On February 27th 2026, Pokémon held their annual Pokémon Day Pokémon Presents livestream. With 2026 being the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise, the Pokémon Company had many major announcements to share.
To start the presentation, Pokémon announced the Pokémon Red & Blue Game Music Collection, a mini Game Boy replica with replica Pokémon Red & Blue cartridges that contains music from those games. Retailing for $70, the Game Music Collection contains 45 songs from the original Pokémon Games. Information about the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco were detailed, including PokémonXP, a series of events in San Francisco leading up to the world championships. The Pokémon Trading Card Game saw a teaser of a special 30th anniversary set. The teaser showed many cards from throughout the years, ending with something Mewtwo and Mew related. For the first time, this set will be released across the world on the same date.
Pokémon announced many updates to their mobile games. In Pokémon GO, a huge range of Pokémon that have appeared previously are returning. In Pokémon Masters EX, three new characters are arriving, including Red (1996) & Pikachu from Pokémon Red & Blue, Florian (Anniversary 2026) & Ogerpon from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, and Juliana (Anniversary 2026) & Terapagos also Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. The first partner Pokémon are getting special outfits in Pokémon Café Remix and Mew is appearing in Pokémon Sleep. The legendary birds Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno are coming to Pokémon Unite and a new set and missions to unlock hourglasses are live in Pokémon TCG Pocket.
Some classic games were released onto the Nintendo Switch. For Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics on Nintendo Switch 2, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is coming to the program, the first time that game has been re-released. Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, remakes of the original Pokémon Red & Green are available on the Nintendo Switch Eshop for $20 each. Pokémon Champions, an official battle simulator, is set to release in April on the Nintendo Switch, and later in the year on mobile
For home console games, Pokémon Legends ZA had a new Mega Evolution release, Mega Garchomp Z. This pokemon is available as a Mystery Gift to players with the Mega Dimension DLC. Pokémon Pokopia revealed local multiplayer, Rotom DJ, and Chef Dente. Pokémon Pokopia released March 5th for Nintendo Switch 2.
For the last announcement, Pokémon unveiled the next generation of mainline Pokémon games: Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves. While just being a short teaser trailer, Pokémon showed off most of the games world, the artstyle and playable character designs. This trailer gave viewers a look at the first generation 10 Pokémon, with the grass starter Browt, the first starter Pombon, and the water starter Gecqua. The game is set to release worldwide on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027.
Pokémon Day is always an exciting day for Pokémon fans and the 30th anniversary stream gave Pokémon fans a lot to discuss and be excited for this upcoming year. We expect more exciting news to come from Pokémon to keep the 30th anniversary hype going.
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