Pokémon Legends: Z-A | |
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Developer(s) | Game Freak |
Publisher(s) | |
Series | Pokémon |
Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
Release | 2025 |
Pokémon Legends: Z-A [a] is an upcoming 2025 video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. Announced in February 2024, Legends: Z-A is part of the ninth generation of Pokémon video games. It takes place in Lumiose City in the Kalos region, based on Paris, France, which originated in Pokémon X and Y (2013). Legends: Z-A is the second Pokémon Legends game, following Legends: Arceus (2022).
The game will take place in the Kalos region, which is based on France and was first introduced in the 2013 video games Pokémon X and Y. [1] According to its trailer, it is set during an urban redevelopment project at Lumiose City, which is based on Paris, [2] with Nintendo of America stating that it will take place entirely within Lumiose City. [3]
On 27 February 2024, Legends Z-A was announced during a Pokémon Presents presentation with a release window of 2025. [4] [5] At the end of the trailer, the Mega Evolution mechanic, which was first introduced in X and Y, was also teased to return. [6] Pokémon Legends: Z-A is being developed by Game Freak. [2]