Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Magikarp's Research Is Trolling Players
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is a game that seeks to break the mold of what the series has done so far, but it's proved that it's not above poking fun at the fanbase, even to the point of trolling them. Magikarp, the famously-weak Fish Pokémon that most rush through its evolution into the powerful Gyarados, has a research requirement that can only be described as trolling. If players truly want to complete the first-ever Hisui Pokédex, then they're going to have to put up with the weakest Pokémon in the game for a lot longer than they're used to.
Research requirements are a feature introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. They're a new way of filling out the game's Pokédex, and a far cry from the traditional method of simply capturing or evolving each species of Pokémon once. Legends: Arceus' safari is better than Pokémon Snap's, and the requirements lead players to explore the wilds of Hisui in their entirety. Players have to capture certain amounts of Pokémon in different ways, and see them use different moves certain amounts of times. Some of them are more time-consuming than others, but one stands out as the funniest and most annoying of all.
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The reason Magikarp's research requirement is a troll is because players have to see it use the move Splash, Magikarp's signature move, a grand total of 100 times. The company and the developers are likely poking fun at Magikarp's uselessness and the fact that most players rush it into its powerhouse of an evolved form if they use it at all. One hopes that jokes like this are few and far between in Pokémon's future, and the series doesn't include too many more meme-worthy trolls in Gen 9. Legends: Arceus is part
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