Pokemon Legends Z-A coming 2025
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The meme of "It's been 3000 years" has never felt more appropriate ever.
I get it because AZ in Kalos
It's going to be flooding the subredit for sure XD
@@jonathanpayne4772guess what backwards of AZ is?
This is what I've been waiting for
Am I the only one that read it as Zeta?.
Everyone suspected Pokemon Legends in Unova, or maybe in Johto, but honestly, Kalos one is a pleasant suprise.
It was obvious tbh. Kalos and Sinnoh legendaries were the only old ones not featured in Indigo Disk, which itself was almost entirely based in Unova. They weren't going to bring Unova back after having an expansion set there and we already got Sinnoh remakes and Legends. Kalos was the outlier.
@stAutumn it was not obvious. if it was so obvious, these comments you are replying to would not exist in its regular abundance.
@@SunniestAutumn It was exactly because there was no reference to Kalos that no one expected it to be about Kalos.
@@SunniestAutumnI mean honestly, I could see them doing unova because if the expansion being set in unova.
@@SunniestAutumnno
“You were expecting Johto… but it was ME! KALOS!”
Actually I was expecting Unova, because the previous Legends was Sinnoh But hey, I like the idea
_...iS thAt a JohTo rEfeRenCE?"
@@Stratelierit's a JoJo reference
@@jurrehuizinga7136I'm pretty sure that was the joke, johto sounds like JoJo but with a T lol
I wasn't expecting jhoto tbh. Let's go was an early switch years one off to lure in the casual pokemon go crowd. Hence the identical mechanics and at the time, pokemon available, and linking meltan to let's go. Since pokemon go was still fresh at the time and gen 1 was the only available mons in go
Man the ending of the stream was an absolute mic drop from Pokemon Company: ➡ *_Announce Legends Kalos ZA game_* ➡ *_Refuses to elaborate_* ➡ *_Ends the stream there and leaves the community in mayhem_*
That's what they did with SV lol 😭😭
I like how basically everyone went "IT'S KALOS??" XD
I ran a poll on my Tumblr and added "hell freezes over and they give Kalos something" as a joke option. HELL FROZE OVER, AND I'M SO HAPPY.
Tumblr users are clearly psychic
I mean if cm punk can return to wwe then I guess anythings possibly
Tumblr is where you play dodgeball with Apollo
Hail Yeah!!! Hell froze over!!!
finaly about to finish pokemon Z, took em awhile eh? lol
Kalos was SO LEFT FIELD
Indeed. But it is welcome. Kalos was my first region (Y was my first game), so I’m hyped
I wouldn't say completely out of left field. There was the theory of Paldea and Kalos being connected. Still, not completely expected!
So fun fact, its not Kalos, JUST lumiose city.... no region.
@@MyLittleGreenHairdedMermaid well, remember that legends arceus was a survey type game with jubilife village as the central hub while you explore the rest of sinnoh. i expect legends z-a to do the same with lumiose city and the rest of kalos.
There was so much foreshadowing in S&V!
I couldn't stop laughing at - ' I NEED MORE INFORMATION ' 🤣🤣
You are a fake botter account
@@BDayGhostiehow is he a bot account
@sebia1238 1 million subs 1 video and it posted on almost on almost every video on trending with a generic npc commentary.
i hope this does not not mean that gen 5 will get no remake experience like all other gyns before it
@@Riley_Stormthere getting a remake buddy idk how you could think it won’t. Last time Legends released BDSP released within 3 months of the other
Very underrated Pokémon in terms of Lore
"No don't just end it!" Literally me at the end of this video TALK TO US MICHAEL DON'T JUST LEAVE
One thing i feel people are overlooking about the title is that its the inverse of AZ which could hint to his involvement in the game
I realised that as soon as I said the name out loud, super hyped
I mean I feel like its kind of given AZ is in the game, he has been in Kalos for 3000 years
Nobody is overlooking that, my guy
It is a legends game. Legends games are set in the past, based off precedent of the 1 legends game we have. AZ is over 3000 years old. With the folder in question being Urban Redevelopment, i would hazard the assumption that this game will be taking place after the Great War that took place during Az's time.
