Players of Pokémon Legends: Arceus are enthralled with the game’s precise scaling of Pokémon models. Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the newest game in the Pokémon brand, and it will be published later this week on January 28th. The game takes place in Sinnoh before it was overrun by towns and modernization, in an old version of the region known as Hisui. Pokemon: Legends Arceus allows players to seek a legendary Pokémon while exploring this familiar region in a different era and acquiring new Hisuian form Pokémon that are unique to the region and time period of the game.
Most Pokémon games, particularly older ones, made little distinction between Pokémon sizes when building their models in-game. They would, for the most part, be portrayed as being roughly the same size as the player’s model, regardless of whether the Pokémon in question was a Caterpie or a Charizard. When confronted with a wonderful legendary Pokémon from an older game, only to catch it and have it shrunk to illogically tiny proportions, this could dampen the mood a little.
This issue has improved over time with the release of more current Pokémon games and Pokémon Legends: Arceus appears to have completely eliminated the issue. Leob0505, an early Pokémon Legends: Arceus player, sent a photograph to the PokeLeaks subreddit two days ago featuring their avatar surrounded by a squad of Pokémon of all sizes, with a giant Machoke looming over the rest. Golduck eclipses the player’s model in height and breadth, although he is still far less intimidating than the massive Machoke.
Other early gamers, such as Twitter user Mootmonday, shared different viewpoints of the huge Machoke to show the magnitude and scale of the battle Pokémon. Although Machoke is just approximately five feet tall, the notion of the solidly built fighting type looming over your figure feels appropriate, albeit a little scary. Golduck, on the other hand, is canonically roughly five and a half feet tall but is shown in the game as substantially less towering than Machoke, an alteration that may be debated but appears suitable in the game.
Typhlosion’s leaked form in Pokémon Legends: Arceus is also featured in the image released on Reddit, and it is just approximately as tall as the player avatar, which is a deviation from the Pokédex that could cause controversy but does not look awful in the game. It’s also possible that these Pokémon came in varied sizes back when Sinnoh was known as Hisui. The intimidating size of Machoke in these photographs raises the question of what even larger Pokémon would appear like in the game, and, more importantly, how amazing Arceus’ in-game model must be.
When confronted with such large representations of Pokémon, it is immediately clear that the protagonists of Pokémon games are typically tween-aged children. Seeing players’ avatars dwarfed by Pokémon in their party adds to the excitement of the yet-to-be-seen Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.