{"id":17052,"date":"2025-11-02T00:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=17052"},"modified":"2025-11-02T00:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:50:50","slug":"pokemon-legends-z-as-worst-side-mission-disrespects-nearly-three-decades-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=17052","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A\u2019s Worst Side Mission Disrespects Nearly Three Decades Of History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div property=\"schema:text\">\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A launched earlier this month, on October 16, for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and there hasn\u2019t been a day since its release that I haven\u2019t played it. I\u2019m having a really great time with it, but that\u2019s not what I\u2019m writing about today. No, I\u2019m here to write about the disrespect Legends: Z-A has shown not only me, but the most beloved set of starters in Pok\u00e9mon history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About five to seven hours into Legends: Z-A, after a gruelingly slow and boring sequence of tutorial missions, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to fight a designated trainer and achieve Rank W in the game\u2019s titular tournament. After that battle, Mable, the Pok\u00e9mon professor of Lumiose, will ring your Rotom phone (side note: remember when Rotom was basically a Mythical or Legendary Pok\u00e9mon back in the day, but is now a pocket monster that apparently everyone literally carries in their pocket?), giving you a side mission called \u201cA Call from Mable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1a171ed1-23e8-4aa5-adb6-b3ac227d1a7b\" data-embed-button=\"image_browser_uploader\" data-entity-embed-display=\"image:responsive_image\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;content_body&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;},&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_target&quot;:0,&quot;link_original&quot;:0,&quot;image_source&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_source&quot;:0,&quot;image_caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_caption&quot;:0,&quot;content_warning&quot;:0}\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/24\/d21d44e4\/pokemon_legends_z-a_screenshot_battle.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 851px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/24\/d21d44e4\/pokemon_legends_z-a_screenshot_battle.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 315px) and (max-width: 450px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/24\/d21d44e4\/pokemon_legends_z-a_screenshot_battle.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (max-width: 314px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/24\/d21d44e4\/pokemon_legends_z-a_screenshot_battle.jpg.webp\" class=\"lazyload\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/article>\n<p>Now, you don\u2019t have to complete this side mission immediately, but if you know how simple side missions in Legends: Z-A are at this point in your Lumiose journey, it\u2019s easy to commit to doing so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To complete it, head to the Pok\u00e9mon Research Lab and take the elevator up to Mable\u2019s office. Once here, you\u2019ll see three familiar Pok\u00e9mon: Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"57664b1d-fc9d-4602-87f4-3d7e5ae604f5\" data-embed-button=\"image_browser_uploader\" data-entity-embed-display=\"image:responsive_image\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;content_body&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;},&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_target&quot;:0,&quot;link_original&quot;:0,&quot;image_source&quot;:&quot;Image Source: WoW Quests on YouTube&quot;,&quot;embed_source&quot;:0,&quot;image_caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_caption&quot;:0,&quot;content_warning&quot;:0}\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/d0a10751\/starters_1.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 851px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/d0a10751\/starters_1.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 315px) and (max-width: 450px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/d0a10751\/starters_1.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (max-width: 314px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/d0a10751\/starters_1.jpg.webp\" class=\"lazyload\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<p>Image Source: WoW Quests on YouTube<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>There\u2019s no pomp and circumstance for the most iconic starter trio in series history; there\u2019s no buildup to this moment; you just walk into a room and there they are. And wouldn\u2019t you know it, after a few lines of dialogue, Mable is asking you to select one and take it with you on your journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I made my way to Mable\u2019s office in the late hours of the night, casually enjoying what Lumiose has to offer. At this point, I didn\u2019t (and still don\u2019t) have any idea what I was shaping my Pok\u00e9mon party into. I selected Totodile, obviously, as my starter in Legends: Z-A and had already captured a Gastly that I was happy with, but the other four slots on my team \u2013 anybody\u2019s guess. Imagine my shock when I\u2019m told to select a Kanto starter, and then imagine that shock multiplied when I try to leave Mable\u2019s Office but am told I can\u2019t until I choose Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f6e6b895-6c79-4192-a1a0-36d46f5e871e\" data-embed-button=\"image_browser_uploader\" data-entity-embed-display=\"image:responsive_image\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;content_body&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;},&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_target&quot;:0,&quot;link_original&quot;:0,&quot;image_source&quot;:&quot;Image Source: WoW Quests on YouTube&quot;,&quot;embed_source&quot;:0,&quot;image_caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_caption&quot;:0,&quot;content_warning&quot;:0}\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/4f19f714\/starters_3.