Is Pokemon Legends BETTER Than Scarlet & Violet? 

Sure Arceus doesn't have other towns, but honestly SV doesn't either. It has gyms with the facade of a town around them.

I prefer Legends over Scarlett and Violet for a simple reason. Pokemon was getting repetitive and I wasn't having as much fun as I was during childhood. Legends Arceus brought new light and created something more dynamic. It felt great to be able to dodge attacks! Also I get really excited, but scared whenever I come across alpha Pokemon. I would've given 0.5 points for Legends having a shiny sound; which was needed more in Gen 9. That way each would've had 3.5 points.

Easily Legend Arceus simply because it did more different from the regular series. Scarlet and Violet rolled back a lot of changes that felt like it was moving the franchise ever so slowly forward.

When it comes to tera vs styles, I think I like styles a little bit more because it feels like a MECHANIC rather than a gimmick, even if not perfect (look up people doing the eternal battle reverie with teams of 3 weaviles that ice shard stunlock) and in general is a great representation of why I prefer legends. Many of the additions felt like mechanics rather than gimmicks. The crafting felt so much more natural than the kinda tedious "oh we should put a crafting thing in this game huh" tm system and just collecting resources you needed was enough for me to make up for the lack of notable locations in the open worlds that both games have, and were better woven into the world than glowy pokeball 502 that gave dire hit 16 you won't really need. Throwing a pokeball yourself adds so much to the feel and was way better implemented into legends than it was in SV, where that mechanic was just encountering that same pokemon like a second quicker. I don't even think SV taught you the back strike. If we get the gameplay of legends with a more traditional battle style, we'd be set and I'm hoping the critical success legends had is gonna be an influence to the future.

Honestly, Arceus not showing up until the end makes sense when you consider Volo. He causes the events of the game to happen so that he can lure out Arceus to meet and catch it. So what does Arceus do? He sends someone in his place, denying volo the small victory of luring Arceus out

I personally call the lake “lag lake” and tagtreethicket “framedrop forest”

The one thing I wish they would bring from Legends is the Frostbite status over Freeze, a special attack version for burn. Also I feel like Hail could've stayed but add on the defense buff Snow provides but that's just me. Also give GameFreak another year to let them make a better game. 3 years are just not enough, I'll glad wait 5 years if they make something on par with Breath of the Wild.

I just really wanted SV to have the freedom to throw poke balls like Legends did. It made it feel so free and open and I don’t have to press run away if I get to close to one I can actually just physically run away,

A lot of ppl don't seem to realize these two games were produced in tandem and by different teams, so I'm glad you mentioned that. Things that Legends did well might not come back til gen 10, after all

I agree so much i love them both for different reasons i love the mechanics of arecus so much but the story and life was better in scarlet and violet i wish they would combine concepts and give us a really new and exciting way to play both of these games felt like they were lacking something when you compare them if they could combine them the right way, they would have the greatest Pokémon game of all time and i would play it over and over

i would write a whole essay for each game and what i liked and disliked in them, but i'll just keep my thoughts short PLA for the gameplay, SV for the story, Shiny hunting in both B)

SV just needs Shiny Noises or other indicators Boss battles like the nobles could have done these with the treasures of ruin legendarys Being able to catch Pokémon outside battle An option to send out Pokémon and have them stay still for easier photo taking Better customization A way to buy herba mysticas but they are fairly expensive

The pity point got S/V the win 😂

I been playing the violet dlc recently and god damn, it really sucks that the performance is aweful. Scarlet/violet could be so great, but the performance really holds it back. At least in legends, the game kept a solid framerate

Legends arcues is not just subjectively better it’s objectively better

I’d argue so. I think SCVI underneath the mess is arguably the best modern pokemon game, but I don’t consider PLA in that specifically because the changed made in it to the formula didn’t stick, making it feel even more like it’s own thing than it already did. That being said, the PLA gameplay loop was far more enjoyable than SCVI and I felt more immersed in the Hisui region than I did Paldea, partially due to the mechanics of the gameplay, but also because of the side missions.

Can't argue with a good category system in a review!

I love the story involving arven in pokemon scarlet and violet but game very glitchly to a point hard to play but love the open world in both legends arceus and scarlet and violet but shiny hunting more fun in legends arceus so legends is best game.

