Customer Ratings & Reviews

Good pokemon game. If you like previous pokemon games, this game is still pretty good. Has alot of content to keep you busy. All the small glitches are barely noticeable and wouldn't worry about it too much

The title delivers, if you played legends arceus, this new game is what we liked from it but better, I specially like the new map system and the fact that you have your pokemon for transportation early on the game.

I have put about 30 hpurs into this game and can confidently says its one of my favorite in the franchise. It has such a different pacing and experience than what most have come to expect in a pokemon game. However, its overall performance is lacking a bit. I have encountered some lag here or there, pokemon randomly despawning, and weird shadow glitches/flickers. I have not encountered anything crazy like some others on the internet. I feel most of those crazy glitches come from playing online. But take everything with a grain of salt as your experience could vary. If youre willing to overlook some of the performance bugs for the time being this is an amazing game and in sure itll only get better with time!

My last pokemon game was soul silver in the late 00’s, since then there has been numerous quality of life improvements. The 3D environment is fun, but the framerates suffer as a result. Ill admit the first time walking around the environment it was immersive and beautiful, seeing some of my favorite pokemon returning. Some pokemon that only evolve via trades can now be caught in the wild or via a new “raid” mechanic. This is huge for those who want to catch em all and fill their pokedex. Another great improvement is EV training; you dont need to breed the perfect pokemon as now there are ways to pay to get maxed out perfect IV pokemon within the game. If you have saved some cash in game, you can max out to level 100 any new pokemon. The story was pretty boring for the most part but the climax was surprisingly enjoyable. I hardly encountered any bugs so i feel thats overblown by others. SUGGESTIONS: this game desperately needs a difficulty option. As a vet, it was way too easy. Having the option to make the game harder would make it dramatically more enjoyable. The trainers mostly have 1-2 pokemon, so they are a joke. The gym leaders have static levels so you can go off exploring and come back way stronger than them all. If pokemon is going the open world route, it needs to have the gym leaders scale dynamically with the trainer (same applied to the elite 4). A return of the battle tower would be enjoyable as well. All in all you can find details from other commenters about the main story. If you like pokemon and havent played in several gens, you will probably find this enjoyable. If you play every generation and are expecting some type of leap, youll be disappointed.

I pre-ordered this game and was disappointed when reviews were saying this game had major technical issues. So when I started playing, I kept this in mind, and prepared myself for the issues. To start off, I've only ever played Soulsilver on my DS lite when I was a kid, and Pokemon Moon on my 3ds, so I'm by no means a "huge pokemon fanatic." - However, contrary to the reviews, I didn't see any technical glitches at first. After about 6 hours of game play, I only saw three glitches: the floor disappeared when I was battling a pokemon (2x) and part of a pokemon's body part disappeared. And that's it. The people in the background are stuttery, yes, but I'm sure that's going to be patched out. The game is pretty fun so far and the characters are pretty likable. - However, my MAIN issue is the lack of detail! In Pokemon Moon (and Yokai Watch 2), the world was so detailed. Stores and houses had things on shelves and have cute, well-thought out touches. The towns look so plain and basic, it's crazy that 3DS games had more detail! And by detail, I don't mean "realistic-looking textures", I mean seeing books scattered messily on a shelf, and empty soda cups and crippled paper piled up on the floor next to a garbage can. This game lacked all of that. Those little details are always so appreciated. You can't go into stores and can't go into other homes. And the trees all look the same, there should of been variety. The water at the beach looks so weird, it doesn't have the white fuzz like a normal tide would have (even pokemon moon had detailed beaches!) - I'm disappointed. Not because of the technical issues (since I barely experienced any), but because of the lack of detail. Other than that, it's a pretty okay game for a casual player.

I picked up Pokémon Violet for the Nintendo Switch, and it’s been a really fun experience overall. I love the open-world design—it feels fresh to explore the Paldea region at my own pace, choosing which gyms, titans, or Team Star bases to take on. The new Pokémon designs are creative, and the storylines (especially the Titan path) are surprisingly heartfelt.

So the game itself is great. Not perfect by any means, and thats Nintendos fault by throttling the switch performance so much. Lots of weird glitches and lag. Despite the flaws, theres a decent open world experience for a Pokemon game. Its got a lot to offer for new and old players. Give it a shot, its something newish for a recycled game type.

