Live the life of a Pokémon Trainer in the streets of Lumiose City! — Lumiose City—a home for people and Pokémon alike. Here, thanks to an urban redevelopment plan driven by Quasartico Inc., the lush greenery of verdant parks and natural vistas intermingles with facilities made using the latest cutting-edge technology. A lot has changed here since the days of the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games!

Choose Chikorita, Tepig, or Totodile as your first partner Pokémon, and then set off on a grand adventure! Your journey will take you to all manner of sights in the streets arrayed around Prism Tower, including shops, restaurants, and places called wild zones—where Pokémon roam free. As you catch, train, and battle Pokémon, there will be plenty of people to meet too—like AZ, the enigmatic owner of Hotel Z.

Catch, battle, and Mega Evolve—all in real time! — Step onto the battlefield and command your Pokémon directly—there are no turns! For the first time in the Pokémon RPG series, Trainers and their Pokémon can both move around in real-time battles, and your Pokémon will unleash their moves when you tell them to. Strategically swapping out your Pokémon and accounting for each move’s timing and area of effect will greatly help you in this new style of battle.

Once you obtain a Mega Ring and a Pokémon’s Mega Stone, you can harness the power of Mega Evolution! Temporarily unleash your Pokémon’s hidden energy to transform its appearance, greatly enhance its capabilities, and perhaps even change its type. Mega Evolution might just be the key to overcoming your toughest challenges!

Compete in the Z-A Royale and try to become the strongest Pokémon Trainer in town — You’re invited to join the Z-A Royale, a competition for Pokémon Trainers to test their skills and determine who’s strongest. Each night, a battle zone for the competition will appear. Prepare yourself by spending the day in wild zones, catching and training Pokémon, then venture into the battle zone and take on other Trainers. Be strategic and complete bonus card challenges as you battle to speed up your climb from Rank Z to Rank A. Reach the top, and you might just have a wish granted!

(DLC) Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension (October 16, 2025 | December 10, 2025)

Developers: The Pokémon Works, GAME FREAK

Price: $29.99 | £24.99

Genre: Role-Playing

File Size: N/A

 

Expand your adventure in Lumiose City with additional story content! — Mysterious distortions have appeared without warning in Lumiose City. They seem to connect to a space known as Hyperspace Lumiose…and the mythical Pokémon Hoopa might have some part to play. It looks like your story with Team MZ isn’t over yet—continue your journey in Hyperspace Lumiose after completing the main game!

Discover two Mega Evolutions for Raichu: Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y — As you progress through the Pokémon™ Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension DLC*, you may discover two Mega Evolutions for Raichu! Each of these Mega Evolutions requires its own Mega Stone, which you can find by progressing the story of your adventure.

Customize your character’s in-game outfit with Holo-X and Holo-Y apparel items — Upon purchasing this DLC, you can claim these Holo-X and Holo-Y in-game apparel items and wear them even during your journey through the main game. Once you unlock the ability to adjust your character’s looks and outfit—about an hour into the main story—you can claim these apparel items by pressing the X Button to open the main menu, and then pressing the − Button to access the Outfit & Looks menu.

The following DLC is included in this purchase:

• Holo-X and Holo-Y apparel items: Available October 16th, 2025
• Additional story content: Planned for release by February 28th, 2026

Shape the world and build a cozy new life with Pokémon

Play as a Ditto and build a new life with Pokémon—from the ground up! With help from your Pokémon friends, rebuild a desolate world into a charming utopia, one step at a time.

Pokémon and people once lived happily together, but the world has withered and the humans are gone. The only remaining resident is a lone Tangrowth, living alone in the wasteland.

After waking from a long slumber, a peculiar Ditto decides to restore the desolate land using its transformation skills and its surprising new crafting abilities.

Learn the moves of your fellow Pokémon to change the land, travel, and more!

• Ditto’s vine-like arms dig into the ground and grass springs up.
• Ditto transforms into a Lapras and surfs across the water.
• Ditto transforms into a Dragonite and glides through the sky.

