If you’ve been anywhere online this week, you’ve probably had a difficult time avoiding Pokémon Legends: ZA leaks – especially Mega Starmie and her strangely humanoid legs.
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With the release of Pokémon Legends: ZA and more players encountering Mega Starmie for themselves, the reaction to this strange-looking novel Mega Evolution is only growing. Most Mega Evolutions add some novel element to the Pokémon’s design, whether it’s an extra set of Mega Dragonite wings or a flower-like Mega Meganium collar.
But in the case of Starmie – basically a starfish with a jewel in the middle – its two legs are now just… a little longer, allowing it to run in a rather strange, bipedal fashion.
Is it because Mega Starmie’s two legs look weirdly stretched out? Is it because he now looks a bit more human-like, although he still lacks any form of head? It’s difficult to say exactly why Mega Starmie looks so weird, although the general consensus among Pokémon fans is that the design is one of the silliest in the series in some time.
Comparisons have been made between Earth-bound villain Starman, DC Comics alien Starro and Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants, and fan art now shows Mega Starmie’s legs clad in fishnet stockings.
MEGA STARMIE I- pic.twitter.com/z8lXobEYHF
— ʕ•ᴥ·ʔ♡ (@yevguineapig) October 12, 2025
Inktober Day 7 – Starfish #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Pokemon #Starmie #PokemonLegendsZA #MegaEvolution pic.twitter.com/E3FFgeunss
— Bluish Luis (@BluishDude) October 8, 2025
#PokemonLegendsZA #Pokemon #PokemonIllustration
mega stars pic.twitter.com/oUGvhjOmjQ— dos２二(@2lugin) October 13, 2025
Mega Starmie is great pic.twitter.com/gKElCCG5GZ
— Steve Ly (@notstevely) October 15, 2025
There’s also a lot of love for the way Mega Starmie now moves on those two legs, changing his movement from more graceful to something straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon.
“His movements have become more human,” reads the novel Pokédex entry about the creature. “It is unclear whether he is simply trying to communicate or whether he wants to displace humanity.” If he’s trying to communicate, it’s unclear what Mega Starmie might be trying to say. Taj, what was the point of displacing humanity??
MEGA STARMIE IS A GOOD COMEDY #Pokemon #PokemonLegendsZA https://t.co/kSnp2HWmvh pic.twitter.com/B3yId7wdFF
— MAGIKARP🦈💦 (@UniteVids) October 13, 2025
“Mega Starmie isn’t real, she can’t hurt you”
Mega Starmie: pic.twitter.com/fYf74IabAs
— PJ Spadez (@PJSpadez53) October 17, 2025
IGN’s Pokémon Legends: ZA review is already underway if you want to check out our impressions of the first 24 hours, with the full review coming next week. If you’re jumping into Pokémon Legends ZA, select your Starter Pokémon, then check out our Pokémon Legends: ZA in Progress guide as well as our Side Mission List to make sure you don’t miss anything. We also have the Pokémon Legends: ZA Pokedex and, most importantly, a guide to all the clothing stores and clothes in Pokémon Legends: ZA, so you can catch them all in style.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s news editor. You can contact Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
