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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
07:19 - The Battle System(s)
15:11 - The Research Tasks
19:51 - The Open World
35:30 - The Story (Chapter 1)
1:07:49 - The Story (Chapter 2)
1:15:00 - Interlude 1 (Mewtwo Strikes Back)
1:19:59 - Interlude 2 (Pokémon 2000)
1:24:45 - Interlude 3 (Spell of the Unown)
1:33:24 - Interlude 4 (Celebi: Voice of the Forest)
1:40:54 - Interlude 5 (Destiny Deoxys)
1:47:52 - The Story (Chapter 2, Continued)
1:58:25 - The Story (Chapter 3)
2:04:01 - The Story (Chapter 4)
2:10:40 - The Story (Chapter 5)
2:11:46 - The Story (Chapter 6)
2:21:22 - The Story (Chapter 7)
2:33:44 - The Post-Game
2:48:26 - Conclusion

Pokémon Legends: Arceus represents for Game Freak both a step forward and also an unyielding resistance to innovation. The Pokémon game franchise has largely settled--getting by on doing the bare minimum to reap massive praise from critics and undiscerning consumers. Ultimately, Pokémon Legends: Arceus showcases a trend-chasing and, frankly, embarrassing foray into the open-world genre where technical issues, awful storytelling, and shallow game design drag the title leagues behind its open-world peers like Breath of the Wild, MGSV, Witcher 3, Ghost of Tsushima, and others which Arceus desperately and impotently tries to emulate. I'm a big fan of Pokémon but I am not a fan of this. To me, it either suggests a commitment to the lazy, rushed cycles of recent Pokémon titles or a severe lack of talent and inability to properly acclimate to the modern video game space. The Pokémon franchise is stuck in a bubble.

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