New Pokémon Legends Release Officially Confirmed For December 2026
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The excitement around Pokémon's 30th anniversary feels like it might finally be dying down, as all the elements in the TCG release are now on shelves (or not, as the case may be). That said, there's still plenty to look forward to, with the first games of the tenth generation, Winds and Waves, set to debut at some point next year.
While we wait for that, Legends Z-A remains the most recent and up-to-date entry in the series, and it's still having an influence on the wider releases coming to the franchise as a whole. Now, the latest of those releases has been confirmed, and it's easily one of the most adorable ways that the occasion has been marked to date.
As first reported by Siliconera, Bandai Namco has announced that its Pokémon Scale World series of figures will get Pokémon Legends: Z-A specific entries very soon. They include several of the human characters in the game, including Harmony, Urbain, and Lida, as well as familar and beloved 'mons like Mega Starmie and Mega Dragonite.
The latter is set to be the first to debut in December 2026, before the rest of the range follows in the first quarter of next year. As is often the case with these releases, it isn't really case of buying the ones you want individually, as many are bundled together. The full range, as well as their release dates and prices are as follows:
- Mega Dragonite (December 2026, $32)
- Harmony, the detective Emma, the starters Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile, Absol, Espurr, Mawile, Mega Sableye, Pignite, and Zygarde 10% form (January 2027, $4 individual and $26 for the set)
- Urbain with a male Meowstic and Emboar (January 2027, $37)
- Lida and Mega Starmie (February 2027, $37)
The second set in that list is being sold as the Lumiose City bundle, and each of those can be bought piecemeal for around $4. The dates featured above are only for the Japanese store, though previous similar drops like the Paldea Region Set and Eevee Evolution Set have made their way across to other storefronts. If you are planning to buy in the USA, you can likely expect them to appear some time in the middle of next year.
There are still plenty of potential figure releases attached to the game that could appear in the future as well, though Bandai Namco would almost certainly want to see those released before the arrival of Winds and Waves. That may prove difficult to pull off in the time we have left, so don't hold your breath if you're looking for a Paxton or something similar.
Other than that, it should be a fairly quiet Christmas for Pokémon as a whole, with a certain element of calm before the storm. The next games certainly need to mark a major step forward for the series to get fans back onside, and the dawn of the tenth generation offers the perfect opportunity to do that. Let's just hope they manage to pull it off.
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