Pokémon Legends: Z-A Can Finally Fix Legends: Arceus' Biggest Mistake

could atone for 'biggest sin. An open-world action RPG in which players could control both players and Pokémon, delivered on what many players had always wanted for the series. It teased a sequel in, which was officially revealed at a Pokémon Presents event in February 2024. It promises further action RPG adventures in the long-ignored region of Kalos, and moreover, stands a chance to correct its predecessor's biggest misstep.

Because for all of its popularity, had one fatal flaw that held it back from its full potential. In its next installment, though, the series stands poised to change that for good, and set a new standard for spinoffs going forward.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A can easily avoid a major plothole that made the lore of its predecessor, Legends: Arceus, rather confusing on close examination.

For all the long-suffering fans' wishlist items it fulfilled, never had a DLC, but certainly has the potential to. remains a standalone title, even today. It never got an expansion of any sort, despite plenty of opportunities for one. There's something to be said for a game being a complete experience out of the box, but players wanted more, and it failed to deliver on that front.

That lack of DLC made an outlier among recent entries in the series. and had and, and and had and. The era of mainline games having DLC is well and truly here, and in the recent spate of titles that have had expansions, sticks out.

and also didn't have DLC, but these were remakes of earlier DLC-free mainline games.

Of course, it can be argued that, as a technical spinoff, isn't subject to the same DLC rules as mainline games like and. And it did get a sort of free DLC in the form of a "" released just a month after launch. But as an open-world action RPG, it was rife with potential for expansion. New sections of Hisui tacked onto its map, new entries in its limited Pokédex, even a little epilogue to its epic, but somewhat anti-climactic story — all of these and more could've featured in a