The Nintendo Switch-era has been a frustrating one for Pokemon fans. The evolutionary line from Sword and Shield, to Pokemon Legends: Arceus, to Scarlet and Violet was one of slow but steady progress ...
Pokemon Legends: Z-A came out on October 16, 2025, marking the longest wait between two mainline Pokemon games. (The last one, Scarlet and Violet, released on November 18, 2022, almost three years ago ...
Pokémon Legends: Z-A's combat system, with its real-time action and Xenoblade Chronicles-like cooldown timers, is a big new thing for Game Freak. It's fresh! It's exciting! But when I started wiping ...
Pokemon Legends: Arceus isn't a particularly long game, but it did offer a lot of ways to keep players busy, thanks to its dozens of Requests. Pokemon Legends: Z-A aims to do the same; once players ...
The Pokemon series has been in need of serious evolution recently. 2022’s “Pokemon Legends: Arceus” switched up the traditional Pokemon RPG formula by introducing real-time combat elements, a ...
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Pokemon Pokemon Sword and Shield made me a lapsed fan but Pokemon Legends: Z-A has turned me back into a super nerd Pokemon I love turn-based RPGs, but 20 minutes of Pokemon Legends: Z-A has convinced ...
Do you want to gain an advantage against an opponent in Pokémon Legends: Z-A? Sure, you can increase your power through the use of the game's various Mega Stones, but you can also do so without Mega ...
Once you get your Mega Ring during the Pokemon Legends: Z-A campaign, both Pokemon who are and aren’t capable of Mega Evolution will end up with moves that become Plus Moves. This is a mechanic that ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The newest Pokemon game, Pokemon Legends: Z-A, has been out on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch ...
Pokémon Legends: Z-A has debuted in first place on the UK retail charts, according to GfK data for the week ending October 18, 2025. There was two other new releases in the top 40 with the physical ...