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[Music]00:00:07
In my second hands-on opportunity with00:00:09
Pokemon Legends ZA on Nintendo Switch 2,00:00:12
I played for almost an hour, which still00:00:14
wasn't nearly enough time to fully sink00:00:16
my teeth into this new action forward00:00:18
take on a mainline Pokémon game.00:00:20
However, it did ease some of my early00:00:22
concerns, peak up interest in mastering00:00:24
its battle mechanics, and reveal a few00:00:26
new details, like how you can power up00:00:28
moves with mega power, and mega evolve00:00:30
repeatedly in the same battle, at least00:00:32
with some caveats.00:00:38
The modern setting of Legend ZA doesn't00:00:41
exactly do it for me, even in real life.00:00:43
I generally prefer exploring ancient00:00:45
forests and temples over cities when00:00:46
traveling. But I did get to explore a00:00:49
wild zone in Lumio City myself during my00:00:52
hands-on this time around. And it was00:00:53
more interesting and fun than I00:00:55
expected. These wild zones are where00:00:57
wild Pokémon live within Lumio City. And00:00:59
so it's also where you can catch00:01:01
Pokémon. Like in Legends Archus, you can00:01:03
just toss a Pokeball at a Pokémon to try00:01:05
and catch it, but you can make the task00:01:07
easier by damaging the wild Pokémon00:01:09
first. Legend ZA makes an interesting00:01:12
change to an already modified catch00:01:14
mechanic. You don't have to worry about00:01:16
accidentally knocking a Pokémon out.00:01:18
They'll faint for a while, indicated by00:01:20
stars circling their heads as they00:01:22
wobble in place, giving you a free00:01:23
chance to capture them instead of00:01:25
disappearing.00:01:29
But keep in mind, they will disappear if00:01:32
you wait too long after knocking them00:01:33
out. I'm curious about how this affects00:01:36
capture rate, like how status effects00:01:38
and less HP increase your chances of00:01:40
catching a Pokémon. I actually hope that00:01:42
knocking a Pokémon out resets its catch00:01:45
rate. So, there's still some benefit to00:01:47
formulating a Pokémon catching strategy00:01:49
with the right moves. Removing00:01:50
tediousness is usually a good thing, but00:01:53
removing tension to streamline things00:01:55
isn't the change I'm looking for. Doing00:01:57
so completely undermines the00:01:59
satisfaction succeeding would have00:02:01
granted. I understand it's much more00:02:03
difficult to methodically choose your00:02:05
next move to avoid knocking out a wild00:02:07
Pokémon in a real-time battle, but there00:02:09
needs to be some consequence for doing00:02:11
it. If there is no consequence, well,00:02:14
rip, false swipe, I guess. The wild00:02:17
zones in Legends ZA use the verticality00:02:19
of a city very well, allowing for00:02:22
exploration in the waterways below and00:02:24
the skyscraper rooftops above, creating00:02:26
microhabitats for different collections00:02:28
of Pokémon. At one point, I climbed up a00:02:31
building to escape a very angry alpha00:02:33
hound with glowing red eyes and found a00:02:35
flock of happy golucky swabloo at the00:02:37
top. Apparently, some other trainers at00:02:39
the event went up to a different roof00:02:41
and encountered an alpha Pikachu, who00:02:43
then chased them back down to Hounddom's00:02:45
domain, making for an even scarier00:02:48
encounter. And I say scarier because the00:02:50
Hounddoom was kind of frightening. At00:02:53
about five levels above my own Pokémon,00:02:55
it knocked out my poor Gyarados despite00:02:57
my type advantage. This encounter made00:02:59
me want to experiment with my movements00:03:01
and strategy where I discovered Gyarados00:03:04
Whirlpool remained on the field when I00:03:05
switched it out. I tried to dish out a00:03:08
welltimed sleep powder to Whirlpool00:03:10
combo with two different Pokémon. And00:03:11
though I couldn't quite pull it off00:03:13
well, it had me thinking of what00:03:15
possible combos could exist. The issue00:03:17
with having the moves on different00:03:19
Pokemon is that once you switch out, the00:03:21
new Pokemon's moves start on a cooldown,00:03:24
