Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch) News Articles
Monday18th Aug 2025
Round Up Everything Announced At The 2025 Pokémon World Championships Closing Ceremony
Updates for Legends: Z-A, Champions and much more!
The Pokémon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara made an appearance at this year's Pokémon World Championships closing ceremony and shared updates about multiple Pokémon games, and even some event news. If you weren't able to catch the event live, don't worry - because we've put together...
Saturday16th Aug 2025
Round Up The First "Hands On" Impressions Of The Pokémon Legends: Z-A Demo Are In
Playable at the World Championships
Pokémon Legends: Z-A isn't out until October, but this weekend there's a Switch 2 demo at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships. The first impressions are now rolling in, and we've put together some thoughts so far – starting with a 'hands on' from our senior video producer Zion Grassl. Although it might not...
Tuesday12th Aug 2025
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Playable Switch 2 Demo Appearing At Upcoming Events
Update: Registrations now live in the US
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is easily one of the most anticipated Switch (and Switch 2) releases of this year, and although trainers will have to wait until October to get their hands on it, it seems there will be a few ways to sample the new entry before then. In case you missed it, there's apparently going to be...
Tuesday22nd Jul 2025
News New Pokémon Legends: Z-A Trailer Finally Gives Dragonite The Love He Deserves
Lookin' Mega
Surprising absolutely no one, today's Pokémon Presents showcase left us with yet another look at Pokémon Legends: Z-A, with a lengthy trailer detailing the game's story, side missions and new Mega Evolutions. And yes, there was more than a little Dragonite thrown in for good measure. Let's start with that delightful dragon, shall we?...
Watch Pokémon Presents July 2025 - Live!
From Z to A, and D to J...
For the second time this year, we're getting ready for a Pokémon blow-out. Hopefully! Announced earlier this year, 22nd July marks the second Pokémon Presents of 2025. While you're all jamming along to the DJ-ing Pikachu out there, what do we think we're going to see today? The stream kicks off at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm...
Sunday20th Jul 2025
News Pokémon Is Teasing Something Ahead Of Next Week's Showcase
Update: Pikachu will be hosting a pre-show event
[Wed 16th Jul, 2025 03:30 BST]: The second Pokémon Presents showcase of 2025 will be taking place next week, and ahead of this broadcast, The Pokémon Company has issued a reminder on its social channels. As part of this, the official Pokémon social channels in Japan have also shared a new image...
Thursday10th Jul 2025
News Nintendo Will Discontinue Switch Game Vouchers Entirely In 2026
But more games will be made eligible
Nintendo has announced that it will be ceasing sales of the Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers scheme from Friday, 30th January 2026 at 23:59 JST. For those who might be unaware, Game Vouchers would come in pairs and would therefore allow you to purchase two first-party eShop titles at a discounted price. So in the...
Thursday29th May 2025
News My Nintendo Store Reveals Pokémon Legends: Z-A Pre-Order Bonus & Bundles (UK)
Go figure
After yesterday's reveal that Pokémon Legends: Z-A will be coming our way on 16th October, My Nintendo Store has lifted the lid on the pre-order bonus goodies we can expect to find when purchasing a copy through the UK website. A new site update has revealed that My Nintendo pre-orders for the physical and digital editions will open on...
Wednesday28th May 2025
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 And Switch 1 Prices Have Been Revealed
And we're pleasantly surprised
After today's reveal that Pokémon Legends: Z-A will arrive on Switch and Switch 2 consoles on 16th October, The Pokémon Company has lifted the lid on how much each edition will set you back, and we're pleasantly surprised. As shared on BlueSky by Serebii's Joe Merrick, Legends: Z-A on Switch will set you back...
News The Next Pokémon Presents Is Coming In July
More details on Z-A, surely?
Yes, we will indeed be getting a second Pokémon Presents showcase later this year. Announced by The Pokémon Company, more Pokémon news is coming our way on 22nd July 2025 (thanks, Serebii!). Right now we have no other details — not even a time — but we can make a few guesses on what to expect. Especially given...
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Secures Switch & Switch 2 Release Date
Plus, it's time for a box art reveal!
Well, this is a little out of the blue! The Pokémon Company has surprised us all with the announcement that Pokémon Legends: Z-A will arrive on Switch and Switch 2 on 16th October 2025. The date was revealed in the following post on Twitter, with the studio reconfirming that the Switch 2 edition will boast...
Thursday27th Mar 2025
News New Pokémon Legends Z-A Trailer Dives Into Even More Upcoming Features
But still no date?
Hot off the back of last months Pokémon Presents, the Nintendo Direct has given us a closer look at Pokémon Legends: Z-A, with a new trailer that dives into some of the game's features. The focus of this one was all about the battling, with a closer look at the new real-time combat system and how it plays into Trainer battles...
Tuesday25th Mar 2025
Rumour Pokémon Legends: Z-A Will Add Lots Of New Mega Evolutions, It's Claimed
A mega teaser of what's to come?
Ahead of the funniest day of the year next week, there's a new Pokémon Legends: Z-A rumour doing the rounds online. While we already know Mega Evolutions will be making a return in this latest entry, the leaker formerly known as Pyoro is supposedly teasing this anticipated release will add brand-new Mega...
Sunday16th Mar 2025
News Emio - The Smiling Man Wins Best Adventure Game At Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2024
Pokémon's next entry also got a win
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club has won the best "adventure" game award at the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards for 2024. Apart from this, the upcoming Switch release Pokémon Legends: Z-A took out the most anticipated title, the "hand-drawn 2D action-platformer" Nine Sols won best indie game, and...
Thursday6th Mar 2025
News Was That Pokémon Legends: Z-A Footage Running On Switch 2? Digital Foundry Weighs In
Prepare for a pretty obvious answer
Last week, we got our first look at some actual, real Pokémon Legends: Z-A footage. People have seemed pretty split between "we're so back!" and "it's so over!" in the days since, but we can all agree that it all looked very 'Switch 1', right? Apparently, not everyone thought it was that clean-cut, and some have...
Friday28th Feb 2025
News Pokémon Company's CEO Reckons Series Can Reach Its 100th Anniversary
Well sure, why not?
Pokémon's no doubt been at the forefront of everybody's minds this week as we finally got our first proper glimpse at Pokémon Legends: Z-A ahead of its launch later this year. As part of the wider Pokémon Day celebrations, the BBC recently caught up with The Pokémon Company's CEO, Tsunekazu Ishihara, to discuss the franchise...
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Introduces Thrilling Series First "Real Time" Battles
"Trainers and their Pokémon will move around in real time"
The new update about Pokémon Legends: Z-A has revealed all sorts of exciting details and we're still unpacking everything here on Nintendo Life. One thing you don't want to overlook is the new "series first" where Pokémon and trainers take action in "real time" during battles. The...
Thursday27th Feb 2025
Gallery New Pokémon Legends: Z-A Screenshots Give A Closer Look At The Upcoming Adventure
Pokémon Snaps
The February 2025 Pokémon Presents showcase gave us our best look yet at Pokémon Legends: Z-A, showcasing the new battle system, starters and some of the friendly faces we can expect to meet along the way. It was a jam-packed trailer, to be sure, and The Pokémon Company has now updated the official Legends: Z-A website with a...
News How Would You Rate The Pokémon Presents Showcase For February 2025?
Mega or mediocre?
Well folks, another Pokémon Presents has come and gone, and it pretty much delivered exactly what we were expecting. The biggest draw was obviously Pokémon Legends: Z-A, where we got a good look at some gameplay along with confirmation that Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile will be the game's starter Pokémon. Not only that, but...
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Trailer Confirms Starters And Mega Evolutions, Coming Late 2025
Illuminating
Pokémon Legends: Z-A made a not-unexpected appearance during today's Pokémon Presents, and while it stopped short of getting a solid release date, it has been confirmed for a late 2025 release date — likely in time for the holidays. In the new footage, we got a look at many of the Pokémon you'll be running into, a detailed look at...
