Pokémon Legends Z-A is ‘set entirely within Lumiose City’

An avid Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player discovered that the games may be teasing a connection to the new Pokemon Legends: Z-A game, which was announced on February 27 to celebrate Pokemon Day. Next year, Pokemon Legends: Z-A will take trainers back to Lumiose City in the Kalos region, the setting of Pokemon X and Y for Nintendo 3DS.

Pokémon fans have found a small tease for upcoming Legends game Z-A in Scarlet and Violet.

Information regarding has revealed only the slightest hints of what the game has in store, but it seems that people may be able to have an incredible effect on Lumiose City. The long-awaited next game was a surprising announcement for this year’s Pokémon Day, but nevertheless, one which has quickly captured the imagination of many. Many rumors and theories are circulating over, but the trailer may have foreshadowed more than it appears to at first glance.

The Pokémon Company has established a new subsidiary, Pokémon Works.

The next in the series, , has finally been announced with a release date of 2025. These games are canonically not spin-offs, and have been said to be mainline titles in the video game franchise. They offer a focused deep dive into certain regions and as a look at the background for specific Pokémon. will take place entirely within Lumiose City, although where it falls on the timeline is uncertain.

There is a very straightforward Easter egg in that was teasing the existence of long before its official announcement., released in 2022, was the first of the mainline titles to deviate from the core gameplay style of the franchise and offer a different approach. While it still focuses on catching monsters and using them in battle, obtaining them in nature is quite different, as the game takes on an action RPG system. Now, the game is getting something of a sequence with the release of , set to arrive in 2025.

A brand new game has finally been announced. Unfortunately, the trailer did not give many details away. However, fans are already creating rumors and theories about what the new game may have in store for both new trainers and old trainers. will send players to the Parisian-inspired Lumiose City, and the trailer shows a futuristic city that players may help to build. ​

Some attentive fans have put forth a theory regarding the setting of the upcoming game Pokemon Legends: Z-A, suggesting it will take place in the future instead of the past. Pokemon Legends: Z-A was first revealed at the Pokemon Day event this past February, and it is set to revisit the formula of Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Back in 2022, Legends: Arceus was seen as a fresh and innovative take on the classic Pokemon-catching gameplay, and while little has been shown about Legends: Z-A, fans have already started theorizing about its plot points and where it will be set.

The Pokémon Company today announced a new game in the Legends open-world ARPG series of Pokémon games. Titled Pokémon Legends: Z-A and releasing worldwide sometime in 2025, players will return to the Lumiose City in the Kalos region, which made its first appearance in Pokémon X and Y back in 2013.

The Pokémon Company is taking players back to Pokémon X and Pokémon Y’s Lumiose City in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the new Kalos-region game that was announced Tuesday for release in 2025. The brief trailer shown during the Pokémon Day broadcast didn’t include many concrete details, except that Lumiose City is undergoing an “urban redevelopment” aimed at building a city that “belongs to both people and Pokémon.”

Pokemon fans are speculating which time period Pokemon Legends Z-A will be based on, and there are some pretty compelling theories out there.

Nintendo has confirmed that Pokémon Legends Z-A is set 'entirely' within Lumiose City.