Pokemon Legends Z-A confirms its starting trio, and it leans on the Gold/Silver lineup much more than I was expecting
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The Pokemon Company has just spilled all the juicy details on Pokemon Legends Z-A , an open-world take on Pokemon X and Y's Lumiose City, and its trio of starters certainly lean on Generation 2 much more than I was expecting.
With the Pokemon Legends Z-A starters now confirmed, we know that newbie trainers will be able to pick between the small Grass-type dino Chikorita, the plump Fire-type Tepig, and the adorable Water-type Totodile as starters, as seen in the game's new Pokemon Presents trailer.
They definitely caught me off guard since Chikorita and Totodile come from the same Generation 2 games, Pokemon Gold and Silver, and their Gen 2 sibling Cyndaquil also headlined the last Legends game. (Someone at The Pokemon Company clearly has good taste.)
Whoever you decide to partner up with, it seems your in-game rival and frenemy will pick a starter that's weak against yours, based on the trailer. So, if you make the correct decision and choose Chikorita, your rival will very kindly put themselves at a disadvantage and pick Totodile.
Starters from Generation 6, Pokemon X and Y, are nowhere to be seen in the upcoming game's newest trailer, but that doesn't mean Chespin, Froakie, and Fennekin won't show up eventually. Pokemon Legends: Arceus hid away starter 'mons from the generation it was inspired by, so there's no reason why the Kalos region's beloved mascots won't rear their heads here, too.
Pokemon Legends Z-A was also re-confirmed to come to Nintendo Switch sometime later this year , with Mega Evolutions happily returning. Hopefully, our starting trio will get some epic new forms, too.
Elsewhere in today's livestream, we got our first look at a PvP multiplayer battler coming to Switch and mobile , new updates for spin-offs like Pokemon Unite and TCG, and much more.
