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brightknightie) wrote2026-02-28 09:03 am
brightknightie) wrote2026-02-28 09:03 am
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30th anniversay Pokémon Day Pokémon Presents (spoilers)
Yesterday was Pokémon Day, the anniversary of the release of the first games in Japan, and indeed the big 30th. I felt ... nostalgically benevolent. I spent part of my evening with my favorite PokéTubers' "Pokémon Presents" responses.
As expected, Nintendo announced Gen 10: Wind and Waves. I don't think we got the new region's name -- we definitely didn't get the box-art legendaries -- but it's perhaps based on Indonesia. It looks Switch 2 gorgeous and open world. Underwater sequences mean they must have solved that physics engine problem, yay! Pokopia, coming very soon, continues to have strong buzz ("What if Animal Crossing with a dash of Minecraft, but thoroughly Pokémon?"). Pokémon GO didn't have any new news, just events in progress. Gale of Darkness is coming to NSO, which should make some folks very happy, even without Home compatibility. Check out the official summary.
Unexpectedly, Gen 10's release date is "2027." It will be the longest gap between generations to date. We do have the "Legends" games now (so it's actually not that long without a mainline game), and today's games take longer to develop (getting bigger and bigger), but it definitely threw folks for a loop. Best to wait for the game to be fully "baked," I presume! Still, the old 3-year cycle regularly targeted a new crop of kids discovering the games, correlated with the cartoon's 3 seasons per region, and I read someone somewhere say that it was supposed to take an average kid three years to complete a game (presuming parents restricted playtime). I wonder whether a 2027 launch will mean Gen 10 comes out with the expected Switch 2 Lite?
As expected, Nintendo announced Gen 10: Wind and Waves. I don't think we got the new region's name -- we definitely didn't get the box-art legendaries -- but it's perhaps based on Indonesia. It looks Switch 2 gorgeous and open world. Underwater sequences mean they must have solved that physics engine problem, yay! Pokopia, coming very soon, continues to have strong buzz ("What if Animal Crossing with a dash of Minecraft, but thoroughly Pokémon?"). Pokémon GO didn't have any new news, just events in progress. Gale of Darkness is coming to NSO, which should make some folks very happy, even without Home compatibility. Check out the official summary.
Unexpectedly, Gen 10's release date is "2027." It will be the longest gap between generations to date. We do have the "Legends" games now (so it's actually not that long without a mainline game), and today's games take longer to develop (getting bigger and bigger), but it definitely threw folks for a loop. Best to wait for the game to be fully "baked," I presume! Still, the old 3-year cycle regularly targeted a new crop of kids discovering the games, correlated with the cartoon's 3 seasons per region, and I read someone somewhere say that it was supposed to take an average kid three years to complete a game (presuming parents restricted playtime). I wonder whether a 2027 launch will mean Gen 10 comes out with the expected Switch 2 Lite?