After months of impatience, you’ve made it: Pokémon Legends: Z-A drops this month. We’ve had a trickle of information steadily coming in about the new game over the past few months, including leaks of various Mega evolutions, but now we finally get to see a more detailed overview of what gameplay will be like with the new trailer. But after having viewed it, I’m left with more questions. Do the first few seconds of the trailer really hint at parkour?
It certainly seems so. Within five seconds of the trailer starting, a trainer appears to drop off a rooftop before hovering in mid-air and seemingly recovering to reach the next rooftop. But why is he even up there in the first place? The question isn’t answered by the rest of the trailer, which demonstrates a number of standard features that you’d expect to see in a Pokémon game. Pokéball throwing, battles, a well-designed city layout with thought as to specific modes for in-game day and night. The trailer boasts a whole bunch of friends and quests, a PVP multiplayer battling mode, as well as an interactive city with cafes, clothes stores, and more.
Hotel Z is the base from which you’ll operate in Pokémon Legends Z-A, and is where you meet Urbaine or Taunie, depending on the gender of your character. Lida and Naveen will additionally be around, with the four of you becoming Team MZ, a group that faces off against some of the trickier foes in the game. Hotel owner and very tall legend AZ will also be there to give you a guiding hand, as will Emma, the city’s detective – the two of them are likely to be useful allies when investigating the city’s disturbances in the questline.
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