Pokémon Legends: Arceus chose its three initial pokémons to associate with the historical scenario of the game. Last month, The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon Legends: Arceus, your first open-world Pokémon game. The new game will be set in “Feudal Sinnoh”, between 400 and 800 years before modern Pokémon games. Although the game still contains many familiar Pokémon from the Sinnoh regions, it will use Starter Pokémon from other games instead of the traditional Sinnoh Starter Pokémon. Players will choose between Rowlet, Cyndaquil or Oshawott as their first Pokémon partner instead of the traditional Sinnoh trio of Turtwig, Chimchar and Piplup.
THE Pokémon Legends Beginning Pokémon were probably selected to honor the game’s historical roots. All three chosen Pokémon Starters evolve into Pokémon that fit the game’s feudal themes. Rowlet evolves into Decidueye, a Grass / Ghost type Pokémon known for its bow and arrow skills. Oshawott evolves into Samurott, a Water / Steel type Pokémon modeled after a samurai. Although the evolved form of Cyndaquil Typhlosion has no immediately obvious connection to feudal Japan, its Japanese name Bakphoon sounds similar to bakufu, which is the name of the military government that ruled Japan during the feudal period.
We still don’t know much about Pokémon Legends: Arceus in addition to its general configuration and unique approach in Pokémon battles. Instead of turn-based battles taking place in a separate system, players will battle in real time, with no transitions between the top world map and the battles. Players will be tasked with exploring the Sinnoh region and compiling information for the region’s first Pokedex. As the name of the game suggests, the Mythical Pokémon Arceus will be involved in some way and we can see some great additions to Pokémon mythology coming out of the game.
No release date has been announced for Pokémon Legends: Arceus, but the game is set to come out “in the beginning of 2022.”