Highlights
- Pokemon Z was a extremely anticipated recreation that by no means materialized, however a Pokemon Legends title set within the Kalos area may fulfill gamers’ needs and increase on the lore and characters of Pokemon X and Y.
- The presence of Zygarde in X and Y was deceptive, however a Kalos Pokemon Legends recreation may clarify the importance of this Legendary Pokemon to the area and its function within the story.
- A Pokemon Legends recreation set in Kalos may discover the traditional battle that led to the creation of the Final Weapon and have the character AZ, providing a darker storyline and perception into the area’s historical past.
When Pokemon X and Y launched on the Nintendo 3DS many gamers anticipated a third title known as Pokemon Z. There have been a number of causes for this, maybe chief amongst them being that up till then it was typical for developer Recreation Freak to launch a 3rd Pokemon title for nearly paired launch. Pink and Blue had been adopted by Yellow, Gold and Silver by Crystal, and so forth. This conference had, till then, solely damaged for remakes and the sport earlier than X and Y, Black and White. Black and White received a paired sequel as an alternative, as did the seventh era video games that adopted X and Y, Solar and Moon.
Whereas Pokemon Z by no means arrived and sure by no means will at this level, revisiting the Kalos area in a Pokemon Legends title may fulfill the longtime want of gamers who hoped for it. It may additionally assist tie up some unfastened ends and increase on among the lore and characters in Pokemon X and Y.
The Pokemon Z Mascot
One of many different huge causes some followers anticipated Pokemon Z is Zygarde, a then-new Legendary Pokemon that did not get any consideration in the primary story of X and Y. The hypothesis on the time was that it will be the sport mascot for Pokemon Z and have extra prominently within the story.
Zygarde’s presence in X and Y turned out to be a pink herring of kinds. X and Y had been adopted by remakes of the third era video games Ruby and Sapphire, and Kalos was by no means revisited. Zygarde was as an alternative featured in Solar and Moon. A Pokemon Legends recreation set in Kalos may clarify what the serpent-like Pokemon was doing in Kalos within the first place, and whether or not it has any significance to the area.
An Historical Battle Might Be Explored
One other plot level {that a} Kalos Pokemon Legends recreation may discover is the battle that not directly triggered AZ to construct the Final Weapon. In keeping with X and Y, there have been 2 nations at warfare some 3,000 years earlier than the occasions of the sport. The id of those nations and the explanation for his or her drawn-out battle is rarely defined. Pokemon X and Y options one of many darker storylines to have ever featured in a Pokemon recreation.
The battle between the 2 unnamed nations is simply resolved when AZ destroys each nations with the Final Weapon. AZ is over 3000 years previous in Pokemon X and Y so he may characteristic as a personality in a Legends title set both shortly earlier than the top of the unnamed battle or within the interval following it because the area recovers from the huge destruction.
The Aura Trio And The Origins Of Mega Evolution
There are not any identified plans for a brand new Pokemon Legends recreation, but when one is ever made Kalos is a superb candidate that can hopefully be thought-about for a setting. Followers may lastly get to see what Zygarde’s relationship with Xerneas and Yveltal is like and the way these highly effective Pokemon helped form the Kalos area. The three are described because the Aura Trio and share lore, however they’re by no means seen interacting within the video games. Maybe that is simply a kind of issues that do not make sense in Pokemon.
If a Pokemon Legends recreation set in Kalos had been to discover the origins of Mega Evolution, it may clear up plenty of contradictions across the origins of the mysterious phenomenon. The Mega Evolution phenomenon is described as a brand new sort of evolution by Professor Sycamore, whereas an previous Kalos legend speaks of a coach and their Lucario discovering the stones that energy it. To make issues extra complicated, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have a completely completely different origin story for Mega Evolution that suggests that they’re from outer area.
