My Thoughts and Predictions on Pokémon Legends Z-A

Pokémon Legends Z-A got announced and I decided to give my initial thoughts and predications. I'll eventually get proven wrong or right once we get more information about Pokémon Legends Z-A but it's still fun to discuss.
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[@justinn8541]

I would like to see your rival be like Miles Edgeworth. Someone who think they are superior to you, to eventually becoming your friend against their will.

[@SnowPeaplays]

Gladion and silver (silver is more in the middle but still)

[@shankbone100]

Bede?

[@Sandstorm-TheTraveller]

After watching this I can confirm that the game will have S t r e e t L i g h t s

[@V5S8]

Has anybody realised that Spinel looks a bit like N from the Pokémon black and white series? and Chalce looks like she could be the daughter of Lenora from Pokémon black and white.

[@gameplaychannel3129]

Finally the French evolution

[@KuroBlitz]

Soeyue isn't only an anagram for "See You" (as in the Zygarde Cells are always watching the ecossystems). It's Euyeos backwards. This word in old Greek means "bountiful" but it roughly translates to "fruitful earth". It's a nod to Zygarde's Ground Type and the academy names of SV. Kalos in the same idiom means "beauty".

[@gergelyjerkovits4858]

alright i get the point of it. but why do we have to talk about pokemon over a video like this?😅

[@christophermitchell9739]

8:06 Not man made, just the result of the energy being absorbed by evolutionary stones

[@dantee1105]

I beginned my adventure with gen 6 and Pokemon X/Y but felt that they didnt get enough love I am more than happy that these gen and MEGA EVOLUTIONS are getting more attention

[@colinvandenberg3446]

The king who was granted eternal life for some reason and spent 3000years looking for his Floette was named AZ. I think the title is a reference to him, and we'll finally get some clarification on that crazy backstory.

[@ultima1033]

Same here. I'm wondering how many people think to switch the letters around and remember the walking giant in X and Y

[@peacefulfungoloid8624]

Ay think about it, a smaller map dould be a lot better for the switch, and maybe the city will have a super cozy atmosphere.

[@diostaku2]

Arceus' (non)open world was its weakest point if you ask me, so this approach might be the right way to go.

[@peacefulfungoloid8624]

@diostaku2 Yeah, a smaller, more easy to render map is a better way to go, especially with the switches mid processing power.

[@johnnyknadler1157]

@@peacefulfungoloid8624 mid? Absolutely atrocious, everything is choppy if you’re not near it in Pokémon (idk of any other games)

[@Theserperiortrainer497]

THE A IS THE ULTIMATE WEPON I MEAN THE CUTSCENE AZ SHOWED HAS THE ULTIMATE WEAPON LOOKING VERY SIMILAR

[@robomuffin1386]

I mean tbf street lights were made in the 16th century... so it could take place before Pokémon Legends: Arceus since Japan was a very different culture for a while since they locked themselves from everyone else. I mean most people agree its probably in the 18th century. Which does semi line up with this since France had a redevelopment plan around this era.

[@Syiepherze]

19th century btw, not 18th

[@robomuffin1386]

@@Syiepherze ah my mistake thank you.

[@duckbang1474]

Im going to say scorbunny will be a starter not for the soccer but because APPARENTLY napoleon and co organised a rabbit hunt that ended up having hundreds/thousands of rabbits who attacked the men back and forced them to retreat... So its a fun bit of history, and would line up perfectly with serperior's french royalty theme and empoleon being... Empoleon...

[@Asm0d3u5]

Woah what? The rabbits attacked BACK?

[@duckbang1474]

@@Asm0d3u5 it was like - napoleon had signed the treaty of tilsit - his men wanted to celebrate - they organise a rabbit hunt - the general in charge of getting the rabbits gets tame ones that are used to seeing humans instead of wild ones that would run, not realising theres a difference - rabbits see humans - humans mean food is coming - go to humans because food and hungry (they had not been fed that day) - chaos At first the men thought it was funny but soon got scared and tried to retreat, but plenty of rabbits followed them and apparently maxe it into the carriages as well

[@Asm0d3u5]

@@duckbang1474 That's hilarious

[@rockowlgamer631]

7:05 Me, cause from the pokedex entries it sounds like I'm putting my pokemon into life threatening danger just to get a power boost even if it's through friendship. Plus most of the megas were on popular pokemon instead of pokemon that needed a boost. Mawile and Sableye are good example of good megas done right. Also comp hates them.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Zygarde is going to get an ultrazord 200 percent form. What I want to see the most is a usable eternal flower Floette and Snivy being a starter

[@CheeseGrater05]

Shibuya! “You are my special!”

