Throughout right now’s Pokemon Presents showcase, The Pokemon Firm and Recreation Freak unveiled a second recreation in what’s now the Pokemon Legends collection. It is referred to as Pokemon Legends: Z-A and it is heading to Swap subsequent 12 months.
The announcement trailer for Pokemon Legends Z-A does not give an entire lot away. It kicks off with a “labeled” doc revealing a redevelopment plan for a metropolis whose identify has been obscured by tape.
We then get to see the town in query, and it is Lumiose Metropolis from Pokemon X and Y‘s Kalos area, though it is rendered in a type of wireframe VR fashion, presumably in step with the redevelopment plan theme.
We see plenty of different Pokemon first launched in Pokemon X and Y, together with Pyroar, Furfrou, and Sylveon, earlier than the trailer reveals a Fletchling hovering over the very Eiffel Tower-inspired Lumiose Health club.
Because the trailer concludes, the piece of tape obscuring the town’s identify is eliminated, and it’s certainly Lumiose Metropolis. Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s identify is then revealed, alongside a 2025 launch window.
Naturally, that is only a teaser, nevertheless it’s good to see one other recreation within the Pokemon Legends collection, since Arceus was one thing of a breath of contemporary air. Nintendo does reveal, nonetheless, that the sport might be set entirely in Lumiose City, so it will be fascinating to see how Recreation Freak pulls that off.
In fact, that is not all we heard about in the course of the Pokemon Presents showcase.
The Pokemon Firm additionally revealed a model new cell app by the identify of Pokemon Buying and selling Card Recreation Pocket, which goals to characterize all aspects of the TCG in app type.
Which means you can rip open (digital) card packs and revel in immersive card designs which can assist you to discover the art work of the cardboard. The trailer reveals a chunk of artwork depicting Pikachu, with the participant zooming in to see what else is occurring past the cardboard’s boundaries.
Naturally, you will additionally be capable of battle your folks and commerce playing cards on this app, though The Pokemon Firm factors out that the buying and selling function is probably not out there at launch. Pokemon Buying and selling Card Recreation Pocket is about to launch someday this 12 months.
We additionally received to listen to about upcoming content material for different Pokemon titles, together with a collaboration between Pokemon Go and the upcoming Pokemon Horizons TV present, in addition to new fighters for Pokemon Unite and the looks of Johto’s legendary canine trio in Pokemon Sleep.
You’ll be able to take a look at the complete Pokemon Presents showcase proper right here.