Which Pokémon Game Is Better!? Arceus VS Scarlet/Violet 

Who chose Arceus? 🧡

Literally no joke the best Pokémon game would be to combine the best parts of both game THEN just improve how’s the game runs

Legends Arceus. Especially when you realize your character is the reason Giratina reacted so harshly to Cyrus in present day Diamond and Pearl.

Legends Arceus was the BEST time I’ve ever had with Pokémon! I want another Legends game so badly, but this time I want it actually open world, keeping the same action RPG elements, and with more stuff to do (more Pokémon in the dex, etc.). I’d also like it to be NOT a time-traveling story. Or at least, with the main character being original to the time period.

arceus, a good story, best mechanic of actually throwing pokeballs in the pokemons faces

I pick Legends. Even though I am enjoying Pokémon scarlet, I just feel like there was more fun to have in legends. I played that game so much, even after completing all the task to do in that game just because I found it so cathartic in the manner of catching Pokémon in that game. I still play it to this day, with no sense of boredom. With Scarlet and Violet I’m ready to put it down only a month in.

Legends, best game I've played since HeartGold and SoulSilver

arceus is the only game out of these that I could replay multiple times

Who chose Scarlet/Violet? ❤️💜

That was a really thoughtful summary for only being a minute

I personally spent more time in legends arceus doing shiny hunting and trying to complete the Pokédex, but I think scarlet/violet has the upper hand, especially with the dlc coming up

Honestly, I can't decide. I like that they show you when a Pokémon is Shiny in PLA, but I like Scarlet and Violet because it's a mix between traditional Pokémon and PLA.

I like things from both games. I enjoy how the dex worked in Legends, and it made me spend a lot of hours getting all of the Pokémon. And I loved the shiny hunting. The graphics style in that game I find nicer, too. But I do like the open world of S/V, enjoy the new Pokémon, the story, and how you can choose your path.

My heart is with Arceus, I’m sorry 🙈🧡

Legends was the most fun I’ve had with the franchise since I was a kid. The new mechanics and the way you’re actually vulnerable, not just mindless catching and battling, was what made it a whole new experience. I would almost call it more immersive because of that.

Arceus is fantastic. I love the way they make Pokemon actual threats in the wild. And catching a pokemon without having to start a battle is amazing as well. I also like the crafting system. Violet is cool but im definitely not as involved with it as much as i am with arceus

Legends Arceus had you complete the dex while making you guess on how to get the Pokemon you don't have. In Scarlet, it's optional, and you can virtually get every Pokemon without trading besides the exclusives and the other 2 starters. There's more that you can do in Scarlet than in Legends Arceus.

Both! PLA because the collector part of me squeals when I hear the shiny chime. SV because the battles and Tera raids are fun. I wish they kept the shiny chime for SV.

I perfer SV because because of its multiple story paths and the Tera mechanic is awesome and throws battling to another level

Arceus was amazing

I liked Arceus when I was playing it. When it first came out, I was still playing Brilliant Diamond, but I was eager to play Arceus that I gave up on trying to do what I was doing, but that isn’t really saying much. However, after I beat the story in Arceus, I abandoned it because I missed playing Sword and Shield. I replayed that until Scarlet and Violet, and I haven’t stopped since.

violet is literally my first game before sword so i gotta choose violet. i also didn't get glitches in my games so it was a good experience

I like both PLA and SV, but the devs could've given us PLA DLC by now...ive heard a pitch for a Celebi-themed story

Gen 9. It’s really special to me.

I have to choose scarlet and violet, never before has the storyline in a Pokémon game made me cry. They just had to add a sick pupper 😭😭

I chose scarlet violet but I adore both games!!! I LOVE so many of the new designs, both for Pokémon and the human characters. Love the open world, the music, the plot, the characters themselves had a lot more life for me than in SwSh. Everything was a step up from SwSh by far. I also got very lucky in only have two or three very small technical issues and that’s it

I love legends arceus because its so fun seeing new pokemon

Yeah literally if you just combined both game series is together it'd be perfect

The SV bug showed is exclusive to emulators :) Also, did you know that both games were made at the same time by two different teams?

Okay so I’m getting back into Pokémon, I’ve put 120 hours into sword, what do I play next, Arceus or Violet 🙃 I’m so torn between both……

I really like being able to let out any of your Pokemon and not just your lead Pokemon in Legends Arceus. I also like that you can dodge, move around during a battle, make your own pokeballs and potions, and catch Pokemon without having to battle them in that game. For Pokemon Scarlet and Violet I like having easy access to all the Pokemon you've caught and I like the open world aspect of it. If they make another Pokemon game in the future I would like to see all those things combined.

