What Is The Next Pokémon Game?

Since its debut, the series has kept things fresh by regularly releasing new mainline games. Spin-offs from the first to the more recent have filled the gaps between mainline releases, and in more recent years, remakes of past gens have meant a new game is always on the horizon. Even now, with no new console game releasing in 2024, the next game has already been announced.

After the recent releases of games, the lack of a new title in 2024 is somewhat surprising., l,, and (and their DLCs) were released in fairly quick succession, with some games even releasing within the same year of each other. The two DLCs for — and — released in late 2023, with announcements for future games coming during a Pokémon Presents in early 2024.

The next game should be , the latest entry in the spin-off series. As revealed during its announcement trailer on YouTube, will release worldwide in 2025. As of the time of this writing, there's no specific release date, but rumors point to releasing in the latter half of the year.

Although story details are scarce at the moment, is set in the Kalos region of the Gen 6 games. Whereas was set in Sinnoh's past,it looks like will be set in Kalos' future. Beyond a few Pokémon like Pikachu and Pyroar being shown off in the announcement trailer, very few Pokémon are confirmed for the game right now. It's assumed all or most of the Kalos Pokédex will be included, though.

It's unclear just how many games are in the works after. However, the next mainline Gen 10 games should be following . If is indeed released in the later part of 2025, then that means the Gen 10 titles probably won't come out until at least 2026, perhaps in November to keep with that long-running tradition.

Remakes of the Gen 5 games, and a version of the Gen 2 games have long been rumored, but not officially confirmed. What is known right now is that will be the next Pokémon game to release.

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