Legends: Arceus Is A Better Pokémon Safari Than New Pokémon Snap
Pokémon Legends: Arceus allows players to explore Hisui's environments and witness Pokémon in their natural habitat far better than New Pokémon Snap could. Though the photography game is known for its unique portrayal of Pokémon, the latest game fell short of depicting the creatures' lifestyles. Thankfully, Pokémon Legends: Arceus delivered on many opportunities missed by New Pokémon Snap and supplied a Pokémon game that combined exploration with core features from the mainline series. Despite its less-than-impressive graphics, Pokémon Legends: Arceus becomes more of a safari experience than New Pokémon Snap could hope to.
New Pokémon Snap explores the Lental region, which houses an impressive range of biomes and environments for rare monsters. Players completed special tasks to unlock other tracks and visit different levels at different times of day, offering the chance to see different species or how creatures' behaviors changed compared to previous trips. Unfortunately, the process quickly became monotonous and transformed into a battle against New Pokémon Snap's in-game judgment system to secure perfect scores. Additionally, the behaviors of certain monsters became repetitive with little to no variation between levels and severely limited the game's lifespan. These shortcomings and more ensured the game fell short of the safari adventure it could've been.
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus creates the first open-world-adjacent experience in the franchise, embracing a Monster Hunter-styled exploration throughout different Hisuian biomes. Players take out research tasks from various mission boards and NPCs around Jubilife Village that help players increase their Research Level,
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