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In the earliest days of the Pokémon video game franchise, Pokémon wasn't exactly known for its character customization. Just things accept come a long way since the late 90s, and while you can't precisely tweak the shape of your character's nose, virtually recent Pokémon games accept allowed the player some liberty in fashioning their character. The glaring omission in this trend is 2022's Pokémon Vivid Diamond and Shining Pearl, which only allowed a small number of full-outfit changes. So how will character customization work in Pokémon Legends: Arceus?

Initially, players will merely get to choose whether their character is male or female, and they'll subsequently be suited with a base outfit and base hairstyle. Whether or not skin colour is a customizable characteristic is shortly unknown.

Relatively early in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you will be able to visit the clothier and the barber. This setup is similar to the organisation in Pokémon Sword and Shield and Pokémon Lord's day and Moon. The clothier will allow you lot to purchase new dress, which volition exist much more than customizable than BDSP'southward limited system. You volition be able to mix and match from many dissimilar colors and styles of tops, bottoms, full-body outfits, shoes, hats, and glasses.

The hairdresser will allow you to change the colour of both your character'due south hair and eyebrows as carve up deportment. You can as well change your character's hairstyle. Going to the hairdresser has cost the player money in previous games, just whether or not that's the case in Arceus isn't yet confirmed.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus will release exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on Jan 28, 2022.