That still didn’t stop me from making a rookie error in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. I panicked and sent out my Weedle against an NPC’s Pidgeotto, which it is very much weak to. It got one-shot, obviously. In the main series,

Much like its predecessor, Pokémon Legends: Z-A is more open than the likes of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Your creatures can roam freely beside you, you can run around the terrain during battles, and generally it takes a more "realistic" approach to the world. But where Legends: Arceus loosened the reins a little, Z-A cuts them completely.

Z-A didn’t feel like a full action game to me, but kind of more like an MMO, with its casting times, cooldowns, and behind-the-scenes math happening. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I do hope Legends: Z-A gets challenging enough to make me more intentionally dish out commands and think about switching Pokémon at just the right moment.