I honestly think that style changes are better. We couldn't see it's potential because they didn't give us pvp

Legends arceus: catchathon and a false open world game Scarlet and violet: the true first open world pokemon game where you can fly indefinitely (because braviary in legends arceus can't fly up, it can only glide).

While annoying to get and beat the same Pokémon to complete the research level, Legends: Arceus is better than Scarlet and Violet. Abilities should have been added for variety.

I do have a major disagree with you on the story and characters. I thought Scarlet and Violet had a great story, but I thought the far superior story was legends Arceus. I mean they tell you in the story if you go through the whole thing and meet and face Volo that the reason why you were sent back in time is to stop him and not give Volo the benefit of the doubt of luring Arceus because he obviously started this whole problem. Also getting to understand why the Pokémon and humans don’t get along and then building off of that was really cool to see, and there was so much progression in the story . When you add into the fact, it didn’t have the legends mechanic of catching and the boss battles it seemed like a setback. That’s not even including the fact that one part about Arceus that was cool and refreshing the ability that you could actually get hurt and get knocked out by the Pokémon. The graphics just all around were better than Violet. Battling systems seemed better with the two different styles because it would’ve been more strategizing than just another form of basically one move in the battles over. It also made people actually care about catching all the Pokémon. if they could include the research tasks with the traditional Pokémon game and the changes I’ve talked about. They would have been so much better almost a perfect game.. the flaws I see for legends was they didn’t have any way of Internet, which I personally don’t think is a big deal and more trainer battles. I enjoyed Scarlet and Violet and I didn’t have as many bugs, but I think that Arceus is far and away the superior game.

Arceus if you only could play co op

Legends Arceus is far more enjoyable.

Isn't the background music from P5?

I have both arceus is so fun i literally dont like violet because the chandeliers what a ridiculous idea its embarrassing. I could desl with everything else like not being able to moce around when your pokemon fight or just throwing them all out . But chandeliers on there heads to be stronger 😂😂😂 its so lame

Of course it's better, why are you even asking? It was a fun new experience.

Pokemon legend of arceus is awesome, Scarlet and violet the only thing I can save is the calamity pokemkn story. Teracrystalization is just pokemon re skin and boring....

I play legend arceus over and over since the release, scarlet/violet? I asked for a refund lol

Pokemon scarlett looks like an N64 game...

Without watching the video. I will tell you the answer. Legends Arceus is the best. Yes their greed still runs through to Arceus, however i can overlook that and enjoy the game more. They need more games like Legends Arceus.

I prefer Legends over S and V and my fave is in those but not in Legends... nuff said

I like pokemon violet but i feel like the map is waay to massive

i catched 7 pokemon and got 270 research points meanwhile in s/v you don't have to catch every pokemon you see and waste time to realize it gets easier to catch when you progress

Hey just so you know u can wavedash in scarlet and violet and u cant do that in legends so thats why scarlet and violet is the better game hands down.

Legend

No

Pokemon sword and shield is way better than Pokemon Violet and Scarlet . Too many glitches n bad graphics in Pokemon Violet

I got Arceus with high expectations and it was sooo freaking boring! I managed to play 10 hours before i packed it up and sell it. Then i got Violet and it was day and night difference. Not a great game by any means but better experience than Arceus definitely. Overall the two games should have been one game combined somehow. Some of the great innovations on pokemon Arceus should be on the main line games. But as we all know Nintento and gamefreak wants money. So three seperate titles are better than 2. Hoping for great next gen games once again but i i dont expect much.

yo bro can you remove the damn intro god damn that shi like 30 sec long

Pla is such a good game

If only Koraidon could glide as well as Braviary - seriously, why the hell does Koraidon start plummenting after gliding for a little while? Were the devs afraid we'd have too much fun?

Legends was WAY more FUN plain and simple and legends was such a big change that it literally made me hate Pokémon scarlet and violet when it brought back the old school Pokémon gameplay. After legends I couldn’t bare going back to “bumping into Pokémon in the wild constantly starting forced battles” and that’s exactly what scarlet violet did and I hated it. Sure scarlet violet was better in many aspects on paper but was hindered by expectations Legends created and the experience felt bad because of it whereas Legends felt fresh , new , improved and FUN!

