The 2026 Pokémon World Championships wrapped up in San Francisco this weekend, marking the franchise’s thirtieth anniversary alongside the inaugural PokémonXP fan occasion.
As is custom, the closing ceremony doubled as a showcase for what’s coming subsequent throughout the broader Pokémon universe.
Pokémon: Wild Card is ready for launch in 2027, the franchise’s first new feature-length animated movie in years. The film – which follows an aspiring Pokémon Buying and selling Card Sport participant alongside Mimikyu, the Disguise Pokémon – is produced by Story inc. and CloverWorks.
Followers additionally bought their first correct take a look at Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, the stop-motion collection from Aardman, which premieres on Disney+ in 2027. A teaser trailer debuted throughout a behind-the-scenes panel with Aardman’s Tom Parkinson, Nat McKay and James Younger, alongside Pokémon’s director of authentic animation, Phil Rynda.
On the video games facet, Z Mega Evolutions are making their debut in Pokémon Champions on ninth September, with Mega Lucario Z, Mega Garchomp Z and Mega Absol Z becoming a member of the roster alongside Baxcalibur and Rillaboom, and extra element promised quickly on Heatran.
The Pokémon Buying and selling Card Sport is getting its personal wave of Mega assault uncommon playing cards to match, together with Mega Rayquaza ex, Mega Darkrai ex, Mega Greninja ex and Mega Zygarde ex, plus a brand new ex★ Sequence that includes Raikou, Entei and Suicune. Pokémon TCG Pocket, in the meantime, is introducing dual-type Pokémon from October.
Pokémon Go celebrated its personal tenth anniversary over the weekend, and is getting a battle shake-up of its personal: eligible Mega-Advanced Pokémon will acquire a 3rd Charged Assault and can change into usable at each stage of the Go Battle League from subsequent season. Armoured Mewtwo can also be because of return to the sport quickly. Elsewhere, Pokémon Unite is including Morpeko, Toxtricity, Jolteon and Flareon to its roster.
5 new Lego Pokémon creatures have been additionally teased for 2027, though there have been no additional particulars, sadly.
Amid all the bulletins, this 12 months’s champions have been additionally topped throughout the weekend’s competitions, with the UK’s Vikram Thiagarajan taking gold within the Video Sport Senior Division.
The following Pokémon World Championships might be held in Singapore.
Ed Sheeran also made a surprise appearance at the Pokémon World Championships this weekend, opening the closing ceremony with Celestial and an acoustic rendition of the unique Pokémon anime’s theme tune.