Friday morning noticed the beginning of the annual celebration of all things Pokemon, this 12 months significantly necessary because the thirtieth anniversary of the unique Recreation Boy video games. Pokemon Day is chock-full of free goodies and exciting game reveals for creature-collecting followers the world over, and this stream did not disappoint.
Whereas the start of February’s Pokemon Presents targeted totally on the plethora of pocket monster cellular video games, like Pokemon Go and Pokemon TCG Pocket, we additionally realized about fairly a couple of new video games. The presentation culminated within the reveal of Pokemon Winds and Waves, the gen-10 mainline video games and the primary Pokemon video games to be developed completely for the Nintendo Switch 2.
Here is the whole lot The Pokemon Firm introduced for 2026 and past throughout its first Pokemon Presents stream of the 12 months. Whether or not you are seeking to relive outdated video games for the primary time or dive right into a brand-new era of pocket monsters, there’s one thing for each Pokemon fan to get enthusiastic about proper now.
Browt, Pombon and Gecqua are the most recent accomplice Pokemon.
Pokemon Winds and Waves
The primary mainline Pokemon video games developed completely for the Change 2 have been revealed. Pokemon Winds and Waves are the gen-10 Pokemon video games, and so they happen in a brand new area filled with volcanic crags, murky swamplands and many water.
We acquired our first take a look at the accomplice Pokemon — Browt, Pombon and Gecqua — however no different new Pokemon made their debut on this trailer. Maintain your eyes peeled for extra details about new pocket monster species and field artwork legendaries within the coming months.
Pokemon Winds and Waves might be launched in 2027. Count on our sibling website IGN to score these ones 7.8/10.
Completely different generational mechanics conflict in Pokemon Champions.
Pokemon Champions will get a launch date… type of
Pokemon Champions, the aggressive battling sport that was revealed in the course of the July 2025 Pokemon Presents, made a notable look within the newest stream. Whereas we nonetheless do not know the precise date Pokemon Champions will develop into publicly accessible, we all know it will likely be launched for the Change and Change 2 someday throughout April. The sport can even come out on cellular gadgets later this 12 months.
Pokemon Champions goals to standardize aggressive Pokemon battling by unifying the gimmicks from all 9 generations of mainline Pokemon video games — together with Mega evolutions, Dynamax Pokemon, and Terastallization — right into a single format. Gamers will have the ability to switch their favourite Pokemon from the mainline video games to Pokemon Champions to be able to battle each other, with cross-platform play supported between Change and cellular gadgets.
I might’ve sworn that this shadow Lugia was intimidating in 2005.
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness for Change 2
It is an oldie however a goodie. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, the sport that launched the awe-inspiring corrupted Lugia again in 2005, might be launched completely for Nintendo Switch 2 Online + Expansion Pack subscribers in March. Gale of Darkness is fondly remembered as a difficult title with loads of fan-favorite shadow Pokemon varieties, so it will be good to have this nostalgic basic on the present era of Nintendo {hardware}.
A Pokemon music assortment in Recreation Boy type? Sure.
Recreation Boy Jukebox that includes music from Pokemon Crimson and Blue
The Recreation Boy Advance is again. Nicely, not likely, however a very small jukebox taking the type of the beloved handheld console might be launched at this time. This preliminary Recreation Boy Jukebox assortment comes with 45 completely different cartridges — every one performs a basic chiptune track from Pokemon Crimson and Blue, the unique gen-1 Pokemon video games from 30 years in the past.
I believe 45 completely different cartridges could be somewhat little bit of overkill, nevertheless it’s definitely genuine to the outdated console expertise. It stays to be seen whether or not extra basic GBA video games will get their very own chiptune cartridges for the Recreation Boy Jukebox. There are not any pricing particulars for the machine but.
Legendary Pokemon playing cards from earlier runs are more likely to return in a brand new legacy enlargement set.
A mysterious new TCG assortment
The scalping will proceed till morale improves. The subsequent buying and selling card sport assortment (which was teased however not named in the course of the Pokemon Presents stream) is designed to rejoice 30 years of Pokemon’s legacy.
A number of playing cards from completely different generations of the Pokemon TCG have been proven off, revamped and revitalized to obtain play in 2026. Notable inclusions have been Pikachu and Charizard from the unique base set, Palkia, Darkrai and Azelf from the Diamond and Pearl units and the Pikachu and Zekrom tag crew card from 2019. This thriller set appears to be bringing again the best hits — assuming you are capable of finding packs in shops anyplace close to you.
How one can watch the Pokemon Day presentation video
The Pokemon Firm is liable for the Pokemon Presents livestreams, so the livestream aired on its YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram accounts. If you wish to watch the VOD and make amends for the entire newest Pokemon information for your self, I’ve embedded The Pokemon Firm’s video of each announcement above, or you may view the announcement on any of its social media channels.
