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Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars with 1367 reviews

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Customers are saying

Customers commend Pokémon Scarlet for its engaging gameplay, wonderful open-world design, and interesting storyline. Many appreciate the abundance of new Pokémon and find the game fun and easy to use. However, some customers have expressed concerns about performance issues, software errors, and inconsistent frame rates, with some reporting lag.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Gameplay
    Cons mentioned:
    Bugs

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    New Mainline Game

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best new pokemon game, the gliches are a pain but nintendo is fixing it with updates. Other than that Im beyond pleased.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    That orange school uniform tho

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A close second to the best Pokémon game I’ve ever played! See my Violet review, as the only thing that sets Scarlet a little behind is that the color of the school uniform sucks compared to Violet’s!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Open world
    Cons mentioned:
    Lag

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    A fun game despite lag

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It is an open world Pokemon game which are really enjoyed despite its flaws. Hopefully updates can help with the lag.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Open world
    Best Buy Employee

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Solid game, needs work

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love the open world aspect of the game but it definetely feels like an unfinished game. They couldve waited another year to release the game i think.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Scarlet

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The latest installment of Pokemon is pretty wild, getting more out of your money indeed. I actually have been looking forward to this version and I'd definitely recommend purchasing a copy. Thanks for reading.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Another great Pokemon game

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A fun game, a great new expansion to the series. Feels like it could have used a little more top end polish.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Story
    Cons mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Fun lag game

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great mechanics, few poor ones. Lots of performance issues, but it has good story and characters. Overall, epic

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Will be buying Violet for my S.O.!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fun game, shuts down randomly sometimes, but I haven't had any "unknown error occured" followed by a restart, while I was in the middle of accomplishing anything. Just while running around.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Gameplay
    Cons mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Straight Garbage - Play Arceus instead

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bland art direction + the WORST 1st party Nintendo release performance wise = an absolutely garbage experience that still has the addictive Pokemon formula gameplay loop. The empty open world is not worth the tradeoff for how awful this looks and runs. Play Pokemon Arceus instead.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Pokémon Scarlet

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I don’t know much about this game, but my kids love it. And that is the most important thing that counts

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Buggy

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The game doesn't run consistently well. And there are many bugs as of now. Switch hardware can't keep up and/or the game isn't optimized correctly

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    New map/region

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fun game, pretty good. And great that pokemon has a new map for once, really adds to the value.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Pokémon Scarlet - Nintendo Switch

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased for my son for Christmas, we received it the day it was released. Havent given it to him yet, but knowing we have it before its sold out is a relief as he is desperate to received it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good game

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My 10 year old has been epilating it a lot since we got it. Sometimes the game is hard and he got frustrated but that is part of playing a video game!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Frame rate

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Kinda mid

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The story was pretty good. The visuals are not great. The frame rate stutters. Some cool new Pokémon.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great game

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good fun game delievered with no issues at all overall very happy.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Gotta Catch them ALL

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My daughters have always been a fan on the Pokemon franchise. My daughter loves to have the physical games.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Fun and addictive but has issues

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Core gameplay is fun but there is no ignoring the numerous graphical issues that plague the game. But it's still fun and addictive as you'd expect from a Pokemon game.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Mediocrity with a side of poor performance

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I like where they were going with this game, but it does have severe polish/performance issues holding it back

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Bugs, Performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I really enjoyed this game! I only give it four stars because of the bugs and performance issues.

    I would recommend this to a friend