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Happy Pokemon Day! It comes around every year on February 27 and to celebrate, a Pokemon Presents event is usually held where the latest official news, reveals, trailers and announcements are shared on all things Pokemon.
And this year is no different, with the Pokemon event starting at 2pm GMT / 9am PT / 6am ET.
There is expected to be announcements on upcoming Pokemon games, such as Pokemon Legends: Z-A which is scheduled to release this year, and potentially new announcements on this front with more on the anime movies and TV series that are being worked on too.
Keep up-to-date with all the latest as it happens through the indy100 live blog below.
Pokemon fans surprisingly split over rumoured Yellow, Crystal and Emerald re-releases
Pokemon Gold and Silver are among those rumoured to be re-releasing soon
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Rumours have been swirling that the most iconic Pokemon games of all time are re-releasing - and fans seem to be surprisingly split over a certain aspect of it.
A 'leak' from a 4chan poster claims Nintendo and Pokemon Works are teaming up to release two Pokemon bundles called Pokemon Memories and Pokemon Reminisce.
Pokemon Reminisce would include Blue, Silver, Sapphire and LeafGreen whereas Pokemon Memories would have Red, Gold, Ruby and FireRed.
Yellow, Crystal and Emerald would be available as bonus digital codes in a 'double pack' including both collections.The leak claims there will be digital and physical releases on March 13 although a price is not known. All games would be available individually digitally too.
The bundles would not be included as part of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service where classic titles on older consoles can be played.
And it's this element that fans are split on - while everyone seems keen for the leaks to come true, some are not happy they would have to buy the games and they wouldn't be included as part of Nintendo's subscription service for the Switch.
To be clear, this is just rumour and has not been confirmed.
Read the full article here.
Pokemon TCG Pocket brand new booster pack leaked early online
Dialga is one of the stars alongside Palkia of the latest Space-Time Smackdown booster packs but the new one seems to have been leaked online
Niantic & Pokemon
A new booster pack coming to Pokemon TCG Pocket has been leaked online after it was claimed it was uploaded to Pokemon's TikTok account "early by mistake".
New booster packs have been releasing so players have more cards to collect, trade and battle.
But the latest one, expected to be officially revealed during the Pokemon Presents event, appears to have been leaked online.
Read the full article, which contains more details about the pack and what's in it for those wishing to know, here.
What will be announced at huge Pokemon event?
Pokemon Legends: Z-A could be one of the games where more is revealed during the Pokemon Presents event
Game Freak & Nintendo
What we know for sure so far is that a new anime called Dragonite and the Postman will be broadcast on Pokemon's official YouTube channel today (27 February).
While nothing else has been officially confirmed, there seems to be expectation from the Pokemon community that there will be an update on Pokemon Legends: Z-A that's releasing at some point this year, which could be anything from a first look at gameplay, a specific release date being shared or even confirmation the game will have a Switch 2 release.
When a data hack at Game Freak happened in October last year, information from that claimed a new main Pokemon game will be released from 2025 onwards that's not Gen 10 and would be in addition to Pokemon Legends: Z-A.
Further leaks from this also revealed Pokemon HOME could be making a comeback but it "will have a different host and developer".
There has not been a full mainline Pokemon game since Scarlet & Violet released in 2022. Rumours have been swirling about Pokemon Gen 1-3 re-releasing too.
It's likely there will be updates on Pokemon TCG Pocket, Pokemon Go and Pokemon Unite too and there could be further anime updates as well.
A new booster pack for Pokemon TCG Pocket seems to already have been leaked early online.
How and when to watch Pokemon Presents
The Pokemon Presents livestream starts at 2pm GMT / 9am PT / 6am ET.
It can be watched via the official Pokemon YouTube channel.
We'll be keeping you up-to-date with what happens through this live blog so keep it locked for all the latest.
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