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Pokémon Legends: Arceus [a] is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch.It is part of the eighth generation of the Pokémon video game series and serves as an interquel to Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (2021).
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were released on November 19, 2021, while Pokémon Legends: Arceus was released on January 28, 2022. This generation introduced a total of 96 new Pokémon with 81 revealed in Sword and Shield, 8 revealed in the expansion packs, and 7 revealed in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
By the end of 2020, total Nintendo Switch family units had outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo 3DS, its handheld console predecessor, by selling nearly 80 million units. [2] As of September 30, 2024, 146.04 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.3 billion copies of games having been shipped for the platform. [3]
Game Freak approached the games based on the theme of strength and striving to be the "greatest or the strongest"; this was expressed through the Switch's status as the most powerful console to run a Pokémon game, the Dynamax mechanic, and in-game references to various elements British folklore featuring giants and other mythical creatures. [27]
Powerful Pokémon associated with the legends and lore of the Pokémon world. M Mythical Pokémon Pokémon only obtainable through rare circumstances, such as distribution events. [e] U Ultra Beast Certain Pokémon from another dimension. P Paradox Pokémon Pokémon resembling ancient or futuristic relatives of a modern-day Pokémon.
The games are part of the eighth generation of the Pokémon video game series and were developed by ILCA and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. The games were released on 19 November 2021. They were announced as part of the 25th anniversary event, alongside Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A [a] is an upcoming 2025 video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. Announced in February 2024, Legends: Z-A is part of the ninth generation of Pokémon video games. It takes place in Lumiose City in the Kalos region, based on Paris, France, which ...
Four episodes released on January 21 and 28, 2022 (exclusive to Amazon Prime Video in Japan) are an arc based on the Pokémon Legends: Arceus game, with the third and fourth episodes coinciding with the release of the games. The story arc debuted on Netflix on September 23, 2022, under the name Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles.