Topic: Pokémon Legends Z-A

Interested to see if we get Kalos regional variants, can't imagine what Pokémon would get that treatment.

Maybe it will just be new mega evolutions instead, but both would be nice

This is why they didn’t make Pokémon Z for the Nintendo 3DS. It’s coming out on the Nintendo Switch 2.

@LinkxPeach I don't think Gamefreak is that good at planning ahead

But it is nice that they're revisiting it. Kind of expected them to abandon that era of Pokémon.

Well, in Gen VII games you can get Zygarde, and collect his cells. I heard they was gonna make X2, and Y2, but that seems like a rumor.

The rumour back then was that Pokemon Z would release in 2015 as a 3rd version for X/Y but it got cancelled so Game Freak could focus on Gen 7 for Pokemon’s 20th anniversary.

@Grumblevolcano I thought it was odd how X and Y are the only Pokemon games with no 3rd game, sequel or DLC.

So I've recently started a new game on Pokémon X after over a decade since I've last seriously touched either of the pair, in order to get a refresher on all things Kalos in preparation for Z-A next year - and to spice things up, it's a nuzlocke.
I'm nearly halfway through, and I have to say I have a little more appreciation for a few minor details of the narrative, characters and the setting. On the other hand, I forgot how horrendous the performance gets during battles.

I do find it odd how they always seem to waste potential when a region is based on an entire country. The first four generations were all based on Japan and have a ton of variety, Unova had a lot of unique areas too.
Alola was sort of like "what if we did Kanto, but on vacation? And with aliens?". At the moment I didn't love it, but it has its charms.

Kalos, Galar and Paldea were all a little flat for me. For XY I gave them a chance because it was their first 3D game. For Sword/Shield I thought I was too critical because it was based on my own country, first HD game etc.
...what's the excuse now?

Maybe the Legends series can finally flesh out the potential of these regions. We'll have to see how Z-A is, hopefully Lumiose City is enough by itself.

Say what you want about them but at least Gamefreak are consistent.