THE FUSE

I鈥檝e only spent a few nights in Pok茅mon Legends: Z-A鈥檚 multiplayer mode, and while I鈥檓 not usually a competitive player, I had a pretty fun time during those early days post-launch, before everyone had figured out what the meta was going to be. It鈥檚 chaotic, makes the most out of the game鈥檚 real-time battle system, and hitting several enemies with one giant Surf tsunami is always satisfying. Even using my non-optimized team of favorites was a blast. But it was only like this for a few nights. Now, you can鈥檛 boot up the game without folks running the same three Pok茅mon and essentially turning competitive battles into a game of rock-paper-scissors.聽