Pokémon Legends: Z-A
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a 2025 action role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Part of the ninth generation of Pokémon video games, it is a sequel to the sixth-generation titles Pokémon X and Y (2013) and the second entry in the Pokémon Legends sub-series, following Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022). The game takes place entirely in the Kalos region's Lumiose City, five years after the events of X and Y. Pokémon Legends: Z-A was announced in February 2024 as an exclusive to the original Switch console, before it was later announced that it would also receive an enhanced port for the Switch 2. It was released on 16 October 2025, to generally positive reviews. Critics praised the battle system, but found the city setting to be visually restricting. Paid downloadable content, Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension, was announced on 12 September 2025, and was released on 10 December 2025.
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | NS: 70/100 NS2: 78/100 |
| OpenCritic | 65% recommend 56% recommend (Mega Dimension) |
| Publication | Score |
| 4Players | 9/10 |
| Eurogamer | 3/5 |
| Famitsu | 8/10, 9/10, 9/10, 9/10 |
| Gamekult | 6/10 |
| GameSpot | 7/10 |
| GamesRadar+ | 4/5 |
| HobbyConsolas | 85/100 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| Jeuxvideo | 15/20 |
| MeriStation | 8 /10 |
| Nintendo Life | 6/10 (NS) 7/10 (NS2) |
| Shacknews | 9/10 |
| TechRadar | 4 /5 |
| Video Games Chronicle | 5/5 |
| VG247 | 4/5 |
| The Jimquisition | 4/10 |
| The Washington Post | 2 /4 |
References
- Mega Dimension only
- Others composers who worked in the soundtrack are Hiromitsu Maeba, Minako Adachi, Hitomi Sato, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso,
- Carlos Eiene appears as composer in the credits of the video game, but he explained in her Youtube channel and in her we
- Japanese: Pokémon LEGENDS(ポケモンレジェンズ) Z-A(ゼットエー), Hepburn: Pokémon Rejenzu: Zetto Ē
- Score based on nine reviews
- Score based on 106 reviews
- Score based on 127 reviews
- Based on 16 reviews
- Pokemon Legends: Z-Ahttps://www.gamesradar.com/games/pokemon/pokemon-legends-z-a-is-the-first-game-its-lead-has-directed-and-hes-focused-on-making-the-rpg-a-good-one-as-it-reportedly-continues-through-its-final-fine-tuning-phase/
- vgmdbhttps://vgmdb.net/album/156808
- insaneintherainmusichttps://insaneintherainmusic.com/credits
- Nintendo Lifehttps://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/pokemon-legends-z-as-mega-dimension-dlc-scores-december-release-date
- Pokémon Legends: Z-Ahttps://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/pokemon-legends-z-a-introduces-thrilling-series-first-real-time-battles
- The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/games/759788/pokemon-legends-z-a-battle-real-time-preview
- techraptorhttps://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/pokemon-legends-za-review-mega-adventure
- Pokémon Legends: Z-Ahttps://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-legends-z-a-has-a-battle-royale-mode-that-finally-explains-what-its-name-means
- wwwhttps://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/check-out-the-latest-pokemon-announcements/
- homehttps://home.pokemon.com/en-us/move/
- Pokémon Legendshttps://www.ign.com/articles/new-pokemon-game-pokemon-presents-2024
- IGNhttps://www.ign.com/articles/we-finally-know-when-pokmon-legends-z-a-takes-place-in-the-pokmon-timeline