Pokémon Legends: Arceus For Switch Has Now Been Datamined

To the surprise of nobody…

The full roster of new Pokémon is already on Reddit. It was all I could do to avoid peeking.

Looks at the thumbnail @Fizza is that you?

@Pokester99 Who hurt you?

I couldn't resist, I had to take a peek at the Hisuian forms. That's all I'll look at, I swear

At this point seems we can expect almost every big Nintendo release to get leaked huh?

Why do people always report when switch games are being leaked? At least this site is where I see it the most.

@Pokester99 honestly i might have gone over the line, im an israeli and a bit sensitive to the Palestinian flag , but im sure as 2 pokemon fans we have a lot more in common then being at war with our countries... so i apologize.

@Snatcher It’s best to not interact with this dude. He’s just a troll.

And this is why Nintendo should stop pre-loading games onto the Switch unless they improve their security.

@ModdedInkling Most of these leaks likely happen through physical copies.

@VoidofLight Ya, your right. can't trust a word they say.

@HedgehogEngine Maybe it is a Misunderstanding, But even you can't deny that there first comment sounded very, very, sarcastic.

Because in another thread, they were not acting like this about the game at all, in fact, it sounded like they disliked it a little, but again I'm probably wrong, and I'm in no place to say what they said, isn't true, just gotta take there word for it.

Leak what leak I don't see any leaks around here.

How can Pokémon have spoilers it's been the same plot since the 90's

@HedgehogEngine I mean, the guy seems negative about absolutely everything most of the time, so I figured that they were one.

@Would_you_kindly You do realize that gameplay spoilers are a thing right? And that this game deviates from the stuff we've been getting for the past 20 or so years. The story is 100% new, given there's no Gyms or elite 4, or even a sign of an evil team. You aren't even working towards the pokemon league as your goal this game. The game is putting you in the role of a pokemon researcher instead.

Edit: There's still tons of pokemon forms and game mechanics that were never revealed to people that ended up leaking as well.

I combed through lot of the leaks on 4chan and it was honestly worse than expected. Most of the new Pokemon designs are hideous. A lot of the graphics are relying on copy-pastes from the default Unity engine texture maps and shaders (which is why the water, for example, looks so ugly). The gameplay loop is bland and repetitive, as to be expected. I can only speak to the performance via emulation, but it was mostly fine which isn't saying much. Overall, it's just another soulless cash grab from GameFreak.

Too bad, online battling still isn't in the game.

@HedgehogEngine I agree with you, I misunderstood them big time. to me It sounded like a lot of things, and it just sounded to me like they where being very rude for no reason, Of course that doesn't excuse me, I didn't need to go as far as calling them a troll since I said that even after they said they were misunderstood.

( I also wasn't trying to attack them in my first comment, but I understand thats how it came off), again not excusing me at all, just hope this clear's some stuff up from my end, (And doesn't make me look like a jack) you to, have a good day!

@NinjaGuy69 I dunno, I heard the gameplay was pretty promising when I was talking to a few guys who were incredibly critical of the last few games in the series. I haven't seen the leaks myself, and I don't fully intend to either, but I trust their word when they say the game seems awesome.

Edit: Also, the gameplay loop is grindy and repetitive, given the game's using the Monster Hunter format, and Monster Hunter itself is very much the same. I get it's not for everyone, but this seems like a step up from Sword and Shield.

I have been checking the leaks, because i wasnt convinced (yet)
Man if those leaks are true (i hope so)
Than this game is really amazing.

@The-Chosen-one I keep hearing that a lot from people, and I honestly think I'm more excited now than I was when the game got it's last trailer.

One of the Pokémon made me laugh lol

@TommyTendo The rest of them made me cry.

@VoidofLight Let's not compare walking around and throwing Pokeballs with fighting giant monsters using a wide variety of weapons. "Gameplay loop" is about "gameplay" and not just "loop".

@SuperZeldaFun It's not the same gameplay though.

@Pokester99 I think people assumed you were being sarcastic...

All I wanna know is

Is it good

Okay.... this leaking is getting out of hand

Luckily a lot of videos online analyzing the leaks only address the pokemon/general gameplay mechanics while avoiding story content. So if you're just looking for a bit more on those fronts, there are plenty of streamers and such who have navigated the dangers first.

Seeing the new Pokemon and forms has definitely gotten me more on the hype train than I was previously. Makes you wonder why they aren't just revealed officially.

As a kid I had a poster of the original 151 pokemon before ever playing a minute of the games. Most kids could watch an anime on TV with a rap that showed all 151. Obviously knowing all the monsters doesn't make you LESS likely to play the games to see them, that's asinine. It does the opposite.

Datamining was eventually going to come out...

Really, news? The only thing I see this helping is on identifying spoilers, and such are what I'm completely avoiding in the first place

@swoose Eh, some people rather just not know every single pokemon or form in the game before playing, due to wanting to be surprised.

No spoilers from me but i've looking at the leaks and well they have sure revealed little marketing wise, its not quite the dream open world PM i've always had in my had but its very close and i hope Gamefreak build on this.

I just want to know if it is any good as I might get this day one but don't want a GTA trilogy situation. Lucky I didn't purchase that day one and that's only because there was no physical release.

Now, if we could just get the OST...

Prosafia creaming his pants rn