@wanderinwolf3804 Except, exactly. We only have one Legends game. Did Gamefreak ever release a statement that Legends games have to take place in the past? Pretty sure they didn't.
I love how his face lights up from seeing pokemon legends 3:40 and then goes even wilder at the Z appearing, and then goes into despair after seeing 2025. mickey went through all the stages of grief.
I went through denial at the end "no no, it has to be fake. A troll. A ROUSE"
I'm actually not too badly disappointed by the 2025 They've set huge expectations with the previous Legends game, I'd rather they develop too long so we can get a good game rather than them rushing and it inevitably being a terrible game
@@akenohononiku916 the previous legends game has a terrible battling mode only liked by poseur ecelebs and pokemon haters, thankfully za may fix that by just being a prequel game but actually playing well battle wise
@@shinken6636what are you yapping about
@@shinken6636bros gotta be trolling the battling was great
"We want a new Legends game!" "No, we want Pokemon Z!" The Pokemon Company: "I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move."
FINALLY!!! Zygarde gets his own game! Very underrated Pokémon in terms of Lore
Imagine Zygarde isn't even involved
Sun and Moon ruined our boy.
@@Victoreatsfood. Indeed they did 😔
It’s only been, what, a DECADE
@@Victoreatsfood. I mean, there was that one time in the manga (I don’t know, if it’s official or not) where Zygarde 100% was fighting Ultra Necrozma and Zygarde was giving him a run for his money. At least temporarily
Best part about this, there's no mainline Pokemon Game of 2024. We got a whole year to wait for this LET'S GOOO!!!
They could just surprise us with a spin off for 2024!! Or this new legends game could release Jan2025 (hopefully not) since PLA released in Jan22
@@Svithi.N.98 a spin-off would be made by someone not Gamefreak so that would be fine
@@Svithi.N.98 This is clearly going to be launched with switch 2 And leakes says that switch 2 will be launched around March 2025 So yeah, we have quite the wait uh?
@@Marco-fs9bs I am all ready to wait as long it takes for new games!! It made me quite sad seeing ppl keep on complaining about the performance state of SV which totally overshadowed the actually good things about SV
I agree that was one of the more exciting parts as this hopefully means it will be more polished, the same for next generation as well
Ah yes. Pokemon Legends is a official series now
Tecnically is just part of the main series
I wonder if they’re going to have a spin off series based on the game starring Alain and Marin.
@@greninjahox212 what i mean is, i thought the POKEMON LEGENDS* was just a title for legends arcues but now that i see this its now a spin-off series
3:35 Mikey really went from confused and not very interested to just confused to slightly confused with a lot of excitement to absolutely 99.9% ecstatic and 0.01% confused to slightly confused
3:46 PLZ-A was such a big announcement, it turned Mikey into Brook for a few seconds 💀
Underrated comment 🤣
YOHOHOHOHO!
Man couldn’t believe his eyes! …that is…if he had any eyes!!! *_YOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!_*
cringey, and supporting a molester mangaka after he revealed his true ways last year
@@Soul_Slayer because he's a skeleton, you see
The look on Michael's face when the "Z" appeared onscreen was so friggin genuine and adorable it gives me life.
Mikey had the calmest reaction to megas coming back out of everyone I've watched 😂
It's Kalos, a return from Mega Evolution is not surprising in the least.
