Pokemon Day, the anniversary of the day the primary Pokemon video games launched in Japan, is shortly approaching. Subsequent Monday, February 27, the Pokemon firm will rejoice the franchise’s twenty seventh 12 months with a social media marketing campaign referred to as ‘Pokemon Collectively’, new merchandise and gross sales on the Pokemon Heart, and hopefully, some huge online game information.
We’ve had a Pokemon Presents livestream the previous two years in a row, and each displays featured main recreation bulletins. 2021 noticed the reveal of New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Good Diamond & Shining Pearl, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus, whereas final 12 months’s Pokemon Day livestream revealed Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. If the sample holds, we’ll have one other Pokemon Presents this February 27 too – and we have already got some first rate guesses about what can be proven.
Beginning with the apparent stuff, any potential Pokemon Presents will certainly embody updates on the three main Pokemon cellular video games. The previous Pokemon Day displays have began up with information about new trainers coming to Pokemon Masters EX, upcoming occasions in Pokemon Cafe Remix, and new unite licenses in Pokemon Unite. Count on to listen to extra concerning the Pokemon that have been lately added to Unite’s Public Take a look at Server, Goodra and Lapras, in addition to lately leaked Pokemon, Zacian and Umbreon.
It’s additionally a reasonably protected wager that we’ll study Scarlet & Violet’s upcoming DLC. In lieu of a up to date third or extremely model, Pokemon switched to DLC add-ons in Gen 8. Sword & Defend launched in 2019 and was adopted by two enlargement packs, The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra, in 2020. It’s presumed that Scarlet & Violet may have its personal enlargement move this 12 months, and Pokemon Day is the proper time to announce it.
We now have some clues about different Pokemon video games that could possibly be introduced this 12 months. Journalist Felipe Lima discovered a reference to Spike Chunsoft on the Pokemon Collectively web site, which might counsel that one other Pokemon Thriller Dungeon is on the best way. Pokemon Thriller Dungeon: Rescue Workforce DX, a remake of the unique Pokemon Thriller Dungeon, launched in 2020 and offered shut to 2 million copies as of December 2021. We may be getting a remake of the sequel, Explorers of Time and Darkness, or a completely new entry within the collection.
It’s additionally attainable that Pokken Match 2 may get introduced. Final 12 months’s Pokemon World Championship Sequence marked the ultimate 12 months that Pokken could be featured, so it is sensible that Bandai Namco is gearing as much as announce a sequel. Producer Masaki Hosino, who labored on the unique Pokken, lately left the Pokemon Unite workforce for a brand new mission. Maybe Hoshino is returning to Pokken.
There’s are loads of different potentialities. Some are hoping to see Let’s Go Johto, a sequel to the Pokemon Go crossover recreation that takes place in Gold & Silver area. Followers of Pokemon Legends are hoping for a brand new entry, and Legends: Celebi is a well-liked fan principle given the Pokemon’s time journey skills. Personally, I’d wish to see extra Pokemon Snap.
After all, there’s at all times the chance that one thing completely surprising will occur. Possibly it’s lastly time for that gritty ‘grownup’ Pokemon recreation everybody thinks they need, or maybe Pokemon Sleep will lastly materialize. In any occasion, there’s solely every week left earlier than the large day.