James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

In my second hands-on opportunity with Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo Switch 2, I played for almost an hour, which still wasn’t nearly enough time to fully sink my teeth into this new, ...

The first thing I thought upon arriving in Lumiose City in Pokémon Legends: Z-A was, 'Yes. This definitely looks like a modern Pokémon game.' Bright colours, basic textures and oddly flat buildings.

Training EVs in Pokémon Legends: Z-A is important if you want to make your creatures the strongest they can be. EVs (or Effort Values) are additional stats your Pokémon can gain through using specific ...

Most Pokémon don't get a Mega evolution, the menacing temporary power-ups introduced in Pokémon X and Y. Even more exclusive is the list of Pokémon who get two or three Mega evolutions, like Raichu or ...

David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over the last decade, he's reviewed phones for TechRadar as well as covered tech, gaming, and culture for Engadget, Popular Mechanics ...

The Nintendo Switch-era has been a frustrating one for Pokemon fans. The evolutionary line from Sword and Shield, to Pokemon Legends: Arceus, to Scarlet and Violet was one of slow but steady progress ...

A newly discovered form of Lucario, Mega Lucario Z was determined to be a Mega Evolution based on how its form changes through exposure to a Mega Stone and its increase in power far outshining that of ...

With Pokémon Legends Z-A, players get the chance to return to Kalos, the Poké-France first introduced in Pokémon X and Y, and with it get to experience what is arguably the best gimmick Pokémon has ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.