Pokemon Z apparently was planned to exist once upon a time, according to an alleged document from the enormous Game Freak leak.
Pokemon Z is the RPG that everyone thought was the next, inevitable step for Pokemon after the release of X and Y, and to this day, it's still a bit of a mystery why it never happened. Even now, more than 11 years on from our first steps into the Kalos region, X and Y are the only main-series duo of Pokemon games – not counting remakes – to never receive either an improved third version (like Emerald and Platinum), sequel (like Black and White 2), or DLC (like in Scarlet and Violet). For fans of the Kalos region, that makes the upcoming release of Pokemon Legends: Z-A all the more exciting, but it's now been claimed that the 'original' Pokemon Z was once supposed to happen, too.
