A leaker has claimed they know what actual world location the following mainline Pokémon video games can be based mostly on, and it includes numerous crusing.
Pokémon is bringing again the Paris-inspired Lumiose City from Pokémon X/Y in upcoming recreation Pokémon Legends: Z-A, however rumours recommend the following set of mainline video games will head in a completely completely different route.
Following 2022’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which added the likes of Quaxly and Sprigatito, we’re formally heading into the tenth technology of Pokémon video games, aka Gen 10. The video games haven’t been formally introduced, however they’re anticipated to be launched on the Switch 2 in some unspecified time in the future comparatively quickly – with many followers anticipating a 2026 launch.
Now, in response to a leaker, Nintendo is planning to launch Scarlet and Violet’s successor on the Switch 2 subsequent 12 months, and the sport’s setting will apparently even be impressed by European geography and fauna.
As posted by Centro Leaks on X, the following Pokémon video games, codenamed Gaia, are mentioned to ‘happen within the Cyclades’ – a cluster of Greek islands within the Aegean sea.
‘Get prepared for an oceanic journey,’ they added within the publish, with a screenshot of a map of the particular Cyclades.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet took inspiration from Spain and Portugal for the Paldea area, whereas Sword and Shield’s Galar area was based mostly on the UK – so it’s actually potential that Greece might be subsequent on the checklist.
The drawback with the hearsay is that Centro Leaks isn’t thought of significantly dependable in fan circles, however current proof additionally factors in direction of a possible island setting.
In information pulled from final 12 months’s ‘teraleak’ at developer Game Freak, an alleged exchange was highlighted between a number of workers, together with the studio’s director Shigeru Ohmori, the place they mentioned the following recreation after Scarlet and Violet would have ‘an island theme’.
The change, which is about considerations of overlapping concepts between tasks, additionally suggests the following recreation will function ‘one in all many islands’ – hinting at some sort of sea traversal.
A portray in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet additionally led to some speculation that the following area might be impressed by Italy or Greece, based mostly on the picture’s structure.
Game Freak has been recognized to cover small references to the following recreation earlier than, with Redditors having retroactively discovered hints to Gen 9 in Sword and Shield.
If the island setting is true, this wouldn’t be the primary time Pokémon has adopted the theme, with Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Alola area being impressed by Hawaii. A Greek take might be fascinating although, particularly with all of the nation’s mythology to mine.
It additionally is sensible that the following mainline video games will launch subsequent 12 months, as there’s often a three-year hole between core titles.
If it does come out in 2026, that can be 4 years after Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, however the existence of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and its upcoming sequel Legends: Z-A has maybe induced a slight schedule shift. That and complaints that Game Freak’s tech continues to be behind the curve of different first get together Nintendo video games.
Beyond Pokémon Legends Z-A, a brand new battle-focused spin-off referred to as Pokémon Champions can be in improvement for Switch and cellular. A launch date has but to be introduced.
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