Pokemon Winds & Waves: Switch 2, Generation 10 Starter Revealed

Pokemon Winds and Waves, the first mainline games in the series to arrive Nintendo Switch 2was announced on Friday, the franchise’s 30th anniversary, in a special presentation Pokemon Shows Live Stream. They will be released in 2027 Exclusively on Switch 2.

Following the precedent he set Pokemon scarlet and purpleThe new games appear to be set in a fully explorable open world. The new playable area is spread across multiple islands, with large expanses of ocean between them.

The clear water-land dichotomy harkens back to cherished gameplay mechanics from the third-generation Pokémon games Ruby and Sapphire, which were first released in Japan in 2002.

As tradition dictates, we got our first look at the three new Pokémon, powerful friends who act as the player’s first partner in an unfamiliar new place.

The initiator of the Grass-type, Browt, is a chickadee with a head swollen enough to conjure it Brain. The aquatic species, Gecqua, is a four-legged gecko with a remarkable behaviour. The Fire-type starter, Pompon, is a very cute orange pup with a mane that extends beyond his body. (I suspect Bombon will quickly become a fan favorite.)

Fan favorite pokemon from Previous games It was also displayed. Pikachu, Tympole, Wailord, Tropius, and Frillish are among the group of monsters that will be captured in the next main Pokémon games, among other ancient creatures. Many of the returning Pokémon seem to fit the island theme, residing in volcanic caves (where we saw Slugma), swampy swamps (Carnivine), and underwater coves (Lumineon).

It’s been four years since the last major Pokemon games – Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – were released for the Nintendo Switch.

While some fans praised these games for their open world and freer approach to telling the Pokémon story, they were hampered by… Poor performance and bugs that crash the game On Nintendo’s first hybrid console. Pokemon Winds and Waves — games designed for and exclusive to the more powerful Switch 2 hardware — need to do better when it comes to in-game performance.

Pokemon Winds and Waves may be the first traditional Pokemon games for the Switch 2, but they’re not the first adventures in the world of pocket monsters for the new console. Recently released Pokemon Legends: ZA A completely new combat system, moving away from the turn-based mechanics that the series has been known for since 1996. Pokemon Bucopiaan Animal Crossing-style game that will be released next month, is also primed to bring pocket monsters into cozy gaming spaces.

Nintendo also announced that the upcoming, which focuses on competition Pokemon heroes It will be released on Switch in April and will arrive on mobile devices later this year.

These games will have to get fans excited so they can dive into the watery world of Pokemon Winds and Waves next year.