Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027

A new batch of mainline Pokémon games will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027, marking the tenth installment in the series.

In a livestream celebrating the release of the first Pokémon games exactly 30 years ago, the company revealed Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves, open-world games set across a vast ocean of islands.

The three new Pokémon were also announced: Browt, a grass-type “bean chick” that resembles Angry Bird; Pompon, a fire-type inspired by a Pomeranian who better not evolve into a biped; and Jika, an aquatic gecko with large pink eyes.

Leakers have rumored that the new games are set in a region inspired by Indonesia and Southeast Asia – while the trailer doesn’t explicitly confirm this, it makes a good case to prove the rumors true, showing us lush jungles, coastal mountains, tropical cities, and even underwater coral reefs. Fans also focused on a suspicious-looking cloud in the trailer, which looks like Gyarados-slash-Lapras flying through the sky – perhaps this is a reference to a new legendary Pokémon?

Pokémon already explored a tropical island setting in the Hawaiian-inspired “Sun and Moon” games, released nearly 10 years ago, but there’s still a lot to explore in this type of setting, especially now that the series has embraced open-world maps. Not all tropical archipelagos are the same!