Pokemon Winds and Waves slated for 2027
It’s Pokemon Day, and pokefans worldwide are brimming with excitement for a slate of new releases announced to mark three decades of Pokemon.
Pokemon hit the world stage 30 years ago with the release of the Pokemon Red and Green games in Japan on Feb. 27, 1996, when there were only 151 Pokemon.
Now, there are 1,025, and — as we learned today — there are soon to be even more.
Pokemon is one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world.
That is thanks to its young fan base, Matt Alt, a Tokyo-based writer, told the CBC radio show, The Sunday Magazine.
In addition, the franchise has so many facets, from battling to collecting, that it brings in all types of people.
“It’s very accessible, it’s very fun, it’s really cute and it’s actually cool at the same time,” Alt said. “It’s really a testament, I think, to the vision and to the passion of [its creator] Satoshi Tajiri.”
Friday morning, Pokemon announced several new upcoming games, including the highly anticipated 10th generation — Pokemon Wind and Waves.
In a teaser trailer for Wind and Waves, Game Freak showed a first look at the traditional grass-, fire-, and water-type starter Pokemon:
1. Browt, a grass-type bird
(Image credit: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo)
2. Pombon, a fire-type dog
(Image credit: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo)
3. Gecqua, a water-type gecko
(Image credit: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo)
In the upcoming game, which is slated for 2027, players will start their Pokemon journeys by choosing one of these three starters in an open-world style adventure.
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With files from Andrea Hoang and Philip Drost/CBC