{"id":44963,"date":"2025-02-28T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T04:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44963"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T07:21:20","slug":"pokemon-legends-z-a-japanese-fans-disappointed-as-cyndaquil-seemingly-gets-left-out-from-johto-dream-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-legends-z-a-japanese-fans-disappointed-as-cyndaquil-seemingly-gets-left-out-from-johto-dream-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A: Japanese fans disappointed as Cyndaquil seemingly gets left out of Johto dream team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company recently revealed the three starter Pok\u00e9mon for its upcoming Switch game<strong> Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A<\/strong>, alongside a new trailer<strong>. <\/strong>However, the information revealed about Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A so far has prompted disappointment among some Japanese fans because one Pok\u00e9mon &#8211; Cyndaquil, appears to have been left out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\u300ePok\u00e9mon LEGENDS Z-A\u300f2nd  Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZCH7f1r4Cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyndaquil\u2019s absence has been so strongly felt by some Trainers that the timid fire mouse Pok\u00e9mon started trending on X (under its Japanese name \u2018Hinoarashi\u2019). Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A&#8217;s starters are Chikorita, Tepig and Totodile, as revealed in the second trailer above. As described in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus, these three Pok\u00e9mon all hail from the Johto region. However, fellow Johto Pok\u00e9mon Cyndaquil seems to be missing from the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/list-of-all-confirmed-pokemon-for-pokemon-legends-z-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">line-up<\/a> at the time of writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prompted Japanese speaking Cyndaquil fans to take to X to express their disappointment:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30d2\u30ce\u30a2\u30e9\u30b7\u300c\u4ffa\u306f\uff1f\u300d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llSgC3wtxp\">pic.twitter.com\/llSgC3wtxp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u754cNo.1\u30a2\u30a4\u30c9\u30eb\u3092\u76ee\u6307\u3059\u30c9\u30b4\u30fc\u30e0 (@NuY4HcDmMcb5BtI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NuY4HcDmMcb5BtI\/status\/1895116103120240968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>Cyndaquil: \u201cWhat about me?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30c1\u30b3\u30ea\u30fc\u30bf\u30dd\u30ab\u30d6\u30ef\u30cb\u30ce\u30b3\u306e\u4e26\u3073\u3001\u30d2\u30ce\u30a2\u30e9\u30b7\u304c\u30cf\u30d6\u306b\u3055\u308c\u305f\u307f\u305f\u3044\u3067\u304b\u308f\u3044\u305d\u3046\u3060\u308d\uff01\uff01\uff01\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u9055\u6cd5\u30d0\u30bf\u30d4\u30fc (@batapys1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batapys1\/status\/1895116135315710203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post translation:<\/strong><em><strong> <\/strong>It looks like poor Cyndaquil has been left out of the Chikorita, Tepig and Totodile line-up.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users are theorizing that Cyndaquil is absent because the fire Pok\u00e9mon was one of the starters in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus, which seems a likely reason. Those who want to begin their journey with a Fire Starter will have to pick Tepig instead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A will feature a new take on the traditional Pok\u00e9mon battle system, adding real-time elements to combat. You will now be able to actively dodge attacks by moving your Pok\u00e9mon out of the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A is scheduled to be released on the Nintendo Switch in late 2025. It is possible that it might end up being the last Pok\u00e9mon title on the console before the series moves over to the Switch 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some fans are expressing their dismay that Tepig is the fire starter Pok\u00e9mon in Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A, instead of Cyndaquil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":44967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33,70],"class_list":["post-44963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A: Japanese fans disappointed as Cyndaquil seemingly gets left out of Johto dream team - 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