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It seems that Champions will in fact be the game used for Worlds moving forward, which sort of implies that Gen 10 won't have a true Ranked battle mode. I'm sure it will still have online battles like the Let's Go games and BDSP do, but probably nothing that ties into VGC. I'm a little surprised...

I very much appreciate that the indicator for size variance on a Pokémon's summary screen has returned from the Let's Go games. I'm crossing my fingers that it displays 9 different indicators in this game, each corresponding to a different message that the NPC in Mesagoza can give you. There's...

Apologies if this is something that was already brought up before, but this screenshot reveals that the Team Preview in Champions shows the types of the opponent's Pokémon. This would mean that you no longer have to guess which form of Arceus, Silvally, and Urshifu you're facing, which is pretty...

I'm not so sure that the Pokémon you can recruit in Champions are blank slates because the official site mentions that you can't train anything you have while it's on a trial recruitment. This implies that it will already have its Nature, Ability, Moves, and Stat Points all set up as a...

Funnily enough, the Pokémon Day extended look video for Legends Z-A shows Kangaskhan, specifically the player's Mega defeating some Trubbish and a Garbodor, with Power-Up Punch in its moveset. Of course, this move was still around in Gen 8 and it could just be a symptom of the branched...

It took me way too long to find Wo-Chien’s raid den on the map as I had not realized that this isn’t a 7* raid. As a 5* raid, it hasn’t felt overly threatening and I haven’t had a failed lobby yet. Most people seem to be sticking with Fire-types and Sunny Day really helps to speed things up...

I know it may have simply been disabled for the trailer and overview of Champions, but I could not find any indication of Terastal or even Mega existing during the battle or training footage. Is it likely that the game will launch with no super-mechanic implemented yet? Yet another QoL thing in...

I have a feeling you're right, that EVs are not actually used in Champions. Interesting what that could mean for using Pokémon from HOME. Will fully EV'd ones have near max stat allotment in Champions accordingly, or will they simply start fresh with 0 allotment?

Champions having stat sliders is very nice! Something strange about the Gardevoir though- it appeared to have the equivalent of at least 516 EVs in total. When they show it max out Speed, it also has max Sp. Atk, but then 2 stat points (not EVs, the actual stat increasing by 2) allotted to Sp...

I’m of the opinion that Tera Shards in particular are the most likely customizing items to be included in Champions. How else would you have something like a Tera Grass Aegislash or Tera Steel Togekiss? Restricting which Pokémon are able to use which super-mechanics based on what games they were...

At least several of them were fixed or otherwise addressed in later updates, but alas we have cases like Magcargo where the Pokémon has such little popularity in general that it was completely overlooked when fixing these discrepancies. Then there are the truly odd cases where a Pokémon lost a...

Always love a good reference! I’m also of the belief that Colosseum and XD won’t have connectivity with HOME. At least, not directly… This has further raised my suspicions that the Gen 1-3 games will all be sold for Switch and Switch 2 outside of NSO next year for the 30th anniversary and that...

Torterra appears to be one of the only other plausible picks after Krookodile and Crawdaunt. I’ve managed to win solo and offline with the following: Torterra w/ Shell Bell Tera Dark Shell Armor Adamant: 212 HP, 252 Atk, 44 Spe Crunch Mud Slap Iron Defense Swords Dance I initially tried Curse...

My initial thinking was that there wouldn’t be anything regarding LZ-A in the Direct but 30 minutes is quite a bit of time to show games for a console on its way out. It will also be a full month since the trailer and website went up, which is enough time for an update to the latter. At the...

That very well may be. Though seeing as Champions will be connecting to HOME to bring your Pokémon over and not directly to the mainline games, the point stands that HOME integration for the Gen 10 games would have to be added right after release if Champions is planned to be used for the VGC...

Fair points. I personally can’t see Champions being used for Worlds 2027, at least. That would require a very quick turnaround for all of the Gen 10 additions to be implemented into Champions in time for the VGC season to begin in December or January, and during its release year to boot. Seeing...

Indeed, speculation regarding the use of Champions for Worlds 2026 isn’t uncommon at the moment. And I can see why- it not only neatly solves the issue of having to use SV for a fourth year, but also allows for any new Megas and Pokémon introduced in LZ-A to have their VGC debut, especially if...

This is true, a starter definitely wasn't the best example for that hypothetical scenario. I had not thought of that, and it's a very good point given that Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist can already be caught in SS. While the Scale value doesn't exist in that game pair, all Pokémon have two other...

I've been wondering about Pokémon size variance and how it could factor into LZ-A. Some have pointed out that the Onix seen in the trailer is noticeably small, with suggestions that it could be due to the size variation. However, after thinking about the real-time battle system I believe that...

There is indication that the Hisuian forms do indeed still exist in the present but are generally considered more rare than they used to be. Perrin herself brings up Ursaluna to the player and says they “weren’t all that uncommon a long, long time ago.” The notion that Hisuian forms all went...