Feb 202025
Can you believe it’s almost been a whole year since Pokémon Legends: Z-A was announced?
February 27 is always Pokémon Day, and there’s usually a Pokémon Presents on that day to celebrate.
2025 is no exception, as the next Pokémon Presents showcase has been announced for February 27 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET.
Last year, Game Freak took everyone by surprise when they announced not a new Johto or Unova game like rumors claimed they would, but a new Pokémon Legends game set in the Kalos region and seemingly involving Zygarde, Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
We still know almost nothing about this game, except that it will be out this year for the Nintendo Switch.
I absolutely loved Pokémon Legends: Arceus, so even though X/Y wasn’t one of my favorite Pokémon generations, I’ve been excited for Legends: Z-A ever since it was announced. Learning more about it at this Pokémon Presents feels almost like a guarantee, and it’s the one thing I’m looking forward to the most.
It would also be nice to see another spin-off announced, too, like a new Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (no, I haven’t played the ones in my backlog yet) or a third game in the style of Detective Pikachu (I might be the only one cheering if that happens), although they tend to devote a lot of time in these presentations to their mobile game updates.
And is it too soon for them to announce the next gen? If they do, I wouldn’t expect more than a tiny teaser, to avoid distracting from Z-A.
What are you expecting or hoping to see from the Pokémon Presents?
I’m expecting the Z-A will be a cross gen title for both Switch and Switch 2, maybe updated graphics if they do Switch 2 (actually who am I kidding, Pokemon will never go for updated modern graphics lol)
I do expect them to announce something weird and completely out of left field, like Pokemon Sleep or Alarmo.
One thing I do think has a higher chance of being announced is another Netflix show, such as another season of Pokemon Concierge, which was cute and had a fun and different animation style. Or maybe a game based on that? I could see a game based on that.
There have been rumors that Z-A will just be for the first Switch, but since Switch games will play on Switch 2 anyway, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some sort of improvements.
Oh, that’s an interesting idea. As someone who doesn’t keep track of the shows much, if you’d asked me what Pokemon Concierge was, I would have guessed a mobile game.