Overview

• Mega Malamar’s official entry describes an enlarged brain and a vivid glow that channels greatly enhanced psychic power to hypnotize and overwrite memories, treating others as pawns.
• The reveal video depicts incidents in Lumiose City tied to its mind‑bending influence, validating the recent Malamar‑themed teaser campaign across social channels.
• The new form retains its Dark/Psychic typing and features a slimmer, elongated design with brain‑like twisted head tendrils, spiked shoulders, and a rainbow sheen.
• It joins newly announced Mega Dragonite, Mega Victreebel, and Mega Hawlucha as Game Freak brings back Mega Evolution for Pokémon Legends: Z‑A.
• Pokémon Legends: Z‑A is scheduled to launch October 16 on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, with journalists noting that dramatic Pokédex lore may not translate directly into gameplay effects.