Pokémon Legends: Z-A is nearly upon us. The RPG is coming to Switch and Switch 2 on October 16, and that means copies are going to ship out to stores any day now. It also means that it’s entirely possible for people to get their hands on the game early, and it appears someone has broken the seal on that, as Pokémon leaker accounts are scrambling after what seems to be an early copy has been seen on 4chan.
While it’s not out of the question that this could be an elaborate hoax, a 4chan user posted an image of what appears to be Legends: Z-A’s character customization screen running on a Switch. The screen shows eight default character appearances and tells the player to pick which one will act as their base to customize later. A leaker who goes by the username BallGuy has posted confirmed information about Legends: Z-A before and has corroborated the customization screen’s authenticity, saying it matches one they have seen.
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A Picture has surfaced on 4chan alleging they have Pokémon Legends ZA running on Nintendo Switch on the character select screen pic.twitter.com/AyBL44CgOl
— Pory (@pory_leeks) October 1, 2025
The Pokémon community is tenacious when it comes to leaks and while they’re also often good about keeping them in designated channels, if you’re at all worried about Legends: Z-A spoilers, you might want to start muting some key terms on social media or just logging off. Descriptions of several new Mega Evolutions that are coming to the RPG have been circulating for months, so we’ll likely see images of them sprouting up online in the coming days or weeks as early players seek them out. It’s also possible that there might still be some surprises in store, even for those of us who have seen the list of supposed new Megas. The Mega Dimension DLC is adding two Mega Raichu forms that weren’t leaked ahead of time, so there’s probably more coming that we don’t know about yet.