Pokemon Legends Z-A sleuths are using fashion history and Gen 6's French-inspired setting to work out exactly when the new game is set
Feb. 29, 2024We already know Kalos was based around France
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Pokemon fans are speculating which time periodPokemon Legends Z-Awill be based on, and there are some pretty compelling theories out there.
Pokemon fans are now speculating which time period inspired Lumiose City in Pokemon Legends Z-A. Just below, for example, one fan posits that, because of the major urban redevelopment plans, not to mention the choice of fashion in the game’s trailer, Pokemon Legends Z-A might well be based on 1960s Paris.
Of course, we already know that the Kalos region drew extensively from France as its setting back in Gen 6. This is why so many fan theories are looking into French history now, and coupled with the huge tower jutting out of the middle of Lumiose City resembling the Eiffel Tower, it’s an easy solution to come to.
However, another user has also hit on the same Paris setting but in a different period. The fan below theorizes that because of Paris’s redevelopment plans back in the 1850s and the Eiffel Tower finishing construction in 1889, Pokemon Legends Z-A could instead be themed around Paris from the 1890s instead of the 1960s.
It’s worth mentioning that this wouldn’t be the first time a Pokemon game has used a specific time period in history for its visual themes. Pokemon Legends Arceus drew inspiration from Feudal Japan, for example, basically throwing the entire player base back in time for a brand new adventure set in the past, without the technology we’re used to in the Pokemon games today.
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