Is Scarlet/Violet ACTUALLY Worse Than Legends: Arceus? 

Legends runs great. Performance over graphics imo. Legends might have crappy draw distance but at least it runs at a consistent framerate. I never had an issue with that. I also enjoyed how you as a character were part of the battle as much as your Pokémon. With the mounting, throwing, running, dodging, crafting etc.. but the best part of Legends is how there are very little interruptions during gameplay. Just a little notification on the top left of the your screen that you can get to when you’re ready. Gone were the days of sitting there waiting for bars to go up. Even evolving is up to you when you do or don’t want to evolve. And don’t let me get started on the soundtrack!!! Legends is one of the best Pokémon games ever made!

I like them both but legends arceus is easily a million times better

Yes, I just booted up Legends Arceus again to refresh my memory and holy shit it's so much better to play than Scarlet & Violet

Hsve to give it to legends. The battling, catching, and horde battles, alpha mons, and a few other things just puts it so much further ahead.

They should continue the legends series

I was ADDICTED to legends Arceus. They made it worth your while recatching Pokémon. Your Pokémon could be 10 levels above and still lose. The opponents were actually selecting moves based on what you did (which is like cheating but it makes it challenging). Sneaking around in the wild was fun. Battles were quick. Scarlet/Violet is just…more of the other crap but 5fps and open world

I had fun with Scarlet. However, It doesn't compare to how special and exciting Legends felt.

SV is a cool game but LA had features that I've always wanted in Pokemon

I beat Violet 1st, but Legends feels way better in graphics, framerate, and gameplay loop. Hard to believe legends was by the B team while violet was by the A team. Violet not allowing free roam in battle felt like a huge downgrade.

The story on scarlet and violet was so much better imo, but overall game mechanics and framerate goes to legends

If Legends were an Full-Open World, with more towns and landscapes to explore plus a more engaging storyline, it would be the perfect Pokemon game. Personally, I'm not too crazy about battles than I am about catching and completing the Dex, If they made battling alpha Pokemon more difficult to capture and engaging to fight (for example, if they could call hordes of pokemon for backup) that would be enough for me. If we ever get a new Legends game I hope it takes place in Johto and Kanto, it has the most interesting spots to explore like Lake of Rage, Lavender Town and Mt. Silver.

R/V was fun the first few days and then it got pretty boring. Catching mechanics just make Arceus so much more entertaining

I thought they’d add more to Arceus instead of quickly throwing out S/V. I LOVED Arceus with all my soul. That was an incredible story and awesome gameplay.

I like agile and strong style because you can use it to your favor and it changes the flow of the battle. It made even wild Pokémon fun to fight because they stood a chance. Also legends is one of the few times I have really connected to the player and side characters. The main hub means we get to see the same characters often, allowing us to actually acquaint with them. Also the player character felt like they had a fresh notice. They were taken out of their time and thrown into a village of people who don’t trust them so it makes sense that we would want to earn their trust and eventually catch all the Pokémon in hopes of returning home. The time where the character gets thrown out of the village despite all their hard work because of fear mongering is genuinely sad because in that moment they are truly alone. Away from their real home and rejected by their temporary one. I think Pokémon should have more quiet moments like the shinx scene. Because there is something nice about seeing feeling go through the player. Especially when the shinx goes off to it’s own family but there we are all alone.

Strong and Agile style moves in Arceus have helped he get out of some really tough spots. It's great added strategy that isn't too complex and helps if you have an awkward move set. If you use it or not is up to you and your playthrough though so you might not use it enough to see use for it but I love it

I liked how there was still so much stuff like side quests and a fun Pokédex outside the story in legends arceus, even after you beat it. I still haven’t seen any sort of postgame or bonus content in scarlet/violet. I also feel like there’s not much to explore, maybe a few caves here and there but the same Pokémon spawn basically everywhere, and all the areas feel the same. Legends arceus was a much better game.

I definitely did not like scarlet and violet

The thing is, the Technical issues in SV are kinda inexcusable because they didn't have to release 2 main line pokemon games in 1 year but they did so in order to make that holiday 2022 deadline and maximize that moolah.