essentially replicating the core game's00:03:26
mechanic of allowing your opponent a00:03:28
free attack if you switch out in the00:03:29
middle of battle. The difference here is00:03:31
that with quick thinking and00:03:33
positioning, there's a higher chance of00:03:34
avoiding said free attack. Legend ZA00:03:37
requires quick thinking, too. With it00:03:39
being real time, there's not a second to00:03:41
waste ruminating over which move would00:03:43
be the most ideal or efficient, and it00:03:46
doesn't allow for forgetfulness. You'll00:03:48
need to know your team like the back of00:03:50
your hand to be able to make appropriate00:03:52
switches at the drop of a hat, unless00:03:54
you want to pause all the time. It can00:03:56
get a bit hectic, actually, especially00:03:57
when I didn't know the demo team.00:03:59
Overall, the Wild Zone had more crammed00:04:01
in it than what was suggested by looking00:04:03
at it on the map, made possible by the00:04:05
affforementioned verticality. There are00:04:07
plenty of wild zones, but I can't help00:04:09
but to worry about how seamy they'll00:04:11
feel considering, well, they're all00:04:13
contained within a city. During this00:04:15
demo, I once again got to experience a00:04:18
ZA Royale battle zone, but this time at00:04:21
the higher W rank. While playing, I00:04:23
found some slime blocking my path, which00:04:25
a watertype attack washed away,00:04:27
suggesting you'll need a variety of00:04:29
Pokémon on your team in order to00:04:30
adequately explore everywhere there is.00:04:33
You'll also want a mix of Pokémon and00:04:35
moves on your team to take advantage of00:04:37
extra missions. As I wandered the battle00:04:39
zone, I picked up glowing bonus cards on00:04:42
the ground, which then provided missions00:04:43
that popped up on the right side of the00:04:45
screen. We could see these in a previous00:04:47
trailer, but I didn't expect how much00:04:49
more interesting they'd make the battle00:04:51
zones. Instead of just taking out00:04:53
trainers one by one, which I could see00:04:55
becoming a bit monotonous, I kept the00:04:58
special conditions in mind. For example,00:05:00
one instructed me to start a battle with00:05:02
a flying type sneak attack and another00:05:04
to land a super effective water type00:05:06
attack. Successfully fulfilling these00:05:08
conditions gave me more ticket points at00:05:10
the end of the battle, getting me closer00:05:12
to a challenger's ticket faster, which00:05:14
would then qualify me for a promotion00:05:16
match. The promotion match I battled00:05:18
against Renaro reminded me a bit of a00:05:20
gym leader battle, except instead of the00:05:22
trainer having a monotype Pokémon team,00:05:24
he had a themed team. Renaro works at a00:05:27
restaurant and had a Simma Sage,00:05:28
Simapore, and Simir, seemingly a call00:05:31
back to Pokemon Black and White's00:05:32
restaurant themed Striaton City gym run00:05:34
by Silan, Chile, and Crest, whose00:05:37
partner Pokémon were the pre-evolutions00:05:38
of this trainer lineup. It was a pretty00:05:41
cool battle, and I look forward to00:05:42
seeing other trainers teams as I crush00:05:44
their dreams to climb the ranks.00:05:49
[Music]00:05:51
Finally, in the fourth part of the demo,00:05:53
I fought a rogue Mega Evolved Pokémon.00:05:55
In the first demo I played at the00:05:57
Pokémon World Championships, I faced a00:05:58
Mega Absole, but this time it was the00:06:00
larger than-l life recently revealed00:06:02
Mega Victory Bell. I also had three00:06:04
Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution at my00:06:07
disposal. A Hound Doom, an Absol, and a00:06:09
Gardevoir. The battle against Mega00:06:11
Victory Bell was more ferocious than the00:06:13
tutorial fight against Mega Absol,00:06:15
despite Naveen fighting by my side, but00:06:17
I welcomed the challenge. Its attacks00:06:20
left poison on the ground, making it00:06:22
more difficult to avoid damage, while I00:06:24
simultaneously dished out commands and00:06:26
picked up mega power orbs to mega evolve00:06:28
my Pokemon. When my first Mega Evolution00:06:30
Pokémon fainted, I thought I was00:06:32
