Pokémon Legends: Z-A

A whole city as the map and, for the first time, battles in real time.

Release: 2025
Console: Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2
Region: Kalos
Generation: IX
Style: Action and catching
Category: Legends

Attribute hexagon of Legends: Z-A. Scores: Story 4, Exploration 3, Freedom 3, Competitive 3, Difficulty 3, Nostalgia 3.

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Scores from 1 to 5, in the atlas's own assessment.

Story score 4 out of 5 Lumiose and its residents carry the plot from start to finish.
Exploration score 3 out of 5 Sits at the average of the games in the atlas.
Freedom score 3 out of 5 Sits at the average of the games in the atlas.
Competitive score 3 out of 5 Sits at the average of the games in the atlas.
Difficulty score 3 out of 5 Sits at the average of the games in the atlas.
Nostalgia score 3 out of 5 Sits at the average of the games in the atlas.

The second Legends takes place entirely in Lumiose, the capital of Kalos, during a redevelopment plan that divides the city between people and Pokémon. By day, you explore the Wild Zones; by night, you climb from Z to A in a street tournament.

Battles drop the turns: you move, dodge and fire off moves with a cooldown. Mega Evolution returns with brand-new forms.

It is for you if you

Want to see Pokémon combat turn into action
Played X and Y and miss Kalos
Like a dense urban setting

Maybe not, if

You insist on turn-based battles
A map that is only one city feels like too little for you

Where it takes place

Kalos

Shaped like a star, with a city of light in the middle. Cafés, castles, fashion and a tower you can see from afar.

Open the map of Kalos

Specimens from this game

Official art of Zygarde — No. 718 Zygarde

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