The simple joy of catching and battling pocket monsters has always been enough for Pokemon to sell like gangbusters, but each new iteration still has some type of novel gimmick to shake up the ...

The new Pokémon Legends: Z-A teasers have reminded me that there’s one possibility with new Mega Evolutions that we hadn’t considered before. The next core entry in the series will be set in Lumiose ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

Mega Evolutions have been part of the Pokémon combat dance for a while, having been introduced in 2013 with Pokémon X and Y. The idea is that certain Pokémon can hold a corresponding key item (i.e., ...

In 1993, Capcom introduced a bold new chapter to its beloved Mega Man franchise with the release of Mega Man X on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). This game marked a significant ...

I’ve put maybe five or six hours into Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Mega Dimension DLC, and I spent maybe two of those hours desperately searching for two items: Raichunite X and Raichunite Y. These two Mega ...

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A has sparked a familiar fandom response, as each new Mega Evolution reveal has elicited criticisms over its design. The question that we have to ask is whether these criticisms are ...

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