Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the next bigPokémongame from its long serving developer Game Freak and publisherNintendo, is set to release sometime next year - but eagle-eyed fans have noticed that a recently revealed piece of info may indicate that the game is set to come out towards the end of 2025.
As first noted on theGaming Leaks and Rumours subreddita couple of days ago, thePokémontrading card game websitePokéBeach revealedthat the upcoming TCG set (which is supposed to release in either Q1 or Q2 of 2025) doesn’t feature any cards that will tie into the forthcoming release ofPokémon Legends: Z-A.
Whilst this might not seem like the most concrete news at first, it is important to note that essentially every mainlinePokémongame has made a point of tying their new TCG sets into their releases.
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As PokéBeach themselves specified, every mainline game has seen a relevant TCG set release within two months of the games dropping.
As of now, considering no Mega Evolution orPokémon Legends: Z-Acards have been announced, this would mean thatPokémon Legends: Z-Alikely won’t come out until the second half of 2025.
Surprisingly, the response to this news was actually very positive.
Asone commenter noted: “I hope that’s what they do, and then that’s it for Pokemon RPGs in 2025; hold off on Gen 10 until the 30th anniversary in 2026…”
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“Really don’t want to see them try to force two games out in the same year again…” they continued, “like they did with Arceus and ScarVi in 2022.”
“Oh please let it be true,” readanother comment, “please let 2024 be a gap year so PLZA and Gen 10 have some more time in the oven.”
As many have theorised, hopefully this means that both Game Freak and Nintendo are taking the release ofPokémon Legends: Z-Aa bit more seriously.
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Perhaps the lower review scores forPokémon Scarlet and Violet, at least in comparison to previous mainline Pokémon games, in some way contributed to this change in tactics.
Topics:Pokemon,Game Freak,Nintendo,Nintendo Switch
