There was a brand new Pokemon Direct that dropped immediately (on the time of this writing, August eighth, 2023) the place the Pokemon Firm dropped details about virtually the whole lot it was concerned with.
Here’s a run down of what was coated so as with time stamps. In the event you bought the 30+ minutes nevertheless, be at liberty to present it a glance.
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0:28 Pokemon World Championship
Issues have been first handed off to Chris Brown (not that one) to go over the assorted issues on the 2023 Pokemon World Championship which incorporates the finals for not solely the buying and selling card recreation, however Scarlet/Violent, Pokemon Go, and Pokemon Unite.
Additionally they confirmed off the candy attire finalists get to go residence with together with a hoodie I really need.
Different merch like plushies have been proven off as properly.
2:10 A chat with Pokemon World Championships Director: Rikiya Watanabe
It’s then we go over to Pokemon World Championship Direct, Rikiya Watanabe who has, fairly simply, the worst becoming English dub voice I’ve ever seen.
He goes over most of the occasions that can happen in Yokohama in the course of the championships together with Pokemon artwork all through town offering photograph alternatives, parades, and a Pokemon Coach Cruise the place Pokemon followers get on a cruise ship to hang around, eat, play Pokemon video games, and keep away from eye contact.
4:00 Pokemon: Path to the Peak reveal
We then go over to Andy Gose, Sr. Director of Media Manufacturing for the Pokemon Firm and man who seems to be lots like each actor from the 80’s you don’t bear in mind the identify of. He revealed Pokemon: Path to the Peak, a YouTube animated sequence staring a lady who finds out her new college has a Pokemon Membership for the buying and selling playing cards.
It seems to be amazingly animated and the strikes completed within the card recreation interprets to them residing out the assaults of their heads. It seems to be genuinely charming and I can’t wait to see the primary episode August eleventh, particularly as somebody who takes their youngsters to a Pokemon Membership at their college.
5:45 Detective Pikachu 2 recreation data
Spoilers for the Detective Pikachu film. In the event you’re curious and by no means performed the primary Detective Pikachu recreation, no, the characters within the recreation don’t but know that Pikachu comprises Harry Goodman, Tim’s dad. The ending of the primary recreation was Pikachu and Tim setting off to determine the place Harry went. I performed the primary recreation and nonetheless needed to remind myself that reality.
I’m excited for the second recreation as I actually preferred the change of tempo the primary recreation supplied however I’m actually not anticipating it to do properly due to how many individuals didn’t play the primary and are going to enter it anticipating Ryan Reynolds humor.
That includes extra motion sequences than the primary together with rideable Pokemon for Pikachu to group up with although, it does appear like it’s going to be a enjoyable time when it drops Octover sixth, 2023.
9:15 Pokemon Horizons the Sequence
Whereas it’s been out in Japan lengthy sufficient the place most stateside followers know each single factor that’s occurred up to now, the brand new, Ash-less, Pokemon sequence will lastly be viewable. No official date although.
10:30 Pokemon Go stuff
We’re reminded that Pokemon Go has it’s yearly pageant arising. This was a very unusual announcement as a result of those in London and Osaka already ended on August sixth.
However lengthy story quick, they’re as soon as once more reminding you that the occasion nonetheless has tickets accessible and that Diancie, Mega Diance, and Mega Rayqualza can be accessible in the course of the International occasion which takes place August twenty sixth and twenty seventh.
The additionally introduced that Paldean Pokemon are lastly coming to Go together with a REMARKABLY complicated phase that confirmed sneakers that vaguely had components from previous video games. One pair had one crimson present and one blue, one pair was silver with gold trim, a pair of trainers have diamonds and pearls throughout it close to a pair of black and white sneaks, and so forth. There was even a very bizarre pair of trainers the place they gave up and simply caught a sword within the shoelaces and highlighted no matter a part of the boot like preferred a defend probably the most. It was complicated and made zero sense.
