Overview

• The Pokémon Company confirmed that Pokémon Champions will replace the mainline series as the official Video Game Championships title at Worlds 2026 in San Francisco, supporting Switch, Switch 2 and mobile devices under a free-to-start model with a paid digital version to follow.
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Z-A Battle Club debuted at Worlds 2025, offering a four-player real-time PvP mode where trainers compete to knock out as many opponents’ Pokémon as possible within a three-minute time limit.
• Ranked Battles in Z-A’s Battle Club feature seasonal ranks from Z to A, rewarding players with in-game prizes based on match performance and final rank at season end.
• Mega Evolution will return across Legends: Z-A, Pokémon Champions and Pokémon TCG Pocket, enabling players to use Mega forms in both real-time and turn-based competitive formats.
• Unconfirmed leaks from CentroLeaks suggest that held items and individual cooldowns may be reintroduced in Legends: Z-A’s combat, but these gameplay details have yet to receive official confirmation.