The next generation of Pokémon was unveiled earlier this year as part of Pokémon’s 30th anniversary celebration. Pokémon Winds and Waves will be the first mainline games to debut exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2 when they launch sometime next year. The Pokémon Company and Nintendo have both been quiet about the games since their announcement, leaving longtime Pokémon fans hungry for more information.
That hunger naturally leads to a fixation on minute details (like a cloud) and a diet of rumors and purported “massive leaks.” One such rumor comes from CentroLeaks on X, who surfaced a claim that Winds and Waves will have “the highest amount of new Pokémon ever in a Pokémon game.” Allegedly, some 300 new Pokémon and forms (a key detail here) are on the way.
How likely is this claim? Not very, as many “leakers” are very unreliable. Despite being able to “independently verify with other sources and they have heard similar information,” CentroLeaks said to “take it with a grain of salt” and to “treat it as a RUMOR for now.” (Big “my uncle works at Nintendo” energy here.) Still, the idea of such a massive wave of new Pokémon has gotten fans talking.
Pokémon fans react to Winds and Waves’ rumored Pokédex buff
“Dude that honestly sounds like too much lmao,” an X user replied. “I hope the quantity matches the quality [if] that is the case. But regardless I do think the majority will be new forms.” Another X user loves the idea: “300 new pokemon woulda sold me without any gimmick introduced.”
With weather likely being a central idea in Winds and Waves (more on that in a second), the idea of weather-specific forms has led to excitement for more variations of Castform, the Generation 3 Pokémon who changes forms based on the weather. “For the love of god if they don’t buff Castform and give it new forms,” one X user replied.
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