Everything announced during Pokémon Day 2024’s Pokémon Presents
It’s Pokémon Day, the annual celebration of everything Pokémon that’s timed to the original launch of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in Japan on Feb. 27, 1996. The Pokémon Company started celebrating the 1996 release date officially in 2016 and has hosted events every year since, making Feb. 27 one of the more important days on the Pokémon fan calendar. Typically, we get a Pokémon Presents broadcast on Pokémon Day, and this year is no different: Pokémon Presents debuted at 9 a.m. EST and showed off a whole new era of Pokémon.
As usual, there were lots of smaller announcements and updates to Pokémon’s live service games like Pokémon Unite and Pokémon Café Mix, alongside news about other adaptations of the franchise. But Pokémon Day, once again, did not disappoint with its big announcements, too.
Don’t worry if you missed the broadcast — there’s still time to celebrate. Here’s everything announced during The Pokémon Company 2024’s Pokémon Presents.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A, developed by Game Freak, is pretty mysterious. The footage shown doesn’t give a ton away on what to expect, except that it’s set in Lumiose City. The short clip kicked off with a document that teased the “urban redevelopment plan” for the city, which is from the Kalos region where Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games are set. We can glean some knowledge knowing it’s a Pokémon Legends game, like Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which took players into the past Sinnoh region.
Here’s how The Pokémon Company described the “ambitious” game on its website.
A new adventure awaits within Lumiose City, where an urban redevelopment plan is underway to shape the city into a place that belongs to both people and Pokémon. Please look forward to seeing it for yourself.
The Pokémon Company said it’ll be released worldwide in 2025.
The Pokémon Company is also debuting a new app that’s all about collecting and trading Pokémon cards. Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket lets you battle, too, but it looks like the core feature is swiping
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