GameCentral gets a first look at how Pokémon Legends: Z-A handles trainer battles and its rogue mega evolution boss fights.

Despite all its technical problems, compared to other first party Nintendo Switch games, Pokémon Legends: Arceus was a welcome and much needed change of pace for the Pokémon series, after the rather uninspired Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Its influences can be felt in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet too (particularly certain quality-of-life touches), and many fans hoped it wouldn’t be just a one-off experiment. So many were pleased to see Pokémon Legends: Z-A be announced early last year, ahead of any Generation 10 games.

Z-A will serve as Pokémon’s debut on the Nintendo Switch 2, although it’s also being released on Switch 1, as a cross-gen game, and has been primarily de

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