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A Misdreavus evolution based on Marie Antoinette that can be acquired if there’s a Pokémon with Guillotine in the party.

I think it’s sick choosing clemont, he always had the goal (in the anime) to find a way to have electric Pokémon coexist in Lumiose city.

I love that time of year when a new game is revealed, all the theories start brewing, and then the game comes out and we can compare what was close.

If this was the game we got, I'd play it! One thing you didn't mention? We might see the living origin of the Ghost Girl.

Maybe the character we don’t choose to play as joins the redevelopment team with us OR they’re secretly working with the (in this case) sycamore ancestor and that’s how he gets the information he needs

Dragonite will need the Dragonite item to Mega evolve.

4:30 damn possible Calem and Serena relatives looking really fly

I always wanted a Pokémon Z game as I felt it was rather unfair that we didn’t have a follow up Kalos story that didn’t focus on Zygarde. It brings me joy to have a Z game after such a long time, in the form of Legends Z-A.😌

Clemont, Malva & Lysandre’s ancestors look cool especially Clemont’s which I feel could take & I can totally see other ancestor characters in this game like Looker can have an one that is based on Sherlock Homes or maybe a twist where he is more of a gentleman thief Arsene Lupin (which is a French character), Diantha’s could be be a noble, Ramos’ one could be in charge of the landscaping in the city, & Valerie’s or even Fantina could have be a designer

I want some of that Z-A Z-A

I think a mega form for some Pokémon like the Starters (Kalos or otherwise), the X and Y version exclusives such as Clawitzer and Dragalgae, the fossil duo of Kalos, and others like Flygon, Noivern, and Milotic would be great additions to the line up. And also, extra Mega’s for Charizard, plus Mewtwo, just for kicks.

Clemont’s ancestor is looking handsome

It’d make sense for zygarde to be aligned with the bad team since stopping the redevelopment is in line with the guardian of the ecosystem

I'm going to call clemont's ancestor Monty

Now this looks like one heck of an adventure and I would love every second. And man the Kalos Starters Megas are so incredible I wish they were real, not only that but you somehow made Milotic even more majestic.

Ayo! We both had similar concepts! I had a similar idea that Clemont's ancestor could be the one heading the redevelopment project, as it connects with Clemont's interest in science and can explain why he's leader of the Lumiose Gym, just not thinking he could also double as the Prof. of the game. And I even had a similar thought of who the main villain character could be, as well! Big props to the sick looking artwork, as well!

I really like all of your ideas, but especially the ones that tie back to the historical re-development of Paris. I think that would be a wonderful topic for the game to reference and would love to see your ideas of the evil team and their structure coming to life. Your ideas for mega evolution are great as well. I can't wait to see what other megas we're likely to get once more info is released!

Pyroar Gogoat and Pangoro need mega evolutions

Maybe mega-evolution is what causes people in old Lumiose to be afraid of pokemon and not want to live with them in close proximity. So maybe the antagonists to the Luminose project will utilize mega evolution to further people's fear of pokemon and the true villain is just obsessed with mega evolution and is utilizing the antagonist to help further the research into mega evolution. But then there's the question of, why is it that none of the Kalos region pokemon can mega evolve when mega evolution is native to Kalos? Maybe that's where Zygarde comes in and maybe in this game we will utilize Zygarde to REMOVE megaevolution from the Native Kalos Pokemon. Therefore removing that extra bit of fear people had of pokemon and more willing to take them in and endorse the Luminose project. It would finally give Zygarde the spotlight they deserve and allow gamefreak to make new mega evolutions that will still fit into X/Y story of those pokemon not having a mega evolution later. Who knows? It could even bring up another game where someone tries to bring BACK those evolutions.

I am so excited for all the the new ancestors or descendents we are going to see! In Pokémon Legends Arceus we had so many surprises and I hope we get some characters from other gens.

I bet there’ll be a hoopa or diance quest in the game that’s kind of similar to the spiritomb quest in legends arceus that involves the lumiose ghost girl or the note in the train station. Great vid btw the concept is amazing!

