This year’s highly-anticipated Pokémon Legends: Z-A isn’t out for another month, but already there’s word of DLC.
A teaser trailer revealed during today’s major Nintendo Direct revealed two new Mega Evolutions for Raichu. These will star in Pokémon Legends: Z-A: Mega Dimension, which will offer additional story content for the game and, presumably, the ability to Mega Evolve a Raichu for yourself.
Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y both have their corresponding letters as part of their design, as part of their lightning bolt-shaped tail and as a set of antlers, respectively. Exactly what else will be a part of the new content is unknown, though dimension-travelling Hoopa also makes an appearance in the teaser.
Pre-orders for the add-on begin today on the Nintendo eShop, and will unlock apparel items in Pokémon Legends: Z-A when it launches on October 16, 2025. The expansion’s story content will then unlock at a later date.
Raichu joins a growing list of additional Mega Pokémon species getting their debuts in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, following the recently announced Mega Evolutions for Dragonite, Malamar and Victreebell. Another trailer for the game shown during the Nintendo Direct revealed Mega Evolutions for Chesnaught, Delphox and Greninja — you can read about them in our recap of every new Mega Evolution announced for Pokémon Legends: Z-A so far.
Today brought a huge amount of Nintendo news on everything from Mario to Zelda, Yoshi and Fire Emblem. We also got a first look at Pokémon Pokopia, an Animal Crossing-esque life simulation spin-off. For much more, check out everything announced at the Nintendo Direct September 2025.
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