screwed. In the core Pokémon games, you00:06:34
can only mega evolve one Pokémon per00:06:36
battle and can't mega evolve again, even00:06:38
if your first Mega Evolution Pokémon00:06:40
faints. Unexpectedly, that wasn't the00:06:43
case during this battle in Legend ZA. I00:06:45
was able to mega evolve all three of my00:06:47
Pokemon as long as I gathered the00:06:49
required mega power. I didn't get to00:06:51
test if this works in trainer battles,00:06:53
so I asked. And I was essentially told00:06:55
you're not limited to single mega00:06:57
evolutions per battle as long as you00:06:59
have the mega stone and mega power to00:07:01
support it. This is evidently possible00:07:03
when up against rogue mega evolved00:07:05
Pokémon and likely possible in wild00:07:07
zones since the mega ring fills up with00:07:09
energy with each attack and by00:07:11
collecting energy from breakable00:07:12
crystals. I'm curious how exactly this00:07:15
would work in trainer battles. In our00:07:16
demo, we weren't high enough rank to00:07:18
access mega power in the trainer battle00:07:20
portions, so we'll just have to test00:07:22
that later.00:07:23
Speaking of mega power, this resource00:07:25
does more than just allow your Pokémon00:07:27
to mega evolve. See, you can also use00:07:30
mega power to power up a Pokémon's move00:07:32
into a plus move,00:07:37
which packs more of a punch than usual.00:07:39
This powerup can be activated by00:07:41
pressing the plus button on the00:07:42
controller. I can't really see a reason00:07:44
to do this instead of saving up mega00:07:46
power to mega evolve since mega evolved00:07:49
Pokémon's moves are automatically plus00:07:51
moves. However, it could be a great00:07:53
mechanic to help Pokémon unable to mega00:07:55
evolve from becoming entirely obsolete.00:07:58
This would be especially important if00:08:00
you can actually mega evolve as many00:08:02
times as you want in trainer battles,00:08:04
solving the potential problem this00:08:05
freedom would have caused. Here's the00:08:07
thing. It's so difficult not to compare00:08:10
Legends ZA to Legends Archus, as the00:08:12
predecessor set expectations I feel like00:08:15
weren't met. I liked Pokemon Legends00:08:17
Archus slightly modified battle system.00:08:19
The turn-based battles were just00:08:21
different enough with the introduction00:08:22
of speed and strong styles to mix things00:08:24
up. I also loved Archus' Blast from the00:08:27
past feudal setting, which allowed for00:08:29
some really cool and unprecedented00:08:31
Pokémon lore exploration. It00:08:33
triumphantly set itself apart from the00:08:35
rest of the mainline games very modern00:08:37
settings, and this was my highest00:08:39
expectation for the Legends series. It00:08:41
honestly makes me wonder if there will00:08:43
be time travel stuff in Legends ZA to00:08:45
bridge this gap. After watching its00:08:47
intro cutscene and playing overall more00:08:49
than an hour of Legends ZA, I have to00:08:51
say I'm still skeptical if I'll00:08:53
appreciate this experience more than I00:08:54
did Legends Archus. But I didn't dislike00:08:57
anything I've played or seen, and I00:08:59
absolutely had fun with it. Legend ZA's00:09:01
gameplay loop is unique, and I'm looking00:09:03
forward to experimenting with and00:09:05
mastering the new real-time battle00:09:07
system. I appreciate the risks Pokemon00:09:09
is taking here. I just hope they fully00:09:11
pay off. For more on Pokemon Legends ZA,00:09:14
don't miss the official story trailer00:09:15
and the game overview trailer. And for00:09:17
everything else in the world of video00:09:19
games, throw your Pokeball over at IGN.Description:
IGN's resident Pokémon superfan Casey DeFreitas got to play more of the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo Switch 2, and she's got a ton of thoughts and reactions about how it compares to Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Watch the video for her full detailed impressions of the first proper Pokémon release for Nintendo Switch 2 (which is also coming to Nintendo Switch 1) on October 16. #IGN #Gaming #Pokemon
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