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Pokemon Day 2025: Leaks & Expected Announcements (TCG Pocket, Z-A, Generation 10 And Go)

According to current leaks, followers can count on some thrilling bulletins as part of Pokemon Day 2025. 

Dating again to 2016, Pokemon Day sees Game Freak and The Pokemon Company take a second to have fun the beloved monster-collecting franchise. Every yr, the occasion happens on February 27, coinciding with the anniversary of Pokemon Red and Green‘s unique Japanese launch. 

Typically, a Pokemon Presents stay stream has been part of the Pokemon Day festivities, seeing The Pokemon Company make bulletins relating to numerous verticals from throughout the model (together with the video games, the buying and selling card sport, and far more). 

What To Expect For Pokemon Day 2025

Pokemon Day 2025 is ready to happen on Thursday, February 27, supposedly coming with a collection of latest bulletins surrounding the model by the use of a Pokemon Presents stay stream. 

A Pokemon Presents has not been confirmed for the 2025 iteration of the celebration; nevertheless, numerous leaks appear to recommend one is going on. The Pokemon Company has launched a brand new Pokemon Day Pokemon Presents yearly since 2021, so one can assume 2025 will likely be no totally different.

2025 has been dubbed The Year of Eevee by The Pokemon Company, with numerous activations centered on the beloved Gen 1 monster taking place all yr lengthy, so followers can doubtless count on “the partner Pokemon” (as it’s referred to as within the official Pokedex) to look in a number of massive bulletins made on the day.

Below is a full listing of anticipated bulletins for Pokemon Day 2025:

Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Pokemon Legends: Z-A

The most certainly new title to look on Pokemon Day is Pokemon Legends: Z-A

The newest title within the collection’ extra action-heavy Legends sub-franchise was first introduced again at Pokemon Day 2024, revealing a cryptic trailer that teased the return to the fan-favorite Kalos area (final seen in Pokemon X and Y). 

The Legends Z-A was initially introduced for a worldwide launch in 2025, however a selected date stays unknown. This signifies that if a trailer debuts on Pokemon Day, followers can doubtless count on a full-on launch date for the brand new sport. 

There have been rumors that Legends Z-A will not be a Nintendo Switch 2 game, which can be disappointing to some, fairly serving as a Switch 1 swansong for the franchise. 

Recent Pokemon Day 2025 leaks allege a brand new trailer for the sport is coming, and it’ll characteristic a primary have a look at gameplay, in addition to new Mega-Evolutions together with  Mega Greninja, Delphox, Chesnaught, Xerneus, and Yveltal (through (*10*)). 

Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go promotional image of Charizard attacking a team of trainers and blowing fire out of its mouth
Pokemon Go

Even practically 10 years after its launch, Pokemon Go stays a cellular gaming juggernaut. 

The monster-collecting cellular title from Niantic has been the main target of many Pokemon Day bulletins through the years, with the dev staff sharing information of latest Pokemon coming to the sport, options on the best way within the title, or the reveal of thrilling occasions for customers to discover. 

Heading into Pokemon Day 2025, followers can count on all of those to doubtlessly be explored. 

While over 800 of the franchise’s iconic monsters have come to the cellular sport through the years, there are nonetheless some which are lacking (142 to be precise). Most of those come from both the Galar area (Gen 7) or the lately explored Paldea area (Gen 9). 

Generation 9—which is comprised of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet in addition to the upcoming Pokemon Legends: Z-A—has not been too deeply explored in Pokemon Go, so this feels just like the most certainly match for an additional Gen introduction if the cellular sport is able to go that means as soon as once more. 

As for occasions that might be introduced in the course of the Pokemon Day festivities, there’ll doubtless be information on the upcoming in-game season which (in accordance with Pokemon Go‘s official website) is ready to kick off on March 4. 

The present season, “Dual Destiny,” has been ongoing since December, with little information on what’s subsequent having made its means out. Perhaps it might be Eevee-focused with 2025 being the Year of Eevee for the model in spite of everything. 

This may see numerous occasions being centered on catching and coaching Eevee and its numerous Eeveelutions over a number of months.  

Pokemon Unite

Pokemon Unite screenshot of Pikachu surrounded by several other characters from the game behind them
Pokemon Unite

First launched in 2021, Pokemon Unite has continued to thrive on cellular and consoles, because the model’s reply to MOBA video games like League of Legends or DOTA 2

In the years since its launch, Pokemon Unite has continued to obtain incremental updates with new playable characters and Holowear (this sport’s model of character skins) arriving each few months or so. 