I would say in my opinion I love the vastness of Paldea overall its huge but its empty in some areas. For Pokemon Legends Arceus had a fun catching system,great variety of Biomes,and new Pokemon with top tier designs Ursaluna being one of them.

I haven't played Scarlet/Violet but I just finished the storyline on Arceus today and it's some of the most fun I've had with a Pokemon game. Next console gen: full open map or less instances at least, richer map with more vegetation, improved terrain Bring up the story content and fun sidequests and they have a gem of a game

a mixture of both would be perfect , they have things the other one lacks.

Easy decision for me If one had to disappear forever I’d say Scarlet and Violet can go away for good and I’ll feel that nothing of value was lost if competitive battles is what people want gamefreak should develop a stadium like battle simulator with seasonal updates for the switch and keep the Legends games as the adventure style action RPG for Pokémon collectors and those who want a more immersive experience in the Pokémon world that would be an idea I’d propose because whatever they thought they had going with Scarlet and Violet wasn’t it and to me personally the traditional Pokémon gameplay style hasn’t been a must play for me since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire sun and moon was meh UsUm was ok, BDSP was underwhelming and missing key things that made platinum so great, Sword and Shield was a major disappointment only becoming decent with the DLC and Scarlet and Violet is the definitive reason of buyer’s remorse to the highest degree for me in regards to the franchise

I'm just gonna put my two cents. For me Scarlett and Violet are much worse than PLA. The performance into SV is so horrible I'm almost never immersed into. Constantly glitching, lag, pokeballs floating in the sky just staying there. Not to mention that the animations and game design underperformed. Like how do you have battles from previous generations look better than the animations in Scarlett and Violet. While in PLA with catching, dodging, and fighting Pokemon you actually have them hit each other. Holy crap how are we taking three steps back. Even though Scarlett and Violet has the better story and online for me the gameplay experience is the most important aspect to any game. Also in terms of which had the better world, it's hands down PLA. While you do have the school that gives the rich history and serves as the tutorial for SV every other town is absolutely dead and forgettable. I can count the number of buildings I can enter and explore in the entire region on one hand. Most buildings you enter just bring up a png for a menu. The amount of cut corners in this game... I don't have anything good to say about the cities in this game. The worst out of any Pokemon game by far and they are to bring the life into human civilization to the game. Jubilife village funny enough, undebatably, has more life and culture than ever town in Paldea combined. You get to see how important the survey corps is when their duty to the village is security, investigation, and diplomacy between people and Pokemon. We get to see how scared people are of Pokemon as most have never touched a PokeBall before. So by completing side quests you get little stories and adventures between the people in the village. They also grow more fond of you as they bond with Pokemon you bring to them. Also, the village changes slightly as you complete missions with Pokemon bringing life to the village. The amount of little details you have all in one hub is astonishing as you explore the region free of lag, almost glitches, better gameplay, better battle animations, and every Pokemon you put on your team feels like there is a story behind it.

if only PLA had been last year's game & SV this year's, so both teams would have had time to work on both games.

I'm commenting before I watch so my opinion could change. They're both a lot of fun but I have definitely spent hundreds of hours of legends. It's my favorite because it's the game I've always wanted. That being said, I like SV a lot too. I certainly think it could have adopted some stuff from legend like overworld shiny charm. I find myself wanting to catch Pokémon outside of battle in Scarlet...but I've also found myself wish I could auto battle in legends sometimes. So I love both and I'm excited for what is next. They're both really really fun. Alright, now I'm gonna keep cleaning while I listen I just wanted to HELLO Soul Squad! 🥳

I totally agree with your point that each game had what the other was lacking, one thing I think Legends needed was more time or DLC to tap into more of Sinnoh's lore and an extra town or 2 would have been nice along with battles, but I also get the simple approach given the setting and the games they are supposed to be connected too, if this was a Legends Kalos game than we'd probably have more battles and the story and characters would have reflected those changes. I don't want to leave an essay so in short, I enjoyed both games almost equally but like Legends more because of everything it added to the already established story, SV had its own great story but I like it when the games feel more connected Great video ✨️👌

PL:A for me. It was the breath of fresh air the franchise desperately needed for over a decade. I love the mechanics and the fact Pokémon can actually hurt you. And Shiny Hunting is truly accessible for filthy casuals like me at long last. I caught several boxes worth of shinies and it feels so good. Plus it doesn't have music from a certain composer that I despise with a raging passion, as awfully petty as that sounds. I don't care what anyone thinks. We all have our own petty opinions/takes.

