Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are celebrating the franchise’s 30th year with a new Pokémon Presents showcase on February 27th. The showcase will be live on the official Pokémon channels on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram and TikTok at 2 PM UTC. The company hasn’t revealed what it will showcase during the Pokémon Presents, but considering the fact that it’s a celebration for the entire franchise, we will likely see a variety of different media, from games to movies.
The day of this Pokémon Presents also coincides with the release of Pokémon LeafGreen and FireRed on Nintendo Switch. The titles will be enhanced versions of the Game Boy Advance classics, and will be priced at $19.99 each. While neither Nintendo nor Game Freak have provided too many details about the enhancements made, the Nintendo eShop description for the title confirms that it will feature wireless trade and battles through the Pokémon Wireless Club. In terms of visuals and gameplay, however, the titles will seemingly look just like the originals.
As for other things we might see at the Pokémon Presents, one of the likeliest candidates is Pokémon Pokopia, which is slated for release on Nintendo Switch 2 on March 5th. The title was unveiled back in September, and presents an entirely new premise. Players take on the role of a Ditto that has transformed itself to look vaguely like a young human. It also has elements of the survival crafting genre, since players will have to explore the world to get their hands on resources to craft equipment, and even build a home.
A major twist in the formula is that players will also encounter other Pokémon, which can be befriended and brought home. These Pokémon will, in their own way, help out with the growth of your home by, for example, Squirtle watering your crops, or Charmander clearing out grass with its fire abilities.
Pokémon Pokopia director Takuto Edagawa recently also confirmed that, while the game will take players between 20 and 40 hours to finish, there is still plenty to do after the main story. “It would really depend on how the players play the game,” he said. “There’s more things to experience after the end roll.”
“So it depends on what you mean by contents, but I believe that players are encouraged to and will be motivated to continue to play the game.”
The last major release in the Pokémon franchise was Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which came out on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in October 2025. While the game itself was quite successful, Game Freak also released a DLC for it, dubbed Mega Dimension. Leading up to its December launch, Game Freak had been revealing some of the new Pokémon encounters that players would have, including Mega Lucario Z, and Mega Zeraora.
For more details about Pokémon Legends: Z-A, check out our review. And if you want more details on the last mainline release in the series, here’s our review of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which came out on Nintendo Switch back in 2022.
