Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the first game its lead has directed, and he's focused on making the RPG a "good one" as it reportedly continues through its "final fine-tuning phase"

Haruka T𒊎ochigi was previously credited on♔ Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Legends: Arceus and more

Pokemon Legends: Z-A screenshot
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Legends: Z-A's director has now been revealed, and while he's been involved𝓡 with the beloved RPG series for over a decade, this will be his first game at the helm.

Legends: Z-A's director is Haruka Tochigi, whose first credited role on a Pokemon game was in the 2014 Gen 3 remakes Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, where he was the lead of 3D map graphics. Since then, he has been involved in 3D map graphics for Pokemon Sun and Moon and Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee before becoming the field design and lighting lead for Legends: Arceus, as well as its CG director. Most recently, he was credited as a "section director" of 3D visuals on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

, beating both 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:GTA 6 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and a ಞ thanking fans for their support was read out. Over on Twitter, for this, revealing that𒁏 Tochigi also reportedly stated that Legends: Z-A is "in the final fine-tuning phase now."

Further responding to the win on Twitter (in a tweet that's been m🐷achine-translated), Tochigi reiterates his tha🔯nks and says he'll focus on making the upcoming RPG "a good one."

We'll just have to wait and see what Tochigi has up his sleeve when the game launches later this year. Employing a newer face certainly isn't a bad thing – Legends: Arceus director Kazumasa Iwao's only experience leading a game prior to the 2022 RPG was in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and the open-zone adventure in Hisui was adored by many for being such a unique addition to the series. Legends: Z-A is also shaping up to be very different, with a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:real-time battle system that looks like it'll make us 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:feel like we're in the Pokemon anime.

A single frame in the new Pokemon Legends Z-A trailer gives hardcore shiny hunters and Nuzlocke runners hope for a huge quality-of-life change.

Catherine Lewis
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I'm GamesRadar+'s Deputy News Editor, working alongside the rest of the news team to deliver cool gaming stories that we love. After spending more hours than I can count filling The University of Sheffield's student newspaper with Pokemon and indie game content, and picking up a degree in Journalism Studies, I started my career at GAMINGbible where I worked as a journalist for over a year and a half. I then became TechRadar Gamꦦing's news writer, where I sourced stories and wrote about all sorts of intriguing topics. In my spare time, you're sure to find me on my Nintendo Switch or PS5 playing through story-driven RPGs like Xenobla🎃de Chronicles and Persona 5 Royal, nuzlocking old Pokemon games, or going for a Victory Royale in Fortnite.

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