Watch: Pokémon Presents 2022 - Live!

14 minutes of Pokémon-y things

by Thomas Whitehead Sun 27th Feb 2022

Happy Pokémon Day! It's Sunday! And here we are...

Yes, The Pokémon Company has decided to do its annual Pokémon Day showcase at the weekend, because no day of rest can stop this franchise. It's set to be 14 minutes long, a little shorter than the equivalent for last year's 25th Anniversary, but we still anticipate some fun moments and reveals.

Will it be Pokémon Legends: Arceus DLC? Pokemon HOME for Legends and Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl? Retro releases on Switch? Mobile games?

We'll see soon, it all starts at 14:00 UTC / 09:00 EST / 06:00 PST / 15:00 CEST / 23:00 JST, so get yourselves comfy, join in with the community live chat, and enjoy!

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14:36

News whizz Liam has got the big Gen 9 story live on the home page!

14:17

ThomasBW84 said:

Well, a big ending. What did you all think?

14:16

ThomasBW84 said:

Well, didn't expect that!

14:16

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, gen 9 comes late 2022!

14:13

Online animated series in the Hisui region is in the works

14:12

There'll also be a gift.

14:12

The update will add a new investigation, along with more battles on the training ground.

14:12

ThomasBW84 said:

I don't get it!

14:11

Pokémon Legends: Arceus update 1.1.0 'Daybreak' goes live today

14:10

Alright, Pokémon Legends: Arceus now!

14:10

Oak's letter will come out as a Mystery Gift, and you can claim a Shaymin

14:09

Now we move onto Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl!

14:09

Duraludon is coming soon.

14:09

Anyone can play as Hoopa at the moment if you clear special missions.

14:08

'Full fury' battles now live

14:08

Now it's Pokémon Unite, which is on mobile and Switch.

14:07

Try the delivery feature 11 times for free (we think)

14:07

Multiple events and login bonuses in the coming days.

14:06

Pokémon Cafe Remix is next up, now adds 'delivery'

14:06

Logging in after this show will get you 3000 gems for free.

14:05

ThomasBW84 said:

Um, stuff about Pokémon Masters EX is being said...

14:04

Pokémon Masters EX has been going for 2.5 years.

14:04

Pokémon GO is adding Aloha region 'mon soon!

14:03

Pokemon GO first up.

14:03

ThomasBW84 said:

Is that an actual moving Pikachu toy?

14:02

It begins...

14:01

Ok, here we go!

13:59

ThomasBW84 said:

Prepare for a loud countdown

13:56

ThomasBW84 said:

Snack of choice? Mine is... none, because I only recently had lunch.

13:55

5 minutes, time to grab a snack and join us for the stream and chat!

13:53

ThomasBW84 said:

As for Arceus DLC, though I haven't quite finished the main game I'd be up for any expansion content, I've enjoyed it a lot.

13:48

Good shout from our news expert Liam in the chat, this would be a good time to confirm the Pokémon Snap date for NSO Expansion Pack

13:46

15 minutes until Pokémon Presents!

13:42

ThomasBW84 said:

What are you hoping to see, though? I think retro games on the eShop could be a reasonable bet, they did it on 3DS and it seems like easy sales to me.

13:41

ThomasBW84 said:

So Pokémon Legends, how 'bout them Pokémons eh? Erm, I'll leave the Pokémon expertise to the live chat.

13:37

ThomasBW84 said:

Either way, this Pokémon rookie will do his best to make sense of it all!

13:36

ThomasBW84 said:

As pointed out in chat, the build-up to this stream has been very, very low key. It could be because it's not going to have any mega reveals, or maybe reduced PR in respect of current global events (or maybe both).

13:31

Hello all, it's Sunday so you're stuck with a Pokémon noob that's been enjoying Legends: Arceus as their 'first' game in the series, so be gentle...

CactusMan said:

Peace out.

same

Greatluigi said:

Peace!

you too man

Same lol,later

alright people have a nice day I'm out

Greatluigi said:

May and latias here I come!

same I may look deeper at that gen 9 one for easter eggs

but is no one going to talk about how they butchered the trainers?

now if you don’t mind me I’m going to go watch the trailer again and get hyped!

yeah just a bunch of updates

a lot of that wasn’t news up till the last part

hoopa was talked about three days ago, it isn’t even news

Same

Greatluigi said:

To be honest some of the stuff shown i kinda already know about.

because that guy in the basement made the trailer in a week i guess

but why does game freak keep showing such underdeveloped footage for there games?

then stopped

yeah I only touched both like for an hr a each lol

yeah lol

maybe i spoke too soon

Greatluigi said:

Bruh masters doesn’t play remotely close to heroes.

well I only played like the first part of both

How?

masters to me feels like a fire emblem heros clone

im going to download it for the freebies

Greatluigi said:

I mean best girl along with best mythical? SCORE!