I bought a physical cartridge and I’ve had significantly less issues than anyone who’s had it digitally apparently. And even better after the update

I had fun with both games, but Legends Arceus made a lasting, positive impression. it really changed the formula up and made the catching mechanic very fun. I have no idea why they decided to go back to the old way of doing it since that was clearly a past relic. Additionally, while ScarVIo were open world, a lot of the game play was cookie cutter and bland (team star missions being essentially the same mobile-game style task repeatedly).

Just imagine if The Pokémon Company didn’t put GameFreak on a massive time-crunch to push out these games, and they actually took their time. We’d have some great Pokémon games.

Just started Arceus today and I'm so exited, the catching, fighting and dodging aggressive mons is so good. I play all core rpg series since 1st gen and it was always a pocket game, even Sword Shield didn't feel good on TV. Meanwhile Arceus feels fresh and like home console game, Scarlet Violet feels like a pocket game again. Can't believe they went back to the old slow, boring and stiff mechanics. I just can't imagine going back. Catching and fighting should be as in Arceus in every further Pokemon games.

I gotta say S&V is the most fun I've had in a Pokemon game in decades. But looking forward to Ursaluna coming over to S&V.

The switch runs Witcher III and Doom Eternal, there is no excuse

I don't care if I never see the agile/strong style system again, but the overall battle and catch experience from Arceus is far superior. The flow in/out of battles and overall turns just felt so much more snappy. S/V suffers from the delays and pacing that the mainline series has long suffered from. At least getting into battles is a lot faster than Sw/Sh

First thing first, I can't think of Legends as a spin-off. It's made by game freak and it's cannon to and consistent with the mainline games so far that even the protagonist is Lucas/Dawn from the future. It's just a mainline Pokémon with a different style of gameplay for me. Second, I'm also easily team Legends. It's funny that you said Legends story felt pieced and SV didn't while for me it's the exact opposite. SV's 3 storyline felt really disconnected to each other for me, even if they did "come together" (in a not so satisfying way) in the finale. Though I must say the potential is definitely there, so that's a shame. Legends, while just having 2, managed to weave them together. By advancing the Pokédex, you can open a new area to challenge the noble, and with that an opportunity to advance your Pokédex even more, and so on. Also I feel Legends' noble battle have more variation to it than Team Star and Titan Battle combined. The side quest is also one of SV's lacking side of things, as it adds quite a big amount in Legends content (which I also think better than SV's). Overall, it comes down to the player's preference, like you said. This is a well made and fair video, good job!

Arceus will the first Pokémon game I've played since the original Ruby/Emerald. Good thing I've read comments and decided to go to Arceus. Thanks friends !

The only thing I don’t like is not having the sounds for shinys on the over world, like I don’t know what the new shinys even look like lol.

Legends. Withouth question

first time, since the first ever games, that i honestly haven't wanted to keep playing after a few hours. its visually gross, stuttery etc. the shadows are awful and the line/edge work flickering continuously makes me feel sick. i have never wished for a pc release more than i do know. at least if it was on pc it could run well and people can mod to fix the issues. its barely gonna change on switch, its so gross. great video by the way!

Arceus by a long shot. I’m 35 and I’ve been playing Pokémon since day 1. It’s been a huge part of my life. The feelings and emotions that I felt while playing through Arceus I had not gotten from a game since the the very first ones. Arceus is one of my top favorite games ever. But it’s by far the best Pokémon game in the entire series. The story in Scarlet/Violet is really good. I’ll give it that much. And the art style is cool. I’m not at all saying it’s a bad game because it’s not. I just LOVE Arceus and think it’s levels above Scarlet and Violet

I spent more time on Scarlett.... but I honestly enjoyed Legends so much more. I would LOVE a blending of the two games.

