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Pokémon Presents - Pokémon Day 2025 - Pokemon ZA Info & Pokemon Champions Announced
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I'm mostly expecting just a bunch of mobile game stuff and Legends Z-A, but I'll be satisfied as long as the latter gets a trailer and release window. I think it's much too early for Gen X though, Z-A only got announced last year because there was no mainline release in 2024 and they wanted to announce something from Game Freak.
My only real requests for Z-A are Eternal Flower Floette finally being available and "A" referring to a new Legendary. The other alternatives for a "new Legendary" would be Xerneas and Yveltal getting new forms or Zygarde getting another new form, which I think would be redundant.
My only real requests for Z-A are Eternal Flower Floette finally being available and "A" referring to a new Legendary. The other alternatives for a "new Legendary" would be Xerneas and Yveltal getting new forms or Zygarde getting another new form, which I think would be redundant.
If I'm remembering right there was the year they did legendary-focused art pieces for each region + isle of armor & crown tundra and the other year they did "notable moments" art pieces from each generation, like the encounter at the Lake of Rage.
if I'm right that was what those were for, i assume they do something each year in the lead up -I know the western twitter will do more generic countdowns- that I've forgotten about since they weren't as interesting. Not like these are very well archived, admittedly, and I dont have a twitter anymore to bother trying to wrangle their awful, terrible search.
I want to see Azumarill in the game.
While I think it is reasonable to expect "Z" to stand for "Zygarde" and "A" for some other Pokémon, since the previous Legends game was named after Arceus, somehow I think it shouldn't be taken for granted either. It could refer to something else, like other Pokémon, NPCs, game mechanics, or even story lines. After all, Z-A can be read "Z to A", as in "the alphabet backwards", or something happening in reverse order. There might be an element of travelling backwards in time involved here.
Heh, that would be a neat way for the game to showcase a lot of different biomes, even if it only takes place in Lumiose City. Have the player time travel to different periods, which each represent a different climate. You could go from primal times with dinosaur/fossil Pokémon in a stone age desert, to the ice age, to pre-modern times when the land was covered in a forest, to a farmland, a grimy industrial age, or a space-age future, all without leaving the footprint of the city. Knowing Game Freak, they would put the ice age last, of course.
The main thing indicating the A is a new Pokemon (to me anyway) is its stylization in the logo. The Z very clearly represents Zygarde with its black-and-green hexagons, but the A doesn't look at all like any existing Pokemon.
I would be legitimately surprised if A didn't stand for a Pokemon considering the series history with this but also specifically in the instance of XY where there was an X pokemon (it spread its legs to drink, it looks like an X!) and a Y pokemon (it spreads its wings while its tail is down, it looks like a Y!) and Zygarde was for Z (it's a snake, it looks like a Z!) which we're getting now.
So to me, to have XYZ follow up game have an A in it, its like.... I think the bigger question is will there also be a B & C pokemon
So to me, to have XYZ follow up game have an A in it, its like.... I think the bigger question is will there also be a B & C pokemon
Despite the fact that I agree the A-legendary is most likely a thing, I think you have a point too. The title may very well be a reference to Gen 6 leitmotiv which was Infinite itself. This title is similar to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire after all: end and begining, eternal cycles, etc.
I'm going to guess with Pokemon Go Tour Global happening this weekend and a "Road to Unova" event leading up to it, that no particularly unexpected info will be on the stream. NEW stuff like maybe the next season preview is possible, but at most enlightening on a known schedule rather than curveballs like a sudden Zygarde thing for Z-A.
Also maybe I'm weird but I kind of care to speculate more about stuff besides Legends, if only because there's so little concrete to build or anc
The above mentioned games also kind of fizzled out until more news came up past their reveal because of how long it has been, whereas a Year for Pokemon only feels long because of how Rapid it normally is and it has had aspects to talk/speculate on besides "more of the previous entry" so far.
Also maybe I'm weird but I kind of care to speculate more about stuff besides Legends, if only because there's so little concrete to build or anc
In this case I think it was a marketing move for the IP at large. GTA or Elder Scrolls need the games out to sell and monetize them, but Pokemon thrives on conversation and getting people hyped for multiple related projects. Z-A teased Megas hard, a very popular feature in gameplay and creature design that has been out of the limelight for close to a decade, and all manner of communities have speculated on what their return could mean (how do old Megas with new stuff play, new Megas to buff more Pokemon, will we see them in more games besides Z-A come Gen 10?!).
The above mentioned games also kind of fizzled out until more news came up past their reveal because of how long it has been, whereas a Year for Pokemon only feels long because of how Rapid it normally is and it has had aspects to talk/speculate on besides "more of the previous entry" so far.
My predictions:
-Two new Eeveelutions, Ghost and Bug. Dragon will come out in the third version of Gen 10
-That also means Gen 10 is getting revealed tomorrow
-Gen 10 will have two regions, and both will be full-length new ones
-Legends ZA will be renamed to ZA Legends, and instead of a game it's going to be an gritty live-action reboot
-Zygarde will get a new form where it looks like a Tumblr Sexyman
-Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl 2 is announced - Still no Battle Frontier
I have hopes and dreams for Legends Z-A but the only prediction I'm really counting on is Alpha Megas. It's such an obvious, simple, fun way to implement Mega Evolution into a single player game that I'll genuinely be stunned if they don't do it. They could even do it so that if you defeat the Alpha Mega it has a small chance of dropping its Mega Stone but if you catch it it'll be guaranteed to have the Mega Stone as its held item, incentivizing coming back when you're strong enough over cheese strats
I was with you until the last part because cheesing catches in Legends Arceus is significantly easier than fighting Pokemon lol
I think it’s going to be absolutely hilarious for Pokémon fans to think their games are relevant for one day, just to get smacked in the face with the greatest reality check you’ve ever seen and immediately get overshadowed by Monster Hunter Wilds the very next day. I’ve been waiting until the night before the presentation to post this. Not that it affects me since I’ll be missing this, and even if I didn’t have a work meeting when this is airing I’d still rather be at my new job I just started on Monday than get my hopes up after the complete joke that was Pokémon’s 2024 calendar year.