No interest in Masters myself but I do like some of the outfits. Although some, like Cynthia's Kommo-o one...good lord

i haven heard a thing about west since

It is quite a nice costume design

Yes? You can like whatever you want to like!

now It’s all elden ring

Greatluigi said:

Also is it ok to be hyped for may and latias

West was talked about for what a week lol

xD

Having Scarlet and Violet come out at the same time as BOTW would be very very stupid

Lmao

I mean, they released Forbidden West at the same time as Elden Ring

Greatluigi said:

I though we’re getting det Pikachu then suddenly BOOM gen 9.

But just as a hypothetical

I would hope Nintendo have more sense than Sony do

lol

BOTW2 definitely won't release this Christmas

yeah meganium to me is my least fav...

Did they say something about detective pikachu 2 by any chance?

Meganium is an OK design, it's just a generally useless Pokemon

But what really will happen to this game if we do get botw this year?

Nope. Rillaboom is awesome. Okay, I'll give you Inteleon, but even then that one is more appealing than Meganium lol

CactusMan said:

That trailer almost looked like Mario Sunshine at moments.

I love SSJ3 grass monkey

Like we need more monkeys in Pokemon after Gen V...

Yeah

Inteleon and Rillaboom were both disgusting

bowt damn auto correct

Now, the ones in Johto and Unova, however..

Eh, the starters were just fine in Sword and Shield though

hey cinderace was cool

the trailer was harder to tell compared to gen 7's reveal too

and I know it said late but what happens if let’s say bots comes out around the same time

Right now I'm just happy the starters aren't all absolute garbage like they were last gen

but again that trailer look so cool, it’s just the date for me

same lol

If we get another Spikemuth and a huge Dexit again I will be mad

yeah

unless they pull a gen 6 and have like 60 pokemon

It'll depend on what they cut out and how threadbare the games are

like I kinda just wanted to have legends and not have to worry about Pokémon for a wile

well hey I wonder if we will hit 1000 pokemon this time

Too soon to be mad I think

Awesome! Like others said, it's a bit too soon, but eh.. Whatever. It must be based on Italy, no?

CactusMan said:

The timing is okay. Now they can focus on next-gen hardware for gen x pokemon.

im not mad but at the same time I am?

way too soon

It's definitely too soon

Honestly Gen IX this soon just screams "we don't have anything else we can release this holiday season to sell units"

and that can hold us over for a wile

that can be it lol, I was expecting pokemon snap dlc to save the day

its just we have legends

i sorta hope they do push it back tbh

Greatluigi said:

I bet people thought this was underwhelming until gen 9

They might still push it back to 2023

i wouldn’t have minded if they said it was coming in 2023

yeah

I think 2023 would have been better

I am happy but dont you guys think is a to soon ?

same

I do think gen 9 is a little to soon

definitely and its coming this year later

Lizuka said:

Was hoping they wouldn't do Gen 9 yet. Doing it so soon after putting out another mainline game feels like a recipe for another half-baked one.

CactusMan said:

That teaser trailer was epic. Started of with detective Pikachu vibes, switched to the unused room from Legends and ended with gen 9.

Shame they wasted so much time on mobile garbage

Well that was worth waiting for

thry always look like crap till they actually come back

Certainly looks more open world like Arceus

pokemon doesn’t know how to make a good trailer

No they are gonna use Legend style and gameplay

I do prefer abilities though

RubyCarbuncle said:

Don't want another Generation now tbh.

that was crazy

quite excited. let's hope they work on those graphics lol

my lord

RubyCarbuncle said:

So they're just going back to the tradional way of things are they? I was hoping what was used in Legends was going to be the formula they stick with moving forward.

They don't have to be mutually exclusive

and catching Pokémon is like arcues

maybe legends was a test run of this

The option to switch between the two styles would be best

well i know what i want for christmas lol

inhope it still is turn based

Which is good. I want them to implement Arceus' mechanics into gen 9

Ikr the water type is good

It did look like it used the same set up as Arceus

I wonder if we will get the completed fossil pokemon for gen 8 in this game haha

Finally, after four generations of ugly water type starters, we're finally getting a good one again

idk if I will get it day one or not

it is to soon

for some reason I felt like they put legends in gen 9

msvt said:

and so soon! I do not have time to keep up with all this.

