Pokémon Legends: Arceus was one of the more surprising announcements to ever come from the popular franchise. A 3D open-world RPG? Fans had been asking for this forever, but it was one of those wishes that felt like it was never going to be answered. This is a franchise that has a formula, and they’ve been making only small changes since the first game came out in the ’90s, so why change it now? Perhaps it was a desire to give fans what they had been asking for, or maybe it was just a desire to do something new with a spin-off.