Nintendo took Pokemon fans to the ancient past with Pokemon Legends: Arceus and players have been exploring the Hisui region which was formerly known as Sinnoh since. One Pokemon Legends: Arceus fan recently startled a Rowlet while exploring the Coronet Highlands and its strange reaction caught the player off guard.
Reddit user KingAster35 posted a clip of their adventures in Pokemon Legends: Arceus in which they're battling Pokemon in the Coronet Highlands when they spot a Rowlet as it spawns. Still earning experience from their last battle, the Pokemon Legends: Arceus player rushes towards the Pokemon and throws one of their Pokemon at it as soon as they can. This sudden bombardment causes the wild Rowlet to react in an unexpected way as the battle initiates with the expected cutscene that leads to the player's Raichu standing there with no opponent.
KingAster35's video begins with the Pokemon Legends: Arceus player defeating a Dartrix, Rowlet's first evolution, before they rush the aforementioned Rowlet. As the battle begins, the game informs KingAster35 that they "caught Rowlet unaware," and the starter Pokemon quickly turns around and runs away without the game realizing it had escaped. As a result, KingAster35's Raichu is left there alone in the battle menu with an arrow floating over where the opponent Pokemon would normally be.
Although KingAster35 is still able to attack the Rowlet with their Raichu by the end of the clip, the early moments of the battle clearly show the wild Pokemon running away. KingAster35 is able to show the targeted area from multiple angles to highlight that the Rowlet isn't simply invisible from a certain angle and their Raichu successfully used Thunder to end the conflict. After the battle with the Rowlet concludes, there's still no Rowlet to be found in KingAster35's video.
Although Pokemon in Pokemon Legends: Arceus can escape from players, it's currently unclear why this Rowlet was able to escape faster than an Abra can teleport in battle. According to KingAster35, the Rowlet still rewarded experience after it was defeated by Raichu and the fight felt as it would if there was a wild Pokemon there which may suggest the Pokemon became invisible. Though it's still not clear what caused this issue, one Pokemon Legends: Arceus player has had a similar glitch where it looked like they were fighting a tree.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is available now for Nintendo Switch.