It's rough but I'm enjoying myself. I've mostly laughed off some of the jank like the camera clipping through the ground or how goofy it looks when an NPC wanders around at 3fps in the background of a cutscene, but it's harder to forgive the stutters during stuff like animations for throwing a pokeball or the way the game will freeze for split second while (presumably) assets are loading for an in-engine cutscene like an NPC entering the room for a conversation. I've disliked these types of interactions less and less since the 3DS era. The quick cutscene of the trainer throwing the ball (or even the mechanics of sneaking around and throwing balls) is a huge step back from the approach Arceus had, and I think that might be my biggest disappointment. I just wanted Arceus's mechanics in an open world with a gym path and more to do. I got the gym path and more to do, but the mechanics somehow got left behind. Arceus felt modern mechanically, with the ability to catch a wild Pokemon by surprise with different ball type altering your odds of catching them without a fight. I can't help but feel they wanted to dumb down the mainline game because they patronizingly think kids can't do the right stick to aim. Besides those gripes, there's a solid game in here. It's an actual open world, whereas Sword/Shield had some open zones mixed into the usual linear routes, and Arceus had just open zones that were distant biomes that didn't flow into each other. And frankly, it's pretty good. The three main narrative paths keep things varied and you're allowed to tackle things in any order, so long as you have the skill to overcome some level gaps. This could have been favorite Pokemon game, and it may end up being my favorite on Switch, but I can't ignore some of the technical shortcomings.

The new gen is super fun to play, taking notes from Pokemon Legends Arceus and prior gens to come up with a fun gameplay experience! However, it comes at the cost of performance issues. I play docked on the new OLED switch, so I only experienced frame drops at worst, but others have had trouble playing on the older switch models, on the go, or on a micro SD rather than on memory.

This was a good game and i had so much fun the battles were fun and also if you love a really good story get this game.

Game is good but very buggy and laggy at times. Left stick stops working randomly during game, but putting in sleep mode and starting back up fixes it. All in all it’s Pokémon, and open world at that, so really fun

If not for the buggy mess the game was released. I would give it five stars, but the story and characters along with the Pokémon that can be caught in the game is overall excellent.

Just finished playing Pokémon Violet and wow, it's awesome! The open-world is a game-changer, you can literally go anywhere and find cool new and classic Pokémon. The graphics are super vivid and the environments are really diverse, which makes exploring so much fun. Battles are way more dynamic now, especially with the 'Let's Go' feature for quick action. The storyline keeps you hooked with some neat twists and the characters are interesting. Plus, playing with friends in co-op mode is a blast. Seriously, whether you're new to Pokémon or a longtime fan, you're gonna love this game. Highly recommend!

Wow, such an amazing game play it with my kid Such a good game once you get the hang of it you don’t wanna stop playing after your first couple of battles you just wanna keep on upgrading your Pokémon and that’s another thing so many great Pokémon all the new additions running around trying to find Poké balls and diamonds to finding people on the road while you’re trying to do missions it’s just real cool

A step in the right directing and enjoyed the game itself despite all the bugs and performance issues. Stories were good, systems are good, open world is good. Don't care for the active time Tera Raid design, but oh well.

Overall a really fun game. There are a lot of glitches and looking into the ground. I do wish they made it like Legends Arceus where you could catch pokemon without battling. The story and missions were fun though!

Laggy, glitchy, most areas with people walking around it looks like a slideshow. No joke like 2-5fps on alot of things. Shocked this passed QC at nintendo. The story is otherwise amazing. I just finished it today. But still that being said a total crappy experience in 2022. Nintendo shiuld be ashamed.

It is odd that a direct developer for one of Nintendo's flagship series, that Gamefreak made game design decisions that showed the age of Nintendo's only current console. Honestly, there was no need to release another Pokémon game in 2022, since Arcreus was released earlier in the same year. Would have been totally acceptable to hold off until Nintendo got some sort of new Switch (Pro/2/etc.) and made Scarlet/Violet a launch title. Regardless, the game holds onto the usual Pokémon formula, but debuts some neat mechanics and an open world, so there were some growing pains with performance. Hopefully there will be some updates that will optimize the game, but at least there DLC to expand on story and world. Flawed, but still fun.

One of the absolute best in the series. Amazing open world and progression. Amazing variety in pokemon and compelling gameplay. Only issues are frame drops and pc box loading slow. Other than that no complaints

There are a lot of bugs and glitches in the game, but the story and gameplay were amazing. Havent played a main series game since Black and White 2. This game really brought me back into the franchise