168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Legends Arceus has begun leaking online ahead of its release later this month, which feels like a rite of passage for every Pokemon game in existence. The series is so beloved that somewhere, somehow, a copy will fall into the hands of fans who are willing to mine the game for everything it’s worth before the Nintendo lawyers come knocking. We saw it with Sword & Shield, with Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, and now with Legends Arceus. All's right with the world, but should we be worried?
I don’t think so. I’ve had a passing glimpse at the leaked material and while there are some surprises to be found amidst the datamine, Legends Arceus remains the confident evolution of the series many of us have been hoping for. However, there’s one small piece of narrative framing that rubs 𝓰me the wrong way, partly because it undermines the archaic setting that the game is going for, twisting it into a fish out of water story that is far less compelling.
Pokemon: Legends Arceus leaks are discussed below
The datamine unveils that the protagonist for Legends Arceus comes from the future, and appears to be the same character we controlled in Diamond & Pearl. Now 15 years old, we will step into their shoes once again as they find themselves stranded in this strange new world. Or old, I suppose would be the more accurate descriptor. I don’t want to spoil myself too much, so I haven't seen how the full narrative plays out, but the idea of hurling a familiar character into the past instead of playing as a new face who grew up in this world and has never encountered Pokemon before feels like a real missed opportunity.
I suppose the characters in these games are a self-insert for the player anyway, acting as a fashionable spectre for us to inhabit as we defeat trainers, catch Pokemon, and cement our place in each new setting. You dress them up and make them🤡 an unstoppable animal fighting machine before calling it a day. From everything we’d seen, Legends Arceus was poised to abandon that tradition for the first time in decades, taking the main series into unfamiliar territory that Game Freak could do anything they wanted with.
But alas, we play as a teenager from the future who has already bested the Elite Four and cemented themselves as Pokemon Master. The idea is likely thaꦫt this time traveller will teach the population about Pokemon, giving their knowledge away to a society that is yet to befriend the𝔍se creatures and integrate them into their everyday lives. From that perspective it makes far more sense, but I can already see where this storyline will go, making you a mighty sage over the surrounding simpletons instead of a fellow plebeian learning to survive in this primitive era. Instead, we’ll know it all right away, which kinda sucks.
The most exciting thing about Legends Arceus was its immediate detachment from everything that came before it. Pokemon had new variants, the setting was almost unrecognisable, and we were set to be one of the first trainers in existence. All of that could have resulted in some fantastical world building and excellent narrative miꩵlestones, but by turning it into a tale of travelling through time weakens what could have been an excellent period piece, and the first in the series’ long history. Instead, it remains ingrained in a familiar mythos, and one that will likely address existing events in the future courtesy of our p💖rotagonist instead of building this world from nothing with so many exciting possibilities.
I’m not that bummed out, just a little disappoint💮ed that Game Freak opted for such a predictable narrative device instead of really dedicating itself to the historical angle. The Hisui region is fertile ground, it’s Pokemon meets Breath of the Wild with all the potential that initial pitch comes with. Diamond and Pearl also released over a decade ago, but I suppose the recent - and rather average - remakes have brought them back into 🔜the zeitgeist that linking them up in this way does make sense, but being logical doesn’t make it interesting.
🌠Curious gamers will have already gone to town on the leaks and found out everything they need to know, but this small piece of information is enough to dampen my expectations a little bit. Who knows, perhaps the time traveller angle will be far more interesting that I expect, or be subverting in some way that makes me look like a dumbass in retrospect. We will find out before the month is up, I just wish Pokemon committed to this new idea completely instead of making a predictable reference to what came before.
