Just a handful of days ahead of launch, Pokemon Legends: Z-A has leaked onto the internet. Pirated copies of the game are now available online, with screenshots of it being played on hacked Nintendo Switch units and emulators cropping up, while dataminers access all sorts of secrets within the files. Pokemon Legends: Z-A will launch officially on October 16th, for both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2. As always, please remember that sharing warez is against the official GBAtemp ToS.

 

[chrisrlink]

should've done the entire Kalos region tbh and the controls are confusing af

 

[SylverReZ]

Feels the same as Sword & Shield with a DLC upgrade. Nintendo really enjoys taking the innovation away with their game line-up.

 

[MPRTwice]

So many leaks; perhaps Nintendo should hire some more plumbers.

 

[Lostbhoy]

Gotta pirate them all!

 

[DragonMals]

Not shocked by this in the slightest. In fact. People shouldn't be shocked; just expect this to happen before Nintendo stops giving support for the Switch 2. By the time that happens, homebrew for the Switch 2 will occur.

 

[GengarsGhostlyGiggles]

Feels the same as Sword & Shield with a DLC upgrade. Nintendo really enjoys taking the innovation away with their game line-up.

that SUCKS, arceus was great.

 

[smilodon]

This is news?

Yes, GBAtemp is CrackWatch for Nintendo games.

 

[YuseiFD]

Yeah literally no one cares about this game, it's another slop stinking the Pokémon franchise yet again

 

[MPRTwice]

Yeah literally no one cares about this game, it's another slop stinking the Pokémon franchise yet again

"Nintendo and gamefreak are out of worthwhile pokemon games; they blacked...ahem...whited out and lost half of their sales!"

 

[ChronosNotashi]

Fuck the entire Pokémon franchise and fuck the people who do these leaks, whoever they are.

Hold on. I thought you were on the leakers' side. Why are you condemning them for leaking the game?

I don't think many people care or not about it happening "to Nintendo" -- I think they just literally want to play the game ASAP, and pirates being able to have access a few days before everyone else can feel cool

At least personally, I'm not like "HAHA NINTENDO, SERVES YOU RIGHT" - I don't care in that respect
but I think it's cool that it's leaked, and I'd try to download and play it early if I had time

I'm also in the same boat. I don't particularly care whether it leaks or not, because it doesn't really affect me. At least by being just a few days before launch, people who are planning to buy the game (or already preordered it) don't have to avoid spoilers or anything similar for very long. As least not as long as with, say, Tears of the Kingdom.

 

[TomSwitch]

So many people already have the game, it's not a leak, they simply bought it at retail price at the regular store they buy their games from.

 

[rvtr]

HAHa nintendo should Hire s plubmser like Mario with all their LEAKS hahah becuase mario is a pbumber and he fixes leaks and nitendo leaks a lot, get it guys? Nintendo shouls get marios to help th eleak plumber

aNd mario is their plubmer character so haha

 

[ZeroT21]

Everyone I know eyeing this game got it early. I wonder having the full game on cart was a good idea after all

 

[kuro0628neko]

Everyone I know eyeing this game got it early. I wonder having the full game on cart was a good idea after all

We don't take kindly to your kind here, game key card peddler.

 

[Eddypikachu]

This is the first switch game I've bought in a looooong long time, I just liked Kalos a lot when X and Y came out. My expectations for Z-A are low but we'll see how it goes

 

[TomSwitch]

This is the first switch game I've bought in a looooong long time, I just liked Kalos a lot when X and Y came out. My expectations for Z-A are low but we'll see how it goes

The best kind of customer, buy game with low expectation then sing praise and tell everyone to buy it.

 

[Xzi]

I think there might be more hype for Kirby Air Riders than this game, which is a testament to just how long Game Freak has been shitting the bed now.

 

[Eddypikachu]

The best kind of customer, buy game with low expectation then sing praise and tell everyone to buy it.

Literally never told anyone to buy it nor did I sing praise about the game either.

 

[realtimesave]

We used to call this negative day warez, I believe.

 

[Exnor]

Pokémon original games are now old enough to have teenage age children . This IP really is a huge cash cow.