From A-Z Here Is Everything From Today’s Pokemon Presents. This morning, fans around the world gathered to watch the annual Pokemon Day Pokemon Presents, where The Pokemon Company provides updates to their games and services as well as reveals new products. This year’s presentation was shorter than usual, but no less exciting. As avid Pokemon Go players and TCG collectors, we were excited by the upcoming collaboration with the Pokemon Horizons anime including a new captain’s hat Pikachu and the inclusion of Charcadet and its evolutions, and a new TCG app coming this year for us to collect, play, and trade with, Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket.
The usual updates to mobile games such as new Pokemon coming to Pokemon Unite and Pokemon Cafe Remix, as well as new characters for Pokemon Masters EX, including a personal favorite, the rival Silver from the Johto region games. Silver’s reveal as well as Entei, Raikou, and Suicune coming to Pokemon Sleep, as well as the presence of Unown in the presentation package, led to an expectation that perhaps we’d get a return to the Johto region in a hypothetical Let’s Go sequel set in the region or a Legends game set there, but the big finish was actually a return to Kalos in Pokemon Legends Z-A set to release in 2025, which got a big response from us when the title dropped on screen.
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Highlights include the announcement of a new video game, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which will be released exclusively on the Nintendo Switch™ family of systems worldwide in 2025, and Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a new app featuring a digital card collection — including “immersive cards” — arriving later in 2024. Details about these new titles as well as celebrations for the upcoming U.S. launch of “Pokémon Horizons: The Series” are below:
NEW GAME EXPERIENCES COMING TO POKÉMON
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Pokémon Legends: Z-A, an ambitious new entry to the Pokémon video game series, will be released simultaneously worldwide on Nintendo Switch in 2025. An exciting new adventure awaits players within Lumiose City, where an urban redevelopment plan is underway to shape the city into a place that belongs to both people and Pokémon.
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
The beloved Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) franchise continues to evolve with the debut of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a new app that reimagines the experience of collecting Pokémon TCG cards in an innovative digital format.
In Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, players will be able to enjoy the thrill of opening booster packs and collecting cards showcasing special visual effects unique to this digital adaptation of the Pokémon TCG. Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket introduces “immersive cards,” which give players the experience of leaping into the world of the card’s illustration, providing a whole new way to enjoy the Pokémon TCG. Players will be able to open two booster packs every day at no cost, including cards with nostalgic illustrations as well as new cards found only in the app. In addition, players will be able to engage in quick battles featuring streamlined rules based on the classic Pokémon TCG battle system.
Developed in collaboration with Creatures Inc., the creators of the Pokémon TCG, and DeNA Co. Ltd., partners in the development of Pokémon Masters EX, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket will launch in 2024 as a free-to-start app for iOS and Android. For more details, please see here.
CELEBRATORY EXPERIENCES FOR ‘POKÉMON HORIZONS: THE SERIES’
Themed Activities Coming to Pokémon GO
In celebration of the upcoming U.S. premiere of “Pokémon Horizons: The Series” — arriving March 7, 2024, exclusively on Netflix — fans around the world can enjoy special “Pokémon Horizons: The Series” events coming to Pokémon GO between March 5 and March 11. Players will be able to meet Liko and Roy, the dual protagonists of “Pokémon Horizons: The Series,” in GO Snapshot. In addition, Pikachu wearing Cap’s hat will make its debut in Pokémon GO, introducing an attack that’s also new to the app: Volt Tackle.
Pokémon Day at the Empire State Building
Outside of today’s Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company International is celebrating the upcoming U.S. premiere of “Pokémon Horizons: The Series” by partnering with the iconic Empire State Building in New York City to illuminate its world-famous tower lights. Emulating the highly recognizable Pokémon logo, the world-famous landmark will light up New York’s skyline in yellow and blue tonight beginning at sunset.
While there’s no major title to release this year, we actually appreciate that so that they can take their time to release high-quality games. Read on further for the breakdown of each title from The Pokemon Company and let us know what you’re excited for in the comments.