For z-a i need a fucking Mega Haxorus bro

Excellent choices overall. I can't wait to finally see what the actual looks like and see more details about it. This is gonna be incredible!

Cool video, I would think for the evil team for the game could a group of former aristocrats or lords and knight during AZ’s rule or their descendants that are against the development of Luminose City

Here's an idea. You're not completing a pokedex but you're catching pokemon within the city to "relocate" them outside. The "evil" team is a group portrayed as a bunch of PETA likes who claim that pokemon aren't being relocated but ousted, even by force. As you progress, things get abit sus in the methods used to capture the pokemon living within the city. And you have reason to empathise with the conservation group. Turns out you're working for the baddies all along and you lead a cout de tat along with the rebel group against your former employers so that pokemon have the right to live in the city too

Your mega Delphox design is gorgeous I wish the base form looked more like it

We can see a Lady on her phone in the trailer, so it would make more sense that its happening in the future.

I also believe in alternate final evos for the kalos starters, which will have megas. This could explain why they cant access their megas in present days.

Imagine Mega Alphas 😳😳

You are smoking ROCK

Mega Milotic looks gorgeous 😍

Wait does that mean that the sycamore ancestor wears cosplay based on which legendary he summons ?/j

Good thoughts on the idea correlating with what happened in the anime. The anime, after all, was title "Pokemon XYZ" for a reason, because at the time they were expecting to release the follow-up game.

I don't think a lore-based explanation for how the new Mega Evolutions didn't exist before is really necessary. I prefer to just say Mega Stones are so rare that nobody living in Kalos or Hoenn around 2013 ever found one for Greninja, or Flygon, or whatever Pokémon end up getting new Megas.

see, i was thinking Lysandre's ancestor would be more fashion based. He could create the styles to bring in tourists and tailors and such, boosting the economy. Maybe he worked with Diantha's ancestor, maybe she modeled his work to kick start her career. And it keeps the love of beauty in his blood.

Mega Dragonite giving off some Lance vibes, except color scheme blue 👍👍👍

I wish all pseudo legendaries get a mega

Love the dragonite one the wing looking like a super hero cape is a nice touch

I don't remember you talking about the mega forms of Milotic and Noivern, but I gotta say I appreciate the thought of bringing another Kalos Pokemon to the Mega Evolution pedestal! I knew immediately Mega Dragonite looked like a superhero as soon as I saw the wings shaped like a cape; they also look like waves like you see from the ocean. I would also like to see more on the ancestors of previous characters we've known about at some point in a future video.

what would Diantha's ancestor's role be?

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I doubt that it is only going to take place in the past sense the trailer looked mostly futuristic looking and there was a person sitting near a Furfrou that had what looked like a smartphone. If this took place either a short amount of time before or after Legends: Arceus, there won’t likely be any phones that you can take along on your person.

Interesting theory but what about dark mega evolutions, mega evolution (in the show) requires a pure bond between trainer and Pokémon but what if both trainer and Pokémon are pure evil, the dark megas could be like the noble Pokémon in pla but their goal is to stop the redevelopment of lumiose city, they could have unique forms and stats

Why does everyone assume it's going to take place in the past just because it's a Legends game? The redevelopment can literally just be us building the five terrariums or new shops and such

I agree with the boss pokemon being out of control megas that we have to quell but no way are they going to make all but one a dragon type. That’s too easy, and honestly disappointed you didn’t add variety to it

My question is if they are bringing back most if not all megas, what are they gonna do about mega Slobro. You might think "why would he be any different?" at first but realize he's a special case. I'm 99% sure he's the only Pre-Existing mega with a regional variant. Now Gamefreak/Nintendo may go the poring way of not making Galar slobro not obtainable in game. But imagine if they kept it in. That's why I think this game's gimmick is going to be giving regional variant megas. Its weird because Galar Slobro isn't a separate mon. It's STILL A SLOBRO. So would the Slobronite still work?? Its not the same a as a mega Gmax Charizard X with a Z move. Slobro is just a base mon with a different form. Not an extra form thru some sort of mechanic transformation ie megas/gmax. Soo am I crazy or do yall think i have a point? I would love to see Mega persian, Ninetales, goodra, sandslash ect.

