A while back, we wrote a guide on the best Pokemon to use in ranked battles online in Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s second season. Garchomp, Xerneas, and Metagross were all centralizing threats, but now Pokemon has thrown a wrench into the metagame by allowing Zygarde in Season 3’s ranked battles. Theoretically, that means you’ll be seeing a whole lot of Zygarde in high-ranked matches. So if you want to win in Season 3 ranked, a Zygarde counter is an absolute necessity – and while all of Zygarde’s counters crumple in the face of its Complete Form, they can cause it a great deal of trouble before it transforms. There are spoilers afoot in the full guide, so keep that in mind before you continue. On that note, entering ranked battles in general will also spoil you on the same thing, so keep that in mind as well.

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Pokemon Legends: Z-A 1.0.3 update out now, patch notes

Posted on 4 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is back with another update, having released version 1.0.3. The patch is live on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch.

The latest update addresses an issue in which players may have been unable to receive a Mega Stone reward in Ranked Battle. A specific fix has now been implemented.

The official rundown is as follows:

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Every Pokemon generation gimmick ranked, from Z-Moves to Mega Evolution

Posted on 1 week ago by Ethan in 3DS, Features, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

Since the release of Pokemon X and Y in 2013, new games in the series have had a battle “gimmick” of some sort to keep things fresh. It all started with Mega Evolution in X and Y, which was then expanded upon in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Then we got Z-Moves in Pokemon Sun and Moon, followed by Dynamax and Gigantamax in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Then we’ve got Terastallization in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and that’s where we’re at right now. We’re almost certain to see another new gimmick introduced in the tenth generation of Pokemon, which is getting closer and closer by the day given that Scarlet and Violet released three years ago already. So today, we’re taking a look at all of these battle gimmicks and ranking them from best to least best. None of the gimmicks are outright terrible – they’re all inspired and thematically appropriate for their regions, but some are certainly better than others.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift codes

Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

We’ve started up a new post containing all Mystery Gift codes for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. This hub will be updated throughout the lifecycle of the two games with all codes and other distributions as they’re announced.

Codes and distributions can provide all sorts of things. Redeeming them will give you special Pokemon offered in distributions, certain items, and more.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet offering special Whimsicott distribution for a limited time

Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

In celebration of the Latin America International Championships, a special Whimsicott distribution Mytery Gift distribution has now begun for a limited time.

The Whimsicott here is based on the same one used by previous winner Federico Camporesi. It comes with the moves Moonblast, Tailwind, Light Screen, and Encore. Covert Cloak is its held item, the creature is at level 50, and it comes with the Prankster ability.

Follow these steps to claim today’s distribution:

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Pokemon Z-A Season 3 Ranked Battles detailed

Posted on 1 week ago by Cris-(chito) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

The Pokemon Company has just released new details regarding season 3 of Pokemon Z-A Ranked Battles. This season officially begin on November 26, 2025, and will last until December 17, 2025.

The big prize for players who reach S rank in this season will be the Mega Stone Chesnaughtite, for evolving Chesnaught into Mega Chesnaught. Delphoxite and Greninjite will also be redistributed as promotion rewards by reaching Rank V and Y respectively.

Below is the list of the rest of the rewards:

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Mega Zeraora revealed for Pokemon Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC

Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

Another Mega Evolution has now been revealed for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which is Mega Zeraora. The creature will be appearing in the game’s paid Mega Dimension DLC.

Mega Zeraora stores electric energy in its body that’s equivalent to ten bolts of lightning. There are protrusions on its forehead, chest, back, and the backs of its hands where the electric energy is particularly concentrated. As noted in the official description, the protrusions steadily emit a pale blue light.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet reveals 7 Star Goodra Tera Raid Battle event

Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

There’s another Tera Raid Battle event in store for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which features Goodra.

Goodra, which will have the Water Tera Type, will be showing up in 7 Star Raids. It has the Mightiest Mark and can be caught once per save file.

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The best Pokemon in Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s Season 2 Ranked Battles

Posted on 2 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

A while back, we wrote a guide on the worst Pokemon to use in online ranked battles in Pokemon Legends: Z-A. As helpful as that knowledge is, it doesn’t actually help you score wins against other trainers, so this time we’re talking about the strongest Pokemon you can possibly use in competitive battles. This also assumes they’re fully EV and IV trained, which thankfully is fairly simple to do in this game.