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Friday morning marked the beginning of the annual celebration Everything PokemonThis year is especially significant as the 30th anniversary of the original Game Boy games. Pokemon Day is full of stuff Free goodies and Exciting game reveal For critter collecting fans all over the world, this stream did not disappoint.
While the start of February’s Pokemon Presents showcase primarily focused on a slew of Pocket Monster games on mobile, like Pokemon Go and Pokemon TCG Pocket, we also learned about a fair number of new games. The show culminated in the reveal Pokemon Wind and Wavesthe main Generation X games and the first Pokémon games developed exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2.
Here’s everything the Pokemon Company announced for 2026 and beyond during the first Pokemon Presents broadcast of the year. Whether you’re looking to relive old games for the first time or dive into a whole new generation of pocket monsters, there’s something for every Pokemon fan to get excited about now.
Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua are the newest Pokémon partners.
Pokemon Wind and Waves
The first major Pokemon games developed exclusively for the Switch 2 have been revealed. Pokemon Wind and Waves They are the Pokémon games from Generation X, and their events take place in a new region filled with volcanic rocks, mysterious swamps, and lots of water.
We got our first look at our partner Pokemon – Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua – but no other new Pokemon made their debut in this trailer. Keep your eyes peeled for additional information on new Pocket Monster types and box art legends in the coming months.
Pokemon Winds and Waves will be released in 2027. Expect our sister site IGN to do so He scores this one 7.8/10.
The mechanics of different generations collide in Pokemon Champions.
Pokemon Champions is getting a release date… sort of
Pokemon Champions, the competitive fighting game revealed during July 2025 Pokemon Showsappeared noticeably in the last broadcast. While we still do not know the exact date Pokemon heroes It will become available to the general public, and we know it will be released for Switch and Switch 2 sometime during April. The game will also release on mobile devices later this year.
Pokemon Champions aims to standardize competitive Pokemon battling by unifying tricks from all nine generations of the major Pokemon games – including Megavolutions, Dynamax Pokemon, and Terastallization – into a single format. Players will be able to transfer their favorite Pokemon from the main games into Pokemon Champions in order to battle each other, with cross-platform play supported between Switch and mobile devices.
I could have sworn that shadow loggia was creepy in 2005.
Pokemon XD: Dark Storm for Switch 2
It’s an oldie but a goodie. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, the game that introduced the amazing corrupted Lugia back in 2005, will be released exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 Online + Expansion Pack Subscribers in March. Gale of Darkness is fondly remembered as a challenging title with plenty of fan-favorite Shadow Pokemon variants, so it would be nice to have this nostalgic classic on current-gen Nintendo consoles.
A Pokemon music collection in Game Boy form? Yes.
Game Boy Jukebox featuring music from Pokemon Red and Blue
The Game Boy Advance is back. Well, not really, but a A very small music box It takes the form of a lover Portable console They will be released today. This Game Boy Jukebox starter set comes with 45 different cartridges – each one playing a classic chiptune song from Pokemon Red and Blue, the original first-generation Pokemon games from 30 years ago.
I think 45 different cartridges might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s definitely authentic to the old console experience. It remains to be seen if more classic GBA games will get their own chiptune cartridges for the Game Boy Jukebox. There are no details about the device’s pricing yet.
Legendary Pokemon cards from previous editions will likely return in a new legacy expansion set.
A mysterious new TCG
The scalping will continue until morale improves. The next trading card game set (which was teased but not named during the Pokemon Presents broadcast) is designed to celebrate 30 years of Pokemon’s legacy.
Several cards from different generations of the Pokemon TCG have been featured, revamped and revitalized to receive play in 2026. Notable additions include Pikachu and Charizard from the original base set, Palkia, Darkrai and Azelf from the Diamond and Pearl sets and the Pikachu and Zekrom team card from 2019. This mystery set appears to be bringing back the greatest hits – assuming you’re able to find packs in stores anywhere near you.
How to watch the Pokemon Day Show video
The Pokemon Company is responsible for the live stream of Pokemon Presents, so the live stream was broadcast on their site YouTube, twitch, Tik Tok and Instagram the accounts. If you’d like to watch the VOD and catch up on the latest Pokemon news for yourself, I’ve embedded The Pokemon Company’s video of each announcement above, or you can watch the announcement on any of their social media channels.