Pokemon Day 2025 may see the most recent batch of those coming to the sport revealed to followers all over the world. 

According to current advertising for Unite (through Comicbook), the legendary canine Suicune is ready to hitch the sport’s ever-expanding roster of characters; nevertheless, it was introduced with no official launch day or time. 

Specific launch particulars for Suicune really feel like probably the most logical Unite-related announcement to be made throughout Pokemon Day 2025, with some potential skins being proven off as effectively. 

Pokemon Live-Service Games (Café ReMix, Masters EX, Sleep)

A line up of several Pokemon live-service games including Cafe ReMix, Masters EX, and Sleep

A big part of those Pokemon Day Pokemon Presents stay streams is often devoted to the model’s numerous live-service titles together with Pokemon Café ReMix, Masters EX, and Sleep. This will, once more, doubtless be the case throughout Pokemon Day 2025. 

Fans of Pokemon Café ReMix will seemingly see two new characters arrive as part of its lovable puzzle package deal, with Flapple and Appletun rumored to hitch the sport. 

Several new trainers to battle have additionally reportedly been leaked for Pokemon Masters EX, together with Professor Sada and Professor Turo from Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.

As for Pokemon’s sleep monitoring app, Pokemon Sleep, two appropriately sleepy Pokemon, Drowzee and Hypno, had been part of the Pokemon Day leaks as effectively, stated to be introduced for the sport in the course of the Pokemon Presents.

Pokemon TCG Pocket

Pokemon TCG Pocket cards for Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup
Pokemon TCG Pocket

Pokemon TCG Pocket is the most recent hit addition to the Pokemon method, taking the expertise of the beloved Pokemon Trading Card Game and bringing it to cellular gadgets for the primary time. 

Since its debut in late October 2024, a gradual stream of bulletins relating to the title has slowly been marched out for followers. However, Pokemon Day 2025 will mark the sport’s first stab on the franchise’s anniversary celebration, so, certainly, there will likely be some massive information for collectors to chew on. 

Recent leaks seemingly suggest a new mini set in Pokemon TCG Pocket will debut on Friday, February 28. Seeing as that’s solely someday after the Pokemon Day festivities, followers ought to count on information on the brand new batch of playing cards to be introduced as part of the franchise’s twenty ninth birthday. 

Generation 10 Of Pokemon

Pikachu dashing at the screen with electricity coming from its cheeks
Pokemon

This is the large one. Essentially because the begin of Generation 9, followers have puzzled what to anticipate from the collection’ eventual Generation 10.

According to recognized leaker Centro Leaks, Gen 10 is at present being developed for Nintendo Switch 2 in addition to the unique Switch. The sport (or video games) is reportedly set to happen over an archipelago of islands and is internally referred to as Pokemon Gaia

While will probably be three years since Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was launched later this yr (an uncommon hole for video games within the franchise), it appears unlikely that Generation 10 will likely be introduced at Pokemon Day 2025. 

This is basically as a result of the franchise nonetheless has a Generation 9 sport on the best way in Pokemon Legends: Z-A in addition to a number of Gen 9-themed units nonetheless to come back within the Pokemon Trading Card Game

Potential New Spinoffs

A promotional image for Year of Eevee from Pokemon
Pokemon

Then there’s additionally at all times the prospect of one thing new and thrilling making itself referred to as part of the Pokemon Day enjoyable. 

There have been rumors of a brand new spin-off from the collection to be within the works, with particulars on the undertaking being very scarce. Leaks revealed the title is reportedly going by the code identify Pokemon Synapse internally and will likely be multiplayer-focused. 

No, this is not going to be the oft-dream-of Pokemon MMO followers have been asking about for years, it’s seemingly one thing fully totally different for the franchise, being described as Splatoon-like, maybe being yet one more aggressive multiplayer title set in a brand new style that Pokemon has but to discover. 

If these Splatoon comparisons grow to be true, maybe it’s a web-based multiplayer shooter with a twist, identical to Nintendo’s beloved paint-spewing franchise. 

With rumors swirling concerning the spin-off, Pokemon Day 2025 might be the day followers lastly get a peek at what The Pokemon Company has been cooking. 


Pokemon Day takes place on Thursday, February 27. 

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