The Pokémon Company aired its official 2024 Pokémon Presents presentation today, and it closed it out with some good news. AnotherPokémon Legendsis on the way, dubbedPokémon Legends Z-A, and it’s currently scheduled for 2025.
Today’s teaser trailer shows Pikachu running through a blueprinted city, where many different Pokémon are hanging out. Eventually, the text reveals the “Urban Redevelopment Plan” for Lumiose City – a central location in the Kalos region, the home ofPokémon XandY.
Pokemon Legends Z-A, as itappears to be called, is a new entry in theLegendsseries and could be an interesting look at the origins of another beloved locale.
Legends among us
Legendsstarted off withPokémon Legends Arceusin 2022, as an interesting side-branch of the mainline series. Transporting its protagonist back in time to the early days of theDiamondandPearlregion, it was much more focused on catching, collecting, and exploring.
And to its credit,Pokémon Legends Arceuswas pretty well-received. Now, especially after thetroublesthatScarletandVioletwent through, aLegendsgame might be a good stop-gap for franchise woes.
Importantly,Z-Ais not launching until 2025. While it could be an early launch for that year—Arceuswas a January game—that still means we’re now looking at a year without a newPokémonentry, asS/Vhas wrapped its DLC. Hopefully the gap is a good thing. But it does make me curious about what the Switch’s holiday lineup will look like for 2024.
