A daily Pokémon puzzle game is out now as part of a busy lineup

There's a lot going on in the world of Pokemon - and you can play at least one of them right now. During its latest Pokemon Presents presentation, the Pokemon Company surprise launched Pokemon Friends, a puzzle game with daily challenges, an increasingly common style of game. In a cute Pokemon twist, solving puzzles earns you adorable (virtual) plushies you can use to decorate a room. It's out today on iOS, Android, and the Nintendo Switch.

Elsewhere, we also got looks at a pair of animated adaptations of the franchise. That includes the soothing Netflix series Pokemon Concierge, which is getting a second season on September 4th...

And Pokemon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu, a stop-motion series from a previously-announced collaboration with Wallace & Gromit studio Aardman. It won't be premiering until 2027, however.

It's shaping up to be a big year for the franchise, as it will also be making its debut on the Switch 2 with Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which will be a cross-gen title available on both versions of the Switch when it launches on October 16th. As part of today's presentation, we got a pair of new trailers, focused on the new location Lumiose City and all the various things players can get up to there.

Meanwhile, there are some notable updates to some of the franchise's many mobile spinoffs, including Mega Evolutions coming to the trading card game as part of an expansion in September, and a new area coming to Pokemon Sleep in November. And lastly, the Pokemon Company confirmed that the battle-focused spinoff Pokemon Champions will be launching in 2026. It'll be on both mobile and the Switch.