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The Pokemon Company has a 24-minute briefing on news and reveals for the Pokemon franchise. All the announcements have been summarized here.

The first announcement is that the Pokemon World Championships will be taking place in Anaheim, California this year. There will be an exclusive card given away, and a Toedscool event.

Pokemon Concierge is next up. New episodes will be on Netflix on September 4th.

Aardman animation studio discusses its upcoming stop motion animation project. Titled Pokemon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu, it'll be out sometime in 2027.

Pokepark Kanto is an outdoor attraction in Tokyo. It'll be opening soon. The goal is to broaden fans' ideas on how Pokemon interact with each other. The park will be split into two sections--one is a town, and the other is a forest where all the Pokemon live. It will open next year.

Pokemon Go Fest 2025: Max Finale is taking place this year.

Carmine & Sinistcha are being added to Pokemon Masters EX.

Lapras is getting a new outfit tomorrow, and Alolan Meowth, Totodile, and Minccino will get pirate outfits too, in Pokemon Cafe Remix.

Pokemon Sleep is adding Amber Canyon.

Pokemon Unite is getting Latios and Latias. Electrode Volleyball is a new mode coming to the game.

The Pokemon TCG is getting the Mega Evolution expansion on September 26.

Pokemon Friends is a new puzzle game for phones. Every day you solve a puzzle you unlock a plushie that you can decorate in your virtual room. Available today.

Scarlet and Violet are teasing a new Tera Raid tomorrow. Players will need to win these raids a million times together in order to catch the Pokemon in the raids.

Pokemon Champions will have a ranked mode, and private matches. There will be a mode that allows you to edit their EVs and attacks. It'll release next year.

Pokemon Legends Z-A caps off the broadcast. We get a new trailer showing the characters and Pokemon available. Mega Dragonite is a new form shown off. During the day, you can catch Pokemon, and at night, trainers will fight you. There's tons of new clothes and hairstyles. There's sidequests you can do. Pokemon are Mega Evolving on their own and out of control, and you'll have to fight them as bosses. Launches October 16.

 

[SoraStream]

i think it's way to popular to ever die

 

[Exnor]

This IP is the ultimate cash cow.

 

[Chary]

Showing only renders for an amusement park due open next year, nu uh, no way, that Pokepark thing so won't be opening anytime soon.

 

[SAIYAN48]

Pokemon is the highest grossing franchise in the world; it's not going anywhere.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Well that was a whole lot of nothing.
Good job, Game Freak.

 

[Ferris1000]

That was a waste of time zapping through it withing 2 Minutes....

Grade: F

 

[smilodon]

Brand recognition is the most powerful force in the universe.

 

[LightBeam]

The hell is Pokémon friends
Just garbage puzzles so they can make you collect virtual plushies, that's the bottom of the barrel

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

Y’know, I went into this with zero expectations and somehow I was still disappointed. Like, why devote such a large section to a park that’s not even opening anywhere outside of Japan?

 

[Space_Goddess_Samus_Aran]

People who brag about anything (doesnt matter if Pokemon or what do i know what)..... Just wasting their time. It wont do nor change anything. But now about this direct. I may be a longtime Pokemon Fan, but..... I didnt expected much nowadays from Pokemon/Game Freak at all.

 

[Noctosphere]

It's almost as if Pokemon was no longer a console game license, but a mobile game license

 

[Something whatever]

Pokémon friends looks a flash game...a low effort one at best

 

[Noctosphere]

Pokémon friends looks a flash game...a low effort one at best

Yes, i know, 10$ please

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

Pokemon sleep now compatible with Apple health and Google

... Are the only patch notes that I give a shit about. Looks like i will continue to avoid using it

Also Pokemon Legends Z-A being almost exclusively in an urban cityscape environment is a big L here. Really thought the trailers were just showing one city but no it appears this city is the entire game world

 

[Something whatever]

Showing only renders for an amusement park due open next year, nu uh, no way, that Pokepark thing so won't be opening anytime soon.

in 2035

 

[SoraStream]

then why are you still here? lol

 

[Jahrs]

How did they somehow manage to make a worse looking dragonite....they had so many directions they could've gone in and they decide to basically add Mario's wing cap and a dragonairs ball to its tail. I was disappointed with dudunsparse but at least that was a legit haha funny kind of joke this is a joke that dies on arrival.

 

[K3Nv4]

Well that was a whole bunch of nothing.
Good job, Game Freak.

Game Freak turned Pokémon into a Freak show.

 

[Deleted member 753700]

Y’know, I went into this with zero expectations and somehow I was still disappointed. Like, why devote such a large section to a park that’s not even opening anywhere outside of Japan?

Wait til you find out where Nintendo and GameFreak is from