I think what goes under appreciated in Arceus is game expression in not just your team, but the hub of the world (Jubilife Village). Getting to create a town with your favorite pokemon running around is something im going to miss if removed from another Pokemon game.

After the few patches S&V have releases has vastly improved the game performance to the point I don't have a lot of issues with it and even frame rates have improved (not saying they're the best but improved none the less)

Arceus. I haven't finished S&V yet so there is bias. Everything in Arceus feels so new and fun. I've had the most fun with Arceus than I've had with other games in awhile. S&V still feels very choppy, while Arceus hasn't had a single bug that disrupted my game. (Arceus Spoilers) I love how you get kicked out and have to be on your own for a bit in Arceus. The catching mechanic genuinely should be apart of all mainstream pokemon games.

Pokémon contests as a real alternative to gyms

I'm option 3. Both are good and have flaws. Archeus has some good new mechanics and challenges. However for a completionist like myself I get bothered with the extremely grindy (side)quests. Violet and Scarlet have a good feel story wise like the good old pokemon games. However the extreme % amount of status effects and the still enforced walkthrough is a missed chance besides the bugs and graphic issues. So Both. Both is good.

Arches got one update that added Massive Mass Outbreaks and some special battles for certain Pokémon but yeah, they could’ve killed Legends for a year and I would’ve gladly gave them my money

Well the bad first for me: dislike the starters in Scarlet and Violet but also dislike not being able to have an option to evolve either Hisuan or not in Legends

Being for real legends arceus made me the shiny hunter I am today. After a long day of middle school, I'd go home, grab my switch and spend like 1-2 hours shiny hunting everyday! Now in just legends arceus I have 3 full boxes of shiny pokemon (and still no shiny charm)

I literally just bought Legends Arceus a couple days ago and got really addicted to it that I played it for like 5 hours straight and didn’t even get that far in it either. I just had so much fun catching Pokémon in the very beginning so I literally just ran around in the very first area catching Pokémon. Then I started a new Profile on my Switch just so I could play a separate game with a different male instead and different starter. (Rowlet is my first starter and named him Samurai Jack and Oshawott is my second starter and named him Riptide). I also bought both Scarlet and Violet when they came out and been playing them since. I beat Violet’s story and am now just playing it mainly to farm money for when DLC comes out. Been playing through Scarlet’s story now and just beat Iono and working on my team and also found myself a random shiny Rookidee and got a shiny Kingambit in Violet. No shinies in Legends yet though.

Arceus gang 👇

I don’t know I just really am finding myself to be enjoying Pokémon violet more then I did with Pokémon arceus I don’t know if it’s because of the gym aspect and just the huge free roaming. it’s really fun for me.

I like the fact of everyone actually afraid of pokemon cause the dex keeps mentioning how powerful pokemon are and in past games everyone just treats all of it like normal while in arceus you actually have to be careful about catching pokemon

I like them both I love how everything is in arceus then in scarlet and violet when glitches and bugs happen I find the very funny for some reason

Everyone's Gunna say Arceus but I'm yet to play either

I definitely like Arceus more because it's easier to notice shiny pokemon than in Scarlet and Violet. Plus I like the Alpha mechanic and it creates a new challenge of shiny alpha hunting

I like how the metallic Pokémon are shiny and a bit reflective in Pokemon sv

Violet. Is amazing lol

I love arceus, but I would have 100% said scarlet/violet if they had released a finished polished game. As it stands now I just can’t rank it above arceus even though there’s amazing potential!

Scarlet and violet because the online is my favourite

I I'm playing arcues right now and it is pretty good. But haven't played scarlet and violet but just by videos it looks pretty glitchy so Im with arceus

Both are really refreshing!

I got really attached to S/V’s characters, more involved in the overall story, and just found it more memorable. However, my Shiny Alpha Luxray does give LA some points… Nah, S/V is my new home.

I wish they’d make a story for it then add the Pokémon battles tournaments and of course the bad guys. If they could add those 3 things in a singular game it’d sale like hotcakes. I miss the old Pokémon Colosseum games on game cube

If they combine the fluencisity of Pokemon Arceuses gameplay with the Classic original style of Violet and Scarlet. Make some tweaks with the music and Battle mechanics to introduce something similar to Strong and Agile style or sneaking up and throwing a PokeBall to catch the pokemon directly. I think it would be and if not the closest thing we are going to get a Perfect Pokemon Game. Also voice acting.

