'Pokémon Legends: Z-A' Could Be Even Better With One Small But Influential Change

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Needs a Small but Influential Change

'Pokémon Legends: Z-A' is a great game, but it makes some of the series' lingering problems abundantly clear, and one of those flaws is a bizarre lack of voice acting.

It’s time to evolve; fifteen years ago, it would have been hard to believe that Zelda games would have full voice acting, while Pokémon, with thousands of anime episodes and a live-action film, still hasn’t implemented voice acting.

Pokémon adding voice acting has been a hotly contested topic for years, and after playing Pokémon Legends: Z-A, it's clear that Pokémon really needs it, and it can be done in a way that bolsters the series' identity.

Pokémon really needs voice acting.

Author's summary: Pokémon Legends: Z-A needs voice acting to evolve.

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Inverse Inverse — 2025-10-15