Pokémon Presents 2025: all the biggest news and trailers – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2025-02-27T15:11:43+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/618678 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Charles Pulliam-Moore <![CDATA[Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s starters make their debut in new trailer]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=618705 2025-02-27T10:11:43-05:00 2025-02-27T09:58:24-05:00 Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile

Like its predecessor, Pokémon Legends: Z-A is bringing back three classic starter pokémon to get you started on your next adventure.

Though Pokémon Legends: Z-A will likely introduce a number of new creatures, Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile will be the first three partner pokémon you can choose between as you journey into the depths of Lumiose City. The starters were the stars of the Pokémon Legends: Z-A teaser The Pokémon Company debuted during this year's Pokémon Presents. Details about the game are still sparse, but we now know a little bit more about how its battles will work.

Like other Pokémon games, you will be able to fight wild po …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Pokémon Champions gets right to the fights]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=620196 2025-02-27T10:05:29-05:00 2025-02-27T09:45:19-05:00

To celebrate the day when Pikachu pika'd his way into our hearts and minds almost 30 years ago, The Pokémon Company held a Pokémon Presents showcase highlighting what games and experiences to expect in the coming months. There were updates on Pokémon Legends: Z-A, a new season of Pokémon Concierge, and a totally new multiplayer gameplay: Pokémon Champions.

While the reveal was light on the specifics, Champions appears to a game focused solely on battling. Players will be able to import their pokémon from Pokémon Scarlet or Violet, Pokémon Home, and other games into Champions to use in battles against players around the world. There are rest …

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]]> Charles Pulliam-Moore <![CDATA[Kick off Pokémon Day 2025 with this gorgeous short film]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=618887 2025-02-26T16:00:05-05:00 2025-02-26T16:00:05-05:00 A girl, a boy, and a small crocodile riding on the back of a dragon and looking up at the sky in wonder.

It's technically already Pokémon Day in Japan, and while we're still a few hours away from this year's big Pokémon Presents showcase, there's a new animated short film out that right now feels like the perfect way to get pumped up for whatever surprises Nintendo has in store.

Many of the Pokémon Company's animated projects outside of the mainline anime have been fun explorations of what people and their pokémon get up to besides battling. But director Maho Aoki's Dragonite and the Special Delivery also feels like a reminder to thank your mail carriers for all the hard work they do. Produced by CoMix Wave Films - the studio behind Suzume, We …

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