Pokemon Day needs to take a leaf out of Mass Effect's book

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Last year, Pokemon Day was excellent. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were revealed; new content came to both Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Legends: Arceus; the latter got a new anime announcement; and the ream of mobile and spin-off games - Masters Ex, Unite, Go, and Cafe Remix - all got their own minor updates. So after the success of Pokemon Day 2022, 2023's outing was deeply underwhelming.

Today's highlight was Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC. The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero follows the format established by Sword and Shield, with a two-part expansion bringing more past-gen Pokemon and some new legendaries to the game. There are some interesting designs, and I'm interested in the ways the DLC is looking to expand beyond Scarlet and Violet's academy walls, but I'll confess that I've yet to delve deep into Gen 9 - performance issues plagued the game at launch, and they don't seem to have been fixed yet. With the game in its current state, DLC feels pretty cheeky, even if it's not launching until the Fall.

Pokemon Sleep - an app that tracks your nocturnal activity to attract like-minded pals - was the second most-impressive reveal Nintendo had. Finally arriving more than four years after it was first announced, it's likely to be an interesting idea, but it's hardly the kind of thing that most fans are holding out for. Pokemon Concierge looks lovely, but the briefest glimpse at a single psyduck isn't enough to get me excited yet.

Beyond that, Pokemon Trading Card Game Classic looks cool, and I'm sure the Championships in Japan will be exciting, but both projects are too nebulous in their current form to get excited over right now. And with all that out of the way, the only things left were the same collection of mobile