{"id":4705,"date":"2022-02-10T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/pokemon-legends-arceus-review-makes-even-old-school-fans-feel-childlike-again\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T10:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:39:25","slug":"pokemon-legends-arceus-review-makes-even-old-school-fans-feel-childlike-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/pokemon-legends-arceus-review-makes-even-old-school-fans-feel-childlike-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus review \u2013 makes even old-school fans feel childlike again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nintendo Switch; Game Freak\/Nintendo<br \/><\/strong>More than a quarter of a century since the cuddly critters were first sent in to battle, the magic of those early adventures has finally been recaptured<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the monochromatic thrills of 1996\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue, I\u2019ve dreamed of embarking on a sprawling 3D Pok\u00e9mon adventure. While 2019\u2019s Sword and Shield did their best to belatedly bring the series\u2019 love-worn formula in to the third dimension, a lack of real innovation left the franchise\u2019s legions of older fans despairing over their Pikachu plushies. More than two years later, the ambitious Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus sees creators Game Freak attempting to really modernise the series.<\/p>\n<p>Dispatched on a time-travelling mission by none other than Pok\u00e9mon God, Arceus, Legends begins with your adolescent avatar plummeting through a portal to the past. Mercifully, the titular divinity isn\u2019t completely unreasonable \u2013 you\u2019re at least sent on your way with a fully charged smartphone. Cheers, your holiness. As calming flute melodies float around your ears and dramatic feudal-Japanese fonts fill the screen, it\u2019s hard not to be swept up in the novelty of it all. At least until you take a closer look at your surroundings.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/feb\/10\/pokemon-legends-arceus-review-makes-even-old-school-fans-feel-childlike-again\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/addc5ea1001fc38f9e5db445d5dad4a393921ed3\/55_0_1800_1080\/master\/1800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=087346c9e45490d7db8467011846dd28\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus review \u2013 makes even old-school fans feel childlike again\" \/>Nintendo Switch; Game Freak\/NintendoMore than a quarter of a century since the cuddly critters were first sent in to battle, the magic of those early adventures has finally been recaptured<br \/>\nEver since the monochromatic thrills of 1996\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue, I\u2019ve dreamed of embarking on a sprawling 3D Pok\u00e9mon adventure. While 2019\u2019s Sword and Shield did their best to belatedly bring the series\u2019 love-worn formula in to the third dimension, a lack of real innovation left the franchise\u2019s legions of older fans despairing over their Pikachu plushies. More than two years later, the ambitious Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus sees creators Game Freak attempting to really modernise the series.<br \/>\nDispatched on a time-travelling mission by none other than Pok\u00e9mon God, Arceus, Legends begins with your adolescent avatar plummeting through a portal to the past. Mercifully, the titular divinity isn\u2019t completely unreasonable \u2013 you\u2019re at least sent on your way with a fully charged smartphone. Cheers, your holiness. As calming flute melodies float around your ears and dramatic feudal-Japanese fonts fill the screen, it\u2019s hard not to be swept up in the novelty of it all. At least until you take a closer look at your surroundings. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo Switch; Game Freak\/NintendoMore than a quarter of a century since the cuddly critters were first sent in to battle, the magic of those early adventures has finally been recaptured Ever since the monochromatic thrills of 1996\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue, I\u2019ve dreamed of embarking on a sprawling 3D Pok\u00e9mon adventure. While 2019\u2019s Sword and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/pokemon-legends-arceus-review-makes-even-old-school-fans-feel-childlike-again\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus review \u2013 makes even old-school fans feel childlike again<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}