Since the first Pokemon games, players have had to use a very restrictive system that forced each Pokemon to forget any move that wasn’t immediately put into their set of four active options. Pokemon Legends: Arceus makes a major shift away from this system. Now, players are able to access a full selection of Pokemon moves from the menu, where they can swap moves in and out for the Pokemon with extreme ease.

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Swapping moves like this does not delete them, either. The Pokemon will remember their unlocked moves forever, so they can be swapped back in at a later time. Pokemon will still have the limitation of just four active moves that can be used at a time, though. Pokemon Legends: Arceus players will have to carefully select which moves to take into battle, adding a new level of strategy to the game that previous Pokemon titles didn’t.

While the change does, at first glance, seem like a great decision by Game Freak and The Pokemon Company, it does change the game in a way that some may not be happy with. That’s because Pokemon players previously had to rely on different Pokemon to fill different roles in battle. Since each Pokemon only had four moves, it meant having many Pokemon with a diverse range of abilities was key. Now, players will be able to rely on a single Pokemon’s moves where before they might have needed many.

Despite the change going against Pokemon’s “Gotta Catch ‘Em all” branding to a degree, few Pokemon players would say this isn’t the preferable option. It makes the gameplay of Pokemon Legends: Arceus better, and that’s ultimately the number one priority for any Pokemon fan.

To access a Pokemon’s moves and swap them around, all players have to do is access their satchel in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, choose a Pokemon, and then start swapping moves. It’s a small but important change, and it might end up changing Pokemon games forever.

Pokemon Legends Arceus is available now on Switch.

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