Pokémon Legends Z-A's $30 Mega Dimension DLC Pushes Price of Owning Every New Mega Evolution to $100 On Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo's determination to denote costly DLC for Pokémon Legends: Z-A and fastener 3 Mega Evolutions down an progressive Nintendo Switch Online subscription has prompted instrumentality complaints implicit the magnitude of wealth required to unlock each creature.

Last Friday's Nintendo Direct included the announcement of Mega Dimension, a $30 DLC that includes further communicative contented and allows fans to brushwood 2 caller Mega Evolutions: Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y.

Three different Mega Evolutions were besides confirmed, for Kalos Starter Pokémon Delphox, Chesnaught and Greninja, with tiny people revealing these volition lone beryllium disposable post-launch arsenic rewards for competing successful online ranked battles — which necessitate a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

With Pokémon Legends Z-A already $70 connected Switch 2 (or $60 connected the archetypal Switch), fans were speedy to enactment that the $30 Mega Dimension DLC — announced weeks earlier the game's launch, and disposable to pre-order already — pushes the terms of owning each caller Mega Evolution to $100.

On apical of that, the request to person an progressive Nintendo Switch Online subscription lone adds to the costs involved. And with each of the 3 granted implicit consequent in-game seasons, players volition request to support their Switch Online progressive for aggregate months (and triumph ranked battles) to unlock the lot.

"Why fastener thing similar this down a paywall and ranked battles, did they not deliberation astatine all?" wrote 1 fan, footboy1996. "Because money," replied different fan.

"This paired with the literal time 1 $30 DLC is similar beyond bonkers," wrote AshStash, "lame arsenic hell. Like, if you wanna acquisition the full of this crippled time 1, you gotta cough up (minimum) $20 for online, $70 for basal game, and $30 for dlc. Is that not insane."

"Pokemon Heart Gold was $34 erstwhile I was 8," wrote SStonerag. "Adjusted for ostentation that's $50. Which is similar $70 cheaper than each dat. Wtf is this."

"This should not beryllium the damn norm," TreasureHnt9696 concluded. "It's disgusting and wealth hungry. I'm getting the power 2 mentation and not getting the DLC. I'll ticker others play."

Other fans pointed to the caller $20 outgo of beloved Hollow Knight: Silksong, oregon $50 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, oregon $30 Hades 2, to item however overmuch the DLC cost.

"For 100 of this currency you tin play 3 Game of the Year contenders oregon 1 Pokémon game," Thedeaddiety wrote.

Raichu, Chesnaught, Delphox and Greninja articulation a increasing database of further Mega Pokémon taxon getting their debuts successful Pokémon Legends: Z-A, pursuing precocious announced Mega Evolutions for Dragonite, Malamar and Victreebell. You tin work astir them successful our recap of each caller Mega Evolution announced for Pokémon Legends: Z-A truthful far.

Last week brought a immense magnitude of Nintendo quality connected everything from Mario to Zelda, Yoshi and Fire Emblem. We besides got a archetypal look astatine Pokémon Pokopia, an Animal Crossing-esque beingness simulation spin-off. For everything else, cheque retired everything announced astatine the Nintendo Direct September 2025.

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