I'm shocked we got that ending!

CactusMan said:

Interesting Direct. Nintendo Switch is having a nice 2022 line up.

UltimateOtaku91 said:

Graphics didn't look as good as Arceus though which is disappointing

hi MUM

they looked sooo clean!

I hope gameplay style is like Arceus

msvt said:

Wow, that looks amazing!!

but my good did you see those pokemon

RainbowGazelle said:

Holy crap!

A11An said:

man

Bolt_Strike said:

Not after Legends Arceus just released.

The trailers always look iffy

that grass cat

I knew it would happen this year but seeing it like that already is SO DOPE

Bolt_Strike said:

Too soon. Too soon for Gen 9.

Fizza said:

THERES A CROCODILE

im not even going judge

SO soon also graphics wow wow

Each gen is usually 3 - 4 years

Fizza said:

OH MY GOD IM SO EXCITED

Gen 8 is 3 years old

holy ***

@Anti-Matter no one cares Indonessia

So soon? What!?

I wonder if it follows the same formula as Legends Arceus?

Fizza said:

I THINK ITS SPAIN

Did not expect that. But I will take it

this is crazy

Fizza said:

I CANT BELIEVE IT

OH BOY NEXT GEN SO FAST WOW.

finally

Anti-Matter said:

Not based on Indonesiaaaaaa..... !!! ,😭😭😭

Fizza said:

GEN 9

They're fast lol

gen 9

tanaka2687 said:

they seem like the names you would get on dodgy gba cartridges back in the day

this year?!

Grumblevolcano said:

BotW 2 definitely isn't release this year

ThatNyteDaez said:

GEN 9!

my god the trainers looked ugly but my got whaaaaaat

Fizza said:

AAAAAAAAA

Primo40295 said:

Oh my god

Fizza said:

OH MY GOD

what?

Wow

Bolt_Strike said:

Dafuq?

Anti-Matter said:

Scarley and Violet?!

holy POKEMON VIOLET

Anti-Matter said:

What?!

gen 9!

Anti-Matter said:

Gen 9?!

omg seviper he's back

Anti-Matter said:

It looked like Greek or Italy

Bolt_Strike said:

Gen 9 teaser?

Gen 9 it looks like

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon gen 9 ?!

Grumblevolcano said:

Gen 9?

legends 2?

Primo40295 said:

What??

lol

CactusMan said:

Nice raytracing!

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon rated E10+ game I think.

Live action Ingo movie

pokemon graphics look crazy this gen

Ingo

Grumblevolcano said:

Detective Pikachu

CactusMan said:

The anouncement of a anouncement, nice.

That was pretty cool

Grumblevolcano said:

Final announcement may be Let's Go Gen 2 remakes then

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon anime

Fizza said:

WHAT

intresting

Bolt_Strike said:

Lame.

Anti-Matter said:

Oooh. That blue ball

WHAT THE SHI-- WAS THAT

Anti-Matter said:

What was that?!

Bolt_Strike said:

What is this?

today?!

Fizza said:

HUH

hm ok

Anti-Matter said:

See...

Grumblevolcano said:

Update

new pokemon?

Bolt_Strike said:

DLC?

Speaking of which

Grumblevolcano said:

Arceus

Anti-Matter said:

Updates again

I wonder if they will do darkrai and arceus?

Bolt_Strike said:

Ooh, I can't wait to catch a Pokemon I just got for free in Legends Arceus!

Fizza said:

well then

Grumblevolcano said:

The legendary events

RubyCarbuncle said:

Well I'm off this was a waste of my time.

finally

RubyCarbuncle said:

Pokémon Unite's Community is just like any other. A bunch of people incapable of enjoying something.

Grumblevolcano said:

BDSP

Anti-Matter said:

Updates

Anti-Matter said:

10 minutes of mobile games....

CactusMan said:

If you must wait 30 minutes to retry Super Mario levels, that would also kill the fun.

Fizza said:

the problem is that a lot fo this stuff was already revealed prior

Anti-Matter said:

Unite.... I prefer Yokai Watch Blasters

Grumblevolcano said:

I was right

Anti-Matter said:

Macho ke in duty

CactusMan said:

That game would be nice if they´d let you play it.

oh boy shiny piplup!

Some people really like Pokemon

Anti-Matter said:

It was 60 fps just now

Just spotted a 'Shiny Piplup odds raised' message added in Cafe Remix

Well this one is a Switch game!