A few final notes in Legends favor: Basically, if you don’t care about story, go get isekai’d For the joy factor you can ride multiple Pokémon, for example, a giant @ss bear Also shiny hunting in legends sh*ts all over S/V Legends walked so S/V could glitch

To me, all Arceus is missing is more battles. Anything else would be gravy. I could say make the world bigger. Add more post-game story content. Expand the dex, etc. But considering I could say that about pretty much ANY Pokemon game, the point is moot. Arceus's catching mechanics made collecting SO fun. Also I was never the type to finish my dex (even though I desperately needed to to shiny hunt for my favorite pokemon), but the dex tasks made catching an enjoyable challenge. Adding more movement to the main character was fun. And the auto farming for items was so refreshing. Auto battling in SV is so annoying to me. Yes it eliminates some of the tediousness of grinding. But it was like 90% of the battling in game, aside from a few necessary trainer battles. And as usual since gen 6, the trainer battles were stupid easy. Also for such an expansive world, it really showed me nothing. The benefit of the old pokemon games being so linear, is that they could intentionally design the map to support the story. Talking to NPC's was fun and informative. Finding hidden rooms or areas was more rewarding because you are usually beholden to such a strict path. I think the only way for Pokemon to truly thrive in the open world setting, is to completely change the mechanics of the game, like final fintasy or zelda. If they don't want to move away from turn-style battling, then I think limiting the map, and focusing more on graphics (to match the specific style, not to keep trying to add realism to the world for no apparent reason), story elements, and an interesting battle system should be the priority.

They need to kiss and meet in the middle

Legends was better. A breath of fresh air

I do think Legends scratched the itch I have been wanting from Pokémon better than scarlet and Violet but I was apprehensive yet it pleasantly surprised me so many games just make you feel important for nothing but I felt so immersed in Pokémon legends while sv is an evolution that was in a mess that felt the world and Pokémon worked impressively well but my character didn’t feel connected to it it just felt like you were observing, sometimes with world building less is more I feel the game does pay homage to Spain but because hisui is so desolate of human it is just a new population that joined you craft they craft you fish they fish you collect materials they collect materials there is areas you don’t see any plot holes they have plausible deniability.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: splitting development between the two games was worse FOR BOTH GAMES. Combine the best elements from both and you easily have the best pokemon game ever. Instead we got two wasted potential games half baked where the smaller tech demo is better than the whole new generation 9. I really hope gen 10 is a focused, single development that combines and fixes the two entries

As far as online goes they did so much better with Sun and Moon and USUM and with ORAS. Scarlet and Violet really make me sick anymore playing it with how JARRING THE CAMERA MOVEMENTS ARE and the buggier mess, buggier than a termite mound, called Scarlet and Violet. Legends Arceus is by far more superior.

I think though I don't disagree with you any any point... At all, actually. It's just that the enjoyment level of Arceus was SO much greater. Probably because, y'know, game play is the majority of the game. The story, like you said... Not really a lot going on there- but I think that there was TOO much filler in both of them. Probably would have been better if neither of them had a story if I'd had to choose between the story we got and nothing.

Gotta be honest, i dont think it counts as a negative the lack of multiplayer on legends at all, the game wasnt developed to have it and doesnt need it, its a single player experience, and SV still loses since that game does have it and works very bad and is not intuitive. So if you have it as part of the game and works bad its worse than dont have it because doesnt need it. And being a pokemon game doesnt mean it has to have it, many pokemon games dont need it, like snap

idc tbh i got them both, arceus visuals is so good imo compare to SV arceus feels fresh for its time and its a pre pokemon saga, whoever SV is like better upgraded open world than arceus and it continues the game but its far from perfect, oh the bugs and the texture... i just hope when the nex gen console comes out they put more power in their games...

I personally think that if they kept stuff like fall damage and getting attacked by Pokémon in sv,that it probably would’ve been better that pla,but sv was still enjoyable

Im grabbing legends because I wont puke with the frame rate and I will have more fun collecting the pokedex without exclusives and an actual progression to catching them all.

If only you knew that Arceus is among the best pokemon games of all times, and scarlet and violet is among the worst!

