“Pokémon” has officially gone next-gen: “Legends: Z-A,” the sequel to 2022’s successful open-world spinoff “Pokémon Legends: Arceus,” is a major step-up with enhanced graphics and brand new combat that longtime fans and newcomers will appreciate.

Z-A is a sequel to Pokemon Legends: Arceus, itself one of the highest-rated Pokemon games in years. Pokemon Legends: Z-A will maintain a lot of the design philosophy that made Arceus such a hit, but it will also be shaking things up with its brand-new setting,