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Legends ZA review prediction thread

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:48:38 No.58407126 View View Reply Original Report

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reviews are supposed to drop either today in 1 hour, or tomorrow at the same time. what review score you think it will get?
https://strawpoll.com/ajnE1POdxnW

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:51:27 No.58407144 Report

Quoted By: >>58407310

9/10 Fresh Pokemon Experience

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:52:41 No.58407151 Report

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>>58407126
I think 80-84, it seems decent for a modern pokemon game but of course that’s a low bar to clear
idk what goes on inside reviewers heads though, so who knows

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:52:46 No.58407153 Report

Quoted By: >>58407176 >>58407310

85 metascore
reviews will be the same “it’s rough around the edges but Pokémon is still fun” reviews we always get

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:53:50 No.58407162 Report

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>>58407126
After playing I think 80-84 and here's why:
>It's a genuinely fun new Pokemon game
>New designs are cooler than expected
>They're trying something new when they didn't have to which is admirable
BUT
>I think some will just dislike the battle system and/or have criticisms for it
>As a result they'll mention preferring the turnbased system
>Graphics, namely the flat buildings, as well as the setting itself may be things I think some criticise
>If they really liked Arceus they may harp on how different this game is to that (no ride mons, less focus on catching more on battling)

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:54:52 No.58407176 Report

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>>58407153
ummm anon
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pokemon-scarlet/

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 12:00:39 No.58407213 Report

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>>58407162
>New designs are cooler than expected
Pfffft

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 12:04:15 No.58407239 Report

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>>58407213
in a lot of cases, yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 12:08:58 No.58407268 Report

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>>58407213
yea

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 12:18:42 No.58407310 Report

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>>58407144
>>58407151
>>58407153
>>58407162
I think they'll be harsher on it than you guys think. Some people have a bone to pick with the franchise. It has the opposite thing that most of Nintendo's other franchises do where they'll handwave away issues due to the "magic":
>The map. - it's too small, way too copy-paste, even though there are multiple vertical layers. After 4–5 hours, it feels like you've seen almost everything except a few minor details. At the 10-hour mark, it really feels like this is just a tutorial map, and the real, large map is yet to come. (For comparison, it’s smaller than the very first area in Arceus, the Obsidian Fieldlands. It’s more densely packed, but still feels smaller.)
>The wild zones - some are literally just a single street or a circular plaza. You can explore them fully in about 5-10 minutes, and that’s all the potential they offer. Each wild zone has about 4–5 Pokémon species. I don’t know if this will change later, but I’ve unlocked 10 zones so far, and this is definitely the weakest part of the game. The wild areas in Sword/Shield were miles more interesting, which is saying something.
>as you climb from Z to A, a really nice gameplay loop starts to take shape. But then, around hour 5–6, beating one story opponent suddenly jumps you from rank V to F, skipping half the alphabet. Why? That was the whole point—gradually climbing the ranks. What’s the point if the game throws you up to F so early?
I think hardcore fans will be a lot kinder to this game than casuals honestly

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 12:23:00 No.58407342 Report

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>>58407176
>>58407310
I think one of the big problems reviewers usually cite is how formulaic the games are, though
PLA wasn’t some masterpiece in game design but it shook things up, and got pretty good reviews for it
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pokemon-legends-arceus/
I think ZA will get a similar score boost because reviewers will see the non-traditional structure and new combat as giant positives

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 12:24:05 No.58407352 Report

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>>58407126
Return to form for the Pokemon franchise.
In other words, fucking run.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:04:04 No.58407602 Report

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Reviews filtering in, looks like a hit. Sitting at 86
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pokemon-legends-z-a/

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:05:27 No.58407609 Report

Quoted By: >>58407622

>>58407176
I imagine the fact it's not turn based will be enough key jangling to make reviewers score higher than normal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:07:28 No.58407619 Report

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>>58407126
65 if not lower. It's dogshit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:07:37 No.58407622 Report

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>>58407609
That and the fact that a lot of Pokemon games this past decade have been shit will bump ZA's score. In the end it still is average at best compared to the rest of the industry.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:08:34 No.58407627 Report

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>>58407602
82. It's going to be yellow. There are red red reviews coming.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:09:47 No.58407634 Report

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I hope this gets panned so they ditch real time combat for gen X

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:10:20 No.58407636 Report

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>>58407126
79/100

Journos just give scores based on what they think people want to hear, and at this point they know everyone just want to see pokémon fans seethe

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:11:05 No.58407643 Report

Quoted By: >>58407653 >>58407877

Seems to be settling into the 80+ range. Makes sense as most people who played it casually said it's an 8/10 for them, including rtard kun. it's a good score. Around Legends Arceus score.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:12:23 No.58407653 Report

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>>58407643
Ok it's at 80 now, seems to be dropping a lot. We shall see how it progresses. Maybe you're right anon >>58407636

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:14:16 No.58407665 Report

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>>58407126
reviews have never mattered for Pokemon. Nor do they reflect what hardcore Pokemon fans actually care about. Fucking SwSh got an 80 on metacritic despite deserving way lower, while Legends Arceus only got an 83

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:26:21 No.58407733 Report

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I liked Eurogamer’s review, basically “it’s a good proof of concept, but you get frustrated they didn’t do more with it”
seems accurate from what I’ve seen

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:29:57 No.58407749 Report

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Anons called it pretty well, though surprisingly nearly every review praises the battle system so I'm glad about that, everyone says the buildings look like shit lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:38:39 No.58407798 Report

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Looks like the % of positive reviews is increasing, so it should settle in around 81-83 which is a good result for Game Freak after the last couple of games

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:49:22 No.58407877 Report

Quoted By: >>58408050

>>58407643
So 51 without pokeslop bonus

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:53:14 No.58407891 Report

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>>58407126
I'm sure a majority of people view "IGN" as the "main" reviewer, where's theirs?

