Pokémon Legends: Z-A developer Game Freak, along with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have unveiled yet another Mega Evolved Pokémon that will be showing up in the game’s upcoming Mega Dimension DLC – Mega Lucario Z. The Pokémon was unveiled with a brand new trailer, which you can check out below, while the official website for the game has more details about it.
Mega Lucario Z is described as having been categorised as a Mega Evolution rather than a standard one owing to the fact that the evolution was only kicked off due to exposure to a Mega Stone. Along with this, the Pokémon is also described as getting an “increase in power far outshining that of an average Lucario.” It has been dubbed Mega Lucario Z in order to distinguish it from the previously-existing Mega Lucario.
A core difference between Mega Lucario and Mega Lucario Z is how the two Pokémon make use of their auras. While the former can channel it into a destructive force, the newer Mega Evolution can seemingly surround its entire body with its aura to get a massive increase in defense, flexibility and agility. This also allows Mega Lucario Z to use its aura in other ways, like stretching it out into a shield or concentrating it into its attacks.
Along with the unveiling of Mega Lucario Z, this recent reveal also introduces the concept of Z Evolutions to Pokémon Legends: Z-A. As described by the developers, Z Mega Evolutions like Mega Lucario Z need less time to start using their moves when compared to other Mega Evolutions. However, the Z Mega Evolutions also tend to use up their Mega Power at a much quicker pace, which means that they aren’t as useful in longer battles.
Mega Lucario Z follows the reveal of Mega Zeraora as one of the newest additions coming to Pokémon Legends: Z-A as part of its Mega Dimension DLC. The Mega Zeraora was unveiled last month, and has been described as being able to store enough energy in its body to be equivalent to 10 bolts of lightning.
“The electric energy it stores in its body is equivalent to 10 bolts of lightning. Protrusions on its forehead, chest, back, and the backs of its hands are where the electric energy is particularly concentrated. The protrusions steadily emit a pale blue light. If Zeraora stores up lots of energy and then unleashes attacks, those attacks will pack enough power to take down multiple nearby opponents at once,” reads the description for Mega Zeraora.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension is slated for release on December 10 for Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2, and will be priced at $29.99. The DLC will largely revolve around post-story content, and its plot will feature a new mythical Pokémon – Hoopa – along with a strange girl. Over the course of the DLC, players will start discovering spatial distortions throughout Lumiose City, which will ultimately take them to the Hyperspace dimension, which serves as a reflection of Lumiose City, complete with its own stronger wild Pokémon.
For more details about Pokémon Legends: Z-A, check out our review.
