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Happy anniversary to Pokemon Red and Green--the Pokemon franchise turns 26 today, and Nintendo has some reveals to celebrate. Let's see what Pokemon fans can look forward to.

Starting March 1st, Alolan Pokemon will be coming to Pokemon Go.

Pokemon Masters EX is getting new content, with Victory Road trainers being able to team up with you once you win. There's special event trainers coming to the game as well, including May, Raihan, and Skyla. In addition, there are lots of gems to obtain for signing in.

Pokemon Cafe Remix adds deliveries. You can get new outfits. Victini is coming to the game soon. There's a special Bulbasaur, Piplup, and express delivery event going on.

Pokemon Unite shows off the content it is adding. There's quick battles, and Hoopa is the latest character added. You get to play Hoopa for free during this time. Duraludon will also be a new playable character coming later.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are getting an update that lets you claim Shaymin. You can redeem the Mystery Gift today, and have a month to use it.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is next. It's getting a new free update in version 1.1.0 called Daybreak, which will be available later today. Dialga and Palkia are teased in a fight. The free update adds new trainer fights. Using the password Arceus Adventure will also get you a lot of Pokeballs.

A Pokemon anime about Hisui is in production, and will air later this year.

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The final reveal shows the next generation of Pokemon games. We see old Pokemon in a brand new region, and it ends on the new starters.

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Gen 9 is here. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet announced. Launches worldwide in late 2022. It will be an open world game, according to the Pokemon Twitter.

 

[jpmasterflex]

Two gens on one system? Actually come to think of it, they started doing that since the ds...Don't know what made them switch to two gens per system since the first three were on three different systems...besides money i suppose...

 

[such]

It looks like they're on their way to yearly releases, but it's probably just pandemic-related delays that resulted in a ridiculous late 2021/early 2022 schedule.

 

[NayrTheLovable]

Only time will tell, but it at least looks fantastic, graphically

 

[BitMasterPlus]

The sad part is Game Freak has yet to learn their lessons from the last few less than stellar Pokemon releases, because even though recent releases have been from bland to lazy, this gen is still gonna sell like hot cakes, so why improve or learn lessons when there's money to be made?

 

[SDA]

As someone who definitely doesn't like Pokémon that much, I don't think this Gen 9 is going to be any exciting.