{"id":1235585,"date":"2025-02-27T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235585"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:05:50","slug":"new-pokemon-legends-z-a-trailer-reveals-an-absolutely-massive-version-of-lumiose-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235585","title":{"rendered":"New Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A trailer reveals an absolutely massive version of Lumiose City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Game Freak held a Pok\u00e9mon Presents livestream today and we finally got a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M_KNDtKJJ-8\"><ins>good look at <\/ins><em><ins>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/ins><\/em><\/a>. The new trailer for the follow-up to the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-sells-65-million-copies-worldwide-in-seven-days-124528906.html\"><ins>well-received <\/ins><em><ins>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/ins><\/em><\/a> reveals the massive Lumiose City, which first appeared in <em>Pok\u00e9mon X<\/em> and <em>Y <\/em>all the way back in 2013. It\u2019s a bustling metropolis filled with skyscrapers, and a far cry from the serene countryside of <em>Arceus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer spotlighted the three starter Pok\u00e9mon players will be able to choose from. They include the gen 2 starters Chikorita and Totodile and the gen 5 starter Tepig. We also got a better look at the gameplay elements, and they seem like something of a hybrid between the real-time capture mechanics of <em>Arceus<\/em> and the old-school turn-based gameplay of traditional Pok\u00e9mon titles.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"fc34659e0828447fbf50b0019b7adb6c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M_KNDtKJJ-8?si=NX98RWd9p8dc97ZJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/em> will also bring back Mega Evolutions, which turn regular pocket monsters into superpowered monstrosities with temporary stat boosts. This mechanic, just like <em>Z-A\u2019s<\/em> location, was first introduced in <em>Pok\u00e9mon X<\/em> and <em>Y<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We have a bit longer to wait for this one. The game doesn\u2019t come out until the end of the year. It\u2019s also being released for the original Switch, despite the fact that the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/nintendo-switch-2-is-launching-soon-heres-everything-we-know-so-far-153308958.html\"><ins>Switch 2 will most likely be on store shelves<\/ins><\/a> by that point. However, long-time readers may remember that the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, so it\u2019ll run on both machines.<\/p>\n<p>Game Freak also showed off a new game called <em>Pok\u00e9mon Champions<\/em>, which is a cross-platform battle sim. Today\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Presents livestream celebrated the 29th birthday of the franchise. Happy birthday, cute pets we force to live inside of tiny balls and fight to the death!<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/new-pokemon-legends-z-a-trailer-reveals-an-absolutely-massive-version-of-lumiose-city-180550052.html?src=rss<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Freak held a Pok\u00e9mon Presents livestream today and we finally got a good look at Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A. The new trailer for the follow-up to the well-received Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus reveals the massive Lumiose City, which first appeared in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235585\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1235585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1235585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1235585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1235585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}