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Pokémon Legends: Z-A (2025)

Game Freak

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

3.59 from 171 ratings

339 members have it in their collection · 46 playing now · 37 backlogged · 97 wish listed

How long? Main story 83h · with extras 50h · 100% 209h (from 24 logged playthroughs)

A new adventure awaits within Lumiose City, where an urban redevelopment plan is underway to shape the city into a place that belongs to both people and Pokémon. Please look forward to seeing it for yourself.​​

Details

Developers
Game Freak
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Open world
Franchises
Pokémon
Series
Pokémon, Pokémon Legends
Events
Taipei Game Show 2026, Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025, Pokémon Presents: July 22, 2025, Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 - 4.2.2025, Nintendo Direct 3.27.2025, Pokémon Presents: February 27, 2025, Pokémon Presents: 2.27.2024

Release dates

  • Oct 16, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2

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DLC

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Rating distribution

5 stars
22
4 stars
76
3 stars
58
2 stars
11
1 star
4

Community All Reviews Statuses

DucksOnQuack

Status DucksOnQuack Oct 17, 2025

Why does the game have to rob me of catching Pokémon by switching to day? I was so close to getting an Alpha Pokémon. :(

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ClaireValle

Status ClaireValle Oct 17, 2025

Not sure how I'm feeling about the gameplay loop in this game. I love how Legends plays, but man, wild pokemon just don't feel like they're worth interacting with. At all.

The first one did a fantastic job by centering the story around the creation of the pokedex and asking you to capture as many pokemon as possible. But in …

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Not sure how I'm feeling about the gameplay loop in this game. I love how Legends plays, but man, wild pokemon just don't feel like they're worth interacting with. At all.

The first one did a fantastic job by centering the story around the creation of the pokedex and asking you to capture as many pokemon as possible. But in this one, it just feels like getting more pokémon is a detriment to your career in the Royale. The new real-time system also makes wild battles feel super irrelevant when compared to the mainline games, so they're not even worth fighting. I just end up ignoring or running past most pokemon while I'm outside, which is not a good sign.

I guess the mable research requests are the substitute for the pokedex, but so far, they're just not interesting enough. The game is constantly adding new ones so I'm crossing my fingers that they get better later in the game.

I don't know. The game seriously needs to give you an incentive to interact with the world because so far, it just not there.

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Sep 25, 2025

There's a Pokémon-themed lucha libre event about to start.

Did you know I love wrestling?

Mascara Dorada is one of the main eventers tonight for Team Hawlucha. He's one of my all time favorite luchadores.

¡VAMOOOOOOOOOS!

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BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Jul 22, 2025

We got a new mega evolution reveal! It's Dragonite getting a mega this time. Not posting the image here because it'd be super visible even through the spoiler tag, but it's kind of awful looking if you ask me, lol. It seems like every time the team revisits older pokemon lately we get something really lazy.

Yes, I'm still salty …

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We got a new mega evolution reveal! It's Dragonite getting a mega this time. Not posting the image here because it'd be super visible even through the spoiler tag, but it's kind of awful looking if you ask me, lol. It seems like every time the team revisits older pokemon lately we get something really lazy.

Yes, I'm still salty about Dudunsparce.

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georgeypoorgey

Status georgeypoorgey Feb 28, 2025

Pokemon Legends Z-A looks mechanically great! geographically it looks like dogshit but i can envision the fun!

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