[@Ringoismybirdo]

I hope battle bond has a evolved form with another 110 stat boost on top of the 110 stat boost just to make a cracked greninja but the side effect is that with this even stronger form you need a mega like stone as infinity energy makes mega stones battle bond is using the energy in the trainer so this mega stone would use energy from the area

[@draimobthedragon-wolf8244]

If i'm being honest, i almost cried when the trailer revealed "Urban Redevelopment plan - Lumiose City" and my hands were shaking too because i grew up watching Pokemon XYZ. And i don't care what pokemon will get megas or even if Charizard gets another one because the only pokemon i want to see get them are Chesnaught, Delphox, Flygon and Zoroark. But we still need to wait for more news to know what will be going on in the game and what pokemon will show up in it

[@Asm0d3u5]

ZOROARK RAAAAAAA

[@irohanijiue3417]

I still think it's in the past. Possibly during the French Revolution or after a war(not the 3000 years ago one. Maybe a different war). I also hope that there's a Catacombs because Pairs have the Catacombs of Pairs. It would allow us a lot more rooms to explore even if we are limited to Lumiose city.

[@ericstelzman5190]

It's also based on the renovation of Paris in the mid-19th century by Georges-Eugene Haussmann.

[@xtrem5428]

XY were my first games. Though I was disappointed in how short the game was, it still hooked me up. Mega Evolutions were awesome, and the music, man, the music in XY was AMAZING! ORAS afterward was great at keeping me into Pokémon too, with the amazing amount of content and story writing. I'm happy to see a return to Kalos.

[@Slimeonian]

8:08 no they were not. Mega Stones are made when evolution stones absorbed leftover energy from the ultimate weapon. But yeah, Mewtwo having a mega stone makes no sens As for Oras, the reason Mega Stones are in Hoenn is cuz the region gets frequent meteor showers, and when the ultimate weapon’s laser was fired up into space, before it fell back down, the energy leeched into a bunch of space rocks, that become meteors. That’s also the reason why Rayquaza doesn’t need a Mega Stone, cuz it eats meteors. And those same meteors have the ultimate weapon’s energy in them, allowing Rayquaza to mega evolve

[@Bass-mx3iw]

Glad someone else see’s my vision of this being Pokémon’s version of Yokai Watch.

[@IsmaelCiulla]

8:06 according to XY post game the mega stones were created from a stone that had absorbed energy from the ultimate weapon like the sun dial in the psychic gym town in Kalos

[@JTPPlays]

Z-A is AZ mixed up, just like the unown in the presents was a mixed up spelling of Seeyou, and with paradox pokemon being introduced in ScarVi, and pokemon sticking with 1 theme through the current generation, its all hinting that we are gonna be travelling backwards and forwards in time causing and or fixing paradoxes to make sure we get the correct timelime. And AZs floette is probably a paradox form which is why they were catchable in area zero in Scarvi

[@Asm0d3u5]

Paris had a LARGE redevelopment in the 1800s (or 1900s?) to make it the way it is today. So it's probably the past. The trailer imagines what it WILL be. Btw, Legends Arceus was also in the 1800s (Meiji Era). But, yeah, your videos are great!

[@jonathanrolle2046]

I remember someone saying the a stand's for Alpha.

[@jkyt21]

"or a flower shop with grass types" *shows sudowoodo* 6:12

[@TonyTonyChopp3rMan]

I think the A is there because of AZ. Z-A backwards is A-Z and he is big in the lore of X and y

[@Syiepherze]

The star logo featured in the teaser is for a team likely named "Quasar", due to the shape of the letters in the wordmark and the appearance of the symbol itself. It's extremely fitting since quasars emit EM radiation, like solar flares emitted from the sun Now before you say that the choice of "quasar" makes it impossible for ZA to be set before the 20th century (because the word was coined in the 1950s-60s), might I remind you that Rayquaza, despite being an ancient Pokémon, was likely named after quasars (in the languages other than CJK) based on the spelling and the "official" English pronunciation "Ray-kway-za" (I say "Ray-kwah-za" personally tho lol)

[@Cj_Plays_Everything]

I was praying for a Kalos game and everyone said it wasn’t going to happen. Let’s just say they were wrong.

[@survivorfan-2874]

I almost cried when I saw this trailer!

