Pokémon Legends Z-A is the new adventure in the franchise that takes us back to Kalos

It wasn’t a remake of Pokémon Black & White, nor a Let’s Go version of Gold & Silver, let alone a new generation. Pokémon Presents 2024 closed its presentation with a new title in the Legends series, this time taking us to France... I mean, the Kalos region, with Pokémon Legends Z-A.

Pokémon takes us back to Kalos

At the moment, we don’t have much information about what this new adventure will look like, especially when it’s labeled “Not actual gameplay footage.” But the city tour of Luimose City, accompanied by the phrases “Urban Development Plan” and “A vision of beautiful coexistence between people and Pokémon,” may give us a hint about the development plans for this Pokémon version of Paris. It would be extremely interesting to go back in time to Kalos before the events of Pokémon X & Y and see how they planned to develop a city where Pokémon and humans could coexist.

On the other hand, the title Pokémon Legends Z-A makes a reference to Pokémon X & Y; does the A mean that it will lead us to a new beginning? It’s all just speculation, although we can’t deny that it makes us happy to see the logo of the mega-evolution back.

For now, Pokémon Legends Z-A is scheduled for release simultaneously worldwide in 2025, still on Nintendo Switch.

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