pokémon Legends: Arceus?" and tips on How To Swap Pokémon, How To Turn On Gyro Controls, or where to find specific items and make the most of your resources, including How To Increase Your Bag Size And Carry More Items and Where To Buy Every Evolution Item, Plus A Complete Price List. We also have our Ginkgo Guild Item List And Prices guide and cover How To Get Shiny Pokémon and how to access and complete various side quests and missions, such as The Sea Legend, the Eerie Apparitions In The Night Mission Guide - Maps With Every Wisp Location, and How To Defeat Volo, as well as a 'Snow-White Vulpix In The Snow' Map.
We also have a Ginkgo Guild Item List With Prices and explain How To Change Pokémon Forms, Every New Evolution Method, How To Unlock The Mystery Gift Function, in addition to a regularly updated Full List Of Mystery Gift Codes.
And finally, Where to Buy Pokémon Legends: Arceus on Nintendo Switch, if for some reason you haven't yet picked up the game!
Comments 28
"The space-time distortions feature Pokémon from the future"
And also Pokemon from the past: The Gen 4 fossils
It’s all these little details that endears this game to me. Except I miss eevee saying her name all the time. Ah well gives me more reason to play more let’s go.
Why do the mounts look like they've had... an accident when they walk through the mud
You can do what with the large rocks?
Most hidden pokémon hidden move: no HM at all
Surprised to not see mentions of the many, many characters who resemble characters from the originals. Not even just the Sinnoh gym leaders, cowboy hat girl with Kleavor is a clear ancestor of Clay from Black and White!
@neufel The ultimate move of Bidoof
The style in the first screen shot is so adorable! If only all my money wasn't eaten by storage upgrades. -.-
I didn't notice all of these, but when I started playing, the taking off shoes indoors things basically made me fall in love with the game. These little details are just so cute.
Also, I never noticed the big cracked rocks! Thank you for that.
The gyro controls make throwing pokeballs so much more enjoyable. But I'm glad they made it an option, and didn't just force it on everyone by default.
I'm over 30 hours in and just realized I can sprint 😅
I felt bad. Saw a Togpei sleeping, snuck up behind it and pelted it in the head with a heavy ball.
Found another one - the flute sound played when you get on Wyrdeer is the Azure Flute theme from Platinum. It’s also the sound the plays when the Game Freak logo appears in that game.
I'm kinda glad they brought back the old Pikachu and Eevee cries. It was jarring that Pikachu and Eevee were the only pokemon to say their names in game, and I'm personally just not a big fan of the anime, or how all the pokemon say english words for their names.
#FreeOshawott
@SuperCharr I guess it does make sense after all: it's in the past.
@CharlieGirl Absolutely. My main boy for BW2 (or GIRL I should say, still love ya Shelly!) and has a rad as hell Hisuian form as well. Those red accents man.... incredible.
@DomGC True enough, the event item was never distributed due to glitches and version parity. Still an interesting titbit though!
@SuperCharr I don't even consider them outdated, given they sound more animalistic and do a better job at showcasing that pokemon are wild animals than them just stating their name over and over.
I could use a tip.
I can't get my stealth spray on my quick item menu. Is there any way to move things into the quick item menu?
Whaaat? I assumed I had to unlock some sort of steed to smash those rocks!!
Also I'm turning gyro controls on straight away! Thanks Kate!
You can also evolve mid-battle? That's awesome!
Ok no one has said it so I will, Kates trainer looks so cute, with the hair and she even put the glasses on her, I love it!
Just needed to get that off my chest.
Such a refreshing experience. Loving it so far
Your character is so cute! I went for a male avatar as I do usually for pokémon games but sometime wished I've gone for the female one... And your character remind me of this ;_;
The gallarian weezing is on the side where the professor has his lab, which has a big industrial oven in there. So the weezing is likely a design the professor used from his homeland (he uses lots of english phrases in german at least).
So what you're saying is that PLA has a bit of wibbly wobbly timey wimey...schtuff.
don't blink.
This game is so cool, i love the attention like this.
I found that if you stand in front of a Pokémon while in battle, they will move out of the way as to not hurt you. And of course if you jump in right as they're fighting, you will get hurt ha.
@SuperZeldaFun he is a little orb and I cannot change that
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