'Launching Simultaneously...'
So I've seen some discussion about the final message on the Legends Z-A trailer, that message being 'Launching simultaneously worldwide in 2025'. This mainly comes from the amount of people waiting for the switch 2 (or whatever Nintendo calls it; also, just curious, has Nintendo ever given their consoles a '_____ 2' type of name?) so when people saw the simultaneously in the message, some presumed that it meant it was launching with Nintendo's next console but I personally think different.
I think the whole thing can be summed up as just a big misunderstanding. What I presume Pokémon was trying to say was that Legends Z-A would launch at the exactly the same time all over the world. This is unlike other Pokémon titles that have launched at the same time but in different countries/time zones (E.g. it is very common for people to switch their time zone to Australia to get games earlier). So a quick way of explaining this is to give an example; say that Legends Z-A launches at 7:00AM in Japan on March 21st, this would then be 22:00PM in GMT (UK time zone) or 17:00 in ET (USA time zone) as apposed to how Pokémon has launched in the past by making each time zone be at the same time individually (E.g. Launched at 7:00AM JST, also launches at 7:00AM ET) which would result in some areas getting the game earlier.
So to sum it up, I think Pokémon was simply just talking about the time and not any console launches.
If you think differently, feel free to share it in the comments!
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It's launching on the same day around the world. It's not that complex. People are just desperate for any news about Z-A or the next Nintendo console, or indications regarding the release window.
I personally think they will be releasing it as a Switch title, but the next console should be compatible with Switch games, so they can take advantage of both the Switch's massive install base while still pushing the new hardware.
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a Z-A themed version of the new console, depending on the timing of both releases. I would also expect the game to have enhanced features for the new hardware were this any other developer, but Game Freak can barely get a game working on one console, never mind two.
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@Orbeetle345 Are you sure it says so?
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I'm sure that was the only clue we have about its release date, and that it will release on the same date regardless of country. It's nothing new, really — it's been observed by the franchise starting from X and Y 11 years ago.
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