Pokemon Winds And Waves Could Have 300 New Pokemon, But Don’t Get Too Excited

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Pokemon Winds and Waves won’t be out until 2027, but it looks like a few Poke-leaks are already surfacing. The Switch 2 exclusive is the next mainline entry in the series, and like previous games before it, it’ll introduce a whole new region populated with unique Pokemon. Just how many new Pokemon will there be? According to one report, we could be looking at hundreds of new critters to collect.

Traditionally, each new mainline Pokemon game introduces around 100 new Pokemon–Generations 6-9 were the exception here–and we’ve already seen the starter Pokemon for Generation 10–Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua. According to the usually reliable Centro Leaks, Pokemon Winds and Waves will have around 300 new Pokemon and forms in the game, and that’s an important distinction. If the trio of starter Pokemon follows the usual pattern of having two evolutionary forms, then that’s nine Pokemon right off the Zubat. Throw in brand-new pocket monsters–including challenging Legendary Pokemon–and the number climbs even further.

https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks/status/2074524693269266509

But as mentioned above, this number also includes Pokemon forms. That’s a broad term, but usually, it includes regional variants of existing Pokemon, transformed versions based on a game-exclusive gimmick like the Gigantimax gameplay mechanic, and new evolutions for older