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Pokemon Legends: Z-A timeline

As the embargo lifts for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, some interesting details have started to surface, including where the game fits in the Pokemon timeline.

Pokemon Legends Z-A reviews

Nintendo is just a couple of days away from publishing Pokemon Legends: Z-A on Switch 2 and Switch, but before that happens, first reviews are starting to arrive. We have a roundup of some early verdicts.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the second “Legends” game following Arceus in 2022. Rather than going back in time in the Hisui region, we’re instead revisiting the modern day era of Lumiose City, which was previously featured in Pokemon X and Y. Various features are included such as Trainers and their Pokemon both moving around in real-time battles, new Mega Evolutions, Rogue Mega-Evolved Pokemon, the he Z-A Royale competition, and multiplayer battles.

Original: A few more major Pokemon Leaks have appeared, outing the existence of Pokemon Legends 3 and a multi-region Pokemon remake.

It’s been a wild past few days for Pokemon leaks, and even more news is surfacing from the “Teraleak” – specifically about original plans for Pokemon Legends 2 before it became Z-A.

First, Game Freak was originally planning on having the game set in Johto. Something changed along the way and the final title takes place in Kalos. As of now it’s unclear why the swap happened.

Pokemon Gen 10 Pokemon Wind Waves

New details about Pokemon Gen 10 may have surfaced, with leaks now supposedly making the rounds. They are tentatively going by the names Pokemon Wind and Pokemon Waves, which are planned as Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives. Everything stems from the Pokemon “Teraleak” that previously happened.

We’ll be sharing what’s been posted online after the break. Keep that in mind before proceeding. Note that some of the details are machine translations, so some tidbits may be a bit wonky. Also, some aspects may have change during development.

If you were hoping that Pokemon Legends: Z-A would support the ability to turn off autosaves, you might be disappointed to hear that new information indicates otherwise.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A has leaked, and just about all of the information you could possibly ask for is out there right now. We’re not talking about any spoilers today, however – instead, it appears that the newest title in the Pokemon series forces players to keep auto-save on at all times. Indeed, the option to disable autosave doesn’t appear in the settings menu. That isn’t to say that the feature won’t be added via a day one patch or a future update, but at present it looks like everything you do in this game will be permanent in one way or another.

Pokemon Legends Z-A ROM

Leaks for Pokemon Legends: Z-A are about to go into overdrive as the ROM is now circulating online. This is for the Nintendo Switch 1 version.

The leak comes four days ahead of the official launch. If you’re particularly sensitive to spoilers and plan on playing the game, you may want to avoid certain places online. There will be new Mega Evolutions (including some which haven’t been officially revealed yet) and much of the plot has remained a mystery up to this point.

Pokemon Legends Z-A pre-order bonus

Most Pokemon games tend to have pre-order bonuses, and Pokemon Legends: Z-A is no stranger to that. Retailers are now starting to come forward with different items that it’ll have on hand, and we’ll be rounding up everything in this post.

As a reminder, Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the second “Legends” game following Arceus. This time around, we’re visiting the main setting of Pokemon X and Y, which is Lumiose City. Players can choose Chikorita, Tepig, or Totodile as their first partner Pokemon and head off on a journey in which they’ll visit all manner of sights in the streets arrayed around Prism Tower, including shops, restaurants, and places called wild zones. Mega Evolutions are also back and are introducing new transformations, including Mega Dragonite.

Pokemon Legends Z-A moves items

Thanks to a datamine, new Pokemon Legends: Z-A information is available revealing included and cut moves as well as all items.

How is this coming to light with the game not having been released? Well, it turns out that datamining is possible with pre-loads. Pre-loads started yesterday so that players can be ready for next week’s launch. The game can be downloaded, but it won’t be active until the official launch.

In any case, Kaphotics and CentroLeaks passed along the list of moves and items for Pokemon Legends: Z-A. You can find the full roundup below.

We have another update on the Shiny Koraidon and Shiny Miraidon code distribution for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, with GameStop now issuing a statement.

Fans in the United States haven’t been happy with how the distribution has been handled. After the event began at the end of September, codes were quickly taken up – and many by scalpers. As we previously mentioned, the distribution started on the same day as a new set for the Pokemon Trading Card Game.


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