Feel free to add more responses!! i.e. if there's any Pokémon you think might gain a new Mega Evolution upon the release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, an upcoming game which is confirmed to have Megas.
If that new Mega Evolution is present on the game's release day (or is announced before then), that option will resolve YES.
(EDIT: To clarify, for a Mega to resolve YES: by the end of Release Day, it must be in the game (either via the base game or a Day-1 patch) OR already officially announced to be coming to the game sometime later. Otherwise, it will resolve NO.)
For any "...again" options, that Pokémon would have to receive a NEW additional Mega Evolution (e.g. a hypothetical "Mega Charizard Z", for instance).
1,000@traders - To clarify:
...in keeping with the original resolution criteria I listed at the outset (which state that "If that new Mega Evolution is present on the game's release day (or is announced before then), that option will resolve YES.") — for a Mega (like Mega Zeraora for instance) to resolve as a YES, it would have to be either in the game on Release Day (either already in the base game, or present in a Day-1 patch) OR already officially announced before the end of Release Day (like, the official company saying "Look out for Mega Zeraora in 6 months!" etc)
So, if (by the end of release day) a certain Mega (like Mega Zeraora) isn't in the game and [Game Freak / The Pokémon Company / Nintendo / Creatures Inc.] hasn't officially announced it's coming later, then it'd resolve NO.
@PaintspotInfez what does ‘in the game’ mean?
Eg:
a model or learnset can be data mined, but it isn’t functional
the mega evolved pokemon is fully present in the code, but accessing it isn’t possible until a later date due to the mega stone’s absence
the mega stone is accessible, but the base Pokemon is inaccessible until a later date (via event, DLC, or Pokemon Bank)
Alleged leak that claims to be a complete list of all 26 new Mega Evolutions:
https://x.com/CentroLeaks/status/1905044983976952313?
I've added a few, but I don't feel like spending a bunch of mana to add all of them. If someone else is interested, have at it.
News report on the leak:
https://www.si.com/esports/news/every-pokemon-legends-z-a-mega-evolution-leaked
Notable is that Zeraora is now missing from the list. The article speculates it might mean it's going to be cut from the base game and maybe included in a later update or DLC.
@PaintspotInfez you might want to get ahead of this and clarify whether these markets will resolve "yes" if the mega is not included with the base game but is included with an update afterwards (including a possible day-1 update like Pokémon BDSP got).
@Kronopath Thanks!! In keeping with the original rules I listed at the outset, for a Mega like Mega Zeraora to resolve as a YES, it would have to be either in the game on Release Day (either already in the game, or present in a Day-1 patch) OR already officially announced before the end of Release Day (like, the official company saying "Look out for Mega Zeraora in 6 months!" etc)
So, if (by the end of release day) a Mega like Mega Zeraora isn't in the game and [Game Freak / The Pokémon Company / Nintendo / Creatures Inc.] hasn't officially announced it's coming later, then it'd resolve NO
@GG Just clarifying, this just means "a Pokémon that hasn't been released yet (i.e. a creature that we've never seen) gets a Mega", right?
@PaintspotInfez Yes, a Pokemon that has not yet been released as of 3/25/2025. Use your own discretion to decide if a new regional form or whatever gimmick they introduce counts as a "new Pokemon".
@Najawin - Ooh, what a fun answer! :D I don't think Floette (the middle evolution) will get a Mega, but I do think the "Eternal Flower" form of Floette will become obtainable. (But, unless something gets labelled as a Mega Evolution, it'll resolve NO.)
@PaintspotInfez That's my guess as well, but if there's ever a middle form that does get a mega, it's probably this.