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Pokémon Legends Z-A Getting Major Expansion Starring Mega Raichu

The Mega Dimension DLC adds two Mega Raichu forms and Mega Evolutions for X and Y starters, with Mega Stones earned through online Ranked Battles in the Z-A Battle Club.

  • Nintendo announced the paid DLC expansion titled Mega Dimension for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, available for preorder today on the eShop.
  • This expansion follows the upcoming game launch on October 16, 2025, and adds new story content alongside two Mega Evolutions for Raichu.
  • The Mega Raichu forms, Mega Raichu X and Y, appear in a teaser showing Hoopa opening a portal to a realm of new Mega Stones involved in the expansion.
  • Mega Raichu X hovers by harnessing electromagnetic forces and delivers powerful, concentrated electric strikes, while Mega Raichu Y attacks quickly with enhanced electrical energy, as stated by The Pokémon Company.
  • The expansion's preorder includes Holo-X and Holo-Y apparel items, and its release timing and pricing remain unannounced, indicating additional content is coming soon.
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The announcement of Megadimension for Legends Pokémon: Z-A has not sat well among the Nintendo community, who criticize it for paying before launching the base game.

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NewsGaming.net Legends Pokémon Z‐A already unveils a paid DLC before its release with Mega Dimension The Pokémon Compagny seems confident about the success of Legends Pokémon Z‐A (and they can if we believe the history of the sales of the last opus), to the point of already announcing a DLC for the spin-off. On the program, an extension of the history and new Mega-evolutions for Raichu. Mega Raichu sees double While Legends Pokémon Z‐A announced…

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