After wondering what the heck Pokemon Legends: Z-A's name actually meant, we now know it's tied to a pretty cool ranking system

A trainer gives a thumbs up to the camera as the UI shows her rank climbing up the Z-A charts in Pokemon Legends Z-A.

Yesterday's March Nintendo Direct finally revealed what Pokemon Legends: Z-A's funky title is all about.

As is now the case with Pokemon game names, Z-A seemed pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Maybe it was a reference to Pokemon X and Y, which shares the same setting of the Kalos region and Lumiose City. Maybe it was a callback to the legendary creature Zygarde, who's almost definitely showing up here as well. Or maybe it was as important as Scarlet and Violet's name (not very, that is).