Are you able to catch — then Mega Evolve — ’em yet again? Pokémon Legends: Z-A is lastly virtually upon us, with its launch set for October 16, priced at $59.99 for Nintendo Swap or $69.99 for Swap 2.
If you do not have a Swap 2 but however suppose you would possibly improve in future (maybe you are ready till the vacations for a brand new console?) you’ll be able to decide up Pokémon Legends Z-A’s Swap 1 model from time to time seize the sport’s $9.99 Swap 2 Improve Pack if you’re prepared.
Final however not least, you’ll be able to already purchase Pokémon Legends: Z-A: Mega Dimension, a paid DLC which can add two new Mega Evolutions for Raichu and contemporary story content material. The majority of this would possibly not come till after the sport’s launch, although shopping for it now will unlock further costume gadgets instantly.
You’ll be able to already pre-load Pokémon Legends: Z-A now through the Nintendo eShop, together with the sport’s day one replace. You may want 4.1GB of free area on Nintendo Swap, or 7.7GB of free area on Swap 2.
Within the run-up to the sport’s launch, it is price being cautious of spoilers — datamining work has already begun on the sport after bodily copies have been noticed within the wild. Certainly, IGN has seen phrase of among the all-new Mega Pokémon included within the recreation — although we can’t spoil them right here.
Set in Kalos, house of the Mega Pokémon mechanic, Pokémon Legends: Z-A provides the primary new batch of superpowered creatures to the franchise’s Mega Pokédex in over a decade, though no all-new Pokémon species are anticipated. So far, The Pokémon Firm has revealed only a handful of the brand new Mega Pokémon anticipated to make up the sport’s closing roster of contemporary Mega species. What number of will characteristic within the closing recreation? You may simply need to play and discover out.
As with different Nintendo recreation launches, digital copies of Pokémon Legends: Z-A are anticipated to unlock inside your native area as quickly because it hits 12am (midnight) on Thursday, October 16.
However within the U.S., earlier Nintendo recreation launches have handled the entire nation as a singular area, that means these in timezones behind Jap (i.e. Central, Mountain and Pacific time) all get to play late on Wednesday, October 15.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A world launch occasions:
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
PDT (San Francisco):
- 9pm
CST (Mexico Metropolis):
- 11pm
Thursday, October 16, 2025
EDT (New York):
- 12am midnight
BRT (Sao Paulo):
- 12am midnight
BST (London):
- 12am midnight
CEST (Paris, Rome, Berlin):
- 12am midnight
EEST (Turkey):
- 12am midnight
UTC (New Delhi):
- 12am midnight
ICT (Hanoi):
- 12am midnight
HKT (Hong Kong):
- 12am midnight
CST (Beijing):
- 12am midnight
JST (Tokyo):
- 12am midnight
AEST (Sydney):
- 12am midnight
Able to get began? IGN has guides to Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Characters and Starter Pokemon, its Mega Dimension DLC, all of the New Mega Pokemon in Legends Z-A and in addition a full Pokedex (Checklist of Pokemon) so you’ll be able to plan which creatures to go catch first.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You’ll be able to attain Tom at [email protected] or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social