Please check out Pokémon Xenoverse if you wanna play a game developers actually care about

SV looks so damn ugly, that i can't bring myself to play it. Legeds is pretty ugly too, but more tolerable.

This isn't even a QUESTION. OF COURSE Arceus is better. 120%, NO contest. I couldn't get through more than 20 hours of Scarlet, and that was virtually ALL local multiplayer with my bro. I was really, really bored and hating the level grinding (vs the FREEDOM and FUN of Arceus). Arceus, on the other hand, I'll probs have around 100 hours by the time I'm done, and I'll probs STILL go back! BEST catching mechanics EVER! I fucking LOVE it so much! The best Pokemon game I've EVER played, hands down! I don't think I'll EVER be able to buy another mainline game unless they SREIOUSLY fix/change things, and I've been playing since Red/Blue! Even my BRO, one of the BIGGEST Pokemon nerds I've ever met, said the same thing. He's done unless they fix/seriously overhaul things.

Gimmicks. Give me Mega-Evolutions, turn them into Tera-Typing and we'll just be satisfied. Or give me Mega forms as a new evolution. But yeah, Game Freak, Pokemon Company and Nintendo are dead-set on you NOT having fun. Glide for four seconds. Ooo. Wow. I also clipped through the mountain....thanks Nintendo. It would be nice if they'd put....effort into a game. Just one. Full effort. One game.

You have e the first comparison/review that I mostly agree with. I reat want to see these teams make 1 amazing game combining the good parts of these games. Arecus takes it for me for a few reasons... 1- it wasn't meant to be a "main line" game yet it is.. and it seemed to have "cooked" better in that there is not so many graphical and performance issues. Also I like the over world pokemon hunting in Arceus way more than any other pokemon game and it made me feel like it was the way I always wanted to go about "catching them all!". Great comparison.. I hope they move forward and make the next one the best game yet!

Scarlett and Violet was worse. That pity point doesn’t mean anything

Only thing I want to see is how big rayquaza or arceus is going to be in scarlet when i unleash them

Man I just got a switch and you just convinced me to stay away from both

I seem to be the only one who didnt like legends. Felt so empty and repetitive. Had some good features like being able to walk around freely in battle, but nothing special.

I’m sorry,but legends looks worse than super smash bros on the 3ds,sv,definitely looks better,but not by much

You can say these games represent modern time pla did so much with so little and p sv did so little with so much 😂

0.5 yea it was a pity point

Bad video, performance is an instant - 10 for scarlet, fuck gamefreak.

Yes. Yes, it is.

If it was a mix of both, it would've been perfect.

without watching the video Arceus fasho

the simple answer is yes

By a fucking mile

I didn’t like either one.

we need legends mew

Yes, it is

Arceus is a prequel to pokémon Platinum, that alone makes it better than Scarlet&Violet.

Yes it is🔥

I enjoyed both but i won't deny that i experienced bugs and crashes in both games, if only these games are really polished well. Also, i'd say, what i hated on both of these game are the battle camera.

Bro your content is 🔥

I know this sounds dumb but I kind of like the graphics of scarlet and violet. Like I dunno I think it just get the style. But the glitches and fps is honestly bad.

Neither because sword and shield are better.

Legends leaned Into an artstyle and aesthetic that made the shortcomings more forgiving.

7 months ago, I agreed with you. Coming back today, SV is the better game imo

also i disagree about battle gimmicks. terastillization is literally just like the abilities blaze/torrent/overgrowth but worse bc you have to force yourself to have one type. nothing has compared to megas. and the framerate drop everytime i terrastilize is almost reason enough to through that whole ability in the trash.

Wait you didn't see the Diamond and pearl clan camps?

No

Imagine what PS4 can do for Future Pokemon game

Maybe it’s just because I didn’t play PLA at first but I preferred S/V in almost every category. It’s just such a good step for main-line games that it single handedly roped me back into the series. PLA is still great, but just feels less sustainable

The only thing good about legends was the catching, the rest of it was undercooked and incredibly dull. And the battle style boiled down to spam agile style of quick Pokemon because you were at a disadvantage by using a slow Pokemon. Trainer battles are nearly non-existent and so on and so forth as well, It really isn't a competition as to which game is better. Even for as many flaws as gen 9 has it still offers more that is better overall, I can't be convinced otherwise.