Hopes For Pokémon Legends Z-A

[A Link In Time]

The other day for Pokémon Day, Pokémon Legends Z-A was announced as a Switch release for 2025.

What are your hopes for this game to improve on Legends Arceus and for what you want to get out of Kalos as a region?

Obviously a story focusing on Zygarde is a must. It was so neglected in X and Y, and the Zygarde quest in Sun and Moom felt very tacked on.

Adding local and online battles would also increase the game's longevity compared to Legends Arceus.

I hope we see more mega evolutions, including the scrapped Mega Flygon.

 

[Azure Sage]

I don't really care about megas or zygarde. Story-wise, I want ancient weapon lore. Arceus didn't beat around the bush when discussing death in the time before humans and pokemon understood each other, so I hope they don't wiggle out of a proper conveying of the fallout of the war. Personally I would have liked to see the war itself play out... but this still has potential.

Content-wise... I loved arceus's checklist format. It was very open ended even in a linear story and progression. I'd like more of that. I'd like to see the same systems from arceus polished up more. Give me furret and keep every mon that was in arceus, and give me better character customization. Above all else, give me a reason to care about pokemon again.

 

[spookyheart]

absoultely none at all

 

[thePlinko]

I just want it to be better. I know that’s kind of a vague answer but I’m not sure how else to put it. The first game was a really good start, but it needed a lot more polish. The pacing was probably my biggest issue with it, but the battle system also could have used a little more depth.

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

Well, I'd like the game to get more time in the oven. The Switch Pokemon games have made a good case for why these games being an annual franchise is not a good idea. Absolute technical ****ery of stuff like Scarlet/Violet and Sword/Shield is 90% of the reason I skipped those games. There's no reason a mainline system title should look and run that terribly. They're barely scraping Wii graphics.

 

[King Link]

I want them to bring back the National dex

 

[ExLight]

According to some rumors it will release later in 2025, which would make it the largest development time for a Pokémon game. So pretty exciting stuff.

Absolute technical ****ery of stuff like Scarlet/Violet and Sword/Shield is 90% of the reason I skipped those games. There's no reason a mainline system title should look and run that terribly. They're barely scraping Wii graphics.

Hating on SV over its pretty decent graphics and harmless glitches is wild.

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

According to some rumors it will release later in 2025, which would make it the largest development time for a Pokémon game. So pretty exciting stuff.


Hating on SV over its pretty decent graphics and harmless glitches is wild.

Decent for a very early indie PS3 game, maybe.

 

[Azure Sage]

I don't really care that much about the graphics. If it looks the same as Arceus, then it'll be fine. Arceus looked good. Long as they don't try to put 50 billion ray tracings and pores on the skin of every pokemon...

 

[Ghost of Mikeys Past]

I hope I can collect a bunch of cute and cool monsters and watch them grow stronger

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

I don't really care that much about the graphics. If it looks the same as Arceus, then it'll be fine. Arceus looked good. Long as they don't try to put 50 billion ray tracings and pores on the skin of every pokemon...

It's a mix of graphical issues and performance. Not only is Pokemon is a franchise that looks bad on a console that hosts some pretty good looking games, but the game itself often struggles to maintain any facade of performance. Graphical elements constantly turn into low frame rate cyborgs if the player isn't within fifty feet of them. What's the point of running on the Switch if each game's gonna look and run like an unfinished Wii game?