Pokémon Dark and Light

Pokémon Dark and Light are Japanese video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The game is the most recent installment of the Pokémon series and was originally published on August 9, 2022, for the Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay
The game features similar gameplay to the other games, featuring a turn-based rock, paper, scissors system where certain Pokémon types are stronger/weaker against others. Most of the changes in the game are story-based, such as important cutscenes being fully animated in an anime style. Important cutscenes are also fully voice acted and the game is far more heavily story-based than other games in the series.

Going off of this new story-based approach, there is a new feature that allows the player to get extra lore on a certain character. To do this, the player must visit a Café (each town has its own) and speak to the server, who will then ask if they are eating alone. Responding yes will have the owner sell you ingredients in order to make curry with.

Answering no, however, will then cause the owner to ask who you're eating with. Five options will appear (which change each day) and the player will be able to pick a character from the options. Doing so will allow the player to eat with the character they chose and speak with them, gaining some extra insight on the character selected.

Summary
The game follows a mostly silent protagonist who the player can name as they attempt to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in their region, the Kopai region. On their way to the top, they must overcome several obstacles, including several rivals challenging them, their region's national Gym Challenge, and a group of Pokémon kidnappers known as Team Faux.

Synopsis
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Main

 * Johan & Ivana (voiced by TBD & TBD) - the male and female protagonists of the game. Both wear black leather jackets, pants, and a leather cap. They also both wear a black and white striped shirt and have blonde hair.

Supporting

 * Moru (voiced by TBD) - the protagonist's first rival. Moru is a teenager from high society who has just moved to Kopai and wants to be a trainer due to his father's encouragement. He rarely expresses himself and can usually be seen with a flip phone.
 * Bee (voiced by TBD) - the protagonist's second rival. Bee, short for Beatrice, is an incredibly young trainer who declares the protagonist their rival after a conversation with Moru. She has a playground crush on Moru, who is incredibly put off by it.
 * Jet (voiced by TBD) - the Flying Type Gym Leader and the first Gym Leader faced in the game. Jet is the oldest and wisest of all his peers and acts as a mentor figure to young trainers. In spite of this, he chooses to be the first and by default weakest Gym Leader faced in the Gym Challenge.
 * Morgan (voiced by TBD) - the Bug Type Gym Leader and the second Gym Leader in the Gym Challenge. Morgan is the youngest of the Gym Leaders and is incredibly odd and sometimes even creepy. She is obsessed with Bug Types and refers to them as "her only friends".
 * [Ice Gym Leader]
 * [Ground Gym Leader]
 * [Ghost Gym Leader]
 * [Electric Gym Leader]
 * [Steel Gym Leader]
 * Gabriel (voiced by TBD) - the Normal Type Gym Leader and the final person faced in the Gym Challenge. Everyone seems to respect and even slightly fear him. This confuses everyone, as Normal Types aren't particularly known for being the strongest.
 * Elite Four
 * [Grass Elite]
 * [Poison Elite]
 * [Rock Elite]
 * [Dragon Elite]
 * [Dragon Elite]

Antagonists

 * Team Faux
 * Mordecai (voiced by TBD) - the pseudo-leader of Team Faux. Mordecai speaks with a heavily distorted voice and wears a purple skull mask to hide his identity. In spite of his team kidnapping Pokémon, there is no way of linking the kidnappings to him and he is allowed to wander free.

PokéDex

 * 1) Smozard: Fire Type. "Smozard is constantly generating lava from certain parts of its skin. It likes to gather up rocks and place them on its body as both armor and a way of keeping the lava at bay. The volcano-like object on its back was placed there intentionally as a weapon against predators."
 * 2) Watlop: Water Type. "Watlop isn't particularly known for its social behavior. It intentionally makes itself look as small as possible as a defense mechanism against predators. Unfortunately, it sees almost everything as a predator and so much of its life is spent hiding from people."
 * 3) Litree: Grass Type. "The leaves on Litree's body change depending on the month and weather. They will turn orange in Fall, die in Winter, and regrow in Spring. The leaves can also be removed fairly painlessly, leaving only a slight sting, and can be used to create medicine or medicinal herbs."
 * 4) Rapterate: Fire Type. Evolved from of Smozard. "Rapterate's thick skin and rocky armor makes it a very tough foe in combat. It seeks out battles against tough enemies and will go easy on enemies that aren't as strong as it. If it is defeated in combat, it will have undying respect for the Pokémon that defeated it."

Trivia

 * The choice to have animated cutscenes, voice acting and a more heavy focus on story was a controversial choice, with many fans arguing both for and against it.
 * Johan and Ivana appear to be the oldest protagonist in the series yet.