Summary
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A's box art suggests Emma from Pokemon X and Y will make an appearance in the game.
- Legends: Z-A takes place in the present day, reintroducing Lumiose City and beloved characters from Gen 6.
- Fans speculate Emma's return in Pokemon Legends: Z-A would make perfect sense given her backstory.
The Pokemon Company recently revealed the official release date and box art for the upcoming Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and the game's front cover seems to confirm that Emma, a fan favorite character from Pokemon X and Y, will make an appearance in the title. Players will be making their way back to the Kalos region in Pokemon Legends: Z-A for the first time in over a decade, and the game seems primed to feature many iconic characters, Pokemon, and locations from the Gen 6 titles.
Previous reveal trailers for Pokemon Legends: Z-A have confirmed that unlike Pokemon Legends: Arceus, the game will be taking place in the present day rather than the past. Though this was something of a controversial design choice in the eyes of certain fans, it does give Legends: Z-A the opportunity not only to reintroduce Lumiose City after 12 long years, but also further the stories of beloved characters that were first introduced in Pokemon X and Y. The immortal A-Z has been confirmed to play a major role in Legends: Z-A as the owner of a prominent hotel, although it's very likely that several other characters from the series' past will be present for players to run into around the streets of Lumiose City.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Pre-Order Bonuses Announced, But There's a Catch
New pre-order bonuses for Pokemon Legends: Z-A are revealed, but there are exceptions to who can receive the exclusive items.
As it turns out, a fan favorite character from Pokemon X and Y's post-game seems to be featured on the cover art for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, despite making no appearance in any of the game's trailers so far. This character is Emma, a young and lonely girl who has only ever appeared officially in the core-series Pokemon titles during the post-game content in Pokemon X and Y. While not outright confirmed, many Pokemon enthusiasts were quick to pick out one of the characters featured on the game's box art, who is complete with the very same features and even eye color as Emma.
Emma's Return in Pokemon Legends: Z-A Would Be Perfectly Fitting
A lot of fans have scrutinized many of Pokemon Legends: Z-A's new characters in efforts to connect them with other existing ones, and while some fans have also compared the woman on the game's box art to another Gen 6 character named Sina, Emma's return in the next title would make perfect sense. For players who may not have played Pokemon X and Y's endgame or are otherwise just in need of a memory refresh, Emma was living something of a double-life during the story as an assistant to the International Police agent Looker, but also as an unwitting test subject of Team Flare's Dr. Xerosic.
After Looker left Kalos to fight crime elsewhere in the world, Emma was left in charge of Lumiose City's Looker Bureau as the town's protector. It's likely that Pokemon Legends: Z-A could shine some light on her life over a decade later and how she may have helped shape the development of Lumiose City, though some fans have speculated that Looker may also return in the upcoming Pokemon game to play a role in the story for the first time since the Gen 7 titles.
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- Satoshi Tajiri