Hate to break it to you, but Arceus is better by MILES. It was a polished experience that had few bugs and glitches and while I can say that some more time could of been used in development, it still is a great experience from start to finish. This game had side quests to the hilt while Scarlet/Violet only had three main story lines and a final story and... Not much else I'm afraid... That's part of where SV start a long walk on a short pier and this is only one small piece of why I spent 60 bucks on Sonic Frontiers instead over this. Arceus and missions that you can continue forward with after the story is done, and the way you tackle them is entirely up to you!! That makes Arceus feel more open than SV because with SV you are basically going to head towards that final destination anyway since that's the only thing you can do. It makes me wonder why it's even considered a open world game to begin with since it still falls into that same trap that previous games fell into. If they really wanted it to feel open, then they could of based the events around the player so that if they did take the intentional final gym first, then the Pokemon at that area will have levels to composite for the levels that your Pokemon are at, the first event with Nemona will play there instead of the final. I don't see why they couldn't do this since the interior of all the gyms (except Larry's) are the same. I also wish that there was more to do with the Pokedex like Arceus. I enjoyed filling that in Arceus more than any other game. It feels more like the stuff that a Pokemon researcher would do than just... Catch Pokemon and automatically fill it out... Yeah, Arceus is a clear winner here. I say the story in Arceus is much better even if it's hampered by a few things. SV has plot holes that you can drive a truck through with the Team Star story and the final story in the cavern. I was expecting Clavell to rip off his mask and reveal that he was a Team Rocket grunt this whole time since most of those plots evolve around the school being the primary cause of trouble. Stop and think about it, Team Star was bullied out of school and the staff did nothing to stop it, after the staff realized this everyone resigned. But if everyone resigned then who hired the new staff and how is this school even open? If it was Clavell then clearly there is some serious issues with how he runs things. Then at the end of that story they all turn around and forgive him with out any real redemption? It seems kinda dumb. I think it would of been better for Clavell if he hacked your phone at the start of the game and hid himself just to get team star together so he could apologize about how badly they were treated, and to start a brand new initiative having them at the helm. While being something a little more predictable, would of felt more honest and sincere. I don't have too much of a problem with Arven's story since it was a heartfelt relationship with his Dog like Pokemon. I like the idea where the parent is absent the situation a kid would turn to a pet to fill that void. But that ending (ho yea, spoilers if you care) with the twist of the professor being nothing but a AI the whole time... Is interesting, but is poorly executed and comes entirely out of left field. It's disappointing to see that even armed with the knowledge that the school payed for the whole thing, Arven's parents were killed by the Pokemon that you spend all your time with, and the school continued to make money by taking out the Terastalizaton crystals gets... Written off... Again, I feel like Cavell should of been held up for some of this... I also fail to see where the Legendary Pokemon of the game tries to make it up to Arven or how Arven gets no remorse from his new friends. Though if I were to fix that, I would go on longer than I should and this is already quite the read. The whole story needs a serous overhaul. Arceus was not a perfect story, but had some more memorable moments and characters. It starts out with meeting Professor Laveton on prelude beach, and him asking if you can lend your skills over to the Galaxy team. Shortly after you start, strange things start happening and your services are required to help calm down the Titans, but to make peace with the Diamond and Pearl clans. Commander Kamado had some good intentions, but was easily misguided. Captain Cyllene had the most memorable moment with a quote that still sticks with me, even to this very day. Adaman was a relay chill guy where you had to work to earn Irida's trust. The wardens are fun too, though Melli can go jump off the nearest cliff. Heck, there is even something memorable with the Miss Fortunes, the opposing team for the game. I don't know how much I can reveal with out spoiling it for you, but it's miles better than what SV has to offer. The fact that I don't want to spoil it should say something... While both the games graphics are not great I still would say that Arceus has a clear advantage. Even if there could of been more polish with Arceus at least it runs at 30FPS with minor frame drops, shadows and lighting display properly, and without grass or terrain clipping through other objects. Heck, shiny hunting was easier since there was a animation that played out on the field for it. SV make it harder especially since some shinies have very minor color pallet swaps and there are color blind people out there. There is also the intrusive Pokeball/Pokemon at certain areas for SV, and it's kinda hard not to ignore. Also the mutiplayer that gets greatly touted is by far the most broken part of the game. The interaction in between players is very minimal, other players end up experiencing events individually but refuses to remove the ones that joined the game from cutscenes/battles ruining the experience, and bringing in some broken models and animations. Also, Terra Raids are incredibly broken, since the rules of traditional battle mechanics are ignored making it a free for all. Not to mention that there is no system to tell what the other people are doing, making it even more baffling to run than before. Another thing about Terra Raids is that you would be VERY lucky to join at least one with out any technical difficultly. Not to mention that Pokemon can just spawn in walls and just randomly suicide off cliffs and into rivers at any time (yours can too). There is so much more to cover on SV that makes it more fundamentally broken compared to Arceus, but this comment is long enough as it is...

