Nintendo Confirms Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Will Be Open World

7 responses to “Nintendo Confirms Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Will Be Open World”

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   louie

   March 8, 2022 at 10:24 am

   If they made this game Pokemon Arceus 2.00 with a proper open world, I’d be perfectly happy with this game even if it only shipped with 250 Pokemon. That formula still has a lot of life left in it and it’s good to see they are adapting things into the non-spinoff games.

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      Ruby Innes

      March 8, 2022 at 10:35 am

      If Pokémon Legends: Arceus had a proper open world, it would’ve been perfect in my opinion. I still loved it, but that really would’ve put the cherry on top.

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   peacemaker

   March 8, 2022 at 1:03 pm

   I love Arceus, the re-zoning doesn’t bother me too much at all, but would be nice to have the areas interconnected.
   I really hope the catch mechanic and the way pokemon behave and appear in the overworld and carried over too. Seeing shinies pop up in the wild without having to engage them is just very exciting, like finding treasure.

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   m2d2

   March 8, 2022 at 3:42 pm

   I didnt get arceus because i PERSONALLY did not like the look of the gameplay loop.
   So im glad the next game has the traits i want, without the gameplay loop of arceus.

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      Kasterix

      March 9, 2022 at 4:25 am

      Just want to add to your comment… I loved Arceus, but the open world goodness aside, I’d absolutely agree a lot of how Arceus works is absolutely NOT good for a ‘proper’ Pokemon battler that the core series games are.

      The sheer speed and number of Pokemon you can catch in Arceus is pure insanity, as is the fact that so many of the battles in Arceus are 1-shot KOs. The damage in Arceus actually feels at times like someone forgot a decimal or something somewhere in the code as you watch your Pokemon get one shot by something 20 levels lower than it. Like sure I get “It’s super-effective!” and all but seriously the damage is just bonkers in Arceus.

      I get WHY Arceus is so speedy though, and I think it absolutely worked for what the game was doing, but I really would not mind at all to see battles return to having a bit more depth and a bit more back and forth like previous games.

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         louie

         March 9, 2022 at 7:17 pm

         I’m happy if they do both and release one from each series in alternating years.

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            Kasterix

            March 10, 2022 at 4:12 am

            That is also something I wouldn’t be opposed to. Just given how ‘Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ is titled, I think many fully expect another in the ‘Legends’ series anyway.

            I also kind of hope this is a situation where they can’t put the genie back in the bottle, so to speak, after going more open world. As it can only be a good thing to finally see Game Freak get off their asses and move the series forward, since they’ve spent over 20 years resting on almost exactly the same formula.

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