Pokémon Legends Z-A will include a new set of Mega Pokémon, it’s been confirmed.
The new Switch and Switch 2 game sees a return to Pokémon X and Y’s Kalos region, and a renewed focus on the franchise’s popular Mega Evolution mechanic that’s taken something of a backseat in recent years.
Now, we know that Pokémon Legends will feature all-new Mega Evolved Pokémon such as Mega Dragonite.
A previous trailer confirmed the return of other, already-existing Mega Evoutions, such as Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Absol, and Mega Charizard X.
While something of a spin-off from the main series of Pokémon games, fans had expected Pokémon Legends Z-A to indeed feature new Mega Pokémon, in a similar way to Pokémon Legends: Arceus also introduced new species.
But where Arceus offered a different time period for its version of Sinnoh, now retitled Hisui, allowing it to offer now-extinct Pokémon to catch and add to the franchise’s Pokédex, Legends Z-A is set in the modern day, making adding all-new entries to the Kalos region’s Pokédex more difficult. Except, of course, if those entries are Mega Pokémon — additional evolution stages that don’t get their own bespoke Pokédex number.
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