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 851px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/4f19f714\/starters_3.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 315px) and (max-width: 450px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/4f19f714\/starters_3.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (max-width: 314px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/4f19f714\/starters_3.jpg.webp\" class=\"lazyload\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<p>Image Source: WoW Quests on YouTube<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>I desperately wanted to get out of that office \u2013 I was not prepared to make this decision. I had no idea which hole I needed a Kanto starter to fill in my party, aside from likely not needing Squirtle, my personal favorite, since Totodile already covers Water-type on my team. I thought I could just leave the office and return to select one of these Pok\u00e9mon later, ideally hours further into my journey, when I have a better idea of which Kanto starter would make more sense on my team. Instead, I was hastily forced to make a decision I didn\u2019t want to make.<\/p>\n<p>This moment felt highly disrespectful to me, as a player and Legends: Z-A trainer, but it also felt disrespectful to the legacy of these starters. For many Pok\u00e9mon players, the Kanto starters are\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0starters, the Pok\u00e9mon we\u2019re still so attached to all these years later. I wish Legends: Z-A rose to the occasion when gifting us one of these monsters, though perhaps I shouldn\u2019t be surprised since this isn\u2019t the first time a Pok\u00e9mon game has lazily handed over the Kanto starters. You could argue this entire sequence is a callback to Pok\u00e9mon X and Y, which similarly force you to select a Kanto starter without notice early in the game. But still, is Game Freak not aware of the history these three Pok\u00e9mon carry? You\u2019re not asking me to pick just any Pok\u00e9mon; you\u2019re asking me to reach back into time and select a piece of my childhood to take with me into the future. Act like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Callback or not, it\u2019s the same ambivalence here in Legends: Z-A that I tasted back in X and Y.\u00a0<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"61905a04-11c9-4953-993d-00024d1ac92b\" data-embed-button=\"image_browser_uploader\" data-entity-embed-display=\"image:responsive_image\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;content_body&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;},&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_target&quot;:0,&quot;link_original&quot;:0,&quot;image_source&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_source&quot;:0,&quot;image_caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_caption&quot;:0,&quot;content_warning&quot;:0}\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/064861f7\/xy.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 851px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/064861f7\/xy.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 315px) and (max-width: 450px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"273\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.comhttps:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_default_mobile_\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/064861f7\/xy.jpg.webp 1x\" media=\"all and (max-width: 314px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/10\/28\/064861f7\/xy.jpg.webp\" class=\"lazyload\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/article>\n<p>I\u2019m not a game designer and won\u2019t pretend to know the optimal way to dole out a Kanto starter, but I have been playing this series long enough to know Game Freak understands how to handle the gravity of specific monumental Pok\u00e9mon, like its Legendaries. Climbing the floors of Rayquaza\u2019s Sky Pillar, the sealed chamber puzzles you must complete to get the Regi-trio (Regirock, Registeel, Regice), the roaming dogs of the Johto region \u2013 these are all great examples of how Game Freak properly handled the gravitas of specific Pok\u00e9mon, and I\u2019m not asking the team to treat the Kanto starters as Legendaries, but they deserve more than a 30-second side mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, I put my Switch 2 down and talked through my decision-making with my wife next to me. Charmander is the easy pick, right? Who doesn\u2019t want a Charizard? But I actually went with Bulbasaur. When you select one of these starters, they let out a small cry with a lil\u2019 animation, and Bulbasaur reminded my wife of our pup, Sparrow, and that was that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So now, my permanent party features Croconaw, Ivysaur, and Gastly, with three more spots open. I just hope I\u2019m not forced into a confrontation with my past, my history with this series, and my love for these pocket monsters again when it comes to rounding out my team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more, read\u00a0<em>Game Informer\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/review\/pokemon-legends-z-a\/maintaining-rank\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A review<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Which Kanto starter are you going to pick in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A when the time comes? Let me know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A launched earlier this month, on October 16, for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and there hasn\u2019t been a day since its release that I haven\u2019t played it. I\u2019m having a really great time with it, but that\u2019s not what I\u2019m writing about today. 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