Developer Game Freak has announced that it will be releasing an update for Pokémon Legends: Z-A in November. While no release date for this update has been announced for now, the developer has noted that it will address two core known issues that revolve around side missions and the first time players take on a Rogue Mega Evolution in battle.
The core bug affecting the first Rogue Meta Evolution battle in Pokémon Legends: Z-A only occurs if the player’s Pokémon Boxes become full before the fight. If the boxes had not been at any point before being filled up, subsequent Pokémon capture events “will always fail”. Similarly, a side mission that rewards players with a Pokémon will end up getting completing without the reward.
The other bug is much more difficult to actually execute; in some side missions, if a move hits its target at the exact time when the in-game day switches to night time, the target becomes impossible to hit afterwards. This means that the entire side mission can’t be progressed any further.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A was released on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this month. Much like its predecessor Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Z-A revolves around players capturing Pokémon and exploring their surroundings. This time around, the game takes place in the Kalos Region, and more specifically in Lumiose City. As players explore the game’s world, capturing and battle Pokémon along the way, they will also have to face off against Rogue Mega Evolutions of Pokémon, which are much tougher challenges than other things that players might face along the way.
The title proved to be an incredible hit right off the bat, with The Pokémon Company announcing through a press release last week that it had sold more than 5.8 million copies of Pokémon Legends: Z-A in the title’s first week alone. While this sales figure might be lower than the last mainline entry in the franchise – Pokémon Scarlet and Violet – it is still an impressive launch regardless.
When it comes to regional performance, Pokémon Legends: Z-A fell short of its predecessor’s sales performance in Europe by around 28 percent. It was still the best-selling game for its launch period in the region, however. Sales figures for the week ending on October 19 also indicated that the latest title sold quite a few more units on the Nintendo Switch 2 than the original Switch.
As for the US, recent sales data has indicated that Pokémon Legends: Z-A has been the biggest physical launch of the game in the country since the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom back in 2023. Reports have indicated that a major part of sales of the game can be attributed to the Nintendo Switch 2 console bundles that were launched alongside the title.
For more details about Pokémon Legends: Z-A, check out our review, where we gave the game a score of 8 out of 10. We praised its detailed depiction of Lumiose City, as well as its real-time action battle system, while criticising the overall weak presentation, especially when it comes to its visual aspects.