"More Mega evos are are happening because the Ultimate wrapon happened more recently in the past" Only by like 100 sooner than present. There is still thousands of years seperating the speculative time and the great war. To help give perspective, about 100 years ago was cowboys in the USA, about 3000 years ago the bronze age and about 500 years before the Pyramids were built. Not all that much closer to the ultimate weapon.

No man, I think ZA is gonna be in the future with what we see in the trailer: the cyber and future animations and reconstruction program. Now I do think that we could get told of Kalos’ ancient past, it’s just the game won’t be in the past but 100-200 years in the future. Descendants of Team flare would still be the villains or maybe a descendent of Diantha.

I think you should make a video of the future and how that could be included into the plot as well

THE FURFROU IN THE TRAILER IS A ROBOT: Change my mind!

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Honestly I'd like the ancestors of Dexio/Sina to be the player characters of the game and ancestors of Calem/Serena to get a role similar to that of Adaman/Irida

What about diantha....? Also i wanna collect zygarde cells. They need to tie in Alola somehow, too

I wonder how catching wild Pokemon would work? I’m guessing each district of the city has its own wilderness with different Pokemon that you have to go through to get to the other city districts. Since the city undergoing renovations they may be inaccessible at first so you have to go around on the outside to get to them.

I think you are actually predicting a lot, can't wait to see what the game is going to be like

The Kalos starters are going to be in the wild just like how gen 4 starters were in the wild in Legends Arceus.

I definitely like what you did with Lysandre's Ancestor and Clement's ancestor , making them Kalos royal family lore researcher and designer respectively, and I hope this is just the straight plot of the game (I thought it was that good and I think something similar to this concept will be the actual plot of the real game based on what we saw in Legends- Arceus). But, I would add one thing to Lysandre's ancestor to tie him closer to the story and closer to Clemont's ancestor. I would make the ancestor of Lysandre the benefactor of the redesign program while Clement's ancestor is designing the new city.

Good idea and theories but I don’t know about the past part.

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Personally, I think it would be interesting to see Diantha’s ancestor be the main villain the same way Volo, who Cythnia’s ancestor was the main villain. Since both are champions, it would be nice for both ancestors to be the main villains of their respective games

I would love to see pretty much every Kalosian Gym Leader ancestor than just Clemont's ancestor as an architect and electrician. What do you think of these potential ancestors? Viola's ancestor as a photographer Grant's ancestor as a paleontologist Korrina's ancestor as a mail deliverer Ramos' ancestor as a painter Valerie's ancestor as a fashionista Olympia's ancestor as a fortune teller Wulfric's ancestor as a chef

9:27 That’s actually a scary thought, because if this game adds 10 mega evolutions and is set 200 years ago, that would mean a Mega Evolution atrophies an average of once every 20 years, meaning that as many as 150 mega evolutions may have atrophied and that mega evolution itself would eventually go extinct (wait, was the ultimate weapon fired 3000 years ago? I can’t look it up now).

The elite four and diantha ancestors could be the old team flare leaders

I could imagine a colress ancestor to connect to unova since the clemont ancestor and colress ancestor have a similar goal also each kalos starter should have a battle bond form

Only thing I'd change is giving far more pokemon megas, and not making them all dragon type

Hey Hoops, I was wondering how long was it before the last of sword and shield mythicals came to the game before the new games? Like bdsp and legends Arceus.

as a plmm glazed fan, mega noivern is great

17:35 I was thinking of Diantha.

the mage delafox omg i love her

Mega Evos for the last couple sets of the TCG block!

I think There is already one mega dragon noble Pokemon(Flygon) I hope Mega Luxray

Given that it's a "Legends" game, it makes sense for it to take place in the past.