I've heard people blame the Switch console's specs. But that's unequivocally wrong when you consider how BOTW looked.

Cool videos. Straight to the point, no pointless filler, to get to 10 minutes for example. I'll keep watching

The only thing where Scarlet and Violet win out for me is that it's actually a full open world and not just different sections - plus, having Koraidon/Miraidon do all the HM stuff instead of multiple pokemon helps the experience dramatically IMO. And arguably it wins in story as well. But that's about it. Gameplay? I'll take Legends all day every day (although I do wish it had abilities), performance, I'll take legends... and there were SO many QOL changes, big or small, that really should've been carried over.

Ik arceus has no breeding or online competitive features, but that's the only thing Scarlet does better. It was very enjoyable to fight in Arceus. I see some people saying that agile moves are ridiculous but When you take turns attacking in turn, it's boring to attack in turn if you don't have attacks that change the order or have healing attacks like recover and refresh.Also playing game in 20-26 fps are ☠️

Even with SV, I still prefer Legends Arceus, especially for shiny hunting, because the movement, optimization, quicker but still good-looking animations and catching mechanics all just felt so much better, I still think SV are good especially as the first truly open-world game, but GF deserved at least another year (in an ideal world, two) to bring over all of the PLA improvements rather than just some, flesh out some parts of the world (mainly towns) further, improve optimization and add whatever they're planning to add with the DLC.

I honestly wouldn't say Scarlet/Violet 'excel' in the story department.. It's all pretty meh until the storylines converge. It feels like you're just doing 3 different things over and over again, it feels more like a checklist than a story. And I *hate* how mainline Pokémon games suck up to the player nowadays, and the characters are just so flat most of the time. Doing 'that' walk in Legends Arceus felt amazing and I loved the fact that it had some teeth in terms of writing choices, even going so far as to suggest you could actually die out in the wild.. I actually felt on edge exploring and coming across like an Alpha Raichu that started calling down thunderbolts or something. SV feels like an amusement park.. The worst (and coincidentally most annoying) thing that can happen is you bump into a Pokémon because it was barely visible or the collision sucks and start a battle, wasting your time until you run/knock it out. With the 'checkpoint' Pokémon Centers they could have easily kept Pokémon that actually attack you, especially because if your team got taken out, you could still literally flee yourself! I really hope Pokémon evolves. I really, truly do. Violet, DLC and all, really just bored or annoyed me. The only thing I cared for was the first time you go down Area Zero, the game just wasn't fun enough to actually play much otherwise. And I really, really want to say differently. I guess Xenoblade 3 just really spoiled me.

I liked more the Legends Arceus mechanics in general

I think the reason Legends did so well was because given the full 3d environment, taking a more spinnoff approach was a far better idea. No matter how much we want it, the core mainseries approach just doesn't translate all that well into full 3d (take how strange encounters were in Scarlet/Violet, and how empty and small they feel) I think in the future for however long we still have the switch, I feel like we should get more games similar to spinnoffs, rather than core mainseries

I hope they bring back Pokedex research tasks and path of solitude. It's the only time I get to use a lot of Pokemon and not just some box fillers when you caught them. Those are great post game contents. Also Shiny Alpha hunting! But the Mass Outbreak in Scarlet and Violet in my opinion is an improvement.

Legends absolutely Mogs scarlet and violet in every way you actually feel immersed in a world where the Pokémon are actually designed to feel alive

I enjoyed arceus, the catching mechanics were great. However, I prefer the ease of completing the pokedex in scarlet/ violet, the graphics, the ability to send your pokemon out to battle on its own. Very different games, hopefully in future they will combine the best elements of both

I miss the pokedex SO MUCH, liek why can we not have that point system again? it gave me so much more longevity in the game trying to 'perfect' all the dex

I can respect the fact that it really seems to depend on what you want from the games, but both performance wise and engagement wise Legends is leagues better. To the point where i don"t want to throw 60 euro on the mainline pokemon games anymore while im happy to throw that kind of money on a legends sequel.