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:54:48 No.58407900 Report

Quoted By: >>58407920 >>58407942 >>58407961 >>58408672

I saw a bunch of 100s and thought I was on the wrong game then I scrolled down

Do brits unironically suck at video games

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 13:58:45 No.58407920 Report

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>>58407900
Nintendo Life giving it a 70 despite being a Nintendo fan site is surprising
>>58407891
In progress but it seems to be quite positive

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:01:16 No.58407931 Report

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>>58407126
It is interesting to actually read a lot of these reviews. Goes to show the main reason they scored SV low was due to the bad performance, like some anons were saying. As soon as the performance was fixed up we go back to the XY-SwSh era scoring where it doesn't really accurately reflect the merits and drawbacks of the game, but rather just being a functional Pokemon game being enough. Interesting.

Excited to play nonetheless, just thought it was an interesting observation

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:02:34 No.58407942 Report

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>>58407900
The UK in general has always scored Nintendo lower. They're STILL bitter about ZX Spectrum.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:03:37 No.58407948 Report

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>>58407942
kek what

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:06:33 No.58407961 Report

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>>58407900
Which idiot gave a 100?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:08:45 No.58407976 Report

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>>58407920
>Nintendo Life
Gives very little few good scores to Pokemon game unless they're mainline games and are gens 1-4.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:10:43 No.58407986 Report

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>>58407976
weird because you think they'd realise that propping up pokemon games also helps them support the nintendo agenda haha lol

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:13:14 No.58408005 Report

Quoted By: >>58408014 >>58408020

So its SwSh tier got it, better than SV atleast

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:13:58 No.58408010 Report

Quoted By: >>58408024 >>58408350

>>58407891
>"doing every side quest that pops up, and stopping every so often to completely change my outfit. I’ve currently got a full team all in the level 50s, and I can’t wait to stop writing this review-in-progress to go play more. It’s real good so far!"

Sounds like an 8-9 secured there

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:14:47 No.58408014 Report

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>>58408005
SwSh does not deserve that score at all

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:15:27 No.58408020 Report

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>>58408005
SVbros.....

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:15:49 No.58408024 Report

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>>58408010
hi notliquid

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:19:02 No.58408050 Report

Quoted By: >>58408085

>>58407877
SV didn't get a Pokeslop bonus though

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:24:24 No.58408085 Report

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>>58408050
It did, it's a 30s/100 game and got 70s/100

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:28:05 No.58408105 Report

Quoted By: >>58408114

>>58407126
I think it'll be slightly less than PLA but still above 80.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:29:35 No.58408114 Report

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>>58408105
I said this prior to checking if the reviews were out and it looks like I was exactly right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:47:05 No.58408218 Report

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>>58408024
hi indeedsolid

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:55:12 No.58408270 Report

Quoted By: >>58408291 >>58408315 >>58408540

If the Switch 2 version can only get an 81, the Switch 1 version is going to be a shitshow

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 14:57:43 No.58408291 Report

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>>58408270
What for being capped at 30fps? I played it for a while on my day one Switch and I'd say performance is about on par with PLA, rather than SV.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:01:27 No.58408315 Report

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>>58408270
Switch 1 version runs fine, at the cost of every version of the game having completely flat buildings

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:06:09 No.58408347 Report

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>>58407126
Honestly the most I could give this game is 7/10. The game is fine but compared to the joy that was playing Pokémon Legends Arceus this ain't it. When I think Pokémon I don't think walking around a city all day and going around city parks.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:06:27 No.58408350 Report

Quoted By: >>58408537

>>58407891
>>58408010
>it’s good
>it’s fun
What kind of writing is this? I wish I was allowed to post the reviewer’s bio, but you can find it easily. Seem to be the target demographic for this game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:09:35 No.58408375 Report

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Worse than PLA but not by much

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:10:37 No.58408383 Report

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>>58407126
It'll be in the 80's

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:12:46 No.58408403 Report

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>>58407213
Unironically yes. The only ones that were underwhelming are Victreebel, Starmie, and Feraligatr.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:29:04 No.58408537 Report

Quoted By: >>58408654

>>58408350
If they said
>It's bad
>It's boring
you'd lap it up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:30:00 No.58408540 Report

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>>58408270
It'll be a 77

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:45:13 No.58408654 Report

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>>58408537
Yes sir. I am paying $70 right now sir. Either something is good or it’s bad, and clearly this cannot be bad (checkmate chud), therefore we will buy it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 15:47:09 No.58408672 Report

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>>58407900
>return to form

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Oct 2025 16:28:20 No.58408995 Report

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