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This was inevitable. Go on, admit it, you all knew this post was coming. XD With two Legends games in the Pokémon franchise, it's inevitable that they're going to be compared to one another. Pokémon: Legends Arceus really defied all expectations for a Pokémon game and proved to be GameFreak's most experimental title to date. The game was met with critical acclaim from fans and critics alike and is considered possibly THE best Pokémon game of the Switch era. Legends Z-A by c

Continued from Part 1. Section 3: The Gameplay Now for the interesting part, for Legends Z-A  boasts the biggest change in Pokémon 's usual gameplay style we've had since the franchise began. One could argue that Legends Arceus  did it first with its two fighting styles, but Legends Z-A really made a big change to how Pokémon games are usually played. Before we get to that big change, let's talk about the smaller parts of the gameplay first. As this is a game with a single ci

I've done a series of posts all about playing the game, now it's time to finally review it. Pokémon: Legends ZA has had an...interesting impact on the fandom. This game went from being incredibly hyped back when it was first revealed last year to being completely ridiculed when it was released. I can't tell you how depressing it was to see this game go from anticipated to hated so quickly and all because of irrelevant things like "flat building textures" or some nonsen

Read Day 9 here. We're at the climax of the game at last everybody, so let's get right into it! Time To Save Lumiose City! Team MZ rushes over to Prism Tower to meet up with Vinnie. As we can see, the situation is quite dire as the scaffolding surrounding the tower has fallen to bits and Prism Tower is glowing with Mega Energy. We have to get in on the action now before all hell breaks loose. However, Floette needs to go with the strongest Mega Evolution trainer and so Urbain

Read Day 8 here. We're back and it's time to get pay back on Jacinthe for being such a pest last time! Also a lot of other things happened to, so maybe grab a snack or a drink or something. This could take a while... Teaching Jacinthe A Lesson and Claiming Rank B So now everything's done with, I attend Jacinthe's tournament with Urbain accompanying me. I even put my nice suit back on for the occasion. The tournament's basically me and other characters in the game battling it

Read Day 7 here. Bit of a slower day this one, but still got some exciting stuff to talk about. Battling My Team Mates And Getting Pestered By The SBC AZ gives Lida and Naveen Mega Rings so they're now able to Mega Evolve a Pokémon they own...or at least Lida would be able to if she bothered to evolve her Staryu. =P Because she hasn't yet, the Key Stone is useless to her. Naveen however... ...gets to show off his brand new Mega Scrafty. As for what I think to it...eh, it's fi

Read Day 6 here. We're back everybody and I've got a lot to talk about for this part! Brawling With Ivor For Rank D Remember Ivor from all the way back in Day 1? As predicted, he's in the Z-A Royale too and is at Rank D, so he's clearly a tough one to beat. Before I face Ivor though, he's in a bit of a state because he's wondering where his sister Gwynn is. He has no idea where she is and like any loving brother is naturally worried about her. Apparently he's such a brute tha

Read Day 5 here. Let's continue with the next day as I battle more Rogue Megas! Battling Rogue Mega Beedrill, Hawlucha and Banette As mentioned in the previous part, those three were the next Rogue Megas to battles. Since I want a Mega Hawlucha, I obviously went for Hawlucha first so I could claim the Hawluchanite and Mega Evolving my own Hawlucha. Not to mention it'll give me the perfect time to take him for a test battle when I go for Beedrill next. ;) Before I did those bo

Read Day 4 here. Day 4 wasn't the most productive day I had on the game, but Day 5 I promise you will have more to talk about. So let's get into it! (Finally) Continuing the Story So after the massive detour I took yesterday, I went back to Hotel Z and re-joined my friends to have a team meeting. During this meeting, we find out about three potential Rogue Mega Evolution sightings and we have to knuckle down to them before chaos ensues. While Urbain and Lida are taking the si

Read Day 3 here. Going Online To Grab A Greninjite I took a quick break from the main game at first so I could do the online ranked battles and get a Greninjite. At the time I'm writing this post, it's a reward you can claim if you reach Rank K in the online ranked battles and the event runs until November the 5th. After that, there'll be another season and then we'll have to compete for a Delphoxite and then a third time for a Chesnaughtite. Why the Kalos starters were final

Read Day 2 here. Hi guys! We're back for another day of Legends ZA fun, so let's get to it! Slow Start Before Ranking Up To Rank V This day started out pretty slow, but still productive for me. What do I mean? I was spending a good chunk of the morning just exploring the city and catching Pokemon. Some handy YouTube videos even helped me find some rare spawns such as Riolu, Larvitar, Hawlucha and Dratini. The latter two were significant to me as I actually want to use them du

Read Day 1 here. Welcome back readers! Here's Day 2 of my Pokémon Legends ZA playthrough. Let's see what adventures await us today... Emma's Side Missions Emma gives me three side missions to complete. One involves defeating an Alpha Bunnelby, the second involves getting a Pikachu to trade with an NPC for a Heracross (awesome!) and the third involves getting a ring back for a woman who lost it to a Sableye. They're all pretty easy missions to do, even the Alpha Bunnelby miss

Hello readers, and welcome to a brand new segment of themediamanblog that I call "The Media Man Plays"! If you're curious what this is all about, The Media Man Plays will be a serious of blog posts in where I pick a game, play it and write all about it until I complete the game. And I have the perfect subject for my first Media Man Plays series. That subject is the newest instalment in the Pokémon franchise, Pokémon: Legends ZA . So for the next few days, I'll be playing this