I honestly hope we get more kalos Pokémon and regional variants Kalos deserves more than just 73 Pokémon

Trying to think what may be new for mega evolution in ZA, like maybe mega evolution could actually combine with certain pokemon evolution to create an entirely new pokemon, it could be the same for the kanto and hoenn starters, they evolve holding a megastone, and could actually create an new evolution

They should make Mega Charizard A too

I think we could see some other ancestors of characters, like Fantina and Looker, in Legends ZA

Please give use the milotic (water/fairy) mega we deserve!!

4:33 The Flare Redevelopment Team?

Mega Xernas and mega Yveltal would be best here seeing the zygarde got all those forms so a way to match him would be mega forms or aka their true forms before being put in sleep mode for 3000 years

can't wait to see good guys team flare

It’s funny that all the boss Megas have wings except milotic

I'd rather see a regional variant of Dragonite over a mega, with these stats Water / Dragon HP: 100 Attack: 75 Defence: 105 Sp Atk: 120 Sp Def: 105 Speed: 95

the most intresting part about legends AZ that it was thesesd in legend Arceus by Cogita the one npc that looks aut of place

I like to imagine that if sycamore ancestor concept is real, it would be cool if game freak took mega evolutions entries (like garchomp or aerodactyl ones that are pretty dark) and base sycamore’s ancestor character design, for example, precise how he doesn’t give a shit about pokemons and he is ready to do anything for research or maybe gaining power, in a world where pokemon and humans aren’t so friendly, imagine what a trainer with the power of mega evolution could do

These character designs look so good. Funny to see some « traditional » French clothing elements. Also these megas look amazing, but I hope Dragonite is a regional variant and not necessarily a mega. And an evolution for Noivern.

I really thought you were making a pun there for a second by saying “unovication” (unova, unify)

What if the Lysandre ancestor is Lysandre himself and it's revealed he is as old as AZ?

Maybe a Lyzander ancestor is like a frankeistein type of person

Awesome!!!🌟🌟💯💯

13:44 definitely different

Mega Chesnaught and mega Delphox remind me a lot of Digimon Tamers

I would be down to play it if this is the game we get 😁 I'll be honest if we get this Sycamore ancestor, it would be fun if he would be like Volo, collect the remaining Mega Stones to unlock mega Xerneus and mega Yveltal OR the Zygarde cells to summon perfect Zygarde. (Or both) And once that happens, we go to the top of the Prisim Tower to learn and find out that the Sycamore ancestor is doing all of this to make the pokémon world beautiful just like what Lysander was trying to do in X and Y. When we battle the Sycamore ancestor, he would have 3 rounds Round 1: mega evolutions of the Legends ZA starters AND the Kalos starters (yes all of these battles have permanent megas kinda like Roaring Moon and Iron Vallient from scarlet and violet) Round 2: Mega Xerneus and Mega Yveltal And Round 3 are all of the Zygarde forms (I know this sounds unfair but if Volo can use he full team of 6 and the Giratina forms, so can Sycamore's ancestor with the megas and the Zygarde forms) Once the battle's over and Sycamore's ancestor gets arrested by the International Police, you can go back to the Prisim Tower to battle and catch Zygarde in it's perfect form just like Giratina in it's origin form like in legends Arceus. And for fun, once you catch Zygarde, it'll drop it's core which allows you change Zygarde's forms like the grecious orb. And as for Xerneus and Yveltal, you can go to the Pokémon Village to catch Xerneus, and you can to the top of the Tower of Mastery to catch Yveltal. And once you catch them, they'll drop their mega stones and that's how you can get mega Xerneus and mega Yveltal. So that's it for how to get the Aura Trio. What do you think 🤔😁

i think johto starters and johto pokemon deserve some love bc the hoen starters got megas maybe the gen 2 ones too?

Wonder if battle bond is an ancient phenomenon to the kalos region and we'll get maybe like a new version of it here. Or just the return of ash Greninja 🤷 I'm cool with either

Evil Professor Sycamore will have Mega Charizard Z as his ace

5:21 What about Bonnie?

I still don't understand why people keep saying the game will be set in the past when there is literally an NPC in the trailer seen using what looks like a phone sitting at the cafe next to the Furfrou. It is taking place after XY, not before.

Mandibuzz really deserves something