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After months of anticipation in the wake of the release of Pokémon Legends Z-A, the Pokémon Company has lifted the lid on the next mainline games in the beloved gaming icon as part of its 30th birthday celebrations—and given us a first look at the land and new creatures we’re going to be falling in love with.
As part of today’s special Pokémon Presents livestream, the company announced two paired new Pokémon games, Winds and Waves: the official 10th generation of mainline Pokémon games since everything kicked off 30 years ago today in Japan with the release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green.
Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027.
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