Pokemon Champions will have Ranked, Casual, and Private battles for online multiplayer. The game will not feature all Pokemon at launch, obut select creatures like Dondozo and Charizard have been confirmed.

During today’s Pokémon Presents, the company showed off “Pokémon Champions,” a new battle-focused game for Switch and mobile.

B efore Thursday, the future of Pokémon's competitive scene looked bleak. The Video Game Championship series (VGC) relies on main series multiplayer Pokémon games to host its ba

While the reveal was light on the specifics, Pokémon Champions appears to a game focused solely on battling. Players will be able to import their ‘mons from Pokémon Scarlet /

A former Pokemon world champion says that the series' new competitive title, Pokemon Champions, could have a massive impact on the competition circuit.

Nintendo's game page for Champions mentions how additional games and systems are required for multiplayer mode and also notes how a Nintendo Account and internet access is required for the game's online features.

Revealed during the Pokemon Presents stream today for Pokemon Day, Pokemon Champions is in development for the "Nintendo Switch family of systems" as well as mobile devices. Main series developer Game Freak is planning the game, and The Pokemon Works is developing.

At the Pokemon Presents 2025 event on Thursday, the developers unveiled Pokemon Champions, an all-new battle-focused game. Featuring familiar mechanics such as Pokemon types, abilities and moves, the game will allow cross-platform battles on the Nintendo Switch,

Former Pokémon world champion Wolfe Glick believes Pokémon Champions has the potential to completely change competitive Pokémon.

Pokemon Champions will have a limitation at launch that may be disappointing to fans of Nintendo's monster-battling franchise.