Overview
- Publisher The Pokemon Company and developer The Pokemon Works announced that Pokemon Champions will arrive on iOS and Android on June 17 and support cross-platform play with the Nintendo Switch.
- The free-to-play battle game offers Ranked, Casual, and Private Battles that let Trainers face opponents worldwide from either Switch or mobile devices.
- To celebrate the mobile launch the game will run a limited-time giveaway distributing Raichu, Raichunite X, and Raichunite Y to players via in‑game mailboxes across platforms from June 17 to September 2.
- Mega Stones needed for Mega evolutions will be introduced later through the in‑game shop or other features, marking the start of an ongoing live-service monetization plan.
- Players can link Pokemon HOME to bring certain previously caught Pokemon into Champions, and the move to mobile aims to grow the player base by uniting Nintendo and phone users under a single competitive ecosystem.