One thing in this Video you got wrong is Legends is not a spin-off, it is confirmed to be mainline by The Pokemon Company/Game Freak.

Scarlet/Violet felt like it was created for little kids and Arceus was created for teenagers and young adults

I'm playing this game today and......well.......I mean the game is........well............its.......................... Ok, I'm just gonna cut to the chase right now, at this point while I like the idea, I'm really not liking Pokémon Violet, the graphics are one thing....but there is one aspect as to why I'm not liking this game.....its cheapness. Now I don't know it its just my Pokémon, or their states or both, but it appears that the AI's Pokémon can do even more damage then yours Pokémon, just today when I fought a trainer with a Spirit Tomb who was at level 29, my Pokémon was Crystalize, was level 30 and had 60-es HP, but then after the Spirit Tomb used Nasty Plot, it then used a move that should have not KO my Pokémon, and it Ficken KOed it, so I was quiet pissed at this. I'm not saying that it's as hard as balls as games like Pokémon B2 & W2, but whenever I play this game, I have a nuvis expression on my face thinking "Oh gog what other bullshit is gonna happen next?", so I hope I'm noty doing anything wrong here, because with that being said, I am still gonna play Pokemon Violet as it IS fun, but man does it have its bullshit moments that gets under my skin.

I want a new legends game

Legends arceus in my opinion at least, has a bad but at least better story, graphics, framerate, gameplay, and a lot of features that were invented that everyone liked but weren't added to s/v for no apparent reason like catching without battling, moving during battle, switching between pokemon, agile and strong moves etc. (I like strong/agile) And the excuse of it being open world for the FPS doesn't apply since it unloads everything you don't see and also has the same bad render distance issue. + would like to note that the hardware does not affect the performance at all. BOTW is older, much more demanding, and yet runs better than both. There are other games too. It's hard to realize just how sh*t of a game s/v is when just comparing it to pokemon arceus, a game already known as being pretty bad for the switch's standards.

Legends was the better game with more fun mechanics, but SV has the traditional battle system and more new Pokémon, if they combined the two would be perfect game.

Scarlet and violet may have just as good of a story, but legends has miles better of performance and gameplay in general. I wouldn't trust Scarlet/violet to run reliably and it runs frustratingly inconsistent a lot. Also it can break when you least expect it. While there are nitpicks you can say about it, legends has more solid performance in comparison. Legends is the better choice and should have been the sole game this year. Scarlet/Violet definitely needed more development time and suffers because it was rushed. If it was given the time needed, more people would say more positive things about it. I would wait until Scarlet/violet is fixed before recommending it to anyone.

Not to mention the catching mechanic in Legends makes sense for that game because it wants you to catch lots of the same Pokemon for the filler tasks. It doesn't work for mainline Pokemon because you'd complete the entire dex with little to no effort.

When it comes to content somehow I'd like to agree with you since S/V does have 3 storylines but for having side quests for PLA makes it on par for me and you can actually go inside houses in the village and get quests in those houses. Its the freaking mechanics that makes me want PLA more than S/V like what you mentioned thr rolling and evading, the chance you'll get knocked out by a pokemon, the new catching mechanic, the flying mechanic that just devolved to Woody's line "falling with style" in S/V. Pokemon feels like it took one step forward with PLA then took 5 steps back with S/V. I do also agree with the str ang agi moves I don't like it also. Pokemons seems much more alive and part of the pokemon world in PLA than S/V. I dunno its just my opinion. I loved this game since 1st gen up to 3rd then skipped returned to Sw/Sh got excited with PLA then this eith S/V its just sad. I'd rather love to have them be like octopath traveler's graphic design if they want to continue with that kind of catching mechanic.

Legends is by far the better game. They have far less glitches and performance issues, then violet. it has more interactive and complex battling system then the traditional battling system. it makes it way more fun to catch Pokémon and makes you want to complete the Pokédex. It has a postgame also. It has just as good of a story, if not better than Pokémon, Scarlet and Violet. If there was just more trainer battles, this wouldn’t even be a question and if there was some sort of battle trees, but the great part about the game is, it doesn’t need to be a fantastic game. Also, having boss battles, were you literally could pass out and you could get hurt not just the Pokémon makes it so much more of a fun game with the boss battles that you fight yourselves, and have to dodge and everything..

tf you mean agile and strong style moves didnt make a difference, it was the main thing that I missed from arceus in SV

Simple answer, yes, yes it is

I’d like to see an update to this review. Especially with scarlet and violet updates over the past couple months.

