Here's every announcement from Pokémon World Championships
Eurogamer.net • • sports
Key Points:
- The 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco celebrated the franchise's 30th anniversary and introduced the inaugural PokémonXP fan event, featuring major announcements for the franchise's future.
- Pokémon: Wild Card, a new feature-length animated film produced by Story inc. and CloverWorks, is set for release in 2027 and follows a Pokémon Trading Card Game player alongside Mimikyu.
- The stop-motion series Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu, created by Aardman, will premiere on Disney+ in 2027, with a teaser trailer revealed during the event.
- New game updates include the debut of Z Mega Evolutions in Pokémon Champions on September 9, new Mega attack rare cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and gameplay changes in Pokémon Go and Pokémon Unite.
- The UK's Vikram Thiagarajan won gold in the Video Game Senior Division, and the next Pokémon World Championships are scheduled to take place in Singapore.
