There’s a lot going on in the world of Pokémon — and you can play at least one of them right now. During its latest Pokémon Presents presentation, the Pokémon Company surprise launched Pokémon Friends, a puzzle game with daily challenges, an increasingly common style of game. In a cute Pokémon twist, solving puzzles earns you adorable (virtual) plushies you can use to decorate a room. It’s out today on iOS, Android, and the Nintendo Switch.
Elsewhere, we also got looks at a pair of animated adaptations of the franchise. That includes the soothing Netflix series Pokémon Concierge, which is getting a second season on September 4th…
And Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, a stop-motion series from a previously-announced collaboration with Wallace & Gromit studio Aardman. It won’t be premiering until 2027, however.
It’s shaping up to be a big year for the franchise, as it will also be making its debut on the Switch 2 with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which will be a cross-gen title available on both versions of the Switch when it launches on October 16th. As part of today’s presentation, we got a pair of new trailers, focused on the new location Lumiose City and all the various things players can get up to there.