I really want to see the dodge, catching without battling, being able to move around in battle/being able to actually run from battle, and more actual side quests. The towns in SV felt barren with no real purpose outside the gyms, shops and restaurants. There are a select few useful NPCs but it definitely is lacking

SV with LA catching mechanic would make it one of the best games ever

I took a huge break from Pokémon and came back to sword and shield, didn’t even get halfway and stopped playing. With PLA I couldn’t put down the controller.

There is no universe in where SV comes out over Arceus. Not only are there game play reductions, the game is virtually non-playable and incomplete. Who cares if there’s a decent story or a lot of content if you can’t actually play the game. This is inexcusable from the largest grossing franchise in the world. Also, Pokémon stories will never be engaging to me when they handhold me through the game like I’m 5 and force disruptive cutscenes on me like this was the PS2 era.

I much preferred legends arceus

Stop with the Mainline Excuse. What is wrong with you content creators? Legends Arceus, it's more like the anime than any previous Pokemon game. That is the measure in which we should judge things. Stop this main line excuse nonsense and simply see it as -in the anime they have freedom of movement -they choose to battle or not -they throw pokeballs freely -they use environmental resources for crafting. -you see your Pokemon in pastures -there are always side missions. Whatever improvements are made are Mainline whatever's closest to the anime is Mainline.

I think Legends Arceus is the better game by far.

Just got a sub from me. Pretty well laid out opinions. (Also the lack of screaming from traditional Poketubers is hella appreciated)

Conceptually SV is better but on execution Arceus is better, because of this legends Arceus imo...also scarlet and violet like any other mainline pokemon game doesn't have a good story on a general level

Every time I see videos about the open world lagging and looking meh I always think of breath of the wild. I know it doesn’t have Pokémon roaming around that possibly causing issues but…it’s so good. It’s so good and so much older.

these games were in development at the same time so I wouldn't say S/V had "cut" content from Legends even though Legends came out first. I'd say both games were experimental in their own right and each game had elements better than the other. However, I would say the elements in Legends stuck the landing more for me personally while S/V were just fun games. Now if gen 10 excludes content from Legends, then it would DEFINITELY be cut content.

Playing through violent I definitely found myself saying huh why didn’t they just do what legends did

pokemon legennd arceus actually feel like a pokemon catch em all with all the research thing happening

lol what PLA is NOT a spinoff. why is this a thing? gamefreak doesnt make spinoff games, they literally outsource all of them. they basically only work on the main/core games

At least i didn't feel that bad for paying 60 dolars for legends as i do for scarlet..

I’ve never been into the competitive battling of Pokémon. Exploration and shiny hunting have always been my thing, and LA just hit that sweet spot. If there was more hidden secrets, some DLC and some more regional forms It would be perfect to me. Another thing, which I know they can’t do cause of data mining, but if there was secret Pokémon that would be cool

For me, Violet has only gotten choppy when on big screen in the middle of three mass outbreaks while riding on Miridon and doing Let's Go battles

SV has zero things to do outside of the three stories imo, and none of the towns felt immersive. LA nailed the npcs

I honestly played it expecting it to look and ply like arceus especially the mechanics, honestly love arceus better, wished the mechanics were the same, plus arceus looked better tbh😐

The story? Man, people must be seeing things in these games that I can't. I've played nearly every mainline Pokémon game, and not one of them has come even close to having a story that I would call 'good'. In fact, if there were a Pokémon game that was generic in every way except it has no dialogue or cut-scenes, that would probably be the best one.

I would say your still limited in Scarlet Violet, because if you go to far without progressing in the lore, you are going to get your ass kicked by level 50+ Pokémon. Also it would of been a slightly better game if they considered level scaling, I mean its a Open World game and you should be able to start your Gym Battles or Team Star base at any order you want without having to worry about being under leveled. Also Pokémon haves a thing for Ed Sheren music, they should of stick with Post Molone in my opinion and don't say "hE wOuLdN't bE aPpRoPiAtE fOr kIdS gAmE" even though the English Sub/Japanese Dub of Pokémon have some cussing in it mainly "damn" or "hell."

