{"id":135760,"date":"2026-01-22T02:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196490"},"modified":"2026-01-22T02:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:11:00","slug":"pokemon-legends-z-a-version-2-0-1-is-now-live-here-are-the-full-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/22\/pokemon-legends-z-a-version-2-0-1-is-now-live-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A Version 2.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c7c6076c5421f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c7c6076c5421f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c7c6076c5421f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c7c6076c5421f\/pokemon-legends-z-a.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c7c6076c5421f\/pokemon-legends-z-a.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"562\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_z-a\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a> has received its first update of the year today for the Switch and Switch 2. When you download it, your copy will be updated to Version 2.0.1.<\/p>\n<p>It focuses on some adjustments for obtaining certain items (including an increase to the maximum number of Mega Shards) and also applies a whole bunch of fixes to previously confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_legends_z-a_mega_dimension\">Mega Dimension<\/a> expansion issues. You can read more about this in a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/71193\/kw\/pokemon%20legends%20z-a%202.0.1\">separate post<\/a> on Nintendo&#8217;s support site.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rundown of this latest update:<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A: Ver. 2.0.1 (Released January 21, 2026)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Adjustments Applied for Obtaining Items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>When purchasing Berries from a food stall, you can now purchase multiple Berries at once.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>After beginning the story of the Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A \u2013 Mega Dimension DLC, you will be able purchase Berries from the clerk at Nouveau Caf\u00e9\u2019s Truck No. 3.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The maximum number of Mega Shards you can carry has been increased from 999 to 9,999.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fixes Applied for the Following Confirmed Issues Related to <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A \u2013 Mega Dimension<\/em> Content:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>When using moves in certain pockets of hyperspace, Pok\u00e9mon may sometimes have faced a different direction from the intended target.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>There were cases in which the weather remained sunny and did not change.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shiny Pok\u00e9mon obtained prior to the release of Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A \u2013 Mega Dimension may not have been registered to the Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9dex, even if their Mega Stones were obtained after becoming available in the DLC.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>During missions, images from unrelated scenes may occasionally have been displayed.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Players may not have been able to complete side mission 188 \u201cStart Special Scanning!\u201d even after earning the maximum number of survey points. (Players who are already experiencing this issue should be able to progress after entering and exiting hyperspace.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>In case you missed it, the Mega Dimension expansion DLC for Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A released at the end of last year. Unfortunately, it didn&#8217;t exactly live up to our expectations here at Nintendo Life, with repetitive Hyperspace dimensions and bland level design, but it&#8217;s hard to resist the lure of an expanded Pok\u00e9dex.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out what else we had to say about it in our full review:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"KTZliFdRsBY\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KTZliFdRsBY?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo has also released new updates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> today, and yesterday rolled out a surprise update for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/donkey_kong_country_returns_hd\">Donkey Kong Country Returns HD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:195096,192371,196488,196489 @ 1769082542 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Have you downloaded this update for Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A? Have you played through Mega Dimension yet? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A has received its first update of the year today for the Switch and Switch 2. When you download it, your copy will be updated to Version 2.0.1. It focuses on some adjustments for obtaining certain items (including an increase to the maximum number of Mega Shards) and also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}