Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension - Switch 2 Review

Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension is the DLC for the best modern Pokémon game. Expanding on the story, adding a secondary Pokédex for players to fill in, new mega forms, and a metric tonne of donuts. Although there is a real grind to build up the DLC points required to progress the story and unlock the legendaries, which are also random in terms of which ones you get. But it’s time to jump into the Mega Dimension with Hoopa’s help and discover what happens in this alternative dimension.

The Good

While not adding a whole new area to explore, there are still plenty of Pokémon to catch and a plethora of new side missions to complete, on top of the new story content. You also have a selection of brand-new mega Pokémon to discover, with some of the coolest designs and new mega variations for previous mega Pokémon. This has also brought with it more legendary Pokémon from previous generations and the return of the primal reversion forms of Groudon and Kyogre

Pokémon Legends: Z-A was already one of the easiest titles to shiny hunt in and the Mega Dimension DLC makes this process significantly easier. I’ve encountered 20 different shinies, mostly without trying or with a minimal amount of effort and it’s made shiny hunting a process that’s more enjoyable than soft resetting thousands of times. While there are still shiny locked Pokémon, the vast majority of them are available to shiny hunt, and my full odds shiny Excadrill has become my ace for my entire playthrough and is a permanent addition to my team.

TL;DR

• Lots of content
• Makes shinies significantly easier

The Bad

Unfortunately there is a real grind in the Mega Dimension DLC, where going into the portals gives you three quests to complete to gain research points. These research points are used to progress the story and in the post-story, unlock a special portal every 25k points. It also doesn’t help when you can collect the 25k points and the special scan gives you a battle portal.

The portals are very RNG-dependent on what Pokémon are available in them, which makes completing the Pokédex incredibly difficult to do. The RNG is also exacerbated when creating donuts, because the effects that you receive when creating them are a random choice in a selection of five groups, depending on what berries you make it with. Also, getting berries is random from the floating Pokéballs around the map, although the drops can be manipulated through the sour branch of flavour profiles.

TL;DR

• A real grind
• RNG dependant

Final Score: 7/10

Ultimately there is a healthy amount of content and experience to be had in the DLC, but it is up to the individual to decide if the cost is worth it. The random nature of so many aspects in the game can be a real drain, to the point that people are resetting to minimise the waste of berries. But Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension adds more life to the best modern Pokémon title and is a lovely Christmas bow to wrap up the 29th year of Pokémon.

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