Collect and craft: Craft items and furniture, then decorate your space any way you like.

• Gather materials and craft
• Grow Crops
• Make comfy spaces for Pokémon

A little help here!: Some Pokémon might ask for your assistance—helping them out will take you one step closer to a cozy Pokémon utopia.

Some friendly faces:

• Professor Tangrowth: A vital guide for you and all the Pokémon you meet.
• Peakychu: An unusually pale Pikachu.
• Mosslax: Moss has grown all over this Snorlax—how long has it been asleep?!

Transforming the world means evolving the way you play, too!: From updating your hairstyle and outfit to visiting friends and taking photos of your creations together, there are so many ways to enjoy a world built by and for you!

Time for a house-warming party!:

Spread the fun with GameShare: You can even invite visitors who don’t have the game—whether they are on the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system or Nintendo Switch—by using GameShare***!

Early purchase bonus: Purchase the Pokémon™ Pokopia game and you can get an in-game Ditto rug as an early purchase bonus. You can receive it by choosing “Get via Internet” from the Mystery Gift**** feature of the game and claim it by Sunday, January 31, 2027.

• The in-game Ditto rug can be received in either the game-key card***** or digital version of the game.

Pokémon Champions (April 8, 2026)

Developer: The Pokémon Works

Price: $00.00

Genre: Simulation

File Size: 2.1 GB

Battle for the title of Pokémon Champion in the city of Frontier!

Battle with Pokémon, including with Mega-Evolved Pokémon like Mega Dragonite, against other players in the Pokémon™ Champions game—the same game used for official Pokémon Video Game Championship events! These single and double battles use familiar mechanics from previous Pokémon series games such as Pokémon types, Abilities, and moves, enabling the rich and varied battle strategies you may already know and love.

Compete online* in Ranked Battles against players from near and far, or try Casual Battles for some easygoing fun. You can also have Private Battles with just your friends and family**.

Recruit Pokémon to join your team and train them to hone their skills: Before you venture into the world of Pokémon battles, try finding Pokémon to fight alongside you! Once per day, you can recruit Pokémon on a trial basis and use them in battle to see if they’re a good fit for your style. Once you’ve found a match, use your in-game Victory Points (VP) to bring Pokémon on to your team permanently.

You can also use your VP to train the permanent members of your Pokémon squad. Hone their Attack, Defense, and other stats, and even alter their Abilities and moves to try out different strategies in battle!

Team up with partner Pokémon from other Pokémon series games with Pokémon HOME: Pokémon Champions will be compatible with Pokémon HOME***, the cloud service for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 and Nintendo Switch systems, and compatible mobile devices. That means, in addition to the Pokémon partners available in Pokémon Champions, you can also team up with certain Pokémon brought over from Pokémon GO and other Pokémon series RPGs. In fact, by storing a Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, or Eternal Flower Floette you befriended during the Pokémon Legends: Z-A game in Pokémon HOME and bringing them to Pokémon Champions as visitors, you can obtain their corresponding Mega Stones from your in-game mailbox in Pokémon Champions!

Download a free update for improved graphics on the Nintendo Switch 2 system

Get a free update with visual improvements for Pokémon Champions on Nintendo Switch 2! An internet connection is required to download the update.

Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves (2027)

Developer: GAME FREAK

Publisher: Nintendo

Price: N/A

Genre: Role-play

File Size: N/A

A New Stage Is Set for the Pokémon Series

The Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves games, all-new entries in the Pokémon video game series, will be released exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 in a simultaneous worldwide release in 2027.

These new titles feature an open world to explore, with beautiful windswept islands and a vast ocean with glittering waves that ebb and flow. The Pokémon that live in harmony with this region’s lush environment have developed their own unique ecosystems. By visiting these islands, you’re sure to open the door to a brand-new adventure that could only be found here.

During this adventure, you’ll be able to team up with all kinds of Pokémon to overcome both the difficult road ahead and even the forces of nature that block your path at times.