Is this post a little bit harsh? Absolutely. But I want to put my foot down while I still can and reflect on my disappointment with the last Presents and the lack of a second 2024 presentation. We already know that upwards of 60 percent of this presentation will consist of information for the mobile and/or free-to-play games, and save for more specific reveals people might be waiting for about anime or TCG projects, nothing last year or this year will be worth my time, and I fully expect that the lack of information we’ve gotten about Pokémon Legends ZA will finally catch up to it, too little too late as the game just isn’t relevant to casual or hardcore audiences anymore. The game may still sell decently, I suppose- it is Pokémon after all, but I predict content creators or the most diehard Kalos fans will be the only people that still care about this game by the time it finally releases.
Is this post a little bit harsh? Absolutely. But I want to put my foot down while I still can and reflect on my disappointment with the last Presents and the lack of a second 2024 presentation. We already know that upwards of 60 percent of this presentation will consist of information for the mobile and/or free-to-play games, and save for more specific reveals people might be waiting for about anime or TCG projects, nothing last year or this year will be worth my time, and I fully expect that the lack of information we’ve gotten about Pokémon Legends ZA will finally catch up to it, too little too late as the game just isn’t relevant to casual or hardcore audiences anymore. The game may still sell decently, I suppose- it is Pokémon after all, but I predict content creators or the most diehard Kalos fans will be the only people that still care about this game by the time it finally releases.
this is like the opposite of pokemon fan copium. anti pokemon fan copium. im sorry to say but between legends z-a and wilds the game most likely to stay relevant after a year will be pokemon. especially because wilds is an AAA wannabe that has the worst needed specs known to man and i feel like they shot themselves in the foot with that (i dont think itll make them flop, but i think it will alienate some fans tbh)
Oh, who am I kidding. You’re absolutely right, this (referring to my post) is anti-copium from yours truly at its absolute finest. Truth be told to everyone here, I’ve been on a bit of a negativity hot streak over the past two nights after work, not because I hate my job (the opposite, actually) but because I’ve gotten so burned out with Pokémon that it’s started leaking out onto my posts and the occasional YouTube comment. And when I put it that way, I think what I’m trying to say here is that I really want to have a reason to be optimistic about Pokémon but nothing has scratched that itch for me. I would love to come back from my meeting tomorrow during my lunch break to good news, both figuratively and literally.
Edit: R_N is right in the post below, maybe I just need to walk away for a bit. That could be healthy for me.
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One thing that has happened in the internet age is people put themselves in the Burnout Machine towards hobbies / interests because they feel like they have to be constantly into it, and then when they inevitably burnout they become insanely cynical about it
I remember when for like a year and a half I thought I "grew out of Pokemon" and then after that break I played EoS, USUM, SMD, GTI, etc. and became honestly probably way more into it than I had before.
This is something I notice in the competitive Splatoon community where people play a shit ton, people will get tired of it after it practically being a part-time job for months and then act like it's the devs fault for not keeping it interesting lol.
pokemon can feel difficult to walk away from due to how omnipresent it is but really i think itd be good to just take a break yeah. enjoy wilds (if u can. wilds devs ill fucking get you what the fuck are those specs), enjoy other games and non game stuff. give yourself a proper break even, whether it be months or years or whatever. pokemon will always be around to pick up when you feel like it
Even aside from the competitive aspects or burn out, I think being in certain communities for a length of time tends to exacerbate things too...
Anyway, this feels pokemon day adjacent since they announced it on the day in their time
After the Toyota Miraidon bike from a while back, Honda has unveiled the Koraidon bike!
Like the Miraidon bike it's basically just a funny art piece for photo ops and not a thing you can buy.
i tried the mh demo and what fucked me up is that the game doesn't even look that good
like i had 40-60fps average which is privileged but like i was still annoyed because it still wasn't locked 60 and it still looked kinda uh
can i just say bad
After making us wait a whole year for more info about Legends Z-A, I sure hope that they give us at least a brief overview of the game loop and such after the trailer, with narration and all. But I realize that it's more likely that they'll just have the trailer unfortunately...
As far as predictions go, I'm of the smaller group that believes the game will take place in the present day (i.e. around a decade after the events of XY). As Zygarde never factored into the plot of XY in any way, I feel that there is a lot of freedom in this regard. When it comes to the starters, I'm also in what I feel to be the minority camp that expects the Kalos starters to be reused. They are the only starter group in the pre-DLC era that did not get used in a third version or second pair set in the same region, so now is their chance to be prominently featured, complete with the Mega Evolutions that they always deserved.
There are other things I'm predicting for the game, such as abilities being included, however that's among the many things that we still won't know after the presentation unless they have an overview after the trailer.
As far as predictions go, I'm of the smaller group that believes the game will take place in the present day (i.e. around a decade after the events of XY). As Zygarde never factored into the plot of XY in any way, I feel that there is a lot of freedom in this regard. When it comes to the starters, I'm also in what I feel to be the minority camp that expects the Kalos starters to be reused. They are the only starter group in the pre-DLC era that did not get used in a third version or second pair set in the same region, so now is their chance to be prominently featured, complete with the Mega Evolutions that they always deserved.
There are other things I'm predicting for the game, such as abilities being included, however that's among the many things that we still won't know after the presentation unless they have an overview after the trailer.