Walkthrough:Pokémon Legends: Z-A/Part 1
New town, new me
As an introduction, you first choose the language and how you’ll look. There are eight presets, but before you confirm your look you can tweak some of the facial features, as well as eye and hair colour, so don’t worry if you don’t quite fit the mould.
As you’re thrown in you step off the train into Lumiose City. Landing in the Gare de Lumiose you will be able to interact with the other people and Pokémon waiting on the platform. There isn’t anything important that you can miss here, so once you are done, go through the ticket gate to enter Lumiose City proper.
Meet your rival
As you leave the station you are greeted by Urbain/Taunie (depending on the preset you chose) who will ask you for help advertising their hotel. However, before you can get to filming a video featuring Jett, the CEO of Lumiose City’s Quasartico Inc., will tell you all about the city, its features and the redevelopment program.
While you are distracted, a Pancham will steal your bag, and this will launch Main Mission 01: Get Your Travel Bag Back! The Main Missions are what guide you through the game’s central story, and this is our first introduction to them.
First partner Pokémon
Pancham is now out of sight, but you can follow Chikorita, Totodile and Tepig through the streets of Lumiose to catch up with them. The Pancham leads you to Andi and Andre, two residents and seemingly rivals of Urbain/Taunie. Andi will offer to return your bag if you can beat them in battle. As you don’t have any Pokémon, Urbain/Taunie offer to lend you one of their Pokémon to battle with.
This is your choice of partner Pokémon, so choose wisely. You can save and reset here if you need to as your starter will have differing stats when you pick them. Before actually picking your partner, interact with Pancham for a nice little easter egg. Then, interact with Chikorita, Totodile, or Tepig, and accept their invitation to battle to choose the starter you want.
The new battle system
Battling with Andi and Pancham is your introduction to the new real-time battling mechanics. All three starters come with Tackle as their main attacking move. Tepig and Chikorita also have Tail Whip, while Totodile sports Leer. To attack Pancham, hold ZL + X to use Tackle, or ZL + A to lower its defence. You can also use the left stick to maneuver around the arena.
Moves have a cool down period, and it will take time for your moves to recharge. This means that you should switch up your moves often even if they are not very effective for the situation. Pancham is only level 4 and just has the move Tackle, so it shouldn’t take too much effort to win.
Victory
Once you win you will gain enough EXP to go up to level 6 where you will learn your next move: Leafage for Chikorita, Water Gun for Totodile, and Ember for Tepig. Once your conversation is finished your bag will be returned and Main Mission 01 will be complete. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that you are safe.
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