@@gengarzilla1685 lol I know. It's just every other youtuber I've watched had a really big reaction (esp the ones that play competitive) and Mikey's like "That's great. Anyway-"
Cliff: MEGA IS BACK?! PM8: MEGA IS BACK?! Fans: MEGA IS BACK?! MnJ: well DUH mega is back
@@magical_regicalmakes sense honestly since he’s the LEAST knowledgeable KZheadr in competitive
this was actually probably the best choice for a new legends game. - finally finishing the x and y story - whole game is based in one city making for a really interesting gameplay experience - mega evolution is back - kalos starters most likely in the wild, marking by far the easiest way to obtain them (they're in indigo disk but you have to pay like 9000 bp to get all three) - furfrou appears in a switch game for the first time, one of only 22 remaining pokemon yet to appear in one natively (with 13 being mythicals) - diancie, hoopa, and volcanion are most likely readily accessible without mystery gift for the first time, also marking the first time where diancie and hoopa are legitimately obtainable in all regions of the world since 2016 - az's floette could be obtainable for the first time - 100 zygarde cells is less than 107 spiritomb wisps? obviously a lot of this is speculation but given what legends arceus did, it's not too far-fetched to assume that legends z-a will do a lot of these too
What I find interesting is that in the beginning of S&V everyone was talking about the connection to Kalos until the dlc. The fact that S&V was on the border of Kalos and at that border we saw Kalos Pokemon. People originally thought that Kalos would have been where we go in the dlc. It makes sense it’s Kalos.
Thank god it wasn't the DLC area. Kalos already played second fiddle to Hoenn in its own debut generation, it didn't need to be an appendage of Paldea too. An actual game is much preferred.
@@gengarzilla1685 Unova ended up getting that treatment instead.
I like that reference to the anime because the first episode of Pokémon the series XYZ is called from A to Z and the new legends game is called Pokémon Legends Z to A or ZA
I think of that episode where Squishy was introduced.
I'd be very happy if they don't directly reference that tumour on the otherwise good XY anime series.
@@gengarzilla1685 Don't put down Squishy like that.
They spent so much time teasing Johto only to hit us with that Kalos whammy at the end
Showing off Unown in the clips and Tyranitar/Raikou in the completely unrelated side game promos is not Johto teasing. Y'all are trying to read so deep between the lines that you end up missing what's clear in from of you.
I LOVE HOW MIKEY JUST DID NO RESPONSE TO MEGA COMING BACK OTHER THEN “well ya” THAT WAS TOO GOOD
I mean yeah, why would they make a Kalos game without Mega Evolution in it? It was the gimmick of the region, of course it was gonna come back.
@@Jessica_Schweser well ya but just the fact that Mikey was so Nonshallaunt at it after being like hyped for the new legends trailer was just hilarious
@@Jessica_Schweser Everyone has been wanting megas since their last debut in the mainline games. Z crystals, Dynamax/Gigantamax and Terastallization are cool but there is something about megas, they should return to megas from now on.
@@SisyphusSRB Oh I know, I wanted them back too and it’s awesome we’re getting them beck!
@@Jessica_Schweser Mega Flygon baby! (Probably not)
Let's also not forget... Furfrou gets its Switch debut!!
Been waiting for Furfrou tbh
Pokemon home is freed
@@Theserperiortrainer497 and I guess the three monkeys
if we cant give it a haircut ill cry
Please give it pharaoh teim
This makes total sense now that I think of it ... Of course they'd revisit a place based on France when this year's Olympics are... In Paris. Riding that hype train.
“I NEED MORE INFORMATION!” You and all the rest of us Mikey!! This was such a left turn I never could’ve expected. I thought for sure Black and White, not a new Legends IN KALOS IN LUMIOSE
OMG OMG OMG THE MEGA SYMBOL AT THE END im literally freaking out rn kalos was my first region and first anime, zygarde is my 2nd favorite legend, and just wow, just wow
His reaction at 3:05 is priceless. Idk if hes happy or sad but ik Mikey is very surprised. IM HYPED FINALLY A GOOD KALOS GAME FOR MY GEN 6 STAN ASS TO ENJOY
Many are confused because of the holographic presentation but gonna say it here... That's why it's called Pokemon Legends Z-A because its usually takes place before the original game comes up. The holographic presentation is just a blueprint for redeveloping the urbanize Lumiose City. The key words here we know it's before XY is the "A Vision of beautiful coexistence between people and Pokemon..." means that there are still conflict with the relationship if pokemon and humans. Modern eras are now getting along with pokemon but here it's to coexist. Also not a coincidence that they choose Kalos after Paldea because Paldea is a representation of Spain so it's near France which Kalos is based on. Not gonna be surprised if they mentioned Paldea and Galar (representation of UK) because they were in war before.
