The Pokémon Company officially unveiled the Generation 10 titles "寶可夢 風／波" (ポケットモンスターウインド・ウェーブ) in February 2026, announcing a planned 2027 launch. However, a new report claims the next mainline Pokemon games were originally scheduled for November 2026. Development reportedly fell short of expectations, prompting The Pokémon Company to push the release back by a year before the games were even announced—a scheduling shift that may also have disrupted production plans for the TV anime Pokémon Horizons (ポケットモンスター).
According to overseas media reports, Pokemon anime leaker Moot recently claimed that The Pokémon Company decided to revise its Generation 10 release plans in January 2026, moving "寶可夢 風／波" from November that year to November 2027. The games reportedly had not reached the expected stage of development, forcing other projects timed to coincide with the new generation to reshuffle their schedules as well.
However, when The Pokémon Company officially revealed the games on February 27, it had already announced a 2027 release window. This rumor therefore concerns an unannounced internal development schedule, not a delay from any previously publicized launch date.
According to Moot, the schedule change also affected Pokémon Horizons, the TV anime produced by OLM. The series was reportedly meant to conclude with episode 136, but The Pokémon Company had asked the production team to extend its run and add a new story arc ahead of the Generation 10 games’ originally planned late-2026 launch. That arc would have introduced characters and concepts connected to "寶可夢 風／波" ahead of the games’ release.
Once the development schedule changed, however, the anime team reportedly had to revise the story and remove some Generation 10 material. Moot claimed that a new Generation 10 Pokemon named Konetsu, originally intended to belong to the character Navi, was ultimately replaced with Ditto to avoid revealing unannounced content too early.
Notably, episode 136 of Pokémon Horizons aired in Japan on May 1, 2026, followed by episode 137 on May 22. Later episodes did indeed feature Navi and Ditto, although there is currently no confirmation that this storyline was directly connected to changes in the development schedule for "寶可夢 風／波."
Moot also claimed that several members of the anime staff have already committed to other projects, making another extension of Pokémon Horizons difficult. The series could reportedly enter a temporary hiatus around March 2027, returning in October or November with a final arc of approximately 25 episodes timed to lead into the launch of "寶可夢 風／波." Meanwhile, another Pokemon anime currently in pre-production may be pushed back until 2029.
The Pokémon Company, GAME FREAK, and OLM have not confirmed any of these claims, including the games’ alleged original release date, the reported changes to the anime, or its future broadcast schedule. Official clarification is still pending.
Based on currently announced information, "寶可夢 風／波" is scheduled for a simultaneous worldwide release on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. An exact launch date has not yet been announced.
via： X@Mootmonthly