Feels good to write again to be honest I spent some time away trying to sort through things and I am often harsher on games when I am in a bad mood. I do have some criticisms for this game. Some major and some minor, first I will be comparing this game to Pokemon Legends Arceus and X/Y and Omega Ruby/ Alpha Sapphire, second there are more minor things than major which I’m okay with, and finally this review is my opinion so that could be different than yours.

So Legends ZA takes place entirely in Lumious City the larger Kalos region is mentioned a few times, but I do like that the goal isn’t to become champion it is to become the best Trainer in the ZA Royale contest and actually filling the Pokedex rewards the player powerful TMs and eventually the Shiny Charm, and the story answers some questions from the gen six games. I am now out of good things to say.

Now for the game itself. This game has no voice acting again. Ever since Gen 6 we have had full blown cutscenes and while it doesn’t bother me the characters move their mouths and nothing comes out. I think the only reason it bothers me this time is Digimon just released their newest game too and it has voice acting and before you say that Digimon has more experience with that given every game has had voice acting save the DS titles. If you want to exclude Digimon then remember: Detective Pikachu and its sequel have voice acting.

Next, it is surprisingly difficult every Wild Area past 2 has an Alpha spawn acting as a challenge and with how limited these areas can be you will lose to one. Take Wild Area 6 the whole place is watched by an Alpha Houndoom you will lose to that thing and with how cramped some areas are it is not rare for one Alpha to chase the player into another Alpha.

Lastly, there are sidequests that give items and rare hold items. I would much rather the reward be Mega Stones and hold items. Now before you say the Mega Stone’s are rewards there are only about 10 given out. The gen six games had them hidden rewarding the player for exploring here there is no reason to go out and explore Lumious City if the best items are behind Mable’s Research or sold and upgrades behind the players health and exp are behind platforming challenges.

Now for the main draw to this game the mega evolutions and plot. Most of the new Megas look good and aren’t too bad I think the only one I didn’t like was Starmie’s new mega something about it doesn’t look good. As for the plot this game takes place 5 years after the events of X/Y and your goal is to become a rank A trainer in a tournament so you can team up with Zygarde and AZ’s Floette to save Lumious City. You also learn what has happened to some of these characters over that time.

There are things I liked about this game and admittedly what I listed here is more minor complaints probably the fastest I ever completed a Pokedex, but still a fun game. I did miss how in Legends Arceus areas were more open and had an open feel to them, but I think it works for what it is.

8.5/10