Pokémon Legends: Z-A release date announced

Nintendo has announced the release date of Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

The upcoming Pokémon Legends game will launch across Switch and Switch 2 on 16th October. Pre orders for Pokémon Legends: Z-A will begin on 5th June, via the Nintendo eShop.

Along with revealing the release date, Nintendo also shared the upcoming game’s cover art, which you can see in full further down this article, although I cropped it a bit for the header image above if you just fancy a taster now that you know the date.

Here’s a gameplay trailer for Pokémon Legends: Z-A from earlier this year. Watch on YouTube

“In addition to the Nintendo Switch title, a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will offer improved graphics and frame rates,” the Pokémon social media account added in an additional post. “The digital and physical versions of Pokemon Legends Z-A can be upgraded to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition via upgrade pack.”

As for the game itself, here’s what the official blurb says: “Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a new frontier for the Pokémon video game series, blending an RPG story unfolding in a single city with action elements and a real-time battle system unlike anything seen before in the franchise.

“Trainers can look forward to the beginning of a new adventure in Lumiose City – one woven by people and Pokémon together!”

Cover art for Pokémon Legends Z-A featuring the game’s main characters and their partner Pokémon battling a Mega-Evolved Pokémon at night in Lumiose City.
Image credit: Nintendo

In addition to the release date news, the Pokémon team has announced its next Pokémon Presents presentation. This will be held on 22nd July (“See you there, Trainers!”), although the studio has not yet shared an exact time.

In the meantime and for more on Pokémon Legends: Z-A, it’s worth looking through our roundup of everything revealed in the big Pokémon Presents earlier this year. You can also look forward to some long-wished-for Pokémon Lego sets some time in 2026.


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