Pokemon Legends: Z-A Gets New Trailer Showing Pokemon on Roofs, Late Night Trainer Battles

During today's Nintendo Direct, we saw immoderate caller gameplay for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which showed disconnected much footage of chaotic Pokemon, including chaotic Pokemon hanging retired connected rooftops, and a mysterious nighttime tourney called the Z-A Royale.

In the trailer, we learned that chaotic Pokemon don't conscionable look wrong designated zones successful the city, but tin besides look extracurricular of them, including connected rooftops. So you whitethorn brushwood chaotic Pokemon that you tin seizure oregon conflict erstwhile you're conscionable wandering astir Lumiose City.

More importantly, we learned a spot much astir the cryptic tease astatine the extremity of the past Z-A trailer. At night, Lumiose City's streets are flooded with trainers battling successful a tourney called the "Z-A Royale". You statesman successful the tourney astatine fertile Z, and enactment your mode up to fertile A, with the committedness of having a "wish granted" if you succeed.

With this feature, we got a look astatine much trainer battles, including the quality to "surprise attack" different trainers from down to get an vantage successful battle.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A was archetypal announced astatine past year's Pokemon Presents, with a cinematic trailer showing disconnected a futuristic Lumiose City. At the time, we were fixed precise fewer details: conscionable that it would beryllium coming to Nintendo Switch this year, and immoderate airy Pokemon teases. We person since gotten a longer look astatine the crippled successful a Pokemon Direct earlier this year, including seeing galore of the Pokemon that volition beryllium available, a fig of caller characters, and the protagonist...running connected rooftops?

Since then, fans person been piecing unneurotic small hints from the trailer and their ain experiences with Pokemon Legends: Arceus and its unsocial rotation connected the Pokemon formula. While we tin expect Legends: Z-A to person immoderate similarities with Arceus, we're hoping it's a small much polished than some it and Scarlet and Violet erstwhile it launches aboriginal this year.

You tin drawback up connected everything from today's Nintendo Direct close here.

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