Also, Urban Redevelopment is exactly what's happening in Paris at the exact same time the Meiji were colonizing Hokkaido.
I'm thinking Belle Epoque era France/Paris@@high_inquisitor_n5245
I'm so glad its coming out next year instead of this year. They might actually be giving the games the time to develop that they need
We all want a _Legends_ *Celebi* game based off the ancient history of Johto, but we’re just gonna have to be patient haha
Your the first person I've heard say that
All of these hopes for Legends Celebi are based on the patently wrong idea of LGPE representing FRLG in the original -> remake track. I called the red herring here.
We ALL...? Not sure about that
😂😂 your reaction at the end had me cracking up lol Mikey: "I need more informtion!" Me: We all do Mikey, we all do lol.
bro why does he sound so pissed when he finds out its kalos🤣🤣🤣
When they showed the unown I was certain it was Johto. The the visual I was thinking legends and golden rod. Then had the exact reaction to the tower. So excited for this.
This is our long awaited Pokémon Z! It’s been 3000 years!
Ain’t anyone gonna talk about 3:45 that reaction was priceless.
I agree. 😂
This is awesome! Pokemon X was my first Pokemon game in the main series!
Imagine waking up to a lightning deity sleeping on the floor of your room
I think the game is going to take place roughly at the same time as Legends Arceus. In the late 1800s Paris went through an urban renewal in which Napoleon wanted it to become the city of the future. It took literal decades but they transformed Paris from an outdated town into a modern metropolitan City, and screwed over a lot of people and went into monstrous debt in the process. But I think the hologram version of modern Lumiose City we see it's supposed to be the idealic dream of the urban redevelopment program in universe
Or blueprint reference
@@onebear6504 yes I think it's a blueprint reference and that's why I believe everything I just said. I don't think that's or.
2:16 most of the reaction videos i saw started with this 😂😂😂 "Yayy.. Its not ILCA its Gamefreak" 😅😅 Poor ILCA
THE YAHVALTAL MEMES ARE COMING BACK BABEY!!!!
As a Kalos fan I see this as an absolute win and I’m glad the game is coming in 2025 so they have more time to work on the game! And the employees can go home and see their families!!! Also this was the biggest jabaited moment from the Pokemon Company!
love how every poketuber is confused about the soe yue ? part, while presents showed the unowns were in wrong order at beginning.... its: see you?
*leans back and exclaims, "I need more information" Literally me 😅
OH MY GOD I CANT WAIT TO PLAY THAT KALOS IS MY FAVORITE REGION AND ITS BEEN LEFT OUT SO MUCH
Mikey your reaction is probably the most genuine I have seen lol I love it
Pokémon X was my first pokémon game (I never got a Nintendo console before the 3DS lol) so seeing Kalos get some (DESERVED) love/update makes me very happy!
So I didn't realize it until much later that the unown at the end is an anagram of "See You" maybe as like a "see you later" type send off. I think we all can agree with Mikey here, WE NEED MORE INFO
Considering the Unown were jumbled up in the beginning perhaps they are at the end as well. I think they were trying to say "See you?" before the last clip.
"It's happening already? It's only been twelve minutes!" is gonna get so misquoted 😅
Oh my god. I never thought I'd live to see the day that kalos gets a remake
pokemon company: "So we're doing some thing next year, and we're telling you basically nothing bout it" Michael: "THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!"
