#z-a

[csolarstorm]

The Z-A Battle Royale Isn't Suspicious At All, Nope

So you're telling me that the same company that is inexplicably importing wild Pokemon from all over the region into a city they're not native to...is also offering one free wish to whoever wins a shady nighttime free-for-all between trainers all over the city?

Sounds great, nothing suspicious there! Hope the taxi guy wins and achieves public transit supremacy!

Granted, I'm assuming that Quasartico is behind the Z-A Battle Royale, because it's their holographic force fields that turn red to announce that the The Purge has come to Lumiose City and you better have a Pokemon to defend yourself with.

(I think a Pokemon League tournament would be a little more organized than this, and more importantly it wouldn't let trainers jump each other to get an "advantage" in battle.)

This trailer paid off the hint for the Z-A Battle Royale at the end of the last trailer, and likewise foreshadowed some reveals that could be in the next trailer. As the narrator says that "it seems there are more secrets waiting to be uncovered" we get three scenes:

AZ and Floette - of course. Skeletons abound in that closet...metaphorical and literal!

Zygarde galloping through the streets at night with urgency, which tells us that the Z-A Battle Royale is definitely part of the plot.

Oh! Could this be edited, and maybe the playable character is actually on Zygarde's back in this scene? Probably not, it's epic enough as it is...but a guy can wish, right?

And finally,

Paxton and Lucario facing a mysterious entity that is sparkling purple. This, as the narrator is asking "what will you find on your adventure"? Some people are guessing this is Mega Diancie, but I'm leaning more toward a non-legendary Mega wild encounter.

So will the next trailer give us more information about AZ, Zygarde, and a new Mega Evolution or Pokemon? I sure hope so, because this is the third trailer in a row that hasn't revealed any new Pokemon designs...

...and it's actually really good marketing that is helping to maintain the hype way more than just revealing everything. Way to go TPC!

[naplicable]

Never forget your roots 😤

It's all Hex Maniac this, French Maniac that, but where's the love for Generation 3 Hex Maniac?

She is so aesthetic. Oh and I guess here's the other ones:

My monitor fixed itself, horray! -NA

[missiletainnyt]

I hope you can sit on benches in Pokemon Legends Z-A

It is my most wanted feature

they made such a big deal about it in the XY trailers, if they don't include it I will feel betrayed.

[yarakoro]

And just like for Serperior, here's a Blaziken as a normal rooster before being bred to be a fighting rooster. Fire/Flying.

[the-grove]

Ok I know it's because of a tournament and everyone who wants to be in the battle zone knows the rules and wants to be there .. but the fact that you can just straight up ambush other trainers and their pokemon in Z-A is a hilarious choice. Never something I thought Pokemon would do. It's just a bit more ruthless in terms of battle decorum then what is traditionally expected.

[desmondsprettyface]

Let's hear it for Clauncher!

[ballsballsoctopusballs]

Not sure if anyone pointed this out from the Pokemon Presents but thought it was cool

That's such good trolling. The Unowns spell out SOE YUE. The letter order symbolizes the gens, so if you move letters 2,5, and 6 so that 6 is second and then 5 and 6 swap, it spells out SEE YOU. everyone was expecting gen 2 or 5 but we got gen 6 first instead!

[pompompinkdandelions]

Okay, but it makes no sense that "wild zones" are in like...residential areas

They should be parks in the city?? Not random back streets????

[eldarianduelist]

WE'RE SO BACK 🥺🥺🥺

[queen0funova]

If you see me making absurd comments of Pokémon Z-A reblogs, I promise I'm joking

[csolarstorm]

Quasartico Inc: Bio-Energy Specialists

Is Quasartico the new evil team? Is there some kind of villainous twist behind their goal to make Lumiose City a place that both Pokemon and humans can enjoy? Let's look at the evidence.

First of all, a quasar is a massive collection of energy radiating from a black hole. Jett's name probably comes from an astrophysical jet, a jet of intense energy from a astronomical object. The image on the Wikipedia page closely resembles Quasartico's logo.

This tells me that Quasartico isn't a construction company, it's an energy company.

Source (First image): Image of Centaurus Galaxy from the European Southern Observatory

If this is true, what kind of energy would they produce...? Say it with me: Infinity Energy. Infinity Energy is at the heart of the Gen VI story, so it would be strange if Z-A didn't continue this story. There's a reason AZ is at your home base in the story.

How would they produce this energy? With the Lumiose City Redevelopment Plan.

Lumiose City is already a place that people and the local Pokemon enjoy. So why go through the trouble of importing more Pokemon into the city, especially Pokemon that wouldn't even live there naturally, like Clauncher or Sandile?

Because they're harvesting Infinity Energy from them. The holographic barriers that surround the Wild Zones could be very gradually collecting bio-energy from the Pokemon inside of them.

Here's the twist though: I don't think this hurts the Pokemon. Not the majority, at least. I think Quasartico is gathering as many Pokemon as they can in order to harvest safe amounts of energy from every Pokemon.

If this is true, Quasartico has figured out how to create safe, clean Infinity Energy in a way that creates a sustainable city of biodiversity. That sounds amazing! Lumiose City will never have another blackout again!

Source: Comic Book Resource

Except...there are bound to be mistakes. Accidents. Some Pokemon are going to end up sick, or enraged, or possibly even turned to stone. And just like the incidents in Legends: Arceus, your character will end up investigating these incidents.

Zygarde senses that the humans are messing around with life energy again and hurting Pokemon...and it's angry. Zygarde's sole purpose is to protect the balance of life, and Quasartico is meddling with that balance.

I think that Vinny and Jett are good people at heart. But if a teenager comes to them and tells them that they need to scrap their entire city redevelopment project because the Zygarde said so...they aren't going to take it seriously.

So here's the moral dilemma. Is this energy worth the risk to Pokemon's safety? Is Quasartico's mission worth it for the Greater Good? Is it time to tear down this whole operation with the power of Zygarde's 100% form?

Or is the solution something in between? (Hint: it's probably that.)

One more thing: why Lumiose City? Why wouldn't Quasartico set up its energy fields in nature where Pokemon already are, instead of going through the trouble to bring them into the city?

I've saved the most unlikely, possibly craziest theory for last. (If not a pretty old theory that goes back to Pokemon XY.) Maybe Quasartico needs Lumiose City because the bio-energy harvest requires a certain...circular formation to guide the energy.

Almost like a...transmutation circle.

Source (Second image): CBR, How FullMetal Alchemist's Transmutation Circles Work (and What We Still Don't Know)

[cyberneticpinkeye]

So, the funny electric rat made an announcement...

[lasscass]

the prospect of getting to run around a big hub city like lumiose again is very fun, i am hoping it's not as empty as recent cities like mesagoza, wyndon, and jubilife village

[grunklebongrip]

When a fic doesn’t fit my head canons but it’s well-written

[animentality]