[@V5S8]

I maybe wrong but what if Pokémon Legends Z-A takes place where lumious city is being developed like how mauville city turned into new mauville city in OR/AS

[@thesandman2426]

I'd be fine with the game taking place in the modern era. But if you look at the trailer in it's totality, it fades from paper to blue outlines then back to paper. That suggests to me that takes place before the current state of Lumiose city. Again fine with it being current day, but it looks to me to be in the past.

[@juniortherandom9197]

Pokemon legends za is basically pokemon z but done in the legends format and a smaller region.

[@Aioba3846]

To be honest, I did have a feeling it'd be a surprising announcement, likely going against seemingly obvious expectations. It's been pretty much how they've been rolling since the 3rd generation.

[@ryuiichikune6250]

One thing that is a must with this game is BENCHES! That was my excitement of XY. We need sitting back.

[@nitro8678]

If we get a Mega Infernape that would be awesome, Just have to do it right

[@jeremykops]

Legends is by far the greatest game they've ever made from a replayability standpoint, even had features that the games after didn't, like the overworld shiny noise, shinies showing in boxes, mass transferring pokemon. I don't understand how anyone can be mad.

[@decofrogs4875]

I like how the official word for marill in this channel is bhillip

[@OlilOlol859]

I feel like the game will take place during the industrial revolution, because street lights existed that time

[@ZacharyBalcaen]

Also x and y are French so the language theory hurt me

[@marisolramirez9591]

I can't wait to get lost in Lumiose City again

[@Jake-ve9bd]

I was born a month before x and y so I'm really excited

[@FreyR_Kunn]

I think the design of the A in the logo is supposed to represent the nature of Kalos, more specifically Lumiose City's once pristine wilderness before it became the major population centre we see it as today. Zygarde's Pokédex entry essentially states Zygarde will show its true power when the ecosystems of Kalos are under attack. Considering the "urban redevelopment plan" shown in the trailer, and the Hausmannian inspirations, I believe the game will cover the loss of nature of the area as Lumiose City expands. The widespread damage to the local ecosystems will prompt Zygarde to appear to try and eliminate the humans destroying the homes of Pokémon. Perhaps we as the player will have to find a way to make Lumiose City a home for both people and Pokémon. This hawks back to the trailer with Lumiose becoming "a place for people and Pokémon," while also showing co-existence with Pokémon that Legends Arceus was hinting towards. The choice of Z-A is likely also referencing AZ, the king of Kalos 3,000 years ago.

[@k.ms.perkins8644]

Pokemon Game's Are supposed to be with kantonian Meowth region reminded me of Japanese kawaii and Hello kitty

[@buusinhojr.9555]

I still hope for instead of a regional variant of the last stage evolution of the starters, they get a brand new evolution. Now, my new hope is that we get a second choice for a starter, but they have megas

[@Sleepyriddle]

Everyone talking about the game: Me: tryna figure out if someone else is gonna get isekai’d and if so, who?

[@TheMonkieKing4]

7:07 I like 'em but my favourite mechanic is Z-Moves

[@BreadSheeran0]

The mega stones aren’t man made because in the anime we see a huge rock of Lucarioite that doesn’t look man made at all

[@lancerofredkarna1867]

No in the games it is stated that AZ ultimate weapon created a another timeline where mega stones exist and mega stones are created by AZ ultimate weapon that's was powered by billions of pokemon sacrifice at the time of war to bring back his pokemon from death.

[@1AlexMatrix0]

POKEMON ZAZA

[@inktirrell5016]

7:00 BRO I FEEL YOU, AND MEGA EVOLUTION JUST FITS AS POKEMON'S MAIN THING. UNLIKE THE OTHER GIMMICK'S.

[@Thelongestshrimp]

yooo new vid :D

[@k.ms.perkins8644]

Lacking of Pokemon evolution and Pokemon evolution isn't allowed in our country and such As France doesn't fit well with the lack of Pokemon aren't Pretending as our creatures and domestic Cat Play's a key role with our country As well

[@maine_street868]

I know im a month late but i think legends ZA will take place in the future or maybe you can time travel to the past and the future(aka the present to us the playerbin the past)to like help in its development or to keep the timeline in check i don't know but that's is what my theory is :)

[@MaritesAbas-jh7qf]

If you making another Headcanon video here's my headcanon : we know alola have kahunas instead of Gym leaders There's 4 kahuna for 4 islands I always mind my myself that There's used to be 8 gym leaders 2 for 1 Island the reason why there's 4 Just because there's no one wants to be an elite four so the 4 Gym leaders become an elite four but no one wanted to be a Gym leader because they enjoyed Mantine surf or don't want to be a pokemon trainer and don't want to stay In the Gym Like 19 Hours so they stucked with 4 Gym leaders later to turn To Kahunas

[@legendsteelix9880]

I just want to play a pokemon game.Dosent matter where it is.In the streets,city,jungle,mountains,Under the ocean,over the clouds.Anywhere is fine.

[@Oscar-mj8fq]

I can finally try get my desired shiny delphox

[@AbhisarPuri]

I am pretty sure that there's a guy with a phone in the background of the trailer so it is most likely in the future.

[@Greedow01]

The only thing I don't understand is everyone compares it to something but I suspect it's somewhere in the past but not that super far from Pokemon legends arceus I suspect technology advanced to a higher level after the invention of pokeballs

[@WafflesKnight_]

7:06 Me. Its like the (competetivly) worst gimick, but the designs are sick tho

[@yourlocalpyro3758]

I’m pretty sure it is modern, or the future. In the trailer (I forget at what point) you see a woman sitting at a cafe table holding what looks to be a smartphone, but the wire-frame style makes it hard to tell so idk

[@ace_of_spades3899]

I will call the new region the leguck because with hasui the term sui was a meme with renaldo screaming it so the guck is from a meme and le is french

[@MuhammadAmirulHakim-rw8zf]

i think pokemon legends z-a is base of Haussmann's renovation of Paris

[@monster-dk7dy]

Something like it being as developed 3000 years ago as now And it got destroyed during a war

[@Bad_pun]

I was so surprised when they announced z-a😂

[@early4thegameNOW]

What surprised me the most was the people who said they were expecting a legends johto. Like, why was they silent until ZA was announced? Why did nobody mention a legends johto before legends za was announced?

[@Bad_pun]

@@early4thegameNOW fair

[@13KuriMaster]

I'd say... every single Kalos pokemon line should get a Mega..... yes, ALL of them. It is not acceptable for the generation to introduce Mega evolution to only have a single pokemon that is able to use it (and said pokemon isn't even obtainable outside of events).

[@gfdx3214]

People expecting unova and saying “all the signs pointing towards it”. That’s just sinnoh confirmed all over again. GF might be ‘greedy’ and all that, but they dont shovel out remakes. Distance between HgSs and ORAS? 2 gens. ORAS and BDSP? 2 gens. Shoveling out remakes might just lead to stagnation, so i consider this a good thing, giving GF a chance to improve its game, which is necessary for the remakes considering the general opinion of BDSP’s failure of a remake. Give them time to reflect so that you get proper remakes for the legendary unova games

[@Dokudragon]

If it is in the future maybe we can find out who The One is

[@Aesc_the_voyager]

5:04 what’s this ost

[@nathanmcclung3564]

I really did not care much about most mega mons. This was mostly because of how they was given out especially to mons that either did not need it or because how op even the weaker ones was. There is also the fact that well the discourse about them made me mad at times.

[@miguelocampo9512]

ok about the past vs future arguement... kalos in the present is a bustling city, where people and pokemon already work together, why would that change in the future? also, is more than well establish the pokemon world is way more advance than our world, so we dont really know how advance the world really was back than. for crying out loud, AZ had a reviving machine that than turns into a death bean! but light bulds is too advance? is the past for sure

[@Ceedog-so3ty]

do you not see the corolation between A-Z AZ

[@Wompton_]

Maybe Z-A means a national dex

[@KalosQueenSERENA]

Welcome back Kalos. Lumiose City and Mega Evolution!

[@KalosQueenSERENA]

Where dreams and adventures begin

[@The_cosmic_dragon1]

Cool

[@jonathanrolle2046]

To me mega evolution don't feel like a gimmick it feels like a important part of the pokemon world.

[@ZacharyBalcaen]

This is baller

[@McGlocklen]

Honestly I hope GF makes a mega charizard Z and A out of pure spite. "Yeah we gave charizard 4 megas, what of it?"

[@johnnyknadler1157]

Non Charizard stans would be fuming if they made Charizard Z (or A)

[@FreddyFazGod]

Z -A Zygarde - Alola

[@vianabdullah2837]

Pokemon X and Y are only seen as alright in retrospect because it never got a follow-up or enhanced version. The same way Hoenn and Sinnoh is carried so much by their third versions.

[@johnnyknadler1157]

Kalos has no third version..

[@vianabdullah2837]

@@johnnyknadler1157 nvm I meant Sinnoh

[@TipsySpinda]

Mega Spindaaaaa!!!

[@littenguy]

Cool video very based

[@GamerProYo]

9:18 I know that guy its MandJTV

[@Benjamin-og2jj]

Imagine the eevee-lotions get eevee-ites

[@JohtoMaster_Gold]

Wait...

[@JohtoMaster_Gold]

Doesn't Z-A imply that it's been 3,000 years? So If Pokémon time doesn't work the same as our time then I was just spitballing, but If it does then doesn't that mean that the kalos wars took place in the BC era?🤨

[@Lilfern710]

YO-KAI WATCH MENTIONED RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAA 👹

[@SoftwareLearningify]

so, pla is theorized to take place in the 1860s ish, and the redevelopment plan of paris fits perfectly with the redevekopment plan of lumiose, AND it ALSO takes place in the 1860s ish, so that would be my guess

[@diostaku2]

It would be contemporaneous with the events of Legends Arceus as well.

[@eiya2003]

Real gen 5 fans rejoiced when they didn't announce a Unova game. I would know, cause I'm one of those fans

[@somethingcraft3148]

Street lights were invented in the 16th century, And Pokémon legends Arceus is based off of the 19th century. Meaning your off by four centuries.

[@johnnyknadler1157]

Three

[@22cstorm]

I feel like I would rather see a Mew Z instead of a Mewtwo Z

[@Theserperiortrainer497]

Its blueprints not wireframe

[@TrueWarriorJak]

I'm sorry Ash Greninja totally counts as a mega.

[@jesoko6724]

Pokemon X/Y were the most forgettable games for me, which is a shame because it introduced a lot of mechanics that definitely improved the franchise. It was the first to introduce the 3rd person POV, in depth character customization, Fairy type, Mega-evolution, and "rent-able" pokemon mechanics which would eventually overhaul the HM system. So many improvements in a forgettable story and region. Unova is my favorite, but I am so here for a Kalos redemption. It definitely deserves it. I'm also loving that they are using this series to do heavy experimentation. As much as I loved Arceus, the franchise as a whole can get repetitive (which is why X/Y is so forgettable in the first place), so I don't want to see them fall into a long stretch of Arceus clones. I'm here for the super limited map. I'm here for all of it.

[@Cuzzobacc]

I just hope they don’t ruin kalos

[@WalnutOW]

Pokemon ZaZa 🍃

[@Acrimonie]

This.

[@johnnyknadler1157]

Ah

[@_StarlightRose_]

People demanded mega evolution return and now those exact same fans are saying they only brought it back because they ran out of ideas People are weird, man

[@johnnyknadler1157]

“Bring it back!!” “Bruh why’d you bring it back? Are you seriously out of ideas? 😒”

[@YumOshawott]

Pokémon Amazon Shipping

[@k.ms.perkins8644]

Pokemon anime don't follow our region and such As Pokemon mega evolutions don't fit well with France but unfortunately France don't fit well with the Year's of numbers duh 🙄

[@_StarlightRose_]

Hokkaido became part of Japan around the same time as the rebuilding of Paris and the industrial revolution, the 1800s, meaning it is probably actually around the same time as Legends: Arceus

[@diostaku2]

Yeah, the historical reference is very obvious.

[@_StarlightRose_]

@@diostaku2 yeah A couple decades after Legends: Arceus at the most

[@diostaku2]

@@_StarlightRose_ In fact, the great colonization of Hokkaido occurred in 1869 and Haussmann's renovation of Paris technically ended in 1870. So it wouldn't be strange if Game Freak wants us to think that both games take place at the same time.

[@Clawnyan]

I enjoy ur vids alot! even if i don't comment often in any case i will say i'm praying they don't do mega charizard z... hopefully no new kanto starter megas or z megas for blastoise and venusaur to actually make the rep fair lol. especially since booth mega charizard x and y will be usable in one game without trading, presuming the kanto starters are even there (they dont make sense in the wild in kalos, be it past, present or future (pretty sure sycamore got them elsewhere) also side note: mega aerodactyl and mega mewtwo was already a stretch lol... now its an extreme suspension of disbelief that mewtwo has 3 entire megas

[@Theserperiortrainer497]

THE HAUSMAN PARIS "REDEVELOPMENT " LITERALLY HAPPENS IN 1850 (same time as PLA(yes pla does happen at that time, you would see tape ))So yes probably past .

[@diostaku2]

Definitely the past, people just saw something cool in the trailer and lost their minds. The story reference is not only super obvious but also coincides perfectly with the historic reference that inspires Legends Arceus. I mean, it's so perfect that it would be crazy if it weren't.