WE ALL NEED MORE INFO!!🤩
I'm happy with this announcement. Were finally getting Pokémon Z after so many years. And it may be for Switch 2 since its 2025. It's a good thing they are skipping a whole year and actually listening to fans and taking their time. This has potential to be amazing. Oh, and I'm hyped for new Kalosian forms and new MEGAS!!!! And for clarification, this game is a Legends game, so it is NOT in the future like many people have been speculating, it takes place in the past 3000 years ago during/ after the Great Pokémon war that destroyed Lumiose City, that's why they are Re-developing it again with the redevelopment plan. Plus, the name makes sense. Its Z-A because of the character AZ from X and Y.
Hopefully it’s on switch and not just switch 2
Keep up the awesome work and videos Mikey love the video
This is why I love watching Mikey's reactions always. The shock and emotions are so genuine lol
The fact that it's a Legends game makes me believe that the Pokemon Company/Gamefreak wants to focus on a series where we see how different regions first got to live together with Pokemon. We did that in Hisui and now in Lumiose City. I saw someone have a theory that it might be about the rebuilding of Lumiose City after the Kalos war and my take on that is that they're gonna learn to see Pokemon as something other than weapons of mass destruction
I'm happy. Were finally getting Pokémon Z after so many years. And it may be for Switch 2 since its 2025. It's a good thing they are skipping a whole year and actually listening to fans and taking their time. This has potential to be amazing. Oh, and I'm hyped for new Kalosian forms and new MEGAS!!!! And for clarification, this game is a Legends game, so it is NOT in the future like many people have been speculating, it takes place in the past 3000 years ago during/ after the Great Pokémon war that destroyed Lumiose City, that's why they are Re-developing it again with the redevelopment plan. Plus, the name makes sense. Its Z-A because of the character AZ from X and Y.
It’s definitely in the past, but probably not 3,000 years ago I think that’s a bit too far back
I saw the live stream of it earlier so can’t wait to see your reaction to it!
Amazing reaction my friend well done 😂
I really wanted more Kalos more than anything, but no new Johto (especially with the red herrings) feels so wrong coming after the game I’ve been waiting for forever. I’m happy and hype for Z-A, but I also crave 3D Johto. It looks fun.
Dude I am SO EXCITED for more Kalos!!! That was the region that was happening when I got back into Pokémon when I was in middle school, and Pokémon X was the first Pokémon game I ever played! I still love it and it still has a special place in my heart and I cannot WAIT to see what they decide to do with it!! Especially if they’re going the same route as Legends: Arceus and have it take place in a historical setting of some kind, if it’s intended to parallel the reconstruction of Paris after revolution, then I’m even MORE EXCITED because I am a historian and I LOVE when Pokémon expands its history!!
I've flicked through everyone's reactions and this is my fave haha
I think the combination of the lack of gameplay footage and the fact that it did not specify early 2025, it could mean that the game isn't going to come out until the end of 2025. Which probably means we're not going to get information for a long time.
I love how this trailer hypes us so much by building up with Kalos before it bombs us with the Legends subtitle
We will 100% see mega charizard Z memes in the next meme review
love ur contant, keep it up!
Im so excited for Legends Z-A! Was watching a few other reaction videos too due to excitement but just noticed that it says Redevelopment of lumiose city, makes it more exciting to me, love Kalos & Gen 6 😊
Love how no one expected or even talked about a Kalos remake much needed btw
had the exact same reactions 😂 and how fitting, I'm doing my first playthrough of Kalos right now!
finally the kalos remakes i have been waiting for this
Has anyone else realised that the Legends: Arkoos Lord's and Lady's types reflect the Kalos Gym leaders type specialties? No? Just me?
I’m so excited, like the possibility of new mega evolutions is about to me my new personality for the next year
that whoooooo at the end man but was nostalgic
I've been waiting age's for a game based in Kalos now my prayers where answered and I for one am so dang happy! 😊
Nice to see Kalos finally getting some love after a decade.
