Welcome to The Pokémon Database! We believe in making Pokémon information as clear and easy to digest as possible. On this page below you'll find the recent Pokémon news and updates to this site. Delve deeper using the menu above to find detailed Pokédex entries , attack stats , evolution chains and our thriving community of awesome Pokéfans who'll answer your questions. And much more besides! New abilities for Legends: Z-A Megas, and Pokémon Champions release date Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 25 March, 2026 Pokémon Champions, the battle-focused Switch game, has been announced to be released on April 8th . It will be available on mobile at a later date. Along with this, abilities for new Mega Evolutions from Legends: Z-A were announced: Mega Meganium has a new ability Mega Sol , which uses moves as if the weather was harsh sunlight (without that weather being active for the whole field). Mega Emboar has the ability Mold Breaker . Mega Feraligatr has a new ability Dragonize , which turns Normal-type moves into Dragon-type moves. Here is an overview trailer for Pokémon Champions: New games Pokémon Winds & Pokémon Waves announced! Pokémon Winds & Waves — 27 February, 2026 A new Pokémon Presents has just aired, announcing a brand new pair of Pokémon games - Pokémon Winds & Pokémon Waves! They will be released next year, 2027, exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. The new region appears to be made up of several islands; the official site describes an open world to explore, with beautiful windswept islands and a vast ocean with glittering waves that ebb and flow. The three First Partner Pokémon were briefly introduced in the trailer: Browt , the Bean Chick Pokémon - Grass type Pombon , the Puppy Pokémon - Fire type Gecqua , the Water Gecko Pokémon - Water type Also in the Pokémon Presents, Mega Garchomp Z was officially revealed. Trailer and screenshots below. Continue reading Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen to be re-released on Switch, and Pokémon Presents upcoming General News — 23 February, 2026 This coming Friday, February 27th , will be Pokémon Day! This is the annual celebration that marks the original release of Pokémon Red & Green in Japan. There will be a Pokémon Presents with news about upcoming games, believed to include details of the next generation of Pokémon games! The Pokémon Company have also announced that the Game Boy Advance games, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen, will be released on the Nintendo Switch following the Pokémon Presents. Here's a trailer for the games: Alpha Charizard distribution announced in DLC launch trailer Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 09 December, 2025 Another trailer has been released for the upcoming DLC in Legends: Z-A. An Alpha Charizard is also available via Mystery Gift, using the password: B1G0006 . The trailer shows some gameplay from the Mega Dimension DLC, but nothing new. Here is the trailer: Mega Lucario Z revealed for Legends: Z-A DLC Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 02 December, 2025 A new trailer has dropped and it reveals an additional Mega Evolution for Lucario: Mega Lucario Z . It will be available in the Mega Dimensions DLC for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Here is the trailer: Mega Lucario Z remains Fighting/Steel type. This form is listed as a Z Mega Evolution , which need less time to fire off moves but burn through Mega Power very quickly. Also announced is a Side Mission to obtain Mewtwo and its Mega stones. It's available from the Link Play menu > Mystery Gift > Get via internet. Continue reading Mega Zeraora revealed Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 19 November, 2025 A new trailer for the Legends: Z-A DLC has been released and reveals a new Mega Evolution: Mega Zeraora . It remains Electric type. Description from official info: Zeraora has incredibly high aptitude to begin with, but typically it has an internal limiter that works to contain the electric energy stored within its body. It’s thought that Mega Evolution removes this limiter. It's stated that getting Mega Zeraora might be a little difficult , so it may be a more involved quest during the DLC rather than a simple Mystery Gift. Mega Chimecho & Mega Baxcalibur revealed in new trailers for Mega Dimension DLC Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 06 November, 2025

Three new trailers have been released for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The first two deal with the paid DLC, which is announced to be releasing on December 10th . During this DLC, Hoopa opens up portals to Hyperspace Lumiose , a parallel world in which different Pokémon can be found, including several from newer games like Scarlet/Violet. There are also new Mega Evolutions. Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y were seen previously, and this trailer also reveals Mega Chimecho and Mega Baxcalibur. Continue below for the trailer videos. Continue reading Mega Evolutions for Raichu and the original Kalos starters announced Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 12 September, 2025 The latest Nintendo Direct has aired and revealed five new Mega Evolutions for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The first three are of the original Kalos starters from Pokémon X&Y - Chesnaught, Delphox and Greninja. These are not the First Partner Pokémon in Legends: Z-A but can be caught during gameplay. Their Mega Stones are obtained from Ranked Battles. Here is the trailer: Also revealed was Mega Dimension - a paid DLC rather than being in the base game. The story appears to be based around the mythical Pokémon, Hoopa. During this DLC two new Mega Evolutions will be available - Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y. Images below. Continue reading New game Pokémon Pokopia revealed in Nintendo Direct General News — 12 September, 2025 The latest Nintendo Direct has aired and revealed a new spin-off Pokémon game - Pokémon Pokopia . In this game you play as a Ditto who's taken the form of a human. As you encounter Pokémon you can learn new techniques and build the world around you. Here is the trailer: Mega Malamar revealed in "news report" Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 10 September, 2025 A new trailer for Pokémon Legends: Z-A has been released, this time taking the form of a news report with social media clips. In the report a woman admits to using Malamar to hypnotize people into loving it. At the end it's revealed she does this using a new mega evolution for Malamar. Mega Malamar remains Dark/Psychic type, and the mega evolution process apparently further enhances the effects of its powerful hypnosis . Full trailer below. Continue reading Mega Hawlucha revealed in new trailer Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 28 August, 2025 A new trailer has dropped, which reveals a new Mega Evolution: Mega Hawlucha! It takes the form of a wrestling match against Machamp, who starts with the upper hand, but then Hawlucha Mega-Evolves and wins the battle. Mega Hawlucha remains Fighting/Flying type and increases in size slightly. Continue reading Mega Victreebel revealed in spooky trailer Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 21 August, 2025 A new Mega Evolution of Victreebel has been revealed in a new trailer. The video takes the form of found footage with two people exploring an old spooky house. At the end a third trainer is trying to control their Victreebel which has Mega-Evolved. Official description: The volume of this Pokémon’s acid has increased due to Mega Evolution, filling its mouth. If it’s not careful, the acid will overflow and spill out. Continue reading Popular Quick-Links #006 Charizard #025 Pikachu #094 Gengar #130 Gyarados #133 Eevee #149 Dragonite #025 Pikachu #094 Gengar #130 Gyarados #133 Eevee #149 Dragonite #094 Gengar #130 Gyarados #133 Eevee #149 Dragonite #130 Gyarados #133 Eevee #149 Dragonite #133 Eevee #149 Dragonite #248 Tyranitar #445 Garchomp #448 Lucario #823 Corviknight #849 Toxtricity #887 Dragapult #445 Garchomp #448 Lucario #823 Corviknight #849 Toxtricity #887 Dragapult #448 Lucario #823 Corviknight #849 Toxtricity #887 Dragapult #823 Corviknight #849 Toxtricity #887 Dragapult #849 Toxtricity #887 Dragapult Normal Fire Water Electric Grass Ice Fighting Poison Ground Flying Psychic Bug Rock Ghost Dragon Dark Steel Fairy