Pokémon Legends: Arceus
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an action RPG developed by GameFreak for the Nintendo Switch in 2022. It was a major milestone in the series, shaking up the formula in favor of a more open world and free flowing design.
Tropes used in Pokémon Legends: Arceus include:
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Volo is obsessed with ruins. While less adventurous then most examples of this trope, by setting standards, he’s far more willing to leave the safety of a settlement and explore then most, and he willingly interacts with Pokémon before it’s normalized.
- Anyone Can Die: The player is told they may die if they try to survive alone in the wild. Gameplay and Story Segregation stops this from ever happening, though unlike in previous games the player can be targeted by Pokémon attacks when out of battle.
- Fish Out of Temporal Water: They player character. Ingo is another one, albeit with little memory of their former life
- Gotta Catch Them All: Emphasized more than in traditional Pokémon games, as completing the Pokédex is a plot relevant goal, with significant rewards at major milestones.
- Monumental Damage: Happens to the temple at the mountaintop.
- Multiple Life Bars: The final battle against Volo
- Ninja: Exists as a player outfit. An actual Ninja exists in the game, playing both the historical ninja by pretending to be an ordinary commoner with a lowly post, and the pop culture ninja tropes once revealed.
- Olympus Mons: Arceus plays a big role in the story.
- The Professor: Laventon
- Single-Precept Religion: The Diamond Clan and the Pearl Clan both follow the Allmighty Sinnoh, but have very different ideas about its values. The Diamond Clan focuses exclusively on Time, where the Pearl Clanfocuses exclusively on space.
- Smoke Out: Used by some characters, including the player if they’re inclined.
- Trapped in Another World: The player character is transported to the past.
- Traveling Salesman: Volo and other members of the Gingko Guild.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Galaxy Team isn’t above taking cruel actions if they consider something a threat to their village, even if the threat is based on conjecture.