Everything announced at the Pokémon World Championship 2025
Blog Andrew Joseph 18 Aug , 2025 0
The 2025 “Pokemon World Championship” has just ended, and the closing ceremony is also a new announcement for various Pokemon fans, proposed by Tzunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of Pokemon. Here is a review of all the important Pokémon announcements you don't want to miss, including the introduction of a new fan campaign called Pokémon XP, and more.
Pokémon champions are about to participate in the 2026 Pokémon World Championship
The yet-released Pokémon champion will be available to Mobile and Nintendo Switch in 2026, which will be the game used in the official Champions Series video game format for 2026 and beyond. Read more about how Pokémon champions will replace Pokémon scarlet and violet in formal format here.
Empoleon, Dhelmise and Vaporeon join Pokémon Solidarity Roster
Empoleon will come to Pokémon Unity on September 19, while Dhelmise and Vaporeon are “coming soon”. There is no news about the three new Pokémon characters.
Starting September 4, Groudon will take over the Rayquaza of Theia Sky Ruins in the last two minutes of the game. Beating Groudon will bring you “massive offense and improvement in goal speed”. However, if the opponent team eliminates you, they will steal the buff from you!
Giant evolution comes to Pokémon trading card game pocket
This fall, a new season is coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket, followed by Mega Pokémon's debut, including Mega Altaria, Mega Gyarados, Mega Blaziken and More Mega Evolution Pokémon Ex.
Legendary Pokémon Eternatus makes its global Pokémon debut
After the Pokémon World Championships ended, Eternamax Eternatus began to appear in Anaheim, California, but it wasn't the only chance that Go Go Players could get to the rare Pokémon. Pokémon GO: Dark Sky Event It will be held from August 18 to 23, 2025, and the biggest ending will be held between August 23 and 25, 2025. In the uncareful event, you can join from anywhere in the world with the free Go Pass: Max Finale: Max Finale, players will be able to capture every Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon eTernatus that have appeared so far.
Mega Charizard X, and more back to Pokémon TCG
We peeked at some new cards during the closing ceremony, including Mega Evolution Pokémon and Cool Full-Art Cards, including For Mega Charizard X Ex, Mega Gardenevoir Ex and Mega Lucario Ex. Although not the “giant” itself, it also reveals the Oricorio Ex, which has a unique ability called “The Turbo of Excitement”: This ability can be used during the turn if you have any fire giant Evolution Pokémon Ex. Connect the basic fire energy card from your hands to a bench of the fire Pokémon. ”
We also saw a new, adorable giant Dragonite Ex card, but not a full art version yet! Its Sky transport capability will allow you to switch active Pokémon with a bench.
The battle of 4 players ranking comes to Pokémon Legend: ZA
The latest trailer shows Durin’s Pokémon World Championship Championship Clearing, which includes four-player battles from ZA Battle Club. We saw four trainers fighting immediately in the trailer, able to shoot down multiple Pokémon immediately with powerful, appropriate AOE attacks (such as Draco Meteors). The goal is to get the most knockouts before the three-minute timer starts, don't worry, you can rejoin after Pokémon's faint one! These real-time link wars! Playing with other players locally or online.
Pokémon XP, a new Pokémon fan experience, comes to San Francisco
We already know that the 2026 Pokémon World Championship will be in San Francisco, but PokémonThis is a new “Things to Celebrate Pokémon” event with a “sequence of Pokémon-centric celebrations.” It will overlap with the 2026 Pokémon World Championships at the 2026 Mostin Center in downtown San Francisco from August 28-30, 2026. The pass will be available on September 17, 2025, with the adult multi-day pass priced at $120 and the youth under the age of 18 will be $70. The pass includes two Pokémon Trading Card Game Game Bame Bame Packs, Pokémon XPCollectible Pinsible Pin and lanyard.
There are two different multi-day passes. Regular No. 1 and multi-day + arena passes, including normal access to Pokémon XP events and access to the arena at Sunday Championships.
The 2026 champions are held Sunday at the Chase Center in San Francisco
This year, Pokémon World Championships hosted a championship game in an arena for the first time, and in 2026, they worked harder to bring the championship to the large chase center Sunday, which has a Seat capacity is 18,064 (At least for basketball games.) Compare it to the Anaheim Convention Center Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500. I heard that the capacity this year is already full!
IGN at the Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim this year 2025 Pokemon World VGC champion Kevin Han makes historyand Plays the first Pokemon Legend Demo of All Time: ZA.
Casey Defreitas is the deputy editor of the IGN Guide Team, and this year is her second time covering the Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California. Catch her social @shinycaseyd.