28/10/2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A has been out for almost 2 weeks….and I’ve finished it 😅
I haven’t gotten this into a game for months, and being an OG Pokémon fan I jumped straight in! The highlight is definitely the real-time battle mechanics - it feels so much more fluid and natural having the action happen how it actually would! (Pokémon & Fire Emblem are the only turn based games I play 😅)
Mega evolution feels way more integrated into the game and so much more meaningful, plus some of the new designs are epic! Alpha Pokémon are back, and I literally retrained some of my team from scratch to build a team full of absolute giant monsters! Online competitive battle is giving Pokémon Unite but with the team you’ve personally built up, and is so satisfying cleaning up and being rewarded with new Mega Stones!
The game is set entirely in Lumiose City, which I was a little unsure about after the open worlds we’ve had in recent games, but they did a great job making the city more dynamic with plenty of rooftops to explore and secrets to find. I’m just hoping we get to explore some of the surrounding routes in the upcoming DLC!
Overall I had an absolute blast with this game, and now am doing the classic ‘catch em all’ 😂 Thank you for gifting me a code, and for forever fueling my love for 🩷