My time with the upcoming game -- split into two 10-minute sessions -- was hardly enough to reveal every way Z-A will build on its predecessor. The groundbreaking 2022 title Pokemon Legends: Arceus brought the storied monster-training franchise into an open world set in its distant past -- a wilder,

This year's Pokémon World Championships offered a special demo of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which illuminated a lot about the game's real-time combat.