A leak just announced some good news for Pokemon fans looking to play new installments of the franchise on Nintendo’s next console line.
This announcement is cause for joy for fans worried that Nintendo’s next console line, which the company just confirmed will launch in March 2025, might take a while to start getting Pokemon content. . That’s exactly what happened to the Switch, which had to wait 20 months to get its first pair of Pokemon games, the critically acclaimed Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee. Specifically, Nintendo’s current-generation console arrived just as Game Freak was finishing work on Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, which is considered the 3DS’s swan song, at least in terms of the Japanese studio’s output. Copy.
But Game Freak may be better prepared for a Switch successor, as suggested by Twitter user @Riddler_Khu, also known as Khu Beating Around The Bush; The famous leaker recently took to social media to claim that three Pokemon games have been greenlit for the Switch 2. The trio includes “that project,” the leaker said, which is probably related to the Switch 2. regarding 10th Generation games.
One of these three alleged Switch 2 games could be the recently announced Pokemon Legends: ZA, which Nintendo officially confirmed is in the works as part of February’s Pokemon Presents broadcast 2024. While a second Pokemon Legends title was only announced for Switch, its 2025 release target coincides with the widely rumored Switch 2 launch. With Nintendo said to be aiming for the next console release around March 2025, it seems reasonable that Pokemon Legends: ZA could be a cross-generation title. If for no other reason, it’s because the upcoming device is rumored to be backwards compatible.
Like all rumors, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too much, although the claim that multiple Pokemon games are in development at any given time sounds entirely possible. . For their part, Riddler_Khu has a long history of legitimate Pokemon leaks, although their reputation has taken a hit in recent years. That’s largely because they’ve repeatedly suggested that the Generation 5 remakes would come out in 2024, which no longer seems likely.
If their latest statement is accurate, and assuming Legends: ZA is one of the three games mentioned, then a hypothetical Generation 5 remake could still be part of the green-lit slate of projects . Game Freak could finally be preparing to release the Legends: ZA and Gen 10 games in the first and last quarter of 2025, respectively, just like it did with Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Scarlet and Violet in 2022 .