About the game

Release Date: 28/01/2022

Get ready for a bold new adventure with the Pokémon Legends: Arceus for Nintendo Switch. 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. You can choose Rowlet, Cyndaquil, or Oshawott as your dependable partner. Along the way, a mystery surrounding the Pokémon known as Arceus will begin to unfold.

Explore the old Sinnoh region from the time when it was filled with Pokémon living in harsh environments
Explore natural expanses to catch Pokémon by learning their behavior, sneaking up, and throwing a well-aimed Poké Ball
You can also toss the Poké Ball containing your ally Pokémon near a wild Pokémon to seamlessly enter battle
You can choose Rowlet, Cyndaquil, or Oshawott as your dependable partner. These three Pokémon arrived with a Pokémon Professor, who encountered them on research excursions to various regions
Along the way, a mystery surrounding the Pokémon known as Arceus will begin to unfold. Arceus is said to have shaped all there is in this world
The new angle on Pokémon gameplay will deliver an immersive, personal experience brought to life by both Pokémon and humans