Even though scarlet and violet has lag I still like it better than Arceus

The trailers for scarlet and violet was good but the evolutions for the starters are dudu so I'm gonna go with legends aceus

I like both in their own way but Arceus had more immersion to it

I like how the metallic Pokemon are shiny and reflective

Arceus Also, PLA got a update during the Pokemon Present. It’s called the Daybreak update

i not say because i never have played both yet but i think all Pokémon games are amazing there’s no doubt about that ❤

I like pla more just for the way Pokémon spawn as in pla the spawns are tied to specific landmarks and locations. Really making you explore for certain mons whereas in sv Pokémon spawn in broad areas and the only thing that makes a Pokémon rare is their spawn rate deincentivizing exploration and replacing it with running around aimlessly until one spawns

Personally i'd go with sv because its story was just 100% perfect and the characters were amazing and i did not care 1 bit about the bugs and issues

♥️💜 try to change my mind

Now- who had the better villian? 1: a manipulator who traveled alongside you and helped you throughout your mission. Only to find out he was jealous of what you had, and unleashed one of the Strongest Pokemon to defeat you. Or 2: a dead father who built an AI

Legends arceus hands down, I was devastated we didn’t get DLC and they moved on to the next Gen

I would actually rate both games equally. I didn’t have any major glitches in the game. Sometimes the camera would let me see inside the ground in Violet. And both games had some questionable lighting. Both had great stories and gameplay that I really enjoyed.

If scarlet and violet actually functioned properly they would be the best games in the franchise by a long shot

If legends arceus had a few more good pokémon, like sableye breloom bisharp and relicanth, I honestly think it would be the best game on the switch (not just in the Pokémon franchise!)

Arceus. Even if only for the fact that you don't get to see your legendary Pokemon until the END game! Not right off the bat

Nah that kid be having fun💀

For me scarlet/ violet bosses should have better main pokemon instead of constantly ending it with the car revaroom

I think the Arceus catching with the Let's go feature from scarlet would be great

Imma be that guy who is like I'm playing on my old ass model switch, from week one of launch and never had any weird glitches except some small clipping.

Arceus hands down to me. I wish it had a world like scarlet and violet, but besides that I enjoyed every moment with it. I wish arceus had more than just the outbreak update

I played PLA. Finished the pokedex and a day after transition into Violet. PLA's gameplay feels so much better

They need to add some sort of shiny notification that pissed me off so much

how does Arceus not getting a dlc make the game less good?

Legends Arceus was the shake up this series really needed and the gameplay loop is amazingly addictive. It also made so many quality of life tweaks I never knew I needed and although SV kept some of them... it mostly just ignored it and returned to how it was on the gameboy...

Arceus but Violet/Scarlett’s story is literally engrained in my memory for the rest of my life. Actually cried at the end

It a simple answer sv allows you to get riolu right after the long ass tutorial la locks riolu behind the last area which requires 5 research stars to access which is an unnecessary tedious grind that makes the game unenjoyable I sincerely hope ZA lets obtain a riolu at the start like sv or gives us a lucario early game like in XY.

Shiny hunting is better in SV aside from the shiny notification arceus has

S/V < Legends Arceus < S/V Dlcs

Both, both are good

I know a lot of people said legends but scarlet and violet is where I got my shiny skiddo

Ledgends was some of the most fun I've had with Pokémon in years. Still really like Scarlet and Violet but its legends for me.

Arceus by a MILE graphics are way better, travelling is better, story is better, and I just love it

I never got to see any of the fun trainer glitches

Legends arceus though I do wish there was quick battling and online play

Now for ZA mix both games together

I've played every game since TCG and Pokemon yellow, Arceus was literally the best time I've had in the series since heart gold and soul silver..

I got this short twice in a row somehow

Arceus it’s the only one of the 3 I’ve played

Legit legends arceus with gyms/ elite 4 would be amazing, the catching is the best in arceus.

Scarlet and Violet woulda been better if it didn't have so many glitches

I belive if we get another legends game its gonna be fulll open world

I love all pokemon so both+pokemon made me play the switch, ds, gameboy

Team I love it but scarlet and violet is a slight winner👇

I cannot I don't I can't, but Violet was a really great game. I'm giving it bonus points because I got the DLC with it but legends Arceus. I love like the regional variants like they're just so cool and also I can catch Arceus.

I like both even though i got legends on release date, didn't really play it and burned out from it but i was able to get back into it once they did that shiny baneful fox mask mystery gift and got burned out from violet from its poor performance