Yes and it’s all because of the catching mechanic as well as being able to dodge and walk around during Pokémon battles in Arceus.

Yeah Arceus is miles better then this crap scarlet an violet

Loved the video and I agree with most of your points. We've talked about this topic a lot on my podcast recently, leading me and my friends to conversely prefer Arceus over Scarlet/Violet. Cheers, thanks again!

How a channel with such good narration and edition has no subs? Hope u get the recogneicement u deserve soon

I really can't play scarlet and violet that long. I get headaches after a while in docked mode, and I have carpal tunnel so can't play handheld that long. This in contast to Legends where I'm pretty sure that was a day I clocked in at least 10 hours lmao.

More than 70 hours on Arceus, 25 hours on Scarlet... so, yeah

I really hope we get more legends games! Love the historic aspect and slightly older tone than mainline. Honestly LA is my favorite since colosseum and I think it takes the cake. Coolest game I’ve seen and I would love a refined legends version for each of the regions!

not sure I would agree Arceus had a more in-depth and advanced gameplay tbf, it's true that there were changes to the gameplay and added alot of things but I see ppl forget that arceus also lacked several other factors as far gameplays go, to the point I would say combat was also simplified and in some ways made more obtuse than it is rn (i.e. the turn order system was honestly not that clear)

wait u thought that the newer games had a more in depth and engaging story? they got so repetitive soooo quickly i thought it was nightmarishly boring

my opinion is some higher up decided they needed it released for the holiday to maximize the money they get not caring if it was done or not I mean for people who doesnt care about how the game looks and plays they took the time to make one of the most amazing game storyline in pokemon in years doesnt seem to match does it?

Legends is way better scarlet violet are upgraded sword and shield with hats instead of super size. Very disappointed on the whole, not even a really comparison.

Its nice to see the love of legends arceus in the comments.

I think people just really like the last story arc of the game and that's why they feel it has a good story. Everything else was just the same thing being shown again and again, IE "Hey heres a badge! Good job!" then "I was bullied and heres how" but Arvin was the only one you learned something new each time at least. Like I understood the point of Team Star after beating the 2nd leader and the entire story feels like filler till everything is finally revealed. But then again Pokemon has struggled with any semblance of a story since Black and White...

Arceus was more fun and an Evolution than sword/shield or even scarlett/violet is. It's not worth 60 bucks, I paid 30 for Arceus and really I damn enjoy the more dynamical catching and battle mechanic. Also including crouching and use it more like a stealth game and this was really fun. Also the battles weren't cheap easy.

even though legends arceus doesnt look the best graphically its still leagues better than SV, and it also runs better

The agile and strong style gave the game more strategy which is why I liked arceus more Also its a lot easier to get shiny in arceus cuz the lighting in violet is ASS

I dont like in arceus when u fight the 2 Black stripe why i cant the stripe take away?because i have the lite.

Both games running at that frame rate with such low loading distance was never the fault of the Nintendo Switch, it's entirely an optimization issue, just look at beautiful games running very well on the Nintendo Switch like Breath of The Wild released 6 years ago and Xenoblade 3.

Scarlet is so slow starting out. Then the level of jank is off the charts lol. The new mechanics in Arceus should’ve carried over. The loading screens would’ve been worth a little more stability imo Arceus is the only game I 100% completed for no reason even filled in all the dex entries while scarlet just doesn’t hold my attention the same way even though I had high hopes for it. Just playing through so I can beat my kids at it more than anything 😂

Personally i think Legends graphics and performance are better. and in general i find Legends gameplay to be a lot more fun and engaging for an open type pokémon game, as it is fast paced and i usually need to take decissions such as if i want to sneak on a pokemon or trying to get him stunned with throwable objects, or battling it, and movement options are just great. In Pokémon SV.. idk, it wasn't for me, coming from Legends, the game felt incredibly slow for an open type pokémon game, much more limited, like, it felt as if i was playing a game that tries to be legends but also tries to be traditional pokémon and isn't good at neither of those things.