A former Pokemon world champion says that the series' new competitive title, Pokemon Champions, could have a massive impact on the competition circuit.
Yesterday, during Pokemon Presents 2025, Nintendo and Game Freak had a game announcement to go along with its chunky Pokemon Legends: Z-A reveal. Pokemon Champions is a competitive-focused strategy game that strips out all of the narrative and presumably quite a lot of the creature catching and rearing mechanics that have been a mainstay of the series for nearly three decades. Pokemon Champions is all about competition, which is probably why one of the best players in the world thinks it's likely to make a big splash.