Bolt_Strike said:

Get to the Switch games already!

Anti-Matter said:

Lol

RubyCarbuncle said:

Am I supposed to be excited for this garbage?

go away!

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon Rumble Deluxe from 3DS

gotta dress them all?

Bolt_Strike said:

I thought the whole point of having those announcements during the week was so we wouldn't have to deal with this crap.

Gacha catch em all?

Grumblevolcano said:

Probably Cafe Remix and Unite afterwards

Anti-Matter said:

yawn....

Bolt_Strike said:

Enough mobile games, we just had a whole week's worth of mobile announcements!

Is 2 and a half really an anniversary?

I bet untie is next

Grumblevolcano said:

Mobile games

Anti-Matter said:

Master EXO

CactusMan said:

Cool that A.R. pikachu. I´d like a appt for that.

Anti-Matter said:

During pandemic lol

oh

gen 7 cool

They are making it usable on Mars!

Cool. Moving on

Yeah still can’t see the vid on here. I will catch you guys in the comments.

Fizza said:

fair enough honestly

Fizza said:

gen 7

Bolt_Strike said:

Ugh

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon Go....

Grumblevolcano said:

GO

Fizza said:

AA

hear we go!

Anti-Matter said:

E10+ Pokemon with Mild Violence

Fizza said:

WHAT IS THAT PIKACHU

CactusMan said:

We could use a update on Detective Picachu, that game is just like the Digimon on, it exists.

Bolt_Strike said:

9am here

8 am for me

LOVE the background singing!

its 9am for me

It should have a clown

Anti-Matter said:

9 pm here

LGPE2

six am for me lol

ThomasBW84 said:

It's just a generic YouTube premiere countdown...

Fizza said:

@LzWinky its the generic yt countdown

I hope it’s something hype worthy and not complain about it up to release worthy

8 is the time in time zone

What does this countdown have to do with Pokemon?

(think we win!)

Like start the countdown before 8

SONY fans get visual sequences of button symbols. We get...this...

I hate it when they start with a countdown

Fizza said:

they really just said sike huh

Grumblevolcano said:

I definitely think we're going to get a spinoff for May. 2 Nintendo games in April and 2 in June but none in May is rather suspicious

hype!

Anti-Matter said:

Gah another 2 minutes again

Letsago

Anti-Matter said:

Here we go...!

Fizza said:

HERE IT COMES

I wonder if it’s going to be detective pikachu

Fizza said:

I've just realised this is a premiere.... the buffering.... OH GOD THE BUFFERING

ThomasBW84 said:

Here comes the loud countdown...

Liam_Doolan said:

Anything caffeinated on my end...

CactusMan said:

Limited Edition Machop OLED Switch to celebrate something.

Bolt_Strike said:

It's breakfast time where I live, so I'm eating waffles.

I’m just going to hop on YouTube brb.

Pianomanfreak said:

Pokemon Mega Mystery ungeon.

I says unavailable formme

Anti-Matter said:

Rare

Anti-Matter said:

Only 10 unit ready...

I remember the video also talking about a eventual fire emblem awakening remake but that would be awesome if it was true

ThomasBW84 said:

" even rarer than the PS5" - impossible

Fizza said:

@LzWinky Don't start leaking the new mythical jeez

Munchlax 3

We already know how we got here, we want to know where it's going, thanks

Mother 3

Grumblevolcano said:

Limited edition Arceus Switch Pro, even rarer than the PS5

I hope they dive right in and don't waste 5 minutes on a recap

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon Watch

Switch Pro...kemon?

Oh, Switch Pro is getting announced here. Along with Pokemon GP

Woosh

ThatNyteDaez said:

This is a pokemon presents @WiltonRoots

Anti-Matter said:

New OLED bundle.

WiltonRoots said:

And a Switch Pro reveal

WiltonRoots said:

Hoping we get an announcement on BOTW 2.

Anti-Matter said:

Squirtle as Bentley from Sly Cooper. 😆

It would be nice to play as the bad guys for once

Anti-Matter said:

Dance Dance Revolution Pokemon Plus

lets go team rocket ? lol

CactusMan said:

Assassins Creed the Arceus Chronicles. That´ll be the next thing after Mario + Rabbits.

There was a leak?

yeah that lets go 2 leak may become real

Let's Go Snorlax...OI! SNORLAX!!

