The best Pokemon in Legends: Z-A’s Season 9 Ranked Battles
Posted on 1 day ago by Ethan Gnau in Guides, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s ninth season of ranked battles has begun, and it completely bans Legendary and Mythical Pokemon. Order has been restored! And, more importantly, if you happen to be going for the dreaded Consummate Gamer title achievement, this is the season to do it – the power level is now much lower, and the top Pokemon all have defined checks and counters. Whether you are or aren’t going for Consummate Gamer, today we’re going over all of the top Pokemon you can use on your team to get some wins.
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Pokemon Home 4.0.0 update released, support for Pokemon Legends: Z-A and Pokemon Champions added – patch notes
Posted on 3 days ago by Cris-(chito) in Mobile, News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
As previously announced, Pokemon Home has received a version 4.0.0 update. Users should be seeing the update roll out now on mobile and Nintendo Switch devices. Keep in mind that the app’s servers are currently undergoing maintenance, making the software unusable until 5 AM PT / 8 AM ET / 1 PM in the UK / 2 PM in Europe.
The new update brings with it support for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and the upcoming Pokemon Champions game. Latin American Spanish has also been added as a language option, and that is pretty much it.
If you’d like to read the full patch notes, we have them here:
Pokemon Legends: Z-A geting Pokemon Home connectivity this week
Posted on 4 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Pokemon Home connectivity is coming to Pokemon Legends: Z-A imminently, it’s been announced. The functionality is going live on April 2 in Japan, which means we’ll likely be seeing this tomorrow night in North America.
To prepare for the connectivity, Pokemon Home will be undergoing maintenance. This will be happening tomorrow starting at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET / 1 AM in the UK / 2 AM in Europe.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A 2.0.2 update out now, patch notes
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are now offering a new version 2.0.2 update for Pokemon Legends: Z-A. The patch can be downloaded on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch.
We’ll get this out of the way: there doesn’t seem to be much here. The team has addressed some issues, but hasn’t gone into detail about what was tackled.
In any case, the patch notes are as follows:
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The best Pokemon in Legends Z-A’s Season 8 Ranked Battles
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Ethan Gnau in Guides, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
It feels like we say this every time a new season comes around, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s ranked battle season 8 is probably the worst one yet – but for real this time. Not necessarily because a small group of Pokemon overpowers the rest (that is the case here to an extent), but because your choices are extremely limited. Not only are you restricted to using Pokemon that got Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Legends: Z-A (which means no Mega Evolutions from X, Y, Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire), but they cannot be entered unless they’re holding their Mega Stone. This means you can’t run Focus Sash at all, which means if you’re going for the Consummate Gamer bonus, you have no protection against one-hit KO moves. At any rate, given how small the selection of Pokemon is here, it makes sense that there are a few that tower above the others.
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Best Pokemon in Legends Z-A’s Season 7 Ranked Battles
Posted on 1 month ago by Ethan Gnau in Guides, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
We’re back again with another list of the best Pokemon in the current season of Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s ranked battles, this time for season 7. Unfortunately, this season is almost certainly the worst one yet.
This time around, you can use two restricted Legendary Pokemon on your team of three, and you can use as many Mythical Pokemon as you want. In previous seasons, there was a triangle of top Pokemon – you had Garchomp at the very top, Glaceon to counter it, and Steel-types to dispatch Glaceon as well as Fairy-types. In season 7, though, it’s all legendary spam. Every team is using two Legendary Pokemon, which means the power charts are through the roof. If you’re trying to go for the Consummate Gamer title, this season is nigh unviable because almost everything is going to KO you in a single hit.
More: Game Freak, Pokemon Legends Z-A
Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension gets Mystery Gift with Mega Garchomp Z and Garchompite Z stone
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
The latest Mystery Gift has been announced for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which features Mega Garchomp Z and the Garchompite Z stone. Note that this is specifically for the Mega Dimenson DLC.
By partaking in the event, players will unlock a special hyperspace distortion where they must battle and defeat a Mega Garchomp Z. Taking the creature down provides the Garchompite Z stone.
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Pokemon Legends: Z-A soundtrack to be released in Japan [update: pre-orders]
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
January 29: An official release of the Pokemon Legends: Z-A soundtrack has been announced for Japan. It’s a few months out as fans can grab it on April 17, 2026.
The soundtrack will be spread out across five CDs. You’re getting all of the music from Pokemon Legends: Z-A with 148 tracks. As part of this, songs from the Mega Dimension DLC are included.
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Pokemon Legends: Z-A icons added to Nintendo Switch Online
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
January 25: It’s taken longer than expected, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A user icons have now arrived on Nintendo Switch Online. They’re available for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch users now.
Typically icons are added to the service around a game’s release. However, we didn’t see anything back in October and things were quiet when the Mega Dimension DLC released.
All of Pokemon’s DLC ranked, from best to worst
Posted on 1 month ago by Ethan Gnau in Features, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Believe it or not, things used to be much worse from Pokemon fans. You’d buy a copy of Pokemon Diamond or Pearl, only for Platinum to come out at full price later on. Not only did you have to spend $40 all over again, but you had to play the entire game over again. That warrants the incredibly tedious process of trading over all your Pokemon, one-by-one. And while many of the third version titles are the definitive versions of their respective regions – Emerald, Platinum, and Black 2 and White 2 – it never feels good having to restart your adventure from scratch. Thankfully, it seems this trend is just about over and done with. Since 2019, Pokemon has opted to develop and release DLC for its main series titles instead. With this system, you can continue your adventure in a new sub-region without having to start over. And today, we’re ranking every single Pokemon DLC to see which one comes out on top.
