The Pokémon Company International began streaming on Thursday two videos for the Pokémon Legends Z-A game. The first video is a horror-style found footage animation featuring two people searching for the cause of a sweet scent, while the second video is a more traditional trailer properly revealing Victreebel's new Mega Evolution: The company released a similar found footage-style video in 2021 for its Pokémon Legends: Arceus game to tease the Hisuian forms of Zorua and Zoroark.The game takes place in Lumiose City, located in the Kalos region from the Pokémon X/Y games for Nintendo 3DS. The city is going through an urban development plan, "a vision of beautiful coexistence between people and Pokémon."The game features a day/night cycle. During the day, trainers can battle and catch Pokémon. Catching Pokémon helps with Pokémon Research Lab acting director Mable's research. At night, the Z-A Royale competition takes place. Corbeau, the boss of the Rust Syndicate, is one of the trainers to fight in the Z-A Royale.There are Wild Zones throughout Lumiose where wild Pokémon live. Catching Pokémon works similarly to Pokémon Legends: Arceus game, and players throw Pokéballs at Pokémon in the field to capture them. However, unlike the previous Legends game, battles play out in real-time. Pokémon can move to avoid attacks and reposition themselves during battles. Different moves have varying reach and area of effect. Mega Evolutions, a powerful temporary power-up for a fully-evolved Pokémon, return from Pokémon X/Y. There are Rogue Pokémon, wild creatures that have Mega-Evolved on their own. Trainers can use their own Mega-Evolved Pokémon against them, including the new Mega Dragonite, which has physical features similar to its pre-evolution Dragonair. Starter Pokémon include Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile. The Tepig is from the fifth generation Pokémon Black/White, while the other two starters hail from the second generation Pokémon Gold/Silver.Characters include the new ally Urbain/Taunie. AZ, from Pokémon X/Y, runs the player's hotel. Jett is the CEO of Quasartico Inc., which is in charge of the urban development. Her secretary is Vinnie. Players join Team MZ following an invite from ally Urbain/Tannie. New characters in Team MZ include fashion designer Naveen and dancer Lida. There are also various outfits and a photo mode.The new Z-A Battle Club Link Battle multiplayer mode mode pits up to four players in a real-time Pokémon battle with a focus of earning the most points by defeating other trainers' Pokémon.The colors in the "Z-A" portion of Pokémon Legends Z-A's logo match that of a legendary Pokémon from the series' sixth generation Zygarde. The 10% forme, resembling a canine, is featured in the game's second trailer. Whereas previous Pokémon Legends: Arceus game featured the history of Pokémon Diamond/Pearl's Sinnoh region, Pokémon Legends Z-A explores Pokémon X/Y's Kalos region.Pokémon Legends: Arceus launched worldwide for Switch in January 2022. The game takes place in the Hisui region, the past version of the Sinnoh region from the Pokémon Diamond/Pearl games. Players join the Galaxy Expedition Team's Survey Corps in Jubilife Village to embark on survey outings and research Pokémon. Players can ride Pokémon and craft items, but are vulnerable to Pokémon attacks while out in the field. The game also features photography and trainer customization.Pokémon X/Y shipped for Nintendo 3DS worldwide in October 2013. Unlike most mainline games in the series, Pokémon X/Y never got a third version or direct sequel.The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games launched on Switch worldwide in November 2022.Source: The Official Pokémon YouTube channel (link 2)