Anti-Matter said:

Lets go Pichu

Grumblevolcano said:

@Fizza Link and Zelda fall down into the pit in the 2019 trailer and the first half of the game is playing as Pikachu to save them

Another Let's Go spinoff would be interesting

Fizza said:

Expect the best, prepare for the worst is what everyone says.

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon gen 9, please.

PunchOut but with Fighting Pokemon.

RubyCarbuncle said:

Not expecting anything here. Maybe a date for BDSP Legends Arceus Home support and something on Detective Pikachu 2 which I don't care about.

the next detecive pikachu move ?

Yosher said:

Oh snap I almost forgot about this.

Anti-Matter said:

Pikachu Cooper

i know.... they going to announce pikachu as the next batman ?

Liam_Doolan said:

Let's Go Wailord?

Fizza said:

@Grumblevolcano BOTW is my favourite Pokemon game (only joking)

Anti-Matter said:

Beatmania Pokemon DX

pokemon x death note O.o

Let's Go Magicarp

Liam_Doolan said:

Interesting, I was going to say Pokemon x Digimon

Grumblevolcano said:

I definitely think it's too early for Gen 9 but if any mainline games get announced, I think BotW 2 will be a 2023 release

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon x Yokai Watch

I have an awful addiction to a mindful colouring app so I'd welcome a Pokemon version haha

So expect a Pokemon colouring book.

CactusMan said:

Slight issue is that the second Pokémon trading card game hasn´t been localized.

Keeping expectations very low...but I'd love Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorer Team DX

Liam_Doolan said:

I'll take Pokken 2

maybe something related to Pokemon Home, not sure what it might do though...connect Arceus to Pokemon Home?

We are retconning the series so that Luvdisc evolves into Alomamola

Strret Fighter X Pokemon

Fizza said:

@ThomasBW84 @Liam_Doolan Get a room you lovebirds!

Liam_Doolan said:

Haha, oh you!

I would be surprised if we don't see the Trading Card Game tbf.

the pokemon card game on switch would be cool

Pokémon All Stars, a limited time release.

Liam_Doolan said:

Pokemon Snap date for Switch Online maybe?

CactusMan said:

Emulated versions of Game Boy Color Trading Card Games would be neat.

Anti-Matter said:

Pokemon Nusantara, taking place in Indonesia.

Fizza said:

@ThomasBW84 The direct sequel to Sword and Shield, they're pulling a BW2 on us!

Pokemon Plutonium and Uranium. With hideous mutated Pokemon. Pikachus with 2 heads etc

ThomasBW84 said:

Pokemon Ketchup and Sauce, UK exclusive

Anti-Matter said:

Salt n Peppa?

Pokémon Salt and Pepper

Fizza said:

After many failed chains, I finally got a shiny Tyrogue in BDSP that was then evolved into a Hitmontop. Just in time for Pokemon Day no less!

Anti-Matter said:

Hello. Just finished my daily chores washing plates. I still have 15 minutes to spare.

ThomasBW84 said:

Yeah @fizza, I've had a good time with it, and still haven't quite finished.

ThomasBW84 said:

As a complete noob I've really enjoyed Arceus, so I'm 'starting' to be a fan.

Fizza said:

@ThomasBW84 How did you find PLA after writing your article on it? Was it as good as you were hoping?

CactusMan said:

It´s not to late to become a Pokémon expert. That series is mildly interesting and has great variety in genres.

@fizza my thoughts to , it would make sence but this is nintendo lol

Fizza said:

It would be a good time to put retro Pokemon games on Switch since you won't be able to get them with the eShop shutdown.

id like to see diamond/pearl on pokemon home

Pokémon stadium on NSO seems possible

ohhh retro pokemon games on switch

Fizza said:

@Munchlax I could kind of give them a pass last time round since it was the 25th anniversary but for the 26th? NOPE.

ThomasBW84 said:

Haha, indeed @fizza

Last year it took them ten minutes to get into the actual game reveals, so 14 minutes should be a similar amount of content if they get to the point

Fizza said:

@ThomasBW84 I feel like you'll be the definition of 'How do you do fellow kids' in regards to this

im thinking the new gen or legends of arceus dlc ?

CactusMan said:

Legends: Arceus season pass could be anounced.

Fizza said:

Oh they finally put this up on the international channels! I was wondering if they were going to be radio silent since they had said nothing in advance.

Thanks!

CactusMan said:

Hello, nice weekend to everyone. I´m kind of curious about this.

Hi

ThomasBW84 said:

Good luck, this is the run!

time for attempt 4

Just lost my BW2 Nuzlocke .