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30th Anniversary Pokémon Presents Reveals Pokémon Winds & Waves

by Alex Fuller · Published February 27, 2026 · Updated February 27, 2026

To mark today’s 30th anniversary of the Japanese release of the original Pokémon games, The Pokémon Company held a special Pokémon Presents presentation, during which it made a number of announcements for the series. Headlining the announcements is the reveal of the tenth generation mainlines series titles, Pokémon Winds and Waves.

Pokémon Winds and Waves are planned to release on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. The games take place in an open-world region with windswept islands and a large ocean. The game’s three starter Pokémon are Browt, the Grass-type Bean Chick Pokémon; Pombon, the Fire-type Puppy Pokémon; and Gecqua, the Water-type Water Gecko Pokémon. Players can choose a male or female protagonist whose outfit depends on the version of the game.

The Pokémon Company also announced that Pokémon Champions will release on Nintendo Switch in April 2026, and on iOS and Android later in the year. The competitive battle game will allow players to battle each other with Pokémon Home compatibility, with Pokémon Legends: Z-A set to be able to connect to Pokémon Home later this year. In addition, a new Mega Evolved form of Garchomp — Mega Garchomp Z — is now available in Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Mega Dimension DLC via a new Mystery Gift. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen‘s Nintendo Switch versions, released today, are also planned to be compatible with Pokémon Home at a later date.

Meanwhile, additional gameplay details were shown for Pokémon Pokopia ahead of its release for Nintendo Switch 2 next week on March 3, 2026. The spin-off life sim sees players control a Ditto that can transform into a human shape. It lets players learn moves from befriended Pokémon and construct an environment that attracts other Pokémon while collecting materials, building furniture and homes, and growing vegetables. The game will include a Rotom that lets players play music from across the series, with the new footage also showing cooking and multiplayer elements. In addition, Nintendo recently held a Treehouse Live presentation where it showed off various parts of the game.

Additional game-related news sees GameCube title Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in March 2026, where it will be available as a Nintendo Classics title for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. In non-video game news, The Pokémon Company has released the Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue Game Music Collection: Game Boy Jukebox. The sound device uses 45 cartridges to play tracks or sound effects from the original Pokémon games. It is available to purchase through the Pokémon Center online store in the US, the UK, and Canada. Finally, the presentation featured additional information for the PokémonXP and the 2026 Pokémon World Championships events taking place in San Francisco later this year, and the reveal of a forthcoming expansion to the Pokémon TCG, which will be released worldwide simultaneously later this year.

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