How Pokemon Legends: Arceus Hints at Generation 9's Region
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is finally out, and the game seems to be a huge success thus far based on its early reviews. It is very innovative, as it features new status conditions and weather effects, while also breaking the formula of the series' way of handling Pokemon encounters and its turn-based combat system. Pokemon Legends: Arceus is arguably one of the best releases for the series in the past few years, and its semi-open-world approach probably builds on the foundations laid by Pokemon Sword and Shield.
Still, many Pokemon fans are eager to know when Generation 9 will be coming, and the expectations for the Pokemon franchise in 2022 place it as a plausible release this year, especially following the rumors about exciting news coming in April. While there are no official details about Generation 9 games, the Pokemon series is known for dropping hints about its future mainline titles several years before their time, and the hunt for clues about the setting for Gen 9 started all the way back inPokemon Sword and Shield. Seemingly no major hints came from those games, butPokemon Legends: Arceus might be building on something that was foreshadowed in a Pokedex entry for Generation 8.
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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were believed to be the games that were actually hinting at Generation 9 because of a new painting appearing in a house, depicting what seemed to be Venice, Italy. It was speculated that Generation 9 Pokemon games would be set in Italy after this discovery, especially because Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl also hinted at Hisuian Qwilfish from Pokemon Legends: Arceus, making this theory more credible. However, Pokemon Legends:
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