Tons of new information was revealed during the Pokémon Presents!
Last week, The Pokémon Company announced that new information on the upcoming Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends Arceus in their version of a Nintendo Direct, Pokémon Presents. The presentation can be found below. We’ll continue to update this space as new information gets announced.
Pokémon UNITE
The Pokémon Company announced that Pokémon UNITE will release on September 22, 2021. There will also be two different special outfits for Pikachu based on pre-registration numbers. These will be unlocked if 2.5 million and 5 million people pre-register. The game will be available on Android and iOS platforms.
Mamoswine and Sylveon have also been announced as playable characters.
Pokémon Café Remix
The cross-platform game, Pokémon Café Mix will be getting a revamp in the form of Pokémon Café Remix. All-new customization options will be available for the game.
Pokémon Masters
The mobile game is celebrating its two-year anniversary, with a log-in bonus of 3,000 gems for anyone who opens the game after the presentation. Players will be able to scout over 100 sync pairs.
Pokémon GO
The worldwide phenomenon that is Pokémon GO is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. It’s just been announced that Pokémon who first appeared in the Galar region, like Wooloo, will be making an appearance in the popular mobile app.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
More footage of the game was revealed, including the returning feature of Pokémon who follow you in the overworld returning from Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee. There will be an all-new Style Shop for player customization, as well as the return of Pokémon Contests, where players compete by taking part in a rhythm minigame. Players can decorate Capsules with stickers as well.
In the Underground, players can unearth rare items found in the walls and catch exclusive Pokémon in secret underground areas called Pokémon Hideaways, it seems. Statues can be placed around the underground, which affects the Pokémon that appear in Hideaways. More multiplayer features include the Union Room, where players can come together to trade Pokémon and battle each other.
Team Galactic is also making a return, causing trouble by upsetting the flow of time and space itself. The games are still set to release on November 19, 2021. Preorders will be available starting today.
Pokémon Legends Arceus
A new trailer for Pokémon Legends Arceus was shown, in the Hisui region, which is the precursor of the Sinnoh region. Society is divided into three corps: the Medical, Security, and Survey Corps, whose mission is to research Pokémon. Research is done by starting at a base camp where players prepare before doing surveys. Players seek to find new information about Pokémon, such as what species exist and which Pokémon can evolve, before reporting back to Professor Rowan or someone in Jubilife Village. This can be done by observation or catching, which takes strategy to do correctly. Should you need to battle a Pokémon to weaken it, you can have your own Pokémon use their moves in either “Strong Style” or “Agile Style”.
The trailer features what seems like regional variants of several Pokémon. Growlithe, Basculin, Stantler and Braviary. Braviary was shown ferrying the player around, hinting at a new method of traveling.
Wyrdeer is an evolution of Stantler, first sighted in Johto.
Basculegion is an evolution of Basculin, originally found in Unova.
Hisuian Braviary is a regional variant of Braviary, found in Unova.
Hisuian Growlithe is a regional variant of the popular Kantonian dog.
The trailer shows red-eyed, angry Pokémon, suggesting that some of them have been corrupted and need to be purified by the player.
The game releases on January 28, 2022, with preorders being available today.
Pokémon HOME
The cloud Pokémon storage service will feature support for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Pokémon Shining Pearl, and Pokémon Legends Arceus.
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