Pokémon Legends ZA launches Oct 16, 2025 with Mega Dimension DLC

Pokémon Legends ZA will launch on October 16, 2025, and already the game’s postlaunch plans are taking shape. During the September 12 Nintendo Direct, developers revealed a slate of new Mega Evolutions and announced a paid expansion called Mega Dimension that will add two Mega forms for Raichu, while other Mega Evolutions will arrive through the base game and in-game activities.

The Mega Dimension trailer confirmed Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y will be introduced in the expansion and showed the Generation 6 Mythical Pokémon Hoopa playing a role in the story. Preorders for the DLC opened the day of the announcement on the Nintendo eShop, and players who preorder will receive in-game apparel items called HoloX and HoloY that unlock at the game’s launch. No firm release date or official pricing for Mega Dimension has been announced by Nintendo or the game’s developers, Game Freak and Creatures Inc., and The Pokémon Company is listed as publisher.

Beyond Raichu, the Nintendo Direct showcased new Mega Evolutions for the Kalos starter trio from Pokémon X and Y. Mega Chesnaught, Mega Delphox, and Mega Greninja were revealed in gameplay footage for the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition,...