Pokémon Legends: Z-A Global Release Times Confirmed

Are you acceptable to drawback — past Mega Evolve — 'em each implicit again? Pokémon Legends: Z-A is yet astir upon us, with its motorboat acceptable for October 16, priced astatine $59.99 for Nintendo Switch oregon $69.99 for Switch 2.

If you don't person a Switch 2 yet but deliberation you mightiness upgrade successful aboriginal (perhaps you're waiting until the holidays for a caller console?) you tin prime up Pokémon Legends Z-A's Switch 1 mentation present and past drawback the game's $9.99 Switch 2 Upgrade Pack erstwhile you're ready.

Last but not least, you tin already bargain Pokémon Legends: Z-A: Mega Dimension, a paid DLC which volition adhd 2 caller Mega Evolutions for Raichu and caller communicative content. The bulk of this won't travel until aft the game's launch, though buying it present volition unlock other costume items immediately.

You tin already pre-load Pokémon Legends: Z-A present via the Nintendo eShop, including the game's time 1 update. You'll request 4.1GB of escaped abstraction connected Nintendo Switch, oregon 7.7GB of escaped abstraction connected Switch 2.

In the run-up to the game's launch, it's worthy being wary of spoilers — datamining enactment has already begun connected the crippled aft carnal copies were spotted successful the wild. Indeed, IGN has seen connection of immoderate of the all-new Mega Pokémon included successful the crippled — though we won't spoil them here.

Set successful Kalos, location of the Mega Pokémon mechanic, Pokémon Legends: Z-A adds the archetypal caller batch of superpowered creatures to the franchise's Mega Pokédex successful implicit a decade, though nary all-new Pokémon taxon are expected. To date, The Pokémon Company has revealed conscionable a fistful of the caller Mega Pokémon expected to marque up the game's last roster of caller Mega species. How galore volition diagnostic successful the last game? You'll conscionable person to play and find out.

As with different Nintendo crippled launches, integer copies of Pokémon Legends: Z-A are expected to unlock wrong your section portion arsenic soon arsenic it hits 12am (midnight) connected Thursday, October 16.

But successful the U.S., erstwhile Nintendo crippled launches person treated the full state arsenic a singular region, meaning those successful timezones down Eastern (i.e. Central, Mountain and Pacific time) each get to play precocious connected Wednesday, October 15.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A planetary merchandise times:

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

PDT (San Francisco):

• 9pm

CST (Mexico City):

• 11pm

Thursday, October 16, 2025

EDT (New York):

• 12am midnight

BRT (Sao Paulo):

• 12am midnight

BST (London):

• 12am midnight

CEST (Paris, Rome, Berlin):

• 12am midnight

EEST (Turkey):

• 12am midnight

UTC (New Delhi):

• 12am midnight

ICT (Hanoi):

• 12am midnight

HKT (Hong Kong):

• 12am midnight

CST (Beijing):

• 12am midnight

JST (Tokyo):

• 12am midnight

AEST (Sydney):

• 12am midnight

Ready to get started? IGN has guides to Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Characters and Starter Pokemon, its Mega Dimension DLC, each the New Mega Pokemon successful Legends Z-A and besides a afloat Pokedex (List of Pokemon) truthful you tin program which creatures to spell drawback first.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social