Pokemon Legends Needs To Do More With Fossil Pokemon

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When it was first announced that Game Freak's latest spin-off Pokemon Legends: Arceus would explore the history and mythos of the Pokemon world, fans were both intrigued and excited about a different perspective on their beloved series. Not only did Pokemon Legends: Arceus excel at telling the feudal origin story behind the Sinnoh region, but it went above and beyond to add more to the series than any previous spin-off had before, chief among which were the Hisuian forms and evolutions exclusive (for now) to the game.

Despite this achievement, one particular aspect of the game and Pokemon lore stood out to fans as being underappreciated for a game set within Pokemon'spast. Though Game Freak had an excellent opportunity to take advantage of Pokemon Legends' historical setting, fossil Pokemon were surprisingly overlooked, and their inclusion was seemingly poorly thought out, as if they were forgotten until the last minute. Future Pokemon Legends games, therefore, need to do better by fossil Pokemon and capitalize on the opportunity to add a fresh take on an ancient Pokemon norm.

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To say that Game Freak «forgot» about fossil Pokemon would be misleading. In actuality, within Legends: Arceus there's a specific cave in Coronet Highlands where the two fossil Pokemon native to Sinnoh — the Shieldon and Cranidos lines — appear as fossils in the cave wall. This does align with the idea that even these particular Pokemon predate the game's events, but the only means of obtaining these Pokemon is through Space-Time Distortions, a process some players found frustrating and lackluster. These distortions appear to draw modern-day Pokemon like Porygon or Magnemite back