{"id":53078,"date":"2025-10-17T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53078"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:48:58","slug":"pokemon-legends-z-a-dialogue-confirms-that-pikachu-does-in-fact-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-legends-z-a-dialogue-confirms-that-pikachu-does-in-fact-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A dialogue confirms that Pikachu does, in fact, poop\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the latest installment in the franchise, <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/strong> brings many new discoveries in the shared world of humans and Pocket Monsters. While most of these revelations center around the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-x-account-issues-apology-after-staff-seemingly-gets-brainwashed-by-mega-malamar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Mega Evolutions<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/reviews\/pokemon-legends-z-a-hands-on-preview-the-series-is-finally-trusting-its-players-with-more-challenging-gameplay-and-its-never-felt-more-immersive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">associated gameplay experiences<\/a>, one piece of NPC dialogue includes a rather embarrassing piece of trivia about franchise mascot Pikachu. The detail seems to have struck the Japanese side of the Pok\u00e9mon fandom in particular, as \u201cPikachu\u2019s Poop\u201d became a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toutaxx\/status\/1978730038527688841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trending topic<\/a> on X not long after the game\u2019s launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you explore the vibrant Lumiose City, you will come across an NPC sitting on a bench beside a Pikachu. Talking to him will reveal that he is worried about his yellow electric Pok\u00e9mon, who just so happens to be defecating more than usual.&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\">\u30d4\u30ab\u30c1\u30e5\u30a6\u306e\u3046\u3093\u3061 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rVetTHbftA\">pic.twitter.com\/rVetTHbftA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3066\u305d (@teso_026) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teso_026\/status\/1978541393812291872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cPikachu&#8217;s pooping more than usual, I&#8217;m worried.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Pok\u00e9mon are living creatures, it isn\u2019t explicitly mentioned that they poop, much less suffer from diarrhea. Some fans even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rikugamesweets\/status\/1978663007262478578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liken Pok\u00e9mon to Japanese idols<\/a>, in that they are viewed by many as perfect beings who don\u2019<s> <\/s>participate in mundane activities of mortals like filing taxes or pooping.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this NPC putting the pooping matter to rest, several new questions arise. Do all trained Pok\u00e9mon use the bathroom? What about the larger Pok\u00e9mon that can\u2019t fit into houses? Do Poke Balls come with their own toilets? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There doesn\u2019t seem to be any follow-up dialogue with the NPC regarding his Pikachu\u2019s poop problem, but that doesn\u2019t mean these questions won\u2019t be resolved by another person or Pok\u00e9mon game. Now that Game Freak has opened this Pandora\u2019s Box, who knows what other obscure facts about Pok\u00e9mon we\u2019ll learn about in the future?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A is available on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A players were so shocked to learn Pikachu canonically poops it became a trending topic on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":53080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-53078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","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 dialogue confirms that Pikachu does, in fact, poop\u00a0 - 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