The Pokémon Company International revealed a slew of new content during today’s Pokémon Presents livestream, including upcoming games, a new animated series, and additions to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Here’s the biggest highlights from the livestream:
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Pokémon Legends: Z-A will feature a day-night gameplay cycle, allowing players to explore both sides of Lumiose City. By day, players can explore urban wild zones, encountering Alpha Pokémon—larger, more powerful variants with red-glowing eyes. At night, they can rise through the ranks in the Z-A Royale battle system, culminating in high-stakes matches against powerful opponents.
Upon arriving in Lumiose City, Urbain or Taunie will invite players to join Team MZ, a crew tasked with investigating a strange phenomenon known as Mega Evolutions. Together, they will battle and calm a variety of Rogue Mega-Evolved Pokémon to earn Mega Stones. One such Mega Evolution, Mega Dragonite, was also revealed.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A launches 16 October 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
Pokémon Champions
In Pokémon Champions, players will build teams through two recruitment systems: Trial Recruitment, which allows temporary access to Pokémon for testing strategies; and Permanent Recruitment, which uses Victory Points (VP) earned from gameplay to add and customize team members. VP can also enhance a Pokémon’s stats and Abilities.
Three core battle formats will be available in both Single and Double Battle styles:
- Ranked Battles – Global matchmaking with tiered rankings.
- Casual Battles – Unranked matches for team testing.
- Private Battles – Matches against friends or family.
Pokémon Champions is slated for release in 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android devices.
Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu
Pokémon will be releasing a new stop-motion animated series collaboration with Aardman, which brings a comedic and heartfelt look into the Pokémon world. Titled Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, the series will release in 2027.
Pokémon Friends
Available now on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, iOS, and Android, Pokémon Friends is a puzzle game developed with Wonderfy Inc. Players solve brainteasers to earn yarn, which can be used to craft plush Pokémon in the in-game “Plush-O-Matic.” These plush can be gifted to residents of Think Town through quests or used to decorate customisable rooms with furniture and wallpaper.
The game features:
- Over 1,200 puzzles designed to promote critical thinking
- Up to 150 collectible plush Pokémon
- Daily progress tracking via stamps
- Five separate save files for shared family play
Mega Evolution Returns to the Pokémon TCG
Launching 26 September 2025, the Mega Evolution TCG expansion will add new cards including Mega Lucario ex, Mega Kangaskhan ex, and Mega Gardevoir ex. Special cards featuring Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Mega Venusaur ex can be combined to create a larger panoramic artwork.
The livestream also teased new content for ongoing titles, including Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Pokémon GO, UNITE, Sleep, Masters EX, Café ReMix, and Pokémon Concierge.
Fans can watch the full Pokémon Presents and explore more details via the official Pokémon YouTube channel.
