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Pokemon Winds and Waves Leaks Returning Legends: Z-A Feature

Drew Swanson — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:00:51 GMT

A new leak from Pokemon Winds and Waves suggests that one of the most popular features from Pokemon Legends: Z-A will return in the Gen 10 games. While little is known about Pokemon Winds and Waves outside of its starter trio, a lot of unofficial information on the games has been uncovered thanks to the massive Teraleak that occurred back in October 2025. It's possible some of the details contained in this leak are outdated since they allegedly come from an early build of Winds and Waves, but still points toward a return of this fan-favorite feature in the final games.

Brand-New Pokemon Legends: Z-A Release Officially Announced, Includes Pokemon Winds and Waves Teaser

Andrea Trama — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:12:14 GMT

Pokemon Legends: Z-A has officially announced a new upcoming release for August 6, and it includes a Pokemon Winds and Waves teaser. Pokemon Legends: Z-A was released in October of last year and enjoyed some success, though it was criticized for its removal of turn-based combat, lack of voice acting, and long tutorial. Still, the game was very innovative for the series, and it has been getting new updates regularly since shortly after its launch. Now, a brand-new update is coming, and not only is it a pretty big shift from the usual ones, but it comes with a Gen 10 teaser.

New Pokemon Game Events Are Hidden Teasers for Winds and Waves

Michael Brandon Ingram — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:00:13 GMT

The Pokemon Company may be subtly teasing the upcoming release of Pokemon Winds and Waves with its newest events in Scarlet and Violet and Legends: Z-A. Each event corresponds to one of the main types represented by Pokemon Winds and Waves' titles.

Pokemon Legends Z-A Officially Bans Huge Number of Pokemon

Andrea Trama — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:30:14 GMT

Pokemon Legends: Z-A has now banned a huge number of Pokemon from battles. The last major new release for the series before the launch of Pokemon Winds and Waves in 2027, Pokemon Legends: Z-A completely changed how battles work. From the gold standard of turn-based combat, Pokemon Legends: Z-A introduced live battles for the first time, allowing players to use moves freely and make up their strategy on the spot. This even changed how the Speed stat works, going from a crucial part of teambuilding to ensure turn priority to an afterthought, as it only reduces move cooldowns by a bit.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is Going to Be a Whole New Game on July 15

Andrea Trama — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:30:16 GMT

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is about to get a new update that completely changes gameplay, and it's happening as soon as July 15. Despite some criticisms on launch in October 2025, Pokemon Legends: Z-A is a great way for players to go back to the region of Kalos and experience a new story that also acts as a sequel to Pokemon X and Y. The game got a rather big DLC in December 2025 and has since expanded on its gameplay potential with frequent new updates.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A Officially Bans 25 Pokemon

Andrea Trama — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:30:16 GMT

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is about to ban a total of 25 Pokemon from battles. Pokemon Legends: Z-A has been getting updates every three weeks since its release, and while the amount of new content has slowed down to a still, there are many reasons to go back to the game even eight months after launch. An important part of the updates that Pokemon Legends: Z-A gets is the changing of seasons, which introduces new rewards for players to get and new rulesets for Ranked Battles.

June 25 is the End of an Era for Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Andrea Trama — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:31:17 GMT

Pokemon Legends: Z-A's Season 13 will be released on June 25, marking the end of a short-lived era that started on June 4. Pokemon Legends: Z-A is possibly the most experimental game in the series because not only did it remove abilities and significantly change the move pool of every Pokemon, but it also completely reworked Pokemon battles. Turn-based battles have been a staple in the franchise for as long as it has existed, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A used a real-time battle system with move cooldowns and 4-player matches where it's all versus all.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is About to Be a Whole New Game on June 4

Andrea Trama — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:30:18 GMT

Pokemon Legends: Z-A has been in a dormant state of sorts lately, as it has been getting frequent updates to match each new season coming to the game every three weeks. However, most of them barely changed anything. Typically, there were updates to rewards, such as cycling through special Poke Balls as end-of-season rewards, or maybe some slight variations to the meta. Each season had its own ruleset so far, and not all Pokemon were eligible due to their DLC status, Legendary status, Mythical status, or restricted tag. The game even had players use only Pokemon with Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Legends: Z-A in Season 8, and it was the most distinctive overall despite middling rewards.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A Player Completes Impossible Shiny Hunt

Andrea Trama — Sun, 24 May 2026 21:30:16 GMT

A Pokemon Legends: Z-A player manages to complete a shiny hunt in Wild Zone 20, which was removed from the game with the Mega Dimension DLC in December 2025. When Pokemon Legends: Z-A came out, players were quick to notice that it was the perfect shiny-hunting game due to how spawns reset when resting at benches or entering and exiting indoor areas, such as the building in Wild Zone 4 or Professor Mable's lab near Wild Zone 1.

It's Officially The Dawn of a New Era for Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Andrea Trama — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:00:18 GMT

Pokemon Champions came out at a strange time, as it was released on April 8, in the middle of a series of VGC events for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's last season and the next few live events coming up all signal the shift to Pokemon Champions as the main hub for competitive battling, which has both pros and cons. One of the issues with this is that the meta keeps evolving week after week because the game is very much in its infancy, but at the same time, it will need to host big tournaments like Worlds 2026.