Watch Pokémon Presents February 2025 - Live!
Will it be super effective?
Hello there! Welcome to the world of Pokémon Presents! My name is Oak. What up. Anyway, we've got a new Pokémon Presents to watch. Kicking off at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET / 12am AET (Friday), online sleuths have seemingly discovered that the showcase will last roughly 19 minutes. That means it's...
News Pokémon Short 'Dragonite And The Postman' Now Available On YouTube
Give it a watch!
With Pokémon Day in full swing, a brand new anime short from CoMix Wave Films has been uploaded on YouTube. Dubbed 'Dragonite and the Postman', there's sadly no English translation for this one just yet, so it might be a little bit difficult to understand exactly what's going on if you're not well-versed in Japanese. That said, we...
Wednesday26th Feb 2025
News Pokémon Centre UK Releases Gorgeous New 'Loungefly' Backpack Range
Gotta buy 'em all
A new range of backpacks and wallets has gone live on the Pokémon Centre UK website as a result of a new collaboration between The Pokémon Company and Loungefly. Available for purchase now (and two items are already sold out at the time of writing), we're honestly enamoured with these designs. We're not sure about you, but we...
Friday21st Feb 2025
News Upcoming Pokémon Anime Short Is Looking Absolutely Stunning
Crikey, it's never looked this good
An upcoming Pokémon anime short from CoMix Wave Films – best known for its work on films such as Your Name, Suzume, and Weathering With You – is looking absolutely stunning so far as evidenced by a brief trailer posted to YouTube. Dubbed 'Dragonite and the Postman', the short will be available to watch from...
Tuesday4th Feb 2025
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
... and the Switch 2!
Nintendo has released its latest financial data covering the third quarter ending 31st December in FY2025 and, as per tradition, the company has reconfirmed release windows for its major upcoming Switch software. It's slim pickings, all told, but the games on offer here are sure to be absolute bangers. We've also got the first...
Thursday9th Jan 2025
News Yes, We're Getting Closer To Pokémon Day
And you know what that means...
We're now in January and that means Pokémon Day 2025 is just around the corner. As always, this annual celebration takes place on 27th February and traditionally follows with all sorts of new and exciting announcements. In fact - it seems there's so much excitement this year that some fans around the world are...
Saturday4th Jan 2025
News Nintendo Highlights Multiple Switch Games Launching In 2025
It's going to be an action-packed year
To celebrate the new year, Nintendo's UK branch has shared a list of games coming to the Switch in 2025. Yes, even though the "successor" system is scheduled to be announced at some point soon, it seems there will still be plenty of focus on the current hybrid device. It all kicks off this month with Donkey...
Tuesday5th Nov 2024
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
Xenoblade X! Brothership! Donkey Kong Country!
Nintendo has released its financial data for the six-month period of FY2025 Q1/Q2 and, as per the norm, has reconfirmed its upcoming line-up of software for the Nintendo Switch. Truth be told, it's not a bad list of titles considering the console's age. If Nintendo had shown us this a couple of years...
Sunday13th Oct 2024
News Pokémon Developer Game Freak Reportedly Hacked, Massive Amounts Of Data Allegedly Leaked
Update: Game Freak releases official statement
Updated [Sun 13th Oct, 2024 15:55 BST]: Game Freak has acknowledged the leak in an official statement. A third-party apparently gained unauthorised access to a company server earlier this year - accessing personal information including names and email addresses of current and former employees. Source...
Monday2nd Sep 2024
News Incineroar Stars In The Latest Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Tera Raid Event
7-Star smash
The latest Pokémon Scarlet and Violet 7-Star Tera Raid event has been revealed and will star Incineroar, the final evolved form of Litten. Incineroar will come packing the Dark Tera Type and the Mighiest Mark. Players can catch it once per save file from 00:00 UTC on 6th September through 23:59 UTC on 8th September. A second session...
