2026 marks 30 years of the Pokémon franchise, and today, February 27, 2026, is the 30th anniversary of the original Pokémon Red and Green games' release in Japan. Considering all of that, players had high expectations for today's Pokémon Presents event, which provided a slew of updates about everything that The Pokémon Company has in the works, across its mobile titles, Pokémon TCG, and, of course, its mainline Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games. The reveal of the Generation 10 Pokémon games capped off the Pokémon Presents show, with the announcement of Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves, the next […]

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The leaks were correct, the next generation of Pokémon, the Gen 10 titles, will be titled Winds and Waves. Pokémon Winds & Waves will take on the mantle from Scarlet and Violet, the last titles of the original Switch generation.

Over the Switch generation mainline Pokémon games went through a lot of changes, moving from the traditional top-down layout to massive open-world maps with free travel and roaming 3D Pokémon. Game Freak has also begun experimenting with ‘Legends' titles, which also offer open-world gameplay, but feature experimental catching and battle mechanics.

Pokémon Winds and Waves will be the first exclusive Pokémon game for the Switch 2. The trailer also revealed the three new starter type Pokémon for this generation, including Pombon – a fire type dog, Browst – a Grass-type owl and Gecqua – a water type Gecko.

Pokémon Winds and Waves will launch for the Switch 2 sometime in 2027. It is unclear if the games will launch in early 2027, around February, or if Game Freak will save the titles for later in the year.

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