Nintendo has announced that a special Pokémon Presents event will share updates for the franchise next week on February 27th.
The approximately 20-minute event, announced in a tweet (below), Pokémon YouTube Channel 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK (midnight AEST).
Considering February 27th is also Pokémon Day, the announcement isn’t all that surprising.
next #pokemon gifts Coming soon, Trainers! 🤩
Head over to our official YouTube channel on February 27th at 6:00 AM PST and enjoy about 20 minutes of exciting Pokémon news. #pokemon day 2023! 🎉
📺 https://t.co/Xo6KYjvSdj pic.twitter.com/FFrmk8a5z8
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) February 21, 2023
Last year’s event also saw the announcement of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but those two were only released a few months ago, so it’s unlikely that the next mainline game will be announced.
However, Nintendo has yet to announce a release date for Scarlett and Violet’s long-awaited patch, so we were able to see the games mentioned. We’ve seen some DLC announcements similar to the Tundra expansion.
Nintendo also announced in a Direct earlier this month that Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games are finally heading to the Switch via online memberships. Even though Pokemon Red, Blue, Ruby, Leaf Green, etc. are among the most popular and well-known of Nintendo’s handheld consoles, these games weren’t played on the Game Boy he announced for the service. was not included in the list of titles for
There is also the possibility of getting updates on various other Pokémon games such as Pokémon GO, Masters EX and others.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and UK news editor. He talks about witchers all day long.
