Pokémon Legends Z-A officially announced for 2025 release
Set in Pokémon X and Y’s Lumiose City
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Well, I can’t say that I saw this one coming.Pokémon Legends Z-Ahas been officially unveiled as the next game in thePokémon Legendsseries, and it’s set to release worldwide onNintendo Switchin 2025.
The news was revealed during the Pokémon Day Pokémon Presents stream today (February 27), and while the announcement of the newPokémon TCG Pocketmobile app is certainly fantastic for fans of the trading card game,Legends Z-Awas easily the most exciting reveal of the lot.
The cinematic trailer shown during the event teased an “urban redevelopment plan” for the Kalos region’s Paris-inspired Lumiose City, which was introduced in the Generation 6 games,Pokémon XandY. It also teased that the fan-favorite Mega Evolution mechanic is back. You cantake a look below.
Admittedly, we’ve not been given very much information here regarding whatPokémon Legends Z-Awill be about.Pokémon Legends Arceuswas the first game to use the ‘Legends’ subtitle and took players back in time to a historical version ofPokémon Diamond,Pearl,andPlatinum’s Sinnoh region. IfPokémon Legends Z-Adoes the same thing and takes us back in time, it already has plenty of potential material to work with, as it was previously revealed that a war took place 3,000 years before the 2013 games,Pokémon XandY.
Right now though, it’s not clear ifPokémon Legends Z-Awill also take place in the past at all, so this is pure speculation. Regardless though, it’s thrilling news for fans of the Generation 6 gamesXandY, as Kalos is one of the only regions that never received a third version (such asCrystal,Emerald,andPlatinum). Therefore, we can be sure that there’s plenty more interesting Kalos lore to uncover when the game launches next year.
For more Pokémon goodness, be sure to check out our roundup of thebest Pokémon gamesto find your next adventure. You can also check out thebest Nintendo Switch gamesfor more games to play.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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