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Pokémon Legends: Z-A has a battle royale mode that finally explains what its name means


All the initial things we've learned from the latest Pokémon Legends: Z-A trailer in the March Nintendo Direct.

Here, the city's wild areas, previously outlined in Pokémon Legends Z-A's first full trailer, will turn into Battle Zones, where you can find opposing trainers waiting for you. In the trailer we also saw a little bit more of the new, hybrid battle system, that juggles real-time dodging with the order-based attacks of Legends: Arceus, and there are a few nice little twists in there for the eagle-eyed Pokémon fans. At first glance, it looks like this might mean you can actually run away from trainer battles for the first time in the series' history, though we wouldn't be surprised if this was a feature only limited to these special night-time tournament bouts.

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