New Pokémon Legends Release Officially Announced

Published Nov 11, 2026, 3:00 AM EST Chris is a Gaming Editor at ScreenRant. He has been a professional writer since 2009, and has written for top TV, comics, movie, and video game outlets like Engadget, Polygon, Destructoid, and more. He brings with him an expertise in every game genre, no matter how niche or mainstream. You may know him as the former Managing/Reviews Editor of Destructoid, where he published hundreds of game reviews across every genre, including MMOs, sports games, and Metroidvanias. Find Chris on Twitter @_SRChris. Pokémon has expanded a lot since the very first Generation kicked things off with just two color variants. As each Generation went on, more and more spinoffs were created, including the Snap series, on top of Stadium, Ranger, Mystery Dungeon, Pokopia, you name it. If there's a concept, someone has probably created a game for it featuring Pokémon. That's partially why it's wild to see the Legends subseries thrive, first with Arceus, and now with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, taking place in Lumiose City. Thanks to a new Nintendo confirmation, we now know exactly how to join in on the latest Pokémon Legends release. Now available from Nintendo, you can finally listen to the Pokémon Legends: Z-A soundtrack on the Nintendo Music app. Just load it up in the Nintendo Music app on mobile devices, or through the browser-based system Nintendo added earlier this year, and you're good to go. That includes tracks like At the Foot of the Prism Tower, Battle Zone, Hotel Z, Pokémon Center, Wild Zone, and The Mission of Quasartico Inc. This track dump doesn't include music from the Mega Dimension DLC, which could arrivein the future. In all, there are 114 tracks, totaling four hours and 17 minutes of listening material. To give you an idea of how much this soundtrack pops at times, here's a review from a fan on Reddit: "Whether or not you are interested in this game, you owe it to yourself to give the soundtrack a go. Day theme, night theme and each battle theme are a good start, although I'll shout out Ivor's non-battle theme too as I like how the pair of tracks starts as jazz and then gets remixed into some cheesy 80s synth. I'm sure others will list the standout tracks here so you can skip all the interstitial and cutscene music too. There's also a live performance recording floating around too which hits the highlights. They hired a fan who was a passionate jazz musician to do a heap of the work and it shows." Strangely, some of those same fans are pointing out how slow Nintendo is to add tracks to the Nintendo Music app. It's been nearly a year since Pokémon Legends: Z-A dropped, and we're just now getting its official soundtrack release as a perk. This isn't the only avenue that gets drip-fed releases either, as the Nintendo Classics (formerly Virtual Console) lines are fairly slow as well. Note that since June 2026, Pokémon Legends: Z-A has been confirmed to reach the 13 million copies sold milestone. For a spinoff, that's incredibly high, as it's approaching Arceus' 14.8 million units and is just below Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (ORAS) at 14.6 million units. We could see more Pokémon Legends games in the future given the positive sales growth of Z-A and Arceus, but only time will tell. For now, Game Freak needs to ship Generation 10. Released October 16, 2025 ESRB Everyone 10+ / Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases Developer(s) Game Freak, Creatures Inc. Publisher(s) Nintendo, The Pokemon Company Engine Proprietary