Fans warn Pokémon Legends: ZA spoiler floodgates are now open as data mining begins
Blog Andrew Joseph 10 Oct , 2025 0

There is still one week left until the official launch Pokémon Legends: ZAfans are warning of online spoilers as datamined details of the game have begun to leak online – including news of more new Super Pokémon.
Pokémon Legends ZA launches on October 16th for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, but there's already evidence that early versions are already taking off. Now, as of this morning, IGN has seen evidence that the game is actively being data-mined to extract its secrets.
So far, The Pokémon Company has only revealed a handful of new Super Pokémon that are expected to make up the game's final roster of fresh Super species. While earlier leaks listed a number of mega-evolutions that still have yet to be confirmed, today there's evidence that they may contain even more creatures than initially expected.
In response to all this, Pokémon fans are now starting to signal that anyone hoping to get into Pokémon Legends: ZA without seeing spoilers should watch where they click online over the next few days, or quit social media entirely. (IGN won't spoil any new species here.)
Set in Kalos, the hometown of Super Pokémon Mechanic, Pokémon Legends: ZA adds the first new super-powered creatures to the series' Super Pokédex in more than a decadealthough no entirely new Pokémon species are expected to appear.
New Mega Evolutions Include the Majestic-Looking Mega Dragon – It Also Now its Pokémon anime debuts — Plus Mega Victreebell, Mega Hawlucha and Mega Malamar.
Upon launch, Pokémon Legends: ZA will unlock Mega Evolutions for three fully evolved starter Pokémon, available through online play: Delphox, Greninja, and Chesnaught. besides, You can already buy Pokémon Legends: ZA: Mega Dimensiona paid DLC that will add two new Mega Evolutions to Raichu.
Indeed, some Fans complain about the cost of getting every Mega Pokémon announced so farwhich requires over $100 to get the base game, DLC, and a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
How many new Mega Evolutions will be included in Pokémon Legends: ZA? We're about to find out.
Tom Phillips is IGN's news editor. You can contact Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social