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From the Twilight Trails season on September 8, Mega-Evolved Pokemon can enter GO Battle League with a temporary in-battle CP reduction. Separately, any Pokemon that can reach Super Max Level gains an extra Charged Attack while Mega Evolved, with Mega Mewtwo X and Y picking up Adventure Effects.
Four new Pokemon were revealed at the 2026 World Championships: Morpeko on 4 September as a Speedster with Full Belly and Hangry modes, Toxtricity on 24 September as a status-focused Attacker, then Jolteon and Flareon in October to complete every Eeveelution. It lands the same weekend UNITE was dropped from Worlds 2027.
The Pokemon Company confirmed at the close of the 2026 event in San Francisco that Worlds 2027 runs 13-15 August at Singapore Expo, with Championship Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Pokemon UNITE has been dropped from the line-up in favour of a standalone event in Japan. Here is the full 2026 champions list.
The mobile card game's 21st expansion, B4a, launched August 26 with 110 cards, 38 of them secret rares. Team Rocket's Articuno ex, Zapdos ex and Moltres ex headline, backed by six new Trainer cards and a month of events including the Great Puzzle Challenge running to September 30.
Nintendo is packaging its cozy life-sim Pokemon Pokopia with a Switch 2 console in a new bundle launching July 23. Play as a shape-shifting Ditto to rebuild a withered world and befriend Pokemon in a relaxing paradise.
Pokemon TCG Pocket's next themed expansion, Everyday Wonders, arrives June 29 at 6 p.m. PDT with an art-forward, slice-of-life set, plus decorative backdrops and card covers the following day.
Pokemon Champions, the franchise's first PvP-only battle game, launched on iOS and Android on June 17 after arriving on Nintendo Switch in April. It offers cross-platform play, deep Pokemon HOME integration with Scarlet and Violet, and - most significantly - becomes the official VGC software for the Pokemon World Championships starting in 2026.
Pokemon Champions, the Switch competitive battle simulator, launches on iOS and Android today (June 17) with cross-play and cross-save - plus a launch campaign handing out a free Raichu and the new Raichunite X and Y Mega Stones through September 2.
Pokémon GO's Sustainability Week 2026 runs April 14 through 20, bringing Silicobra's long-awaited debut, sunglasses-wearing Galarian Corsola, Shiny Toedscool, and a Groudon Raid Hour on April 15. Here's what to focus on.
Pokemon Champions arrives April 8 as a free-to-start competitive battler on Switch and Switch 2, becoming the official platform for VGC events with Mega Evolution returning to ranked play.
Pokémon Champions, the series' first dedicated competitive battle game, launches free-to-start on Switch April 8 with Switch 2 and mobile versions coming later.