Depending on what side of the aisle you sit on, Pokémon played a bit of an interesting hand for its 30th anniversary last week. On Pokémon Day, it gave us a fairly chunky presentation full of announcements, culminating in unveiling Winds and Waves, the next mainline games.
I think they look fairly brilliant from the limited amount we've seen, but they're not going to come out until some time in 2027, meaning there's a bit of a void in the Pokémon world until then. In a couple of days, people will be able to jump into Pokopia, a new spinoff that's more chilled-out, but it's not exactly a traditional Pokémon game.