I love how Mikey caught on faster than Ttar did. Ttar was floundering even after he saw the tower.
I agree! Kalos was the first region I played when I got a 3DS and Xerneas is my favorite Legendary.
Finaaaaaaaallly a Kalos remake, I have been waiting for this for so long
I think this is the Pokemon Z that we’ve been waiting for.
What I think is happening here is the aftermath and rebuilding after the Great Pokémon War with the whole reconstruction thing and the city looking pretty similar to modern day
Took him 2 seconds to realize the title of the new game
I had almost the exact same reaction. “I need more information!”
i *love* how they were teasing jotoh the whole time and the actual new game is kalos
This may be a stretch. but that A in the title could also serve as the symbol for Delta, tying in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. In the trailer it had pokemon that got their megas in X and Y but we had a few other that got megas in ORAS. I thought saw a Pidgeoto and maybe a beedril as well, still unsure. I've gone back and tried to identify every pokemon but some I just can't make out. Again it may be a stretch LOL. I'm very excited regardless.
We all need more information 😂😂
I think you're the first person I've seen to notice the A in the title. And I'm with you on wanting more info. Knowing the game exists is great, but at least getting to know the Starters would've been nice.
POKEMON LEGENDS ZYGARDE!!!! OUR CRIES HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!! THANK YOU LORD!
Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the perfect opportunity to dwell in on the Great Pokemon War with AZ and his Floette, the Limited Mega Forms in the Present, and lore behind Ash-Greninja, making these core/side journeys on the Zygarde plot planned for the game. Like making the atmosphere at the time allowing mega forms for some pokemon to be exclusive at that time period (like an old Zygarde form had aura for those exclusive megas), having the time period take place during the Mega Stone meteorites from space or having their mega stones collected/destroyed during the war, implying that those "old" mega forms got extinct/were forgotten in the future, the same parallels for Hisuian forms gone extinct and has barely any reminders in thr present day. As for the Ash-Greninja lore, they could have Greninja's form as old Kalos's Legendary Guardian alongside the ninja hero from the Pokemon XYZ anime to make them one of the heroes who helped in a Zygarde incident at that time period. Add in a Mega Charizard Z still exclusive to that time and a rival/antagonist/possile champion similar to Volo in Legends Arceus and that could also parallel to Ash and Alain being the reincarnations of these two characters ( I got the idea of Naruto and Sasuke being reincarnations of Ashura and Indra), or perhaps have the ninja hero be the you; the playable character the hero of this journey. As for the Great Pokemon War, Gamefreak could perhaps find ways to connect these events, from the Mega phenomenon to the connections of AZ and floette, to the Greninja lore, I mean the game title itself is swapped with AZ's name, perhaps that was intented or just a coincidence but if ever a plot was already made or implemented, these storylines are one of the perfect ones to include in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Wow! This is really cool because I never played X/Y so this is gunna be new for me!
My first pokemon game was pokemon Y so I love this announcement, like Micheal I recognized lumiose tower immediatly and I can't wait
from that little tease at the end, I think we maybe going to the future, or going back and forth in time and until more info is available these are the theories that I find most likely... of course there could be no time travel this time, but where's the fun in that. Edit: I just thought about the name Z-A, obviously dealing with the Zygard, but it could also represent going from the end to the beginning.
I'm actually really excited about the card game app. I was hoping they would put out something like that!
I am so excited and so happy for this announcement. Finally Kalso gets justice!
i feel like part of the reason why we didn't get any announcements of any unova remakes yet is because we in general have been asking for gamefreak to bring mega evolutions back and the legends game for kalos is how they did it
I got so excited when it showed the mega evo symbol(or whatever it's called)
Literally so many chills
Yeah, me too pal, I was shocked but then SUPER EXCITED MEGAS ARE BAAAAAAACK!!!!!!! 🎇
So the trailer says "a vision of pokemon and people coexisting" meaning that in legends Z-A, lumiose city is still being built