Pokémon Legends: Z-A

A new adventure awaits within Lumiose City, where an urban redevelopment plan is underway to shape the city into a place that belongs to both people and Pokémon. Please look forward to seeing it for yourself.

80 16 October 2025

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Open world

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 16 October 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 39 hrs to finish.

Verified 4 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Pokémon Legends: Z-A is

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2025. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set five years after the events of Pokémon X and Y, meet new friends and rivals as you join Team MZ in protecting Lumiose City from rampaging Mega Evolved Pokémon, uncover a hidden secret within the city, and strengthen the bond between humans and Pokémon in a city adapting to help both coexist.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is the 297th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension in 2025. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon Legends: Z-A holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 73 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 39 hrs.

What it launched against

Pokémon Legends: Z-A launched on 16 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and ARC Raiders. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders.

Cheats and codes

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