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With just a couple of months away from the release of Pokemon Legends Z-A, Game Freak has unveiled a brand new teaser trailer for the upcoming game, one that certainly strays away from the conventional trailers that Pokemon has made previously.

On August 20th, the Pokemon Company teased a realistic-looking image of yellow gates with a purple goo in them, with an old abandoned building just behind it. Many people were surprised by the reveal, with some even thinking this could possibly be a realistic and horror-like new game in the franchise, focusing on Pokemon and its lore. However, that turned out not to be the case, as today, the Pokemon Company unveiled the teaser trailer as promotional material for Pokemon Legends Z-A:

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The teaser starts out with two persons visiting an abandoned building, driven in by the purple goo, which seems to have a sweet scent to it. The assets for the building are quite realistic, and certainly clash with the anime style of the characters being showcased. After a while, the two characters bump into an Espurr, which starts glowing its eyes, before the characters being startled by a dropping Spinarak and a flock of Noibats coming from downstairs, to which the couple makes a run upstairs to escape the ordeal.

Once reaching the 2nd floor hallways, the couple finds a room with a glowing light inside it, they approach it slowly, being interrupted by another person escaping said room, only to be surprised by a gigantic Pokemon breaking through the room's wall and into the hallway, unveiling the brand new Mega evolution for Pokemon Legends Z-A, Mega Victreebel, being the one that was dropping all the purple sweet-smelling goo around the place. After dropping to the entrance, the couple escapes the building, only for the person that escaped the room previously approaching Victreebel, being its trainer, calming it down.

Pokemon Legends Z-A is set for release on October 16th, 2025, for both the Nintendo Switch 1 and Nintendo Switch 2.

 

[OilFreak]

Insane

 

[Esdeath]

They should release a trailer where they finally replace the placeholder textures / 3D models.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Never forget that the creepy pokedex entries are canon.

 

[Eddypikachu]

Im pretty sure theyve already done advertising in this style but I remember they were for pokemon go

 

[ikynx]

the contrast between the decent gfx of the haunted-looking house and the characters that look like a first year CGI course student project is staggering.

 

[AngryCinnabon]

I dunno what's scarier, the human CGI or the Espurr jumpscare.

this isn't the face of mercy.

 

[Shubshub]

Atleast Mega Victreebell looks alot more interesting than Mega Dragonite

 

[RetroNerdGamer]

I dunno what's scarier, the human CGI or the Espurr jumpscare.
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this isn't the face of mercy.

Why the hell Espurr lookin like that tho???
That really is scary. What is it, October already?

 

[Veho]

Why the hell Espurr lookin like that tho???
That really is scary. What is it, October already?

Espurr has always been a psycho. That's just his default look.

He's always like that. Always. Staring. Unblinking. Psychic. Watching.

 

[Lumpofcoal]

I wouldn't be averse to a pokemon/resident evil crossover. Imagine an intro sequence of a pikachu chomping down on a human corpse while making cute "pikapi" noises.

 

[Ambers_Crimson_8K]

If only they'd make a game that looked this good, with Pokémon with these details!
I'd buy it in a heartbeat, shows how lazy they are.
But loved this video...

 

[codezer0]

The saddest thing is that the game will almost certainly not look this good, even if nintendo jebaits us by making them launch it for the Switch 2.

 

[ShadowOne333]

The saddest thing is that the game will almost certainly not look this good, even if nintendo jebaits us by making them launch it for the Switch 2.

Hey at least we can finally have PS2 graphics in a Pokemon game. Took them long enough to get there.

 

[Tur7L3]

Fuck gamefreak and the pokemon company. They should detox both companies lf the greedy executives and managers so they can put out something that’s atleast half as good as their old classics. Loved Pokemon as a kid now I’m just flabbergasted by the franchise going nowhere good

 

[Robert Newbie]

Fuck gamefreak and the pokemon company. They should detox both companies lf the greedy executives and managers so they can put out something that’s atleast half as good as their old classics. Loved Pokemon as a kid now I’m just flabbergasted by the franchise going nowhere good

I watched a bit of the video, and I was just thinking about where the franchise went after my time.

I didn't play much of the original GB Pokemon. (It's on my playlist.) I was familiar enough with the anime ("Squirtle-Squirtle!"), so I understood the general plot and character dynamics. I understand Ash kind of vanished from the series after a certain point, though the character remained in the anime. From there, I guess Nintendo and the Pokemon Company have gone in strange, new directions.

Semi-scary is definitely the trend, popularized by SCP-096, Granny, Five Nights are Freddy's, etc. It's interesting Nintendo would allow this kind of thing, though it's done with enough sarcasm and goofiness to avoid real freights.

 

[Jahrs]

Mega Victorybell looking like a stand in for the state of Nintendo rn. Toxic, to big for its own good and choking itself out.

 

[KanaKonpaku]

"Here's a slightly jarring rendered trailer of some Pokemon and new mega evolution. Ignore the lack of in-game footage." I swear every trailer for this makes me more and more tempted not to get the game. Well, that and the fact GameFreak has yet to actually fix Scarlet and Violet... How hard is it to have a team devoted to fixing bugs?

 

[Reecey]

Silent Hill - Pokémon

 

[GengarsGhostlyGiggles]

damn a whole game in this style would be cool