Pokémon Champions, the Nintendo Switch version comes in April

 

The Pokémon Company has just announced that the software title Pokémon Champions which will be available for download on Nintendo Switch and mobile device (iOS/Android) in April 2026.  To watch the special video commemorating the release date announcement of Pokémon Champions and the opening video on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, click the links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFZHyDdgMIo (Pokémon Champions 4th Trailer) and URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3WNhTqdB30 (Pokémon Champions Opening Movie).

 

Pokemon Champions

If a player plays Pokémon Champions before August 31, 2026, he can claim a Dragonite from the mailbox in-game. Additionally, if he continues to play Pokémon Champions, he can obtain a Dragoninite stone using a Battle Pass. When Dragonite holds a Dragoninite stone, it can Mega Evolve into Mega Dragonite. Dragonite can be claimed on both the Nintendo Switch version and mobile device version and through other methods. Pokémon obtained in Pokémon Champions cannot be sent to Pokémon HOME. 

To commemorate the release of Pokémon Champions, a campaign will be held within the game where players can receive a Mega Chesnaughtite, Mega Delphoxite, Mega Greninjite, and Mega Floettite stones, all valuable partners appearing in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.  By storing the Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, and Eternal Flower Floette a player befriends, during Pokémon Legends: Z-A in Pokémon HOME, and brings them to Pokémon Champions as visitors, he can obtain their Mega Stones from his mailbox in Pokémon Champions. A Chesnaughtite stone, a Delphoxite stone, a Greninjite stone and a Floettite stone can be claimed by bringing over a Chesnaught, a Delphox, a Greninja, an Eternal Flower Floette, respectively, can be claimed by bringing them over from Pokémon HOME to Pokémon Champions.

 

Pokemon Champions logo

The Mega Stones available in this campaign may be unlocked in the shop or other areas of the game at a later date.  Chesnaughtite, Delphoxite, Greninjite, and Floettite can be claimed on both the Nintendo Switch version and mobile device version.  However, these Mega Stones cannot be claimed when bringing over a Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, and Eternal Flower Floette that had been befriended outside of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. 

By linking Pokémon Champions to Pokémon HOME, a player will be able to bring certain Pokémon to Pokémon Champions as visitors, as well as send visiting Pokémon back to Pokémon HOME.  A player can also aim for the title of champion, alongside Pokémon he has befriended thus far in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Pokémon GO, and other titles in the Pokémon series. Only Pokémon that appear in Pokémon Champions will be able to visit from Pokémon HOME.

 

Claiming procedures

Pokémon obtained in Pokémon Champions cannot be sent to Pokémon HOME. Pokémon can only be sent to a game through Pokémon HOME if they appear in that game.  If Pokémon brought over as visitors know moves that cannot be used in Pokémon Champions, you’ll need to change those moves via training.  Any training that Pokémon underwent in Pokémon Champions won't be retained when they're back in Pokémon HOME, but if they visit Pokémon Champions again, they'll arrive trained in exactly the same way as before.  If a visiting Pokémon leaves Pokémon Champions, then returns in a different form, the results of any training that Pokémon had undergone in Pokémon Champions will be wiped clean. 

The Pokémon Champions + Starter Pack for Nintendo Switch makes it easier for players to obtain lots of Pokémon and train them right from the start of the game.  Players who have the Starter Pack can:

• Store 50 more Pokémon in their Box
• Play the Battle! (Trainer Battle) song from Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! during battles
• Receive 50 Training Tickets. Each of these tickets lets a Player train a Pokémon without using VP.
• Receive 30 Teammate Tickets  Each of these tickets lets a Player recruit a Pokémon permanently without using VP.

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