{"id":211797,"date":"2025-10-09T13:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211797\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:27:09","slug":"psa-pokemon-legends-z-a-eshop-preloads-go-live-ahead-of-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211797\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A eShop Preloads Go Live Ahead Of Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pokemon<\/a>Image: Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Update [Thu 9th Oct 2025, 1:33pm]: The file sizes for the Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a> shop preloads have now been revealed, with the Switch version coming in at 4.0 GB, whilst the Nintendo Switch 2 port is a slightly larger 7.7 GB.<\/p>\n

Original Story: Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a> for Switch and Switch 2 launches next week on 16th October 2025, and ahead of this highly anticipated release, there’s been a few developments…<\/p>\n

Firstly, if you’ve purchased a digital copy of the title<\/a> from the eShop, the preload should now (or at least soon) be showing up on your system’s HOME Menu. As a reminder, the Switch version of this game can also be redeemed with a game voucher in select regions. And Nintendo will be offering a paid Switch 2 upgrade for the original release as well.<\/p>\n

If you want to pick up a physical copy, be sure to check out our pre-order guide here on Nintendo Life. Nintendo is also offering a hardware bundle, which comes packaged with the Switch 2 and the game, and retailers will be offering pre-order bonuses with standalone purchases, including special codes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with this news about preloads of Legends: Z-A, the game has also reportedly received an update<\/a>, bumping it up to Version 1.0.1. We don’t know the details about this patch just yet, but if we hear anything, we’ll be sure to let you know.<\/p>\n

Will you be playing the digital or physical copy of this game? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Life Update [Thu 9th Oct 2025, 1:33pm]: The file sizes for the Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A shop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[120717,5177,75,2076,74,7142],"class_list":["post-211797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-eshop","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-psa","tag-technology","tag-upcoming-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}