12:10 Updates to Pokemon Unite
A pair updates have been proven coming to Pokemon Unite together with the addition of Mewtwo as a playable character, an occasion the place for those who get on now you may get a free 3-day move for each Mew and Mewtwo, and an upcoming PvE mode. The handed for Mew and Mewtwo may be obtained by coming into the code:
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14:00 Nemona and Pawmot come to Pokemon Masters EX
A brief and weirdly paced trailer showcases Nemona and her Pawmot coming to Pokemon Masters EX alongside two new sorts of Pokemon attackers.
It was additionally revealed that logging on within the subsequent fews days will provide you with 3000 crystals.
15:30 Tatsugiri arrives in Pokemon Cafe ReMix
The newest replace to Pokemon’s most up-to-date tackle matching video games comes within the type of the tiny Tatsugiri arriving. By finishing the missions, you’ll be able to select from one of many three colours of Tatsugiri to have work in your cafe.
16:55 Two huge Pokemon video games come to the Swap recreation channels
For the Recreation Boy channel we’ve got the Pokemon Buying and selling Card Recreation, the primary try and digitize the ever profitable buying and selling card recreation. For the Nintendo 64, Pokemon Stadium 2 which, sadly, identical to Pokemon Stadium, doesn’t have the flexibility to switch Pokemon from Pokemon Residence. Though it completely ought to.
18:18 Complicated Pokemon Sleep replace
Okay, even utilizing Pokemon Sleep I don’t totally perceive it however there’s alleged to be occasion the place the subsequent time there’s a full moon a few of the Pokemon get further highly effective to…as they stated…assist us sleep higher? I don’t see the correlation, whilst somebody who makes use of Pokemon Sleep each night time however we’ll see.
It did comprise the unintentionally hilarious darkish line, “Pokemon Sleep, a recreation that makes waking up one thing to sit up for.” As somebody who longs for that everlasting slumber, I really feel that man.
19:10 One other new animated Pokemon sequence
Have you ever performed Scarlet and Violet and puzzled to your self, “that is nice however all I really need is to look at the scholars struggling to attain their very own tutorial success? Nicely, firstly why, however secondly, you’re in luck.
Pokemon: Paldean Winds involves YouTube September sixth and follows six very completely different trying highschool archtypes as they make their means by the academy.
21:00 Get you a free Mew
In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet an occasion is beginning the place you may get your self each Mew AND Mewtwo. Mew can be accessible by coming into the Thriller Reward code GETY0URMEW (that’s a zero, not the letter O) and may have a random tera kind upon utilizing the code. Mewtwo nevertheless can be from a particular tera raid that, for those who’re the typical participant, don’t have any likelihood in hell getting. Each are “accessible” till September 18th. Be able to yell at strangers who can’t hear you as they showcase their shinies in a Tera Raid as a substitute of utilizing a viable Pokemon.
23:40 Extra information on the Scarlet and Violet DLC
Extra footage was proven on the upcoming DLC The Hidden Treasure of Space Zero which is able to are available two components named The Teal Masks and The The Indigo Disk. It confirmed off the assorted characters you’ll meet from the tour guides in The Teal Masks to the academics and college students you’ll be battling in The Indigo Disk, in addition to a pair of siblings who will comply with you thru each. An older sister that guides you in addition to a meek, youthful brother, who has all of the makings of a possible shock villain.
The trailer additionally confirmed off new variants and evolutions for pre-existing Pokemon together with glimpses of paradox types of each Raikou, who seems to be like a kind of giraffes from Horizon Zero Daybreak, and an “Iron” paradox type of Cobalion.
The unintentional star of the present although is a brand new character named Perrin. Not solely is she the form of character that you just received’t have the ability to Google search safely given how bizarre the Pokemon neighborhood is, she’s additionally bringing together with her a Pokemon Snap fashion mini-game the place she duties you to exit within the wild and {photograph} the Pokemon much like the way you’d do it in Pokemon Legends Arceus. A incredible recreation component that simply DISAPPEARED.
Truly, lemme look. Yup. There’s already incredible fanart of Parrin already. Rattling y’all are fast.
Anyhow, that’s it for the Pokemon Direct. I used to be actually hoping they have been going to trace on the subsequent new recreation (which I nonetheless have cash on being Pokemon Legends Kyurem) however we’ll see.