Pokemon Legends: Z-A has got fans celebrating the X and Y sequel we never got: "Pokemon Z is real, we just needed to wait a decade"
Feb. 27, 2024This is the closest fans have got to Pokemon Z
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The newly-announcedPokemon Legends Z-Ahas got fans reminiscing about Gen 6 and the X and Y sequel we never got.
Very quickly after Z-A’s reveal, Pokemon fans started reminding each other about Pokemon Z - a game that never actually existed. Traditionally, before DLC became the standard,The Pokemon Companyhad a habit of releasing two mainline games and then a sequel to complete them. For example: Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, and so on.
Pokemon Z-A isn’t exactly the Pokemon Z we’ve been waiting for, but that hasn’t stopped fans from celebrating anyway. “Pokémon Z is real, we just needed to wait a decade,” one Twitter userjoked. “They finally made Pokemon Z and it’s in the Legends style, hell yeah,” another fansaid. “POKEMON Z WAS ALWAYS REAL,” anotherdeclared.
“No one had Pokemon f****** Z coming as a Legends game in their bingo,” aReddituser has shared. “How am I supposed to ask ‘where Pokemon Z’ on every Nintendo presentation now?” another asked. This led another fan to reply